CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Aidan Lehman’s 47-yard field goal for the lead and Zamir Wallace’s second takeaway in the final five minutes helped lift San Diego to a 23-13 win over Presbyterian on Saturday. Lehman, who missed a previous field-goal attempt and extra point, nailed his go-ahead kick with 2:50 left. It came after Wallace
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg’s latest martial arts sparring session sent him to the operating table. The Meta Platforms CEO and mixed martial arts enthusiast posted on social media Friday that he tore one of his anterior cruciate ligaments, or ACLs, while training for a fight early next
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg’s latest martial arts sparring session sent him to the operating table. The Meta Platforms CEO and mixed martial arts enthusiast posted on social media Friday that he tore one of his anterior cruciate ligaments, or ACLs, while training for a fight early next
Continue ReadingCNN Arit John, Dianne Gallagher and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Dearborn, Michigan (CNN) — In 2020, Eman Hammoud was one of thousands of Michigan Muslims who helped President Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. A month ago, the Palestinian American immigration lawyer had no doubts she would support his campaign again in 2024. But over the last few weeks, she’s
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Five women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, detective filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the government of allowing police corruption to thrive for years. The Kansas City Star reports that the federal lawsuit says the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The City of Birmingham’s first Black police officer, Leroy Stover, has died. He was 90. Birmingham Police on Friday posted about Stover’s death on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Today, our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of former Deputy Chief Leroy Stover. As the first black officer to
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and BILL BARROW Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is trying to bury the Oval Office ambitions of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, expanding his 2024 campaign support in their shared home state as the former president and his 2024 rival make appeals Saturday to Republican leaders and activists. DeSantis’s
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and CARA ANNA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United States and Arab partners disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital, and Israel said the besieged enclave’s Hamas rulers
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama said a way forward for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only possible if people acknowledge the “complexity” of the situation. “If there’s any chance of us being able to act constructively to do something, it will require an admission of complexity and maintaining what on the
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A San Jose, California, police officer is “no longer employed” with the police department after sending a series of racially biased, “disgusting” messages, according to a news release from San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata. “I hate Black people,” one of the messages read, which were discovered during an
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — More than 700 migrants traveling on four different boats were rescued near the shores of Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish officials said Saturday. Some 247 people were aboard one boat, 238 on another, and 254 on the other two, according to a post on “X,” formerly Twitter, by the Canary
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A 63-foot (19-meter) Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia is on its way to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to be the Christmas tree for 2023. Snow fell on the crew members Wednesday in Monongahela National Forest as they harvested the tree selected for this year’s
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis plans to build a new midsize pickup truck, along with battery-run versions of six Jeep, Ram and Dodge vehicles. Ford envisions at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several factories. General Motors plans to build at least six
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, Kit Maher and Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — After weeks spent locked in a bitter battle for second place, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will finally get the chance to grill each other in person over the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine’s war with Russia and China’s growing
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. officials and lawmakers expressed support for the extension of a trade program that grants eligible African countries duty-free access to U.S. markets. The move follows a clear push by eligible African countries at the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade forum in Johannesburg to have the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Blinken warns that would be counterproductive and could encourage more violence by the militant group. The officials held talks Saturday in Amman. Later,
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix has successfully cleared out a massive downtown homeless encampment by Saturday’s court ordered deadline by helping more than 500 people find beds in shelters and motels. The hundreds of tents that once lined blocks of streets in the area are now gone, with
Continue ReadingBy BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A lawyer for Guinea’s former strongman leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara says he is back in jail after authorities said earlier in the day that he had escaped. Attorney Jacomey Haba says that Camara did not escape but rather was abducted by the gunmen who stormed the
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and CARA ANNA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United States and Arab partners disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed multiple civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital in a growing assault on the besieged
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Patrick Mahomes circled the Frankfurt game on his calendar when the NFL schedule was announced. “It’s really cool just to be on this stage, the world stage, in Germany,” the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said Friday. “I’m excited to be able to play out here.”
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