By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis are meeting in a nationally televised event on Thursday night that will feature two young, high-profile leaders with presidential aspirations who may have to wait for future cycles to realize them. Newsom, 56, has talked about
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dominick Harris scored 31 points as Loyola Marymount beat Central Arkansas 90-63 on Wednesday. Harris had six rebounds for the Lions (5-3). Alex Merkviladze scored 22 points and added six rebounds. Lars Thiemann had 12 points and shot 3 of 6 from the field and 6 for 8 from the line.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are increasingly outsourcing central parts of their campaigns, drawing on the growing urgency of Donald Trump opponents to find a single alternative to the former president. Struggling to energize
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Full Medicaid coverage starts this week for hundreds of thousands of uninsured adults in North Carolina. More than 600,000 people ultimately are expected to qualify, and roughly half will be automatically enrolled starting Friday. North Carolina elected officials agreed this year to
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East plays host to its second straight U.N. climate conference over the next two weeks, with countries hoping to agree on new ways to keep the planet from heating too much by the end of the century. Distractions abound, most notably war
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Genaldi’s road to homelessness began early this year when a car slammed into the rear of his motorcycle, crushed three of his ribs, and left him in a coma for over a month. The 58-year-old lost his job as a machine operator, then his home, and
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. U.S. futures rose and oil prices also advanced. Later Thursday, the U.S. government is due to release its October data on the Federal Reserve’s
Continue ReadingBy NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — All these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling in prayer on the floor of a White House bedroom in the waning hours of a shattered presidency. Until the embittered end, Henry
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for a double slaying in 2001 despite his claims that he acted in self-defense. Phillip Hancock was scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The 59-year-old has
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and allied producers including Russia will try to agree Thursday on cuts to the amount of crude they send to the world, with prices having tumbled lately despite their efforts to prop them up. That’s been
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Climate chaos spared no region this year. Canada burned, the US Southwest boiled, a Libyan city was swept away by floods and global heat was, as one scientist said, “gobsmackingly bananas.” Climate records fell like dominoes, and more are predicted — it is all but certain that 2023 will
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan suspended its own Osprey flights Thursday after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission, officials said. Tokyo has also asked the U.S. military to stop all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching
Continue ReadingCEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Scotty Washington had 21 points in Cal Baptist’s 91-66 victory over Southern Utah on Wednesday night. Washington was 6 of 10 shooting, including 6 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Lancers (6-1, 1-0 Western Athletic Conference). Blondeau Tchoukuiengo was 6 of
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Light, tasty and simple to make, egg fried rice has long been a beloved dish in China and one of most recognizable icons of Chinese cuisine around the world. But in recent years, the popular stir-fry has become a highly sensitive subject for China’s online nationalists, especially
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was lit by more than 50,000 multicolored lights Wednesday night as crowds massed in New York City for the holiday tradition. The massive tree — a 12 ton, 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from upstate New York — was illuminated in Rockefeller Center by about five
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A polarized reaction poured in Thursday to the death of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who managed to galvanize global attention decades after his official service as one of the most powerful diplomats in American history. Kissinger, who died Wednesday in Connecticut at 100, was
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint and beat and threatened them before there were freed. The brazen mass kidnapping occurred near Cancun’s bustling airport, and appeared to illustrate the degree to which Mexico’s cartels and criminal gangs have become involved in migrant
Continue ReadingKANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy says underwater footage shows two points where a large plane is touching coral in a Hawaii bay. It’s been more than a week since the Navy plane overshot a runway and landed in shallow water just offshore of Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay. The Navy
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More than a dozen schools throughout the Coachella Valley have received thousands of dollars worth of grants for their music programs. “Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic” distributed $70,000 as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. The money will be used to purchase new musical instruments and to boost school music programs. Marine Mitze, the executive
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office, which accused one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family who provided information about the victims. Andrés
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