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By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is scrambling to house hundreds of asylum-seekers who are still sheltering on sidewalks, at police stations and at the city’s busiest airport as the cold weather sets in and with winter just around the corner. The country’s third-largest city announced
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Walmart is the latest company to publicly join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk’s beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform. “We aren’t advertising on X as we’ve found
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Khalil Mack is on pace for a career year and on the verge of reaching 100 career sacks. It hardly matters for the Los Angeles Chargers outside linebacker. “I’m just trying to win some games. That’s the only thing I can focus on and
Continue ReadingVANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — South Korea launched its first military spy satellite into space Friday, a little over a week after North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time as tensions rise between the rivals. Launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base using SpaceX’s Falcon
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno State football coach Jeff Tedford is stepping away from the program because of health concerns. The school’s athletic director, Terry Tumey, announced Tedford’s status on Friday. Assistant head coach and linebacker coach Tim Skipper will serve as head coach through the Bulldogs’ bowl game, which will be determined Sunday. “The
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Audra McDonald will serve as grand marshal of the 135th Rose Parade next year. The 53-year-old actor and singer was introduced Friday on the lawn of Tournament House in Pasadena. “As a California kid raised in Fresno — very proud to be from Fresno — the
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon State, Washington State and the Mountain West announced a football scheduling agreement Friday for the 2024 season that gives the two remaining Pac-12 schools six opponents each and positions them to operate as a two-team conference for at least a year. All 12 Mountain West schools
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson and Devin Cannady took their marriage vows in April. They made another vow to each other long before that. An Olympic vow. It was July 2021 during the Tokyo Olympics, when Samuelson’s team won a gold medal — without her. Samuelson
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry, which has long served as the ATM for
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dylan Andrews scored 17 points, including a driving layup with 3.2 seconds left, and UCLA, minus coach Mick Cronin who missed the game with COVID, pulled out a 66-65 win over UC Riverside on Thursday night. The Bruins, who had an 11-point lead with 8 1/2 minutes to play, fell behind
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tom Wilson scored with 5:38 left to complete his first career hat trick in his 700th game, and the Washington Capitals extended the Anaheim Ducks’ losing streak to eight with a 5-4 victory Thursday night. Wilson, a Capitals stalwart since 2013, scored twice during their
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson’s fourth-quarter flurry brought back memories of so many other scoring bursts on his impressive list of them. He flexed. He snarled. Vintage Klay. “We needed it,” Stephen Curry said. “… I know he didn’t have much going before that run. That’s Klay.” Thompson
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Chol Marial came off the bench to score 18 points and grab 10 rebounds and Oregon State pulled away from UC Davis for a 71-59 win on Thursday night, ending a three-game losing streak. Dexter Akanno added 16 points and Jordan Pope 15 for the Beavers (4-3), who made 16 of
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By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two big-state governors with presidential ambitions, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, argued Thursday over the economy, pandemic restrictions and President Joe Biden’s leadership in a prime-time showdown filled with fiery clashes over policy and personal insults. “This is a
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Star Memphis basketball recruit Mikey Williams pleaded guilty to one felony charge in a gun case on Thursday, and one of his attorneys said he does not expect the 19-year-old to face jail time. Williams had faced nine felony counts and up to 30
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Marine pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, prosecutors said. Chance Brannon, 24, also said he made plans for additional attacks on a second Planned Parenthood clinic, a Southern California Edison substation and an LGBTQ pride night
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 133-110 on Thursday night. Gilgeous-Alexander made 11 of 18 field goals and 10 of 10 free throws. Jalen Williams scored 21 points and Chet Holmgren added 18
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN McGAIR Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Paval Zacha had a goal and an assist as the Boston Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk also scored. Jeremy Swayman — pulled during Monday’s 5-2 loss to Columbus —
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate. Instead, it was a hard-to-explain 90-minute clash that pitted one struggling Republican presidential
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two big-state governors with presidential ambitions, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, met Thursday night for a prime-time faceoff that was expected to be filled with policy fights and personal insults. The host, Fox News Channel, billed the 90-minute
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