By The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kaleb Smith scored 28 points as UC Riverside beat UC Santa Barbara 81-64 on Saturday night. Smith also had six rebounds for the Highlanders (15-17, 10-10 Big West Conference). Nate Pickens scored 16 points while shooting 5 for 9 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Radek Faksa and Jason Robertson scored 18 seconds apart in the second period, Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist, and the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to a season-high five games by beating the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday night. “We
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Alessandro Schöpf scored his first MLS goal in more than a year to help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 Saturday night. Schöpf opened the scoring in the 74th minute when he beat goalkeeper Daniel De Sousa Britto — known as “Daniel” — with a low shot
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KURIGA, Nigeria (AP) — Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northwest. More than two days after her children — ages 7 to 18 — went to school in remote Kuriga town
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Sporting Kansas City’s Tim Melia and LAFC’s Hugo Lloris both finished with six saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. Sporting KC has opened the season with three straight ties, two of them on the road. Sporting KC already has as many points as it
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California CareForce is hosting the final day of its 2024 Coachella Valley Clinic March 10. It will be held at the Empire Polo Grounds, at 81800 Avenue 51 Indio, CA 92201. The grounds will open at 5 a.m. to allow parking, with doors to the clinic opening at 7 a.m. Services include the following: Dental
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a rollercoaster regular season behind them, the Southern California Trojans are finally rolling in March — the way many thought they would all along. DJ Rodman and Kobe Johnson scored 19 points each in a 78-65 victory over No. 5 Arizona on Saturday night,
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day. Terens, a
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: — “What did you get on your test?” — “Did you get the field trip form signed?” — “Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinner
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: — “What did you get on your test?” — “Did you get the field trip form signed?” — “Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinner
Continue ReadingBy KATIE MARIE DAVIS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press This week’s election in Russia is expected to cement President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power until at least 2030. Any members of the political opposition who could have challenged him in the election are either in prison or exiled abroad. Independent media outlets that could show
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press Haiti’s prime minister has said he will resign, bowing to international pressure to save his homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. Ariel Henry made the announcement hours after officials, including Caribbean leaders and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, met in Jamaica to discuss a solution
Continue ReadingBy RAJANISH KAKADE Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glittering contest held in India on Saturday night. Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon was the first runner-up among 112 contestants in the competition held in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. “Being crowned Miss World
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding a general election Sunday against a backdrop of corruption scandals and economic hardship that have eroded faith in moderate mainstream parties and could push a significant number of voters into the arms of a radical right populist party. A slew of recent corruption
Continue ReadingBy JOSH KELETY/AP, ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS and CARSON GERBER/CNHI NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital. She wondered what executives at the not-for-profit facility were making, so she filed a public records request
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN (CNN) — Russia has begun using a powerful aerial bomb that has decimated Ukrainian defenses and tilted the balance on the front lines. It has done so by converting a basic Soviet-era weapon into a gliding bomb that can cause a crater fifteen meters wide. The bomb is
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — It was just over a year ago that Toyota appeared to acknowledge it had dropped the ball on electric vehicles. Its CEO, Akio Toyoda, stepped down from his post, painting himself as “an old-fashioned” man unfit to take the world’s biggest carmaker through the
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hi, “Oppenheimer.” When Hollywood gathers for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the blockbuster biopic is widely expected to overpower all competition — including its release-date companion, “Barbie” — at an election-year Oscars that could turn into a coronation for Christopher Nolan. The Oscars, kicking
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hi, “Oppenheimer.” When Hollywood gathers for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the blockbuster biopic is widely expected to overpower all competition — including its release-date companion, “Barbie” — at an election-year Oscars that could turn into a coronation for Christopher Nolan. The Oscars, kicking
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga attacked the rim and tried to will the Golden State Warriors back into the game. They just couldn’t get enough timely stops. Keldon Johnson and the San Antonio Spurs delivered in some big moments. Johnson had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and San
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