BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Mouhamed Gueye had 20 points and 10 rebounds, TJ Bamba scored 19 points, and Washington State defeated California 63-57 on Saturday for the Cougars’ fifth straight win. Cal made only four field goals in the first eight minutes of the second half but was able to tie the score at 39
Continue Reading HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Confidence Game won the $1 million Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park by one length in an upset on Saturday and earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by James Graham, Confidence Game ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.21 on a sloppy track. Sent off at 18-1 odds, the
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and KEN KUSMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and KEN KUSMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said
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By JOHN ANTCZAK and KEN KUSMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desi-Rae Young and Alyssa Brown had double-doubles to lead No. 24 UNLV to a sluggish 65-59 victory over San Diego State on Saturday. Young had 15 points with 11 rebounds and Brown had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots for UNLV (27-2, 17-0 Mountain West). Justice Etheridge added 13
Continue Readingby Oliver Darcy, CNN Newspapers across the country dropped the “Dilbert” comic strip over the weekend after the creator of the satirical cartoon went on a racist tirade, calling Black Americans a “hate group” and suggesting that White people should “get the hell away” from them. The USA Today Network, which operates hundreds of newspapers,
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR postponed the Xfinity Series race at Fontana to Sunday night because of steady rain at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday. Practice and qualifying sessions for both weekend races at Fontana had already been canceled because of consistent, heavy rain from an extraordinary Southern California
Continue Reading By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will enter the Pac-12 Tournament as a champion. Gianna Kneepkens scored a season-high 28 points to lead the No. 8 Utes to an 84-78 victory over No. 3 Stanford on Saturday. Utah earned a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 Conference title with the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The ceremony for the 54th NAACP Image Awards took place Saturday. The event recognizes achievement in the arts, entertainment and culture by people of color in more than 80 categories. Quinta Brunson, Viola Davis, Will Smith and Angela Bassett, who won Entertainer of the Year, were among those honored. A
Continue Reading BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Max Jones scored 17 points as Cal State Fullerton beat Cal State Bakersfield 70-66 in overtime on Saturday night. Jones shot 7 of 11 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line for the Titans (18-12, 12-6 Big West Conference). Jalen Harris scored 15 points while going 4 of
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social media accounts Saturday showing what he said appeared to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem to be joking when he posted the photo of an “Aluxe,” a mischievous woodland spirit in Mayan
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN When Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his forces into Ukraine a year ago, most observers expected a quick victory for the invaders. Those early predictions of Russian success have not materialized, for what experts cite as a variety of factors, including higher morale and superior military tactics on the Ukrainian side
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — ¿Quieres enviarle un beso a tu amante lejano? Un artilugio chino con cálidos y móviles “labios” de silicio parece tener la respuesta. El dispositivo, anunciado como una forma de permitir que las parejas de larga distancia compartan intimidad física “real”, ha causado revuelo entre los usuarios chinos de las
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A handful of free-spending owners in Major League Baseball have made some of the game’s other owners a little nervous. Players’ union head Tony Clark doesn’t mind that development one bit. “Baseball is doing very well,” Clark said on Saturday as the first full slate
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Two people were killed and 11 others injured after a pickup truck crashed into a group of bicyclists Saturday morning in Arizona. The Goodyear Police Department said the pickup struck a “large group of adult bicyclists” just before 8 a.m. in suburban Phoenix. A woman died at the site of the crash,
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Two people were killed and 11 others injured after a pickup truck crashed into a group of bicyclists Saturday morning in Arizona. The Goodyear Police Department said the pickup struck a “large group of adult bicyclists” just before 8 a.m. in suburban Phoenix. A woman died at the site of the crash,
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as
Continue Reading EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line. Region 5 administrator Debra Shore of the Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday the agency ordered Norfolk Southern
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