EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists to give him nine points in two games and help the Edmonton Oilers rout the Anaheim Ducks 8-2 on Sunday night. In a week, McDavid jumped from 108th in the NHL scoring race with 13 points into a tie for 13th with 25
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The last trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory. It will be two paramedics, and not police officers, on trial this time. A jury being
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Maxime Crepeau’s play in goal allowed Denis Bouanga’s one moment of scoring magic to be enough to send Los Angeles FC one step closer to defending its MLS Cup title. Bouanga scored his fourth goal of the MLS Cup playoffs in the 30th minute, Crepeau made
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they struggled to export their food to people facing hunger around the world. Now, more of the grain
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Calling New York City and Chicago “crime dens,” the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, “The
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will make her final journey to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center on Monday as her family begins three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. After brief ceremonies in the Carters’
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Get Ready with Me” — to go on a date, go to work or … get fired? “Get Ready with Me” videos are everywhere these days, and they’re as straightforward as the name suggests. Social media users, often influencers, invite viewers to watch them get
Continue ReadingBy DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Amidst record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb the centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. For hundreds of years, people have shaped the world around them for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Dove Cameron and Peter Gabriel, Harrison Ford’s last hurrah as Indiana Jones swings onto Disney+ and Elvis will be honored with a starry special “Christmas at Graceland” featuring Post Malone, Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves and Kane Brown. Paris Hilton has lately
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic self. Authenticity as artifice. Lookups for the word are routinely heavy on
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of our everyday lives and much of the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday –- a term coined back in
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Cameron Tyson sank six 3-pointers and scored 28 points to lead Seattle University over UC San Diego 79-67 on Sunday night. Tyson hit 11 of his 20 shots from the floor for the Redhawks (4-2), including 6 of 12 from beyond the arc. Brandton Chatfield finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Beijing is calling for a cease-fire in Myanmar after a coalition of ethnic fighters seized several crossings along Myanmar’s border with China in the past month. China’s military also says it will continue live-firing drills on its side of the frontier to test its “border control abilities and firepower capabilities” so the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Write INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Lamar Jackson has been waiting for wide receiver Zay Flowers to have a breakout game. On Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens rookie finally seized his opportunity on a national stage. Flowers had a touchdown catch and ran for a game-sealing score late in the fourth
Continue ReadingSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Lesown Hallums Jr. scored 15 points to lead Pacific to a 68-65 overtime victory over Mississippi Valley State on Sunday night. Hallums had the first basket in OT for the Tigers (4-3) after Donovan Sanders sank a 3-pointer for the Delta Devils (0-7) with 55 seconds left in regulation to force
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has committed an additional $168 million in funding for police and other law enforcement officials to monitor 141 people freed after a court ruled indefinite detention of unwanted migrants was unconstitutional. The funding reflects an increase in the workload of law enforcement officials
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third exchange under a four-day truce that the United States said it hoped
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court is holding compensation hearings for Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing. Security was tight around the Chinese capital’s main Chaoyang District Intermediary Court on Monday morning and no detailed information was immediately available. Various theories
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Greenpeace activists are engaged in a sit-in protest on a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii. They say the boat is conducting exploration which will be used to justify destroying marine. Canada-based The Metals Company, whose subsidiary runs the ship, accused
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