By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hannah Jump scored 20 points and No. 2 Stanford rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to beat No. 13 Oregon State 66-57 in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals Friday. The Cardinal outscored Oregon State 23-8 in the third quarter and held off a late surge by the
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The BNP Paribas Open honored all the women for International Women’s Day. With plenty of moms, fans and much more, the BNP had a pannel of BNP executives, current players, legends, and the number one pickleball player. Happy International Women’s Day at the BNP Paribas Open. Such a great panel with FILA sponsored WTA player
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has posted a $91.63 million bond as he appeals the judgment against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The notice of Trump’s bond and appeal was made with the federal court in New York on Friday. In January, a federal jury awarded
Continue ReadingLA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A helicopter carrying three National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent has crashed along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, killing three of the people on board. That’s according to Starr County Judge Eloy Vera, the county’s top local official. Vera says a fourth person on board is in critical
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,” according to a United Nations’ report. Such violations and crimes include “extrajudicial and unlawful killings and murder, unnecessary and disproportionate
Continue ReadingBRUCE SHIPKOWSKI TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey court has denied an appeal from a high school that lost a state basketball tournament game when referees wrongly overturned a buzzer-beating basket. The state appellate division ruled late Friday that it would not grant Manasquan school officials’ petition stemming from this week’s loss to Camden.
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week. The plane landed safely at Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week. The plane landed safely at Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man was arrested on Friday afternoon while trying to enter the US Capitol with a hammer, US Capitol Police said in a news release. Christopher Snow, 33, of Canton, Ohio, “became combative” after a USCP officer spotted the hammer in his backpack as it went through
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In light of International Women’s Day, we highlight some of the valley’s women political leaders. They share issues that matter to them and how they plan to advocate for various issues we all face. Mayor Linda Evans met us and ran into some women celebrating International Women’s Day in the La Quinta Civic Center Park.
Continue ReadingDEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — A crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection involving a semitrailer and a van has reportedly killed nine people. KSTP reports the Clark County sheriff’s office told the station nine people died in the Friday accident. The sheriff’s office didn’t return messages from The Associated Press. The Wisconsin State Patrol referred
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ottawa Senators forward Parker Kelly was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to the head against Los Angeles defenseman Andreas Englund. Kelly was assessed a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head with 3:35 left in the Senators’ 4-3 overtime
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A Thousand Palms man on death row for multiple murders died in prison at the age of 40. Juan Inzunza, who was serving a condemned sentence at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, died on Thursday while receiving care at an outside medical facility, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Friday. The department said
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, is a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomenon. It’s only fitting that the city’s police force has uniform patches that are out of this world. They feature a flying saucer, two tiny aliens
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press Former President Donald Trump has met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a conservative populist whose crackdowns in Hungary have sparked criticism that he’s eroding that country’s democracy. Trump and Orbán have a longstanding relationship, and their meeting Friday comes as Hungary has had conflicts with the
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is sitting out the Los Angeles Lakers’ meeting with Milwaukee on Friday night due to his injured left ankle. The 39-year-old James will miss his ninth game of the season when the Lakers host the Bucks. Los Angeles is 4-4 without the top
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE has struck a deal with Prime, the beverage brand of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, that will see its logo featured on the center of a WWE wrestling ring mat, a first for the sports entertainment company. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As part
Continue ReadingLA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say a helicopter has crashed along the U.S-Mexico border. Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez says the crash happened Friday in the small town of La Grulla. He did not provide further details and referred questions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Officials did not
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday took his pitch for a second term to the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, contrasting himself with his predecessor in what was effectively his first rally of the 2024 general election campaign. Biden’s speech in the Philadelphia suburbs was essentially an abridged version
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Katherine Piccinini advances to the general election for U.S. House in California’s 10th Congressional District.
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