CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Noah Freidel scored 26 points and No. 22 James Madison jumped out to a huge lead in the first nine-plus minutes Wednesday night on the way to a 95-64 victory over Fresno State in the Cancun Challenge Championship. T.J. Bickerstaff added 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Dukes (6-0). Raekwon
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Atlanta next week for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Vice President Kamala Harris and the second gentleman will also attend the Tuesday service. A number of ceremonies are slated to take place next week to celebrate
Continue ReadingNASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Travon Mark scored 25 points, including the last six for Arkansas in the second overtime, and the No. 20 Razorbacks outlasted Stanford 77-74 on Wednesday night in the Battle 4 Atlantis. With the win, Arkansas (4-1) advances to play Memphis in a semifinal Thursday while Stanford (3-2) will take on Michigan.
Continue ReadingNASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 31 points, including the last seven points of the game plus a half-court buzzer beater, and No. 8 Southern California pulled out a 71-70 win over Penn State at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas on Wednesday night. The Trojans (5-0) led by eight early
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain. Markets in Japan and the U.S. are closed Thursday for holidays. Oil prices fell about $1 a barrel after
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in India is being hindered again in the final stretch of digging. Some blades of the drilling machine were damaged by a metal object in the debris. Special cutters have been arranged, and the digging crews
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three New Zealand political leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to form the next government, pending a final signoff from their parties which they expected within hours. The party leaders said they expected to hold a formal signing ceremony Friday at Parliament. The announcement brought
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A crash shut down eastbound SR-62 north of Indian Canyon Wednesday night. The four-vehicle crash happened just before 5:00 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, one vehicle is overturned. There is no word on any injuries. A SIG Alert was issued for the crash, it is expected to remain in place until at least
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram have been putting in extra work together on late-game scenarios during recent Pelicans practices — and it appears to be paying off. Williamson scored 25 points, Ingram added 21, and New Orleans regrouped after losing a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead and
Continue ReadingBy Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — A US warship shot down “multiple one-way attack drones” launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on Thursday morning local time, according to the United States Central Command. In a statement, CENTCOM said the USS Thomas Hudner shot the drones down while it was on patrol in the Red Sea, adding
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The Yucca Valley Trojans will meet Cerritos in the Division 12 Championship game on Saturday at Artesia High School. On Wednesday, the Trojans held a press conference addressing the significance of this team and the run they are on. Yucca Valley 🏈 Media Day ahead of @CIFSS D12 Championship game on Saturday vs. Cerritos 🎙️⬇️Hear
Continue ReadingBy RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points while hearing boos that prompted San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich to admonish the crowd, Paul George added 24 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs 109-102 on Wednesday night. Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall draft pick, had
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — First, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Niño pummels large parts of Somalia. The federal government declared a state of emergency in October. Among the worst hit towns
Continue ReadingBy RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich grabbed the microphone and chastised the crowd at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday night, telling fans to stop booing former Spurs All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers. “Excuse me for a second,” Popovich said, silencing the crowd late
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in India has reached the final stretch of digging. The drill that’s digging into the dirt and debris made it through 44 meters (yards) out of approximately the 57 needed as of Wednesday night. A construction manager
Continue ReadingMOUNT VERNON, Ky. (AP) — A train has derailed and spilled chemicals in a remote part of eastern Kentucky, prompting officials to encourage residents of a small town to evacuate. Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement on Wednesday that local officials in Rockcastle County were encouraging residents of Livingston, with a population of about
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Isaiah Swope had 21 points in Indiana State’s 90-82 victory against Pepperdine on Wednesday night. Swope also contributed three steals for the Sycamores (4-1). Robbie Avila scored 18 points and added eight rebounds. Jayson Kent shot 4 of 6 from the field and 7 for 9 from
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Newly released video shows a 62-year-old man struggling with an Atlanta police officer and saying “I can’t breathe” moments before he is tased. The man died less than two hours later, and now his family is calling for the former officer to be prosecuted. The Fulton
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning, with civilian hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the afternoon, Qatar announced Thursday, hours after the deal was originally meant to take effect. The pause in fighting will
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman. Altman, who helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015, was removed as CEO Friday in a sudden and mostly unexplained exit that stunned the industry. And while his chief executive title was swiftly reinstated
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