By SAMMI SILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Carlson scored the game-winner with 53 seconds left in regulation, and the Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday. The Capitals’ fourth line made all the difference in the win. Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal and two assists, Nic Dowd had a goal
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hews to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California showed it has multiple options to deliver when it counts, using a complete team effort for a victory that helped the Trojans regain some momentum. JuJu Watkins scored 17 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, and No. 9 USC pulled away late for
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fans, players and coaches have paid their last respects in Brazil to Mario Zagallo. The first person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager was buried at a Rio de Janeiro cemetery. A public wake and then private funeral
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press SILT, Colorado (AP) — An investigation is being conducted into an apparent altercation between U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant, police in Silt, Colorado, confirmed Sunday. It’s unclear what happened on Saturday, but Boebert’s campaign released a statement Sunday in which she said she “didn’t punch
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group. The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators were searching Sunday for the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on Friday, hoping to gain physical evidence of what went wrong. The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines jet opened up where aircraft maker Boeing fits a “plug” to
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hues to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A resident of a New York City migrant shelter is charged with murder in the stabbing death of another man. Police on Sunday say officers responded to the Randall’s Island shelter around 7:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of an assault in progress. The victim was taken to a hospital and
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officials in Florida have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspected gunman in the deadly Ocala mall shooting that left one person dead two days before Christmas. The Ocala Police Department is “still actively searching” for Albert Shell Jr. and is offering
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal woes will be in the spotlight this week with important court dates in the former president’s civil and criminal cases coming just days ahead of the first nominating contest of the 2024 election. Here are key developments to watch this week. Monday, January 8 Trump and the majority of the
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce is inactive for the Kansas City Chiefs’ season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers, ending the star tight end’s chance to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the eighth straight season. Kelce needed 16 yards to hit the milestone, which would have been the fourth-longest
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP, COLLEEN LONG and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday as more details emerged about key decision-makers, even President Joe Biden, being kept in the dark for days that the Pentagon chief had been in the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing’s Max lineup of jets. The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation that is likely
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be the latest in a long parade of Biden national security officials to meet face to face with the Israeli government when he arrives in Tel Aviv this week for his fifth visit since the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of an Alaska Airlines plane section have announced the discovery of the lost piece that had fallen from the aircraft – a key element in the investigation into what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression.” A Portland schoolteacher
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House and Senate leaders on Sunday announced a spending deal for government funding in 2024, the first step to averting a shutdown later this month even as that threat still looms. The topline numbers agreed to by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA (AP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, giving her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term. At least 18 arson attacks preceded Sunday’s
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When a rocket makes its inaugural liftoff attempt on Monday, it will carry nothing less than the first lunar lander to launch from the United States since NASA’s final Apollo mission in 1972. The stakes are high. The success of the rocket, developed by the joint venture of Lockheed
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — There’s been another jaguar sighting in southern Arizona and it’s the eighth different jaguar documented in the southwestern U.S. since 1996, according to wildlife officials. A hobbyist wildlife videographer who posts trail camera footage online captured the image of a roaming jaguar late last month in the Huachuca Mountains near Tucson, the
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