By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The early signing period in college football opened with just a little five-star drama. Georgia likely locked up a recruiting crown by flipping an in-state blue-chipper away from Florida State. The consensus No. 1 recruit in the country had Ohio State coach Ryan Day literally sighing with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — It’s beginning to look a lot like New Year’s Eve in New York. The numerals “2024” were delivered Wednesday to Times Square for its famous street party to ring in the New Year. Organizers said the lighted display arrived in the famous square following a coast-to-coast road trip covering more than
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Countertenor David Daniels is no longer a member of the union for singers following his guilty plea to a charge of sexual assault. The 57-year-old and his husband, Scott Walters, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony, in Houston’s Harris County District Court on Aug. 4. Their
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Countertenor David Daniels is no longer a member of the union for singers following his guilty plea to a charge of sexual assault. The 57-year-old and his husband, Scott Walters, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony, in Houston’s Harris County District Court on Aug. 4. Their
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A southwestern Wisconsin man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for causing the creation and distribution of a video of a monkey being tortured. U.S. District Judge William Conley in Madison also fined 40-year-old Kenneth Herrera of Soldiers Grove $5,000 and ordered him to serve three
Continue ReadingSarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A 30-year-old Chicago man who was wrongfully convicted of murder on the testimony of a blind witness walked out of the Cook County Jail this week as a free man. Darien Harris had served 12-and-a-half years of his 76-year sentence before prosecutors decided not to move forward with their case
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, according to court records obtained Wednesday. Chance Comanche, 27, was taken into custody last week in Sacramento, California, where he described for Las Vegas detectives the alleged murder
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, according to court records obtained Wednesday. Chance Comanche, 27, was taken into custody last week in Sacramento, California, where he described for Las Vegas detectives the alleged murder
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A jury has dismissed a lawsuit accusing top Louisiana State University officials of retaliating against a former athletics administrator for reporting alleged inappropriate sexual behavior by a former head football coach. The Advocate reports that after six days of testimony, the jury on Wednesday rejected the claims by Sharon Lewis,
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics failed to properly care for Elijah McClain when they overdosed the Black man with a sedative that he didn’t need. The 23-year-old massage therapist died after being stopped and forcibly restrained by police officers and then injected
Continue ReadingBy JOSÉ ANTONIO RIVERA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is ebullient about the recovery of Acapulco after Hurricane Otis smashed into the resort on Oct. 25, killing 52 people. But some residents still don’t have running water, sewage treatment is still deficient, tons of garbage and debris remain
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America The FBI is investigating a white South Carolina couple for racial discrimination after they set a cross on fire in their yard facing toward their Black neighbors’ home. The retired Black couple recorded video of the burning cross on Thanksgiving weekend and described days of repeated threats from
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Fardaws Aimaq had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Jalen Cone scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Cal had a 26-point lead erased before beating UC San Diego 71-67 on Wednesday. Cal and UC San Diego met for the third consecutive season, with the Tritons winning the past two matchups. Aimaq
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two Georgia election workers recently awarded nearly $150 million by a jury for the harm caused by defamatory statements Rudy Giuliani made about them following the 2020 election can begin trying to collect from him immediately, according to a new court order. Typically, the women who had sued Giuliani
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago. Gov. Greg Abbot’s office says the first flight carried 120 people and took place Tuesday. That was a week after Chicago took a tougher stance on the buses that he has been sending north since April 2022. More than 80,000
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Miami coach Mario Cristobal hasn’t yet taken the Hurricanes to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, but he sure has made a difference on the recruiting trail. Cristobal closed strong to help Miami secure the ACC’s top-ranked recruiting class for a second straight year. According to composite rankings of
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has a policy of not hesitating to launch a nuclear strike on its rivals if provoked, as he praised troops involved in its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, state media reported Thursday. Since adopting an escalatory
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city. Attorneys for Mississippi and the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rains drenched parts of California on Wednesday, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides as millions of people geared up for holiday travel, the National Weather Service said. The Pacific storm centered offshore was moving gradually southeastward, sending bands of rain ashore and hitting
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A driver was killed Tuesday night and another driver was arrested in Indio following a traffic collision police said was possibly alcohol or drug-related. First responders responded to Indio Springs Parkway at 9:45 p.m. just east of Golf Center Parkway and near the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino. That’s where police said two vehicles, a white GMC pick-up
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