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By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks remembers feeling special, and lucky. He was in Atlanta watching an AAU basketball tournament, one of several dozen coaches hoping to lure a program-changing recruit to his school, when someone with no chance of being that player ambled past. “Raven was at the
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Saúl Álvarez says he was determined to fight at home again in Mexico this year. The massive financial sacrifice necessary to make it happen didn’t bother Canelo in the slightest. “Sometimes it’s not about money,” Álvarez said Thursday. “Sometimes it’s about pride, and it’s that
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace, Pete Muntean and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is working to establish a requirement that aircraft have longer duration cockpit voice recorders. The announcement comes after the agency held an emergency “safety summit” Wednesday following a series of near-collisions on US runways. The FAA said it is “initiating rulemaking that
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Homer Drew has to be the proudest papa in town. The longtime coaching stalwart has not one, but two sons working the sidelines at the NCAA Tournament this week. Scott Drew is coaching Baylor, Bryce Drew is coaching Grand Canyon and Homer Drew has an entire
Continue Reading INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek breezed past Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. Swiatek, the defending champion, took a 4-0 lead in the second set and converted her second match point to close it out. “I’m happy that I played so intense that
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A 34-year-old felon accused in an armed robbery at a marijuana dispensary in Coachella pleaded not guilty to robbery today. In addition to the robbery charge, Carlos Ernesto Vasquez of Cathedral City was charged with one felony count each of assault with a gun and burglary, according to court records. He additionally faces sentence enhancing
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed cornerback Isaiah Oliver to a two-year contract. The Niners also re-signed linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles to a one-year deal on Thursday. Oliver was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round in 2018. In five seasons with the Falcons, he has 195 tackles, 34
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks remembers feeling special, and lucky. He was in Atlanta watching an AAU basketball tournament, one of several dozen coaches hoping to lure a program-changing recruit to his school, when someone with no chance of being that player ambled past. “Raven was at the
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation’s largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive education, training and rehabilitation. Newsom’s office announced the new plans Thursday for
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserves says cash-short banks have borrowed about $300 billion in emergency funding from the central bank in the past week. Nearly half the money — $143 billion — went to holding companies for the two major banks that failed over the past week, Silicon
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani found an escape hatch Thursday from the scheduled start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence for a blood-testing hoax he engineered with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Just hours before Balwani was supposed to surrender to authorities, his lawyer filed documents
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani found an escape hatch Thursday from the scheduled start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence for a blood-testing hoax he engineered with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Just hours before Balwani was supposed to surrender to authorities, his lawyer filed documents
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the largest new oil project in years on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope has immediately been met by lawsuits seeking to stop the Willow project. Lawsuits filed by environmental groups and an Alaska Native organization seek to overturn Monday’s approval
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After a high temperature of 75° this afternoon in Palm Springs, this evening is sure to bring out the crowds at VillageFest. The latest drought monitor shows a huge improvement! Over the past three months, the state has gone from more than 7% experiencing ‘exceptional’ drought to now more than 44% reporting no drought. St.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for independent recommendations on how a united international community should address the enormous challenges confronting Afghanistan. It cites the Taliban’s drastic curtailment of education and work for women and girls as well as terrorism
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Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST.. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there’s no danger to the public. “Xcel Energy took swift action to contain the leak to the
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Henderson’s victory leap that punctuated Princeton’s famed upset over UCLA in 1996 has become an iconic moment. There is a picture of the joyous jump at the school’s practice facility that serves as a constant reminder of what’s possible. Now Henderson’s current players have
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Henderson’s victory leap that punctuated Princeton’s famed upset over UCLA in 1996 has become an iconic moment. There is a picture of the joyous jump at the school’s practice facility that serves as a constant reminder of what’s possible. Now Henderson’s current players have
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — NFL lawyers want a New York judge to change her mind and agree to let all racial discrimination claims against the league and its teams go to arbitration rather than trial. In written arguments Wednesday, the lawyers urged Judge Valerie Caproni to reverse her decision finding
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