ATLANTA (AP) — Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at age 92. She died in Atlanta on Thursday, according to family members who issued a statement through the A.D. King Foundation. Naomi King established the organization in May
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors star Stephen Curry injured his troublesome right ankle again Thursday night, though the severity wasn’t immediately known. Coach Steve Kerr had yet to speak with Golden State’s medical staff immediately after a 125-122 loss to the Chicago Bulls, but said the two-time MVP had
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Nate Pickens’ 20 points helped UC Riverside defeat CSU Fullerton 84-74 on Thursday. Pickens also added five rebounds and four steals for the Highlanders (14-17, 9-10 Big West Conference). Kaleb Smith scored 14 points while shooting 5 for 12 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) and 1
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your body clock out
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes? Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are disrupted when skies dim on April
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Ten years on, families of Chinese passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight are still searching for answers. On Friday, a few dozen relatives went to meet with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of their long journey for answers. They also went to the Malaysian
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s hackers-for-hire take government officials out for lavish banquets, binge drinking and late-night karaoke with young women in a bid to win favor and business, as revealed in a highly unusual leak last month of internal documents from a private contractor linked to Chinese
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said.
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis scored 31 points, including the go-ahead dunk with 7.7 seconds remaining, and the Sacramento Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs 131-129 on Thursday night. Sabonis added 17 rebounds and nine assists, posting his 45th straight double-double. “Just to get this win, it’s great,” Sabonis
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, Jhasua Razo and Christopher Hickey, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden looks to secure another term in office, he used the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress to tout his administration’s legislative wins and attempted to make the case that he is the candidate standing for
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry’s troublesome right ankle buckled again, and that hurt as much as anything for the Golden State Warriors in yet another late-game defeat. Coach Steve Kerr didn’t have an immediate postgame update on the two-time MVP’s status other than his foot was being treated
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brain injury experts are cautioning against drawing conclusions from newly released and limited information about evidence of a brain injury in an Army reservist who killed 18 people last year in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting. Boston University researchers who analyzed a sample of Robert
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Elijah Pepper’s 28 points helped UC Davis defeat UC San Diego 70-63 on Thursday. Pepper added five rebounds and five assists for the Aggies (18-12, 13-6 Big West Conference). Kane Milling added 13 points while going 5 of 11 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) while he
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Valley Congressman Raul Ruiz has invited a special guest to join him tonight at the State of the Union address. Ronnie Imel is a decorated Vietnam Veteran, who has made helping veterans his life’s work. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Imel today from Washington D.C. Get the News Channel 3 app here.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Andre Henry’s 16 points helped UC Irvine defeat Cal Poly 82-68 on Thursday. Henry shot 5 for 9 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Anteaters (23-8, 16-3 Big West Conference). Derin Saran finished 6 of 8 from
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Two American men face a new trial Friday in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions. Italy’s highest Cassation Court ordered a new trial last year saying that it had not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that
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The father a Marine who was killed in a bombing during evacuations at a Kabul airport in 2021 was arrested by U.S. Capitol police for disrupting the State of the Union address. The Capitol Police said officers arrested Steven Nikoui, 51, after he disrupted the State of the Union Address by yelling. Video of the
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s leadership will use a press from the time of Napoleon to seal the right to abortion into the country’s constitution in a historic ceremony Friday that’s open to the public and is designed to show support to women across the world on International Women’s Day. France
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — During the State of the Union address, the House speaker and vice president sit behind the president. But there has been a new speaker every year under President Joe Biden. Former leader Nancy Pelosi lost the spot when Republicans secured a narrow lead in the chamber in during the 2022 midterm elections.
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? An extreme — and quirky — winter sport called skijoring. It’s a heart-pumping competition in which horses at full gallop tow skiers by rope over jumps and around obstacles as they try to lance suspended hoops
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