By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has easily won Thursday’s Nevada caucuses, the second Republican presidential contest held in the state in just three days, but the only one that will have an official impact on the race for the GOP nomination. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, winning his third straight state as he tries to secure his party’s nomination. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, his last
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Kaylynne Truong hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to lead No. 19 Gonzaga over Pepperdine 83-46 on Thursday night for the Bulldogs’ 17th straight win. The Bulldogs (23-2, 10-0 West Coast Conference) won their 31st straight home game, the second-best current streak behind No. 1 South Carolina’s 53 straight. It
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lamar Jackson was a near-unanimous choice for his second AP NFL Most Valuable Player award announced at NFL Honors on Thursday night. Baltimore’s All-Pro quarterback received 49 of 50 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of voters that includes media members who regularly cover
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he has no desire for diplomacy with South Korea and that the North would annihilate its rival if provoked, state media said Friday, in the latest of his belligerent statements that are raising tensions in the region. During
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Costume designer and producer Lou Eyrich has helped create many vivid worlds for television. Her latest is “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” It peeks under the fur coats and behind the giant sunglasses to see the complicated lives of the elite set in 1960s and 1970s
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Biden late Thursday offered one of his sharpest rebukes to date of Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, saying the operation to go after Hamas had been “over the top.” He also voiced optimism that a deal currently being brokered pairing the release of hostages with a prolonged
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi and Republican Nassau County legislator Mazi Pilip squared off Thursday night in the first and only debate of their race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos – a heated affair that underscored the contest’s national stakes. Santos himself was largely
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press over a story about two women’s accounts to police alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct. The court cited state anti-SLAPP law in rejecting Wynn’s claim that
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A teenage girl in Utah faced threats after a state school board member appeared to raise questions about her gender on social media, eliciting a condemnation from the state’s top government officials. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Natalie Cline, a member of the Utah State Board of Education since
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame now has a roster featuring every NFL franchise. Julius Peppers became the first player drafted by Carolina to make it to the Hall and Andre Johnson became the first for Houston as part of the 2024 class announced
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Christian McCaffrey ran away with the AP Offensive Player of the Year award announced at NFL Honors on Thursday night. San Francisco’s All-Pro running back received 39 of 50 first-place votes and earned 222 points, outpacing Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill in voting from
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — With “Eternity in a Moment,” the Japanese photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa has created an immersive installation in Tokyo where a visitor walks through rooms with various motifs. She tells The Associated Press that her recent works have explored the humble yet miraculous in everyday life, a
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping heralded a new year of growing coordination with Russia during a call with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that comes as the two countries continue to cement their partnership amid frictions with the West. Xi told Putin the two sides should “strengthen strategic
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Thursday morning, students and faculty from Desert Hot Springs High School participated in the “Every 15 Minutes” program. Desert Hot Springs Police Dept. partnered with the California Highway Patrol to simulate a drunk driving collision to raise awareness of the devastating impacts of drunk driving. The event included mock emergency responses from first responders just
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Courts in Riverside County continue to be clogged with a tremendous backlog of cases, a year after hundreds of criminal cases were dismissed. News Channel 3’s John White sat down with Presiding Judge Hon. Judith Clark for a rare interview. “This is a growing convergence of issues, that sort of all came to a peak
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Jeremy Dupin, CNN (CNN) — Elections in Haiti will take place when the security situation improves, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said in a national address on Wednesday evening. Anti-government protesters angered by the gang violence sweeping the country and deepening levels of poverty have been calling on Henry to step
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stephen Curry can already sense the momentum building inside the Golden State Warriors’ locker room. Coach Steve Kerr feels it, too. So after making no significant trade deadline additions Thursday, Curry made his first seven 3-pointers, scored 29 of his 42 points in the first half
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, Katharina Krebs and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested “an agreement can be reached” with the United States to release detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich, as he brought up the conviction of a “patriotic” Russian hitman in Germany. The comments came during a lengthy and at times
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 13 people in Rafah in the Gaza Strip after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town. President Joe Biden called Israel’s military response
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