By Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” Children, college students
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Akira Jacobs’ 20 points helped Hawaii defeat Life Pacific 96-61 on Friday night. Jacobs also contributed seven rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors in their season opener. Gytis Nemeiksa added 14 points while going 5 of 9 and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line while they also had nine rebounds. Kody Williams
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Eli Sanders had two long touchdown runs in the first quarter and Devon Dampier had a go-ahead touchdown pass in the fourth to lead New Mexico to a 21-16 victory over San Diego State on Friday night. Sanders scored on a 51-yard run to cap a four-play 99-yard drive the second
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A seaman who fell off a cargo ship survived almost 20 hours at sea before being rescued off Australia’s southeastern coast on Friday, according to emergency services. The man in his 30s drifted several kilometers in the open sea before he was pulled from the water by a recreational
Continue Reading
The Riverside Central Counting Building was briefly evacuated after receiving a bomb threat, the county Registrar of Voters announced Friday night. Officials said the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office was immediately notified at around 6:40 p.m. The building was swiftly evacuated. The evacuation, which included both the public and staff, was completed in less than five
Continue ReadingHENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Donovan Dent had 17 points and eight assists, Nelly Junior Joseph added 16 points and 12 rebounds for his 45th career double-double, and New Mexico beat No. 22 UCLA 72-64 on Friday night in the Las Vegas Hoopfest. It was New Mexico’s first win against a ranked team in nonconference play
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Elias Ralph and Lamar Washington scored 14 points apiece as Pacific beat San Jose State 80-67 on Friday night at the Rainbow Classic. Ralph also had 10 rebounds for the Tigers (2-0). Washington added 10 assists and seven rebounds. Elijah Fisher shot 4 of 6 from the field and 5 of 6
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where a federally appointed official is running the water system after it nearly collapsed and state police are patrolling parts of the majority-Black city because of white legislators’ concerns about crime. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mateusz Bogusz scored early in the second half and Hugo Lloris made it stand up as Los Angleles FC defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 on Friday night to win the best-of-three first-round series for the MLS Cup. Neither team scored until Bogusz used an assist from defender Aaron Long in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state. The first-term senator had campaigned on abortion rights and positioned herself as a nonideological politician, a formula that also worked for the state’s senior senator, Democrat
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi and Asim Khan, CNN (CNN) — A suicide bombing at a train station in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed at least 25 people, as a separatist militant group in the region said it carried out the attack. Another 53 people were injured in the attack in the city of Quetta, Commissioner Hamza
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection early Saturday morning after The Associated Press declared she had beat Republican Sam Brown in a race that turned on Rosen’s strong performance in the state’s two largest counties — Clark and Washoe. With nearly all of the vote counted, the AP called
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Henry had 17 points in UC Irvine’s 66-51 victory over Loyola Marymount on Friday. Henry shot 5 for 7 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Anteaters (2-0). Bent Leuchten added 11 points while shooting 3 of 7 from the field
Continue ReadingFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Nique Clifford scored 31 points and Kyle Jorgensen added seven points in the overtime as Colorado State defeated Tennessee State 87-79 on Friday. Clifford also had 13 rebounds for the Rams (2-0). Jalen Lake shot 6 for 12 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 7 of 8 from the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday night. Jake Middleton, Marcus Foligno and Marco Rossi also scored for Minnesota and Filip Gustavsson made 32 saves. The Wild improved to 7-1-1 away from home, the most road victories
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election early Saturday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris in Nevada. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner after concluding there were not enough uncounted ballots in the state’s strongest Democratic areas to overcome the former president’s 46,000-vote lead over
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — UCLA knew it was in for a challenge facing the nation’s second leading rusher in Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson. Not only did the Bruins hold Johnson to his lowest rushing performance of the season, but UCLA’s ground game finally got out of first gear. T.J. Harden had his first
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Norman Powell posted his first career double-double with 31 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 107-98 on Friday night for their third straight win. James Harden added 22 points for the Clippers, who led nearly the entire way. They took a 78-73
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has renewed a pledge to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump. Ishiba, who made the comments at an annual troop review held at Camp Asaka in the Tokyo suburbs, said the security environment surrounding
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Amar Augillard’s 30 points led Fresno State past Sacramento State 64-57 on Friday. Augillard shot 9 for 19 (4 for 13 from 3-point range) and 8 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Bulldogs (1-0). Zaon Collins scored 11 points while going 4 of 12 (2 for 6 from 3-point
Continue Reading