By The Associated Press SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Aboubacar Traore’s 30 points led Long Beach State over Cal Poly 89-82 on Thursday. Traore added eight rebounds and three steals for the Beach (10-5, 2-1 Big West Conference). Lassina Traore scored 20 points while shooting 3 of 5 from the field and 14 for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Justin Hohn and Derin Saran each scored 17 points as UC Irvine beat CSU Fullerton 75-67 on Thursday. Hohn was 6 of 11 shooting (3 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Anteaters (10-5, 3-0 Big West Conference). Saran shot 7 for 12, including 2 for 3
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Elijah Pepper’s 31 points led UC Davis over UC Riverside 83-63 on Thursday. Pepper also had eight rebounds for the Aggies (8-6, 3-0 Big West Conference). Leo DeBruhl scored 14 points while going 4 of 4 and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. Kane Milling
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Long plagued by rampant gun violence, Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, ending a surge that began in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked civil unrest and prompted widespread calls for police reform. The
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley each participated in CNN town halls on Thursday in Iowa ahead of the state’s caucuses later this month. The candidates, who are vying to emerge as the main alternative to former President Donald Trump, took questions from likely GOP
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China saw its hottest year on record in 2023, state media reported this week, as the world’s biggest polluter confronted a series of relentless heat waves and other extreme weather events driven by the human-caused climate crisis. Daily and monthly temperature records were repeatedly shattered as the year wore on while the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer convicted of killing Elijah McClain, a young Black man walking home from a store, is expected to learn Friday whether a judge will sentence him to prison or he will receive probation. McClain’s mother also may speak at the sentencing hearing. Among the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tyler McGhie scored 25 points as UCSD beat UCSB 79-72 on Thursday. McGhie shot 10 for 13, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Tritons (8-6, 2-0 Big West Conference). Bryce Pope scored 20 points, going 6 of 17 from the floor, including
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A teen armed with a shotgun and a handgun unleashed terror at an Iowa high school on the first day of classes in the new year, authorities said, killing a sixth grader and wounding five others as people hunkered down in classrooms, barricaded
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s military condemned its northern neighbor on Friday after Pyongyang fired artillery rounds that fell within a maritime buffer zone that has long been a flashpoint between the two. North Korea fired more than 200 rounds between 9 a.m. and
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that were
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that were
Continue ReadingBy ALANNNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in the massive prosecution of the Jan 6, 2021, riot in the three years
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine. They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bringing resurgent inflation down was never expected to be so relatively pain-free. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned of hard times ahead after the Fed began jacking up interest rates in the spring of 2022 to attack high inflation. Economists predicted that the much higher borrowing
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says the trailblazing Texas congresswoman died after getting an infection and accused a Dallas rehabilitation facility of neglect. Johnson, the first registered nurse elected to Congress, died on Dec. 31 at the age of 89. Les Weisbrod, her family’s attorney, said at a
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired artillery rounds near its disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Friday in violation of a fragile 2018 military agreement, officials said, prompting the South to plan similar drills. The rivals’ drills are the first in about a year and are expected
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kylan Boswell saw Pelle Larsson streaking ahead of a defender, swung the ball out with his left hand and put a bit of English on the pass. The ball bounced twice, seemingly headed out of bounds, but popped up on the second bounce and hit
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday, mirroring the finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai, but fell in Seoul and Hong Kong. The yen has weakened amid speculation that the Bank
Continue ReadingBy CADEN FRANK Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 20 points, Anton Watson added 15 and No. 24 Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 86-60 on Thursday night in their West Coast Conference opener for its 46th straight win over the Waves. Gonzaga (10-4, 1-0 WCC) has won all 25 conference openers under coach Mark
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