By ANDREW DALTON and KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Thursday, for the first time in more than six months, neither Hollywood’s actors nor its writers will be on strike. The long-awaited clearing in the industry’s stormiest season in decades comes as a deal was reached late Wednesday to end what was,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 27 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, Malik Monk made two critical free throws with 13 seconds left in overtime and the Sacramento Kings rallied after trailing late in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-118 on Wednesday night. Monk
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings won their fourth in a row with a 4-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. The Kings became just the eighth team in league history to win each of their
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic plans to spend an off day at the swimming pool with his daughter. He’s not going to spend a moment thinking about basketball. The Denver big man has certainly earned a break. An exhausted Jokic had 35 points and 13 rebounds in more than
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dragos Lungu’s 20 points helped San Diego defeat Jackson State 87-61 on Wednesday. Lungu also contributed six rebounds for the Toreros (2-0). Wayne McKinney III added 16 points while going 4 of 8 and 7 of 10 from the free throw line, and also had 10 rebounds
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, was close to reaching a tentative deal with the hotel workers union, the casino company’s CEO said as the clock ticked closer to a union deadline for a sweeping strike. CEO Bill Hornbuckle said Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, bludgeoning her husband with a hammer and seeking to kidnap her goes on trial Thursday. Opening statements are scheduled in the federal trial of David DePape who prosecutors say assaulted then-82-year-old
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, bludgeoning her husband with a hammer and seeking to kidnap her goes on trial Thursday. Opening statements are scheduled in the federal trial of David DePape who prosecutors say assaulted then-82-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, suspected North Korean cooperation with Russia in its war on Ukraine and concerns about China’s growing assertiveness are topping U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s agenda as he visits South Korea. Blinken was in Seoul on Thursday for
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How would you describe him as a football player? “Hard worker, determined, tenacious,” said Palm Desert head coach Rudy Forti. “Just gets after it.” Dawson Johnson is a football enthusiast. He didn’t find football, football found him. “I never really played football growing up. I grew up in Canada,” said Johnson. “So a big soccer family,
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations are gathering Thursday in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas, including proposals for a humanitarian maritime corridor and floating field hospitals.
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart will meet in San Francisco on Thursday to start two days of talks aimed at making progress on a slew of economic issues when competition has markedly intensified between their countries. Yellen’s talks with Vice Premier
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart will meet in San Francisco on Thursday to start two days of talks aimed at making progress on a slew of economic issues when competition has markedly intensified between their countries. Yellen’s talks with Vice Premier
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey is marking its centennial but a brain drain is casting a shadow on the occasion. Government statistics indicate that a growing number of the young and educated are looking to move abroad in hopes of a better life, mainly in Europe. Experts say the best and
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A judge in Michigan is expected to hear arguments Thursday on whether Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has the authority to keep Donald Trump’s name off state ballots for president. Activists are suing Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims to force her to keep Trump’s name off ballots and
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding on the forehead. It was Nov. 9, 1938, or Kristallnacht — the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing a man during a robbery more than 33 years ago. Brent Ray Brewer is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening at
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Hamas conflict. That’s according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Taken over five days in November, the poll shows a deep divide in the Democratic Party
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s office revealed a plaque in honor of one of the first female prosecutors in the county. Sue Steding retired in 2010 after nearly 34 years of service. “I am so honored to be remembered for my career. Not everybody gets a chance to feel what I’m feeling right now,” Steding
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