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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon is moving to the Big Ten Conference from the Pac-12 after its board of trustees voted Friday to accept an invitation from the coast-to-coast conference. The Big Ten earlier in the day cleared the way for both Oregon and its Pacific Northwest rival Washington to join
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Tony Pollard got a “good luck” text from Ezekiel Elliott minutes before the start of his first training camp since the Dallas Cowboys dumped the two-time rushing champion in a cost-cutting move. Pollard is the lead running back now, and trying to be true
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space billions of miles away, Voyager 2 stopped communicating two weeks ago. Controllers sent the wrong
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Dorian Thompson-Robinson has long looked up to Aaron Rodgers as a role model and mentor, the template for quarterbacks. The gold standard. On Thursday night, Cleveland’s rookie QB showed Rodgers how he’s measuring up. Coming off the bench in the second half to make his NFL
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Davis is under contract to the Los Angeles Lakers for the next five seasons, after agreeing to an extension that comes with the highest per-season average salary in NBA history. Davis and the Lakers have agreed on a three-year, $186 million contract extension, a
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Jennifer Valente kept the Americans atop the podium at the cycling world championships on Friday. The Olympic champion in the multidiscipline omnium, Valente bided her time in the peloton for most of the 40-lap endurance event known as the scratch race. But with one lap to go, the 28-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana couple got a late-night wakeup call from a barking dog alerting them that a black bear had broken into their living room before the man shot and killed the animal with a handgun. The confrontation with the large bruin happened in the rural community
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive end Charles Omenihu was suspended Friday for the first six games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following an alleged domestic violence incident in January. Omenihu was playing for the 49ers when police were called to his
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list because of an oblique strain, leaving Cleveland without one of its top power hitters for the time being. Naylor sat out the ast two games in Houston with the injury that had been bothering him for longer. An MRI
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge was arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in the couple’s home, authorities said Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested late Thursday after police received reports of a shooting at the home and found the judge’s wife,
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer In a crushing blow to the Pac-12, the Big Ten has cleared the way for Oregon and Washington to apply for membership and join the conference, four people with familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. The Ducks and Huskies still must officially apply
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story published Aug. 2, 2023, about WNBA player Riquna Williams’ court appearance in a felony domestic violence case, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the judge. It is Justice of the Peace Amy Wilson, not Amy Mitchell Williams.
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in the couple’s home, authorities said Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested late Thursday after police received reports of a shooting at the home and found the judge’s
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three years have passed since hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion was shot multiple times by rapper Tory Lanez in Los Angeles following a pool party at the home of Kylie Jenner. On Monday, Lanez is scheduled to be sentenced, following his December conviction on three
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big Ten has cleared the way for Oregon and Washington to apply for membership and join the conference, four people with familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the conference and schools
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be diverted. Many primary care services at facilities run by Prospect Medical Holdings remained
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Talks between the Big Ten and Oregon and Washington about the two schools switching conferences have become uncertain, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday, renewing the possibility the Pac-12 can survive after it appeared in danger of being poached into extinction.
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge has been arrested in connection with the slaying of his wife, authorities said Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested late Thursday after police received reports of a shooting in an Anaheim home and found the judge’s wife, Sheryl Ferguson, shot inside, Anaheim police
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Randall Park was a struggling actor when he first encountered Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel “Shortcomings” in 2007. The story focused on a twentysomething Japanese American man named Ben, who is trying to find himself in the Bay Area along with his girlfriend Miko and
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — A cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer systems in several states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted, and many primary care services remained closed on Friday as security experts worked to determine the extent of the problem and resolve it. The “data security incident” began Thursday at
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