LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr. won the 2023 Hank Aaron Awards on Saturday, presented by Major League Baseball to the most outstanding offensive performer in each league. The MLB award is picked by fan balloting combined with votes from a panel of Hall of Famers and former winners, a group
Continue ReadingBy Maija Ehlinger, Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem El Damanhoury and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli military sniper shot and killed two women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The mother and daughter were walking to the Sister’s Convent, the patriarchate said, when gunfire erupted.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, marking their 50th anniversary of friendship, are meeting at a special summit and expected to adopt a joint vision that places greater emphasis on security cooperation amid growing tensions with China in regional seas. On Saturday, Prime
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses that allegedly targeted Jewish people. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the young person arrested Friday is charged with facilitating terrorist activity by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance. The youth is further charged with knowingly instructing a
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rhetoric dropped to a spine-tingling new low this weekend with less than a month before the Iowa caucuses. The GOP primary front-runner said migrants are “poisoning the blood” of the US and quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin about the “rottenness” of American democracy. Whipping
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Ty Johnson scored 30 points as UC Davis beat Pacific 82-61 on Saturday night. Johnson also contributed four steals for the Aggies (4-5). Elijah Pepper scored 19 points while shooting 8 for 16, including 2 for 9 from beyond the arc. Kane Milling finished 5 of 8
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start this week after being delayed for over a year. Jimmy Lai broke into the city’s once freewheeling media world about three decades ago, armed with the belief
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday. Officials have not yet determined the cause for either fire and have not suggested that they were related, but both are under investigation. Saturday’s five-alarm fire was reported a bit
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Trailing 17-3 late in the third quarter behind an offense that had struggled to move the ball, the Bengals needed Jake Browning to be nearly perfect — and he was. Browning led Cincinnati to three fourth-quarter touchdowns and directed the winning drive in overtime in his
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Ajay Mitchell had 25 points in UC Santa Barbara’s 68-59 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday night at the Jerry Colangelo Classic. Mitchell also contributed six rebounds for the Gauchos (6-3). Josh Pierre-Louis scored 10 points while going 4 of 8 and 2 of 4 from the free
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Ian Martinez scored 20 points and Kalifa Sakho had a tip-in for the winning points with 15 seconds remaining as Utah State defeated San Francisco 54-53 on Saturday for the Aggies’ 10th straight win. Martinez also added eight rebounds and five steals for the Aggies (11-1). Sakho
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor in Gaza last month, his colleagues said in a statement Saturday. The U.S. development agency noted the death and urged greater protection for humanitarian workers in the fighting there. Hani Jnena, 33, was killed Nov. 5
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Maya Train rail project has opened partially to the general public with hours-long delays and huge cost overruns. Passengers waiting for the twice-daily train to leave the resort of Cancun on Saturday were left waiting on the platform for about four hours before being able to board. Officials apologized for
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Jamison Battle scored 14 points, including Ohio State’s only 3-pointer in the final minute, and Felix Okpara made two key baskets down the stretch to lead the Buckeyes to a 67-60 victory over UCLA on Saturday. Roddy Gayle Jr. led Ohio State (9-2) with 19 points
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — A British boy who was found in France after going missing for six years has landed safely back in the UK, according to local police. Alex Batty never returned from holiday in Spain with his mother Melanie Batty and his grandfather in 2017. Now aged 17, he was
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — A Senate staffer is out of a job after the publication of a video appearing to show two men having sex in a Senate hearing room. Police are “looking into” the video, which was obtained and published by the Daily Caller. CNN has not independently obtained the video nor
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British teenager Alex Batty flew back to the U.K. on Saturday, six years after he left home on what was meant to be a two-week family vacation in Spain. Batty never returned from that holiday to his grandmother and guardian in Oldham, near Manchester. Her frantic appeals
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man already in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings. Prosecutors say he lured all four victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold. Forty-year-old Richard Bradley Jr. is scheduled to stand trial next month in the May 2021 death
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial’s days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to be removed from the northern Virginia cemetery in the coming days. It’s part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities. The decision ignores a demand from some
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Dean Spanos was left with only one choice as he watched his Los Angeles Chargers get pummeled 63-21 by the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. The Bolts’ owner needed to immediately clean house. Friday’s firings of coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom
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