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By The Associated Press NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Dionte Bostick scored 23 points to lead Cal State Northridge over Cal Poly 78-65 on Thursday night. Bostick also added five rebounds and five steals for the Matadors (15-9, 6-6 Big West Conference). De’Sean Allen-Eikens scored 18 points and added five rebounds and six assists. Gianni Hunt
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press How will America’s suburbs vote this year? A special election in New York next week may offer clues. The race for the congressional seat once held by George Santos is shaping up to be a bellwether in the fight for control of the House, as candidates test political messages that
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Chants of “Now! Now! Now!” ring out at nearly every protest in Israel imploring the government to do everything possible to win the immediate release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas. But a small group of hostages’ families is pushing a different message: Let the army
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools that they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home. Republican Kris Kobach is doing so even though Kansas is not among the states with a law
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Classified documents were found in a damaged cardboard box in President Joe Biden’s cluttered Delaware garage, near where golf clubs hung on the wall. A photo in former President Donald Trump’s indictment, meanwhile, shows stacks of boxes filled with documents under a chandelier in an ornate Mar-a-Lago bathroom. In
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks as anxiety grows in Europe about an impasse in Congress over new aid for Ukraine. Scholz will use his meeting with Biden on Friday to amplify the president’s own argument that a Russian
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press PARKSLEY, Va. (AP) — The owners of a Haitian food truck are suing a small town in Virginia over allegations that a town council member cut the food truck’s water line and screamed, ‘Go back to your own country.’ The married couple from Haiti is suing the town of Parksley
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of negotiations and delays, the Senate has voted to move forward on legislation that would provide wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel. Thursday’s vote was far from a final one. But it was a momentary victory for Republican Leader Mitch McConnell,
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Accepting the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award in person was bittersweet for Lamar Jackson. Jackson was a near-unanimous choice for his second MVP award announced at NFL Honors on Thursday night but the quarterback’s Baltimore Ravens fell one win short of playing in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and LINLEY SANDERS Most U.S. adults believe that air travel is generally safe in the U.S., despite some doubts about whether aircraft are being properly maintained and remain free from structural problems. About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say planes are a “very” or “somewhat” safe method of travel, according to a
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities in a northern Indian town have imposed a curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left five people dead and more than 150 injured. An Uttarakhand state official said the violence in Haldwani
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s little doubt that Jon Stewart changed late-night comedy as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” from 1999 to 2015. He’s coming back for a second act during wildly different times. He begins hosting “The Daily Show” on Monday nights next week, through at
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By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Freienthal (CNN) — A village in Brandeburg, north-eastern Germany, made up of a crossroad and 80 residents, became a microcosm of the country last week. As darkness pressed in on Freienthal, protesters whistled and brandished soccer-style red cards at cars heading toward the local village hall. Outside the hall, people grabbed
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates. The former president has now won all three Republican contests so far — adding
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The results of Pakistan’s elections were being delayed a day after the vote that was marred by sporadic violence, a mobile phone service shutdown and the sidelining of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party. Local media reported independents backed by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party after the imprisoned Khan was
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Kristina Sgueglia and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Seven people have been indicted in connection with an assault last month on two New York City police officers near Times Square, and authorities still are working to identify three other people they say were involved, the Manhattan district attorney announced Thursday. The indictments
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping heralded a new year of growing coordination with Russia during a call with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that comes as the two countries continue to cement their partnership amid frictions with the West. Xi told Putin the two sides should “strengthen strategic
Continue ReadingBy VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tradeoffs between strong growth and a healthy environment are not dominating the headlines in the runup to the Feb. 14 presidential election in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy. But the vote is highlighting the choices to be made as the country seeks to profit from its
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden released a memo Thursday highlighting the standards foreign governments that receive US military aid must adhere to, according to the White House. Under the memo, the secretary of state must “obtain certain credible and reliable written assurances from foreign governments receiving defense articles,”
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Brayden Parker scored 20 points as Idaho State beat Sacramento State 68-40 on Thursday night. Parker had five rebounds for the Bengals (10-14, 5-6 Big Sky Conference). Miguel Tomley scored 13 points while going 5 of 11 (3 for 8 from 3-point range), and added five rebounds.
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