Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — BJ Davis scored a career-high 18 points and San Diego State upended No. 21 Creighton 71-53 on Tuesday, the opening day of the Players Era Festival at the MGM Grand Garden. The Bluejays struggled to find their offensive rhythm against a San Diego State defense that generated eight steals
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A team that previously boycotted at least one match against the San Jose State women’s volleyball program will again be faced with the decision whether to play the school, this time in the Mountain West Conference semifinals with a shot at the NCAA Tournament on the line. Five
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer For the second straight day, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group, this time in Texas, over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” It follows a similar filing in New York on Monday, in which Drake alleges UMG falsely pumped up the popularity of “Not Like Us” on Spotify
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer For the second straight day, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group, this time in Texas, over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” It follows a similar filing in New York on Monday, in which Drake alleges UMG falsely pumped up the popularity of “Not Like Us” on Spotify
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A driver was pronounced dead after a single-vehicle rollover crash on an off-road trail Monday night in the mountain community of Pine Cove. The crash was reported at around 8:10 p.m. in the 50000 block of Black Mountain Truck Trail. Authorities said firefighters had issues getting to the crash site due to the rugged terrain.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Priscilla Alvarez and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose massive tariffs was an early warning shot to try to force the hand of allies and adversaries to come to the negotiating table on immigration and trade issues, a transition official told CNN. Trump on Monday vowed hikes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson athletic director Graham Neff told athletic backers the school will add 150 scholarships in two years and fully participate in NCAA revenue sharing under the House settlement. Neff wrote to supporters to outline the school’s plans that he said would position Clemson to continue its athletic success.
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s team has signed an agreement with the Biden White House unlocking key transition briefings and activities after a lengthy delay that stemmed, in part, from the Trump team’s concerns over a mandatory ethics agreement. Trump transition officials could soon have access
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the nation’s top health job, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has vowed to allow wider distribution of raw milk across America. But the detection of bird flu virus in unpasteurized milk sold in California stores underscores what health experts say are the known and potential risks. “You have
Continue ReadingCalMatters Mayor London Breed, outgoing mayor of San Francisco, made waves recently with a major policy shift: Before providing a shelter bed or any other services, city workers must first offer every homeless person they encounter a bus or train ticket to somewhere else. But while San Francisco has gotten an outsized amount of attention
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday reached a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before taking office on Jan. 20. The congressionally mandated agreement allows transition aides to work with federal agencies and access non-public
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials say they have broken up a shoplifting ring that stole nearly $2 million in merchandise from well-known stores and resold the items in New York City as well as in the Dominican Republic. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday that five people have been charged
Continue ReadingCalMatters After the recent discovery of a destructive mussel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, some experts say California officials have failed to effectively enforce laws designed to protect waterways from invaders carried in ships’ ballast water. A state law enacted 20 years ago has required California officials to inspect 25% of incoming ships and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tim Walz has accepted the symbolic presentation of a turkey as he eases back into his duties as Minnesota’s governor following the Harris-Walz ticket’s defeat in the presidential election. Unlike the Minnesota-grown turkeys that President Joe Biden pardoned at the White House on Monday, Walz didn’t pardon this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report unsealed Tuesday. Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Rescuers found one survivor after a small plane crashed into a Costa Rican mountainside. The local Red Cross said Tuesday that a 31-year-old woman was the sole survivor of Monday’s crash southeast of Costa Rica’s capital. The Central American country’s civil aviation authorities said that the Cessna 206 Stationair
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A suspected animal rights extremist wanted in the U.S. for bombings in the San Francisco area was arrested in Britain after more than 20 years on the run from the law, officials said Tuesday. Daniel Andreas San Diego, one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, was arrested Monday in a
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