LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Danny O’Neil connected with Jordan Napier to tie the game in the fourth quarter and Gabriel Plascencia’s 28-yard field goal provided the winning points as San Diego State held on to beat Wyoming 27-24 on Saturday. O’Neil threw deep to Napier for a 53-yard gain and on the next play O’Neil
Continue ReadingFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Avery Morrow ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns and Armani Winfield turned a short pass into the clinching 62-yard touchdown as Colorado State defeated San Jose State 31-24 on Saturday. Morrow’s second 2-yard touchdown run and a career-long 58-yard field goal by Jordan Noyes had the Rams on top
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Penn State traveled about 2,500 miles across the continent on its first road trip in the new Big Ten. The Nittany Lions then spent most of Saturday playing from behind against Southern California. Thanks to several clutch throws by Drew Allar, a few key defensive stops and one
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi spent part of the week grousing about his defense, the one that had served as more bystander than difference-maker during the Panthers’ unbeaten start. His players were listening. No. 22 Pitt regained some of the swagger that’s been its trademark for most of Narduzzi’s decade-long
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It seemed like an unlikely stage for Kanye West to unveil his new music. But last month the American rapper – now known as Ye – held not just one but two sold-out “listening parties” in China, a country that imposes some of the toughest censorship in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The America First Policy Institute says “hostile foreign actors” breached its systems. AFPI is a group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration. It says it discovered the breach last week but would not disclose what materials were compromised. AFPI has been publishing policy guides and penning executive orders
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina football player Tylee Craft died Saturday morning from a rare form of lung cancer, coach Mack Brown said. Brown made the announcement in his postgame news conference following the Tar Heels’ loss to Georgia Tech. Craft was 23. “This young man fought so hard for his
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 11 Notre Dame and Stanford resumed play after a lightning delay of about an hour with the Fighting Irish leading 42-7 after three quarters Saturday. Riley Leonard was 16 of 22 for 229 yards and three touchdowns for the Fighting Irish (4-1). He threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vince Carter remembers the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest like it just happened, when he went from an up-and-comer to a full-fledged phenom. He had been the NBA Rookie of the Year the season before with Toronto and now he was a first-time All-Star. But when he slammed the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Six umpires are going to make their on-field League Championship Series debuts this year, and Dan Iassogna and Bill Miller will be the crew chiefs. Mike Estabrook, Nic Lentz, Gabe Morales, Jeremie Rehak, Chris Segal and Jansen Visconti will work on field for the LCS for the first time, Major League
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers were fined $100,000 as punishment for an inactive player getting involved in a sideline scuffle. The play in question happened in the third quarter of San Francisco’s game last Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. Niners cornerback Charvarius Ward was engaged near the
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya
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By Aaron Pellish, CNN Mankato, Minnesota (CNN) — As a high school marching band played a rendition of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked down the 50-yard line at Friday’s crosstown rivalry football game between Mankato East High School and Mankato West High School. Walz, accompanying the latter team’s captains, received an introduction that would work equally
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef. A federal judge had ruled in June that the SS United
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One person is dead and homicide detectives are searching for those responsible. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, at 3:23 Saturday morning, deputies from the Thermal Station were dispatched to the 51-800 block of Shady Lane, in the city of Coachella, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon. Upon arrival, deputies located a man
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored 3:07 into overtime, and the Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday. It was Pastrnak’s third goal in Boston’s first three games. He had 47 goals in 82 games for the Bruins last season. Elias Lindholm also scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman had 33 saves.
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KKCO By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The human head and hands discovered in the freezer of a Colorado home in January have been identified as belonging to a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for almost 20 years, according to local authorities. Amanda Overstreet was identified as the victim through DNA testing, according to
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The human head and hands discovered in the freezer of a Colorado home in January have been identified as belonging to a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for almost 20 years, according to local authorities. Amanda Overstreet was identified as the victim through DNA testing, according to a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday helped pack diapers into boxes of personal care products destined for North Carolina hurricane victims, agreeing with one helper who said “it takes a village.” “You’re exactly right,” Harris replied to Greg Hatem, owner of The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant as she put
Continue ReadingA magnitude-6.2 earthquake shook parts of Costa Rica on Saturday but appears not to have caused any serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the epicenter of the quake was off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua, where it was also felt. It had a depth of about 12 miles.
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