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By The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Dionte Bostick’s 27 points helped Cal State Northridge defeat Cal State Bakersfield 76-71 on Thursday night. Bostick also contributed four steals for the Matadors (17-9, 8-6 Big West Conference). De’Sean Allen-Eikens scored 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting. Corey Stephenson led the way for the Roadrunners (10-15, 5-9)
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one. Eastern Orthodox leadership, despite lacking a single doctrinal authority like a pope, has been united in opposing recognition
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deuce Turner scored 17 points off the bench to help lead San Diego past Portland 71-66 on Thursday night. Turner added six rebounds for the Toreros (16-11, 6-6 West Coast Conference). PJ Hayes had 14 points and Kevin Patton Jr. scored 13. Tyler Harris finished with 19
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Juan Munoz scored 20 points to help Hawaii defeat Cal Poly 80-51 on Thursday night, handing the Mustangs their 14th loss in a row. Munoz shot 7 for 12, including 5 for 9 from beyond the arc for the Rainbow Warriors (15-11, 7-7 Big West
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Barrington Hargress had 21 points in UC Riverside’s 81-73 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night. Hargress also contributed eight rebounds and six assists for the Highlanders (11-15, 6-8 Big West Conference). Nate Pickens hit three 3-pointers and scored 19. Kaleb Smith pitched in with 10
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Two teenagers in custody in connection with the deadly shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured were charged Thursday, according to Missouri court officials. The Office of the Juvenile Officer said the teens face gun-related and
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs. They were part of nationwide efforts to curtail a surge in Brazil of the mosquito-borne
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bryce Pope scored 15 points as UC San Diego beat UC Santa Barbara 61-46 on Thursday night. Pope shot 6 for 15 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Tritons (16-9, 10-3 Big West Conference). Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones scored 13 points and added 12 rebounds. Francis Nwaokorie
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Drake Allen scored 19 points as Utah Valley beat Cal Baptist 69-46 on Thursday night. Allen added five rebounds and three steals for the Wolverines (11-14, 6-8 Western Athletic Conference). Ethan Potter totaled 12 points and Caleb Stone-Carrawell scored 11. The Lancers (14-10, 7-6) were led by
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — A migrant’s epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat informed Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated film “Io Capitano.” But some episodes that the Ivorian migrant witnessed on his three-year odyssey were too strong to make
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jake Ensminger’s 17 points helped Santa Clara defeat Pacific 79-53 on Thursday. Ensminger also added 10 rebounds and six assists for the Broncos (16-10, 7-4 West Coast Conference). Johnny O’Neil added 14 points and had 10 rebounds and five assists. Camaron Tongue was 4 of 6
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Allegations of misconduct have taken center stage in Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election case, thrusting top prosecutors’ private lives into the spotlight and forcing them to answer deeply personal questions in court as they try to defend against efforts to derail the high-stakes
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington state die of opioid overdoses at five times the state average. The state Senate unanimously approved a bill this week that would provide nearly $8 million in funding annually to combat
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Filip Zadina had two goals and two assists for a career-high four points in the San Jose Sharks’ 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. “It felt pretty good, obviously,” said Zadina, who just a goal and two assists in his previous 18 games. “We haven’t scored as a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a consequential week on the former president’s legal calendar. Trump could be hit with millions of dollars in penalties and other sanctions in the decision by Judge Arthur Engoron, who
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Myles Rice scored 25 points, Isaac Jones added 21 points and nine rebounds and Washington State beat California 84-65 for its sixth straight win Thursday night, moving within a game of first-place Arizona in the Pac-12. Rice was 9-of-16 shooting, hitting three 3-pointers, while Jones was 8 of 10 with the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Trenton McLaughlin’s 24 points helped Northern Arizona defeat Sacramento State 73-58 on Thursday night. McLaughlin was 8-of-18 shooting (6 for 11 from 3-point range) for the Lumberjacks (12-14, 5-7 Big Sky Conference). Carson Basham shot 6 of 7 from the field and 3 for 5 from the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Aboubacar Traore scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Long Beach State beat UC Davis 78-74 on Thursday night. Messiah Thompson scored 18 points for the Beach (16-9, 8-5 Big West Conference). Marcus Tsohonis was 6-of-16 shooting and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line to
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting East Palestine, Ohio, over a year after a deadly explosive fire there caused by a 2023 train derailment. The president’s visit Friday to the village of 5,000 is at the invitation of its mayor. The White House says Biden waited for the
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A shooting that wounded more than 20 people and killed one during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how cities handle crime. Dozens of policymakers from Missouri
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