By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lauren Jensen scored 25 points, Emma Ronsiek added 23 and Creighton sank 15 3-pointers in an 87-73 victory over UNLV in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday despite 30 points from Desi-Rae Young. Morgan Maly added 16 points for seventh-seeded Creighton
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Palou will lead the field to green in Sunday morning’s pair of heat races that determine which 12 IndyCar drivers will advance into the exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge. The made-for-TV all-star race of sorts will consist of only 12
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations. Biden also appeared in Missouri’s Democratic primary, with results not expected to be reported until next week. None of the races were in suspense. Biden and Trump have already
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion in Northern California killed one man and injured another while the two were out hunting for shed antlers, authorities said Saturday. An 18-year-old male called the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Saturday afternoon, reporting that he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion in a
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion in Northern California killed one man and injured another while the two were out hunting for shed antlers, authorities said Saturday. An 18-year-old male called the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Saturday afternoon, reporting that he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion in a
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For this weekend, the University of Idaho marching band has adopted a new name. It’s not the Vandal Marching Band. It’s the “Van-Dogs Marching Band” after becoming the adopted band for the Yale basketball team during its run in the NCAA Tournament. Yale’s band was
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres stars and executives remembered late owner Peter Seidler with laughter and some emotional moments on Saturday while vowing to fulfill his dream of bringing a World Series championship to his adopted hometown. A celebration of life was held for Seidler at Petco
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds. In the West, a winter storm warning was in effect through Sunday morning for parts of the Sierra Nevada,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds. In the West, a winter storm warning was in effect through Sunday morning for parts of the Sierra Nevada,
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Football Union says its team’s friendly against Paraguay scheduled for Moscow on Monday has been put off indefinitely due to the terrorist attack near the capital. Officials said the match originally scheduled for Moscow’s VTB Arena would be played at a later date. At least 133 people were killed after
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike deep in northeastern Lebanon early Sunday wounded at least three people, a local official said. The airstrike near the city of Baalbek, a stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, was the latest to hit the area in recent weeks. The strike occurred a few minutes after midnight and wounded
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors say they have ordered the arrest of the mayor of a seaside tourist town in the country’s south on corruption charges. The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime, which handles cases involving senior officials, ordered the arrest Saturday of Jorgo Goro, the mayor of
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-western career diplomat has defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election to set up a runoff vote between the two. The winner will succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president. With nearly all polling stations counted late
Continue ReadingBy Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that “the train is coming,” referring to her team’s preparation for the case against former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants and whether she was slowed down by attempts to remove her from the case. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the election subversion case after more than two
Continue ReadingCNN By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that “the train is coming,” referring to her team’s preparation for the case against former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants and whether she was slowed down by attempts to remove her from the case. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the election subversion case after more
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Russia has been left reeling in the wake of the nation’s worst terrorist attack in decades. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which saw armed assailants storm a popular concert venue complex on the outskirts of Moscow, killing more than 130 people. Nearly a dozen people have been detained
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The Des Moines Police figure they have little chance of stopping Audi Crooks. That’s the good-natured message they’re sending anyway. Crooks is catching attention everywhere after a dominant 40-point debut in the NCAA Tournament, and the police department back home is having a little fun
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins turned the ball over the first time she touched it in her NCAA Tournament debut. “I gave myself a little grace knowing it was the first play,” she said, smiling. “I haven’t played in two weeks. That’s crazy.” Watkins and top-seeded Southern California
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous. Harris saw bullet-pocked
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