INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Venus Williams played a match on tour for the first time in about six months on Thursday, and the 43-year-old owner of seven Grand Slam titles gave away the lead and the last 10 games in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 loss to qualifier Nao Hibino at the BNP Paribas Open.
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A woman who accused Michigan State University’s then-head football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment intends to sue him, the school and others for tens of millions of dollars in damages, according to new legal filings. Rape survivor and advocate Brenda Tracy is set to sue Tucker, MSU, its
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, images circulating online showing former President Donald Trump surrounded by groups of Black people smiling and laughing seem nothing out of the ordinary, but a look closer is telling. Odd lighting and too-perfect details provide clues to the fact they were
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The City of Uvalde has released an independent report into a deadly 2022 school shooting that suggested none of the city’s officers violated department policy. The report released Thursday infuriated family members of children killed in the attack and contradicted other investigations that
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Three inmates who escaped from prison in Grenada have been charged with killing two Americans after allegedly hijacking their yacht last month to flee to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, police said Thursday. The Royal Granada Police Force said in a statement that Ron Mitchell, Atiba Stanisclaus and Trevon
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMED JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel’s bombardment, offensives and siege, children are starting to die. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered long
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy likely produced another month of healthy hiring in February, once again brushing aside the effects of high interest rates with unexpected ease. When the Labor Department issues the monthly jobs report Friday, economists predict it will show that employers added a solid 200,000
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KEALY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Irish voters are voting in twin referendums to decide whether to amend the constitution and remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums on International Women’s Day are on deleting a reference in the 87-year-old document to women’s domestic duties
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If No. 5 Arizona couldn’t clinch the Pac-12 regular-season title at home, the Wildcats loved doing it in Pauley Pavilion. Under UCLA’s 11 national championship banners and the retired jerseys of such stars as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, KJ Lewis scored 18 points and
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting at her kitchen table in Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” and warned of a bleak American future under his presidency in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening. The first-term Alabama Republican,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some private-property alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors. Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion, often following tour guides who show people around
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was what the Republicans demanded, but never expected. President Joe Biden said her name. “Laken Riley.” Even before Biden started speaking, the topic of border security was certain to rise as one of the most tense moments in the State of the Union
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff Sen. Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama, gave the GOP rebuttal immediately following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night. Her speech is below, as prepared for delivery and released by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office: Good evening, America. My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address is one of the durable set pieces of the presidency, a forum that almost always favors the speaker in a one-way conversation with millions of Americans. Most of the speeches are instantly dissected, and almost as quickly forgotten.
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered his annual State of the Union address on Thursday. His statements were mostly accurate, a CNN fact check found, but he also made a smattering of claims that were false, misleading or lacking key context. Biden repeated his familiar misleading boast about how he had supposedly
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds and No. 5 Southern California defeated Arizona 65-62 in a Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday night. USC (24-5) held off the pesky Wildcats, who led by four with 3:28 left in the third quarter and made
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Makaih Williams scored 13 points as UT Arlington beat Cal Baptist 71-57 on Thursday night. Williams went 6 of 9 from the field for the Mavericks (18-13, 13-7 Western Athletic Conference). Aaron Cash scored 12 points and added eight rebounds. DaJuan Gordon had 12 points and shot
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A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was injured today in a two-vehicle wreck just east of Temecula. The crash happened about 4:50 p.m. on Highway 79 at Pacific Sunset Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. The agency said the sheriff’s patrol vehicle and a car collided, but the circumstances were unclear. The deputy was
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, ABBY SEWELL, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian civilians
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Joe Biden addressed Congress and the nation during his State of the Union speech on Thursday, tens of thousands of Palestinians face an increasingly harrowing humanitarian crisis – one that officials warn is hurling the territory into a famine. Although Biden had signaled repeated optimism that
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