Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 33 points, and the Sacramento Kings beat the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 110-100 on Monday night to give Doug Christie his first win as the interim head coach after the Kings fired Mike Brown last week. The Kings went on a 17-2 run to end the third
Continue ReadingMALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Khalif Battle scored 21 points, Braden Huff added 19 points on 9-of-10 shooting and No. 19 Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 89-82 on Monday night in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams. Huff converted a three-point play that gave the Bulldogs the lead for good 7:10 into the first half, and
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Brown, the renowned CNN anchor who gained prominence for his coverage of the September 11 attacks and his pivotal role in shaping the network’s evening news format, died Sunday at 76, his family said. Brown’s career in journalism began in local television in Seattle before becoming the founding
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Long time Coachella Valley resident and former Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Herbert Temple, Jr., passed away on Saturday. He was Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1986 to 1990, and had over 43 years of military service before his retirement. The Army National Guard headquarters in Arlington, Virginia is dedicated
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Bent Leuchten scored 20 points as UC Irvine beat California Baptist 71-63 on Monday night. Leuchten added 10 rebounds for the Anteaters (11-2). Devin Tillis scored 13 points and added eight rebounds. Justin Hohn shot 5 for 11, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points.
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Steven Jamerson II scored 21 points as San Diego beat Pacific 75-65 on Monday night. Jamerson added 11 rebounds and four steals for the Toreros (4-10, 1-0 West Coast Conference). Santiago Trouet scored 13 points while shooting 5 of 8 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line and
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHO’s China office noted a cluster of “pneumonia” cases in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — ___ EDITORS: As part of its coverage of the death of former President Jimmy Carter, The Associated Press is looking back at major events in his life. Carter’s success at Camp David negotiating a Mideast Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel was one of his crowning achievements. AP Diplomatic Writer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans are bracing for a difficult winter ahead as a looming energy shortage could leave them without enough energy. On Jan. 1, Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is set to halt gas supplies to the European Union candidate country over an alleged $709 million debt for past supplies, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Amid everything else on his desk — the Iran hostage crisis, domestic economic turmoil, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a grueling 1980 reelection fight — President Jimmy Carter elevated the independence of a country in southern Africa as a top agenda item. Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Trammell, CNN (CNN) — When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new year. Kiribati is an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, and its
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The Palm Springs Police Department will be out in full swing on New Year’s Eve. The department says its ramping up enforcement to catch drunk drivers, and anyone else breaking the law. The department also says it will be on the lookout for illegal fireworks, gunshots, and hit and run drivers. “We expect an increase
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Nate Calmese had 20 points, freshman Tomas Thrastarson scored a season-high 17 in his first start and Washington State beat Loyola Marymount 73-59 at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Monday night. Calmese made 9 of 17 shots and both of his free throws for the Cougars (12-3, 2-0 West Coast Conference).
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott J. Nord approved the agreement Tuesday, a day after Jolie and Pitt
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott J. Nord approved the agreement Tuesday, a day after Jolie and Pitt
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach settlement after 8 years in one of the most contentious divorces in Hollywood history.
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The big prizes for the Detroit Lions remain on the horizon, with the team seeking a division title, the top seed in the NFC playoffs and the franchise’s first Super Bowl trip. With almost nothing at stake in a rematch of last season’s NFC championship game
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Norman Powell scored 35 points, James Harden hit go-ahead free throws with 17.9 seconds left and the Los Angeles Clippers held on to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 116-113 on Monday night. With the Pelicans — losers of 10 straight and 19 of 20 — trying to tie
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — People in Zimbabwe are shunning traditional grocery stores to do their shopping at informal and illegal markets that pop up at night to avoid police raids. The government had hoped the introduction of a new currency in April would resolve a money crisis that has seen southern African countries
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December, despite recent stimulus measures and in the face of increasing trade risks. the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday that the official Purchasing Managers’ Index, based on a survey of factory managers, slipped to 50.1 from 50.3 in
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