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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exudes confidence as the next race for the White House approaches. During last month’s State of the Union address, he lured unruly Republicans into agreeing with him that federal entitlements should be protected. He’s intensified travel outside Washington, trumpeting job-creation in Wisconsin and steep
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition has renewed calls for the election result to be overturned a day after the country announced its new president-elect. Third-place Labour Party candidate Peter Obi said at a news conference in the capital on Thursday that “we won the election and we will prove
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese central bank official says the country’s vast real estate industry is recovering from a slump triggered by tighter debt controls. Those controls led to a wave of defaults by developers that rattled global financial markets. The official, Pan Gongsheng, mentioned Evergrande Group, the global
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyler Robertson finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds to power Portland to a 92-74 victory over San Diego in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday night. Robertson added six assists for the eighth-seeded Pilots (13-18). Moses Wood pitched in with 19 points and five rebounds.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — JoVon McClanahan scored 18 points as Hawaii beat CSU Northridge 81-55 on Thursday. McClanahan also contributed six rebounds and five assists for the Rainbow Warriors (22-9, 13-6 Big West Conference). Kamaka Hepa scored 17 points while going 5 of 11 from the floor, including 4 for 8
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Jenna Ortega tuvo un hueso que elegir mientras aparecía en el programa de entrevistas “Hot Ones”, en un episodio que se estrenó este jueves. Cuando el presentador Sean Evans le preguntó si hay un tema recurrente de la Generación Z o un estereotipo adolescente visto en la televisión que le moleste,
Continue Reading DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell’s 20 points helped UCSB defeat UC Davis 89-86 on Thursday. Mitchell made a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to give UCSB an 89-85 lead. Mitchell added six assists for the Gauchos (23-7, 14-5 Big West Conference). Josh Pierre-Louis scored 17 points while going 6 of 10
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN A year ago, when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last visited Washington, Russian forces had yet to cross the border into Ukraine and skepticism abounded at the dire warnings from the White House that an invasion was imminent. Scholz returned Friday for meetings with President Joe Biden after a transformative 12 months
Continue Reading CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Spencer Jones scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers to lead Stanford to an 83-60 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Jones was 10 of 16 from the floor. Brandon Angel added 15 points for Stanford (13-17, 7-12 Pac-12), which shot 30 of 51 overall and 12 of 21 from
Continue Reading W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bella Murekatete scored 19 points and Washington State upset No. 3 Utah 66-58 on Thursday night in a Pac-12 quarterfinal game. The Cougars (21-10) led by three with 39.3 seconds left and had the ball, and rather than foul, the Utes allowed Charlisse Leger-Walker to virtually dribble
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. helped keep UCLA afloat in the first half of Thursday night’s game against Arizona State. In the second half, his teammates helped pick up the slack. Jaquez scored 19 of his 26 points in the first half of the fourth-ranked Bruins’ 79-61
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. helped keep UCLA afloat in the first half of Thursday night’s game against Arizona State. In the second half, his teammates helped pick up the slack. Jaquez scored 19 of his 26 points in the first half of the fourth-ranked Bruins’ 79-61
Continue ReadingBy Philip Wang and Kathleen Magramo, CNN The United States on Thursday added two subsidiaries of Chinese genetics company BGI to a trade blacklist over allegations it conducted genetic analysis and surveillance activities for Beijing, which Washington says was used to repress ethnic minorities in China. The US Department of Commerce, which oversees export controls,
Continue Reading BEIJING A Hong Kong-based publisher who was arrested while preparing to release an unauthorized biography of Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been freed after serving a 10-year sentence in a south China prison. The respected San Francisco-based rights monitoring group Dui Hua reported Thursday that Yao Wentian, 83, was released Feb. 26 and returned to
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up its anti-inflation fight as much as feared. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street rose Wednesday for the
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Una amplia gama de condiciones meteorológicas extremas afecta Estados Unidos, a medida que las tormentas amenazan con fuertes nevadas en el suroeste y un sistema de tiempo severo llega con el triple riesgo de tornados, vientos dañinos y lluvia en el sur. Alrededor de 35 millones de personas en partes de las
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has convicted opposition leader Kem Sokha of treason and sentenced him to 27 years of house arrest, the latest blow in a campaign by the government to silence its critics or drive them out of the country. The
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Una pareja del sur de California demandó a una clínica de fertilidad por encubrimiento fraudulento, bajo el argumento de que por error implantó un embrión portador de un extraño gen de cáncer de estómago, y luego falsificó los registros de los pacientes para encubrir la equivocación. Jason y Melissa Díaz afirman que
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN One statistic pretty well tells the whole story: 15 feet (4.6 meters) of snow. Some parts of Yosemite National Park are buried under that much frozen precip. As a result, the entire park is closed. And the National Park Service (NPS) has yet to announce when it might open back up.
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC, KCRA By Forrest Brown, CNN One statistic pretty well tells the whole story: 15 feet (4.6 meters) of snow. Some parts of Yosemite National Park are buried under that much frozen precip. As a result, the entire park is closed. And the National Park Service (NPS) has yet to announce when it might
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