SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Grant Sergent threw three touchdown passes, Isaiah Williams ran for two scores and San Diego controlled from the start in a 40-25 win over Dayton in a Pioneer Football League opener on Saturday. Sergent completed a 33-yard pass to Josh Heverly with 7:09 left in the first quarter to start
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Hu, Sahar Akbarzai and Darya Tarasova, CNN New York (CNN) — After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s almost the end of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Saturday at the United Nations and what to keep an eye on Tuesday, the last day (Monday’s off for Yom Kippur). WHAT
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jobi Malary and quarterback Dante Chachere and each ran for a pair of touchdowns and Portland State beat Cal Poly 59-21 in a Big Sky Conference opener for the teams on Saturday. Malary ran for 119 yards on 11 carries and Chachere ran for 87 yards on four carries. Quincy Craig
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges. The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Ricardo Chavez kicked a 30-yard field goal with one second left and Idaho added a touchdown on the final play, defeating Sacramento State 36-27 in a wild Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday. Chavez’s third field goal of the game broke a 27-all tie but left one tick on the clock.
Continue ReadingBENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Saudi Crown led all the way to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby by a half-length on a sloppy track Saturday at Parx Racing. Tropical Storm Ophelia brought rain to the suburban Philadelphia track, where Saudi Crown outlasted a late challenge from Dreamlike to win his first career Grade 1 stakes.
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million. Its cliffside location and unobstructed views of the South China Sea made for
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in north Florida were surprised to discover a 10-year-old behind the wheel when they pulled over a stolen vehicle this week. Officers pulled over a white sedan on Interstate 75 just before 4 a.m. Thursday in the city of Alachua, according to the Alachua County
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Republican Party approved rules Saturday for their presidential caucus that many campaigns suspect are meant to help former President Donald Trump win the state’s GOP delegates. The provisions would bar any candidate from the Feb. 8 caucus if they participate in the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Quarterback Cam Rising is still out, but Utah’s defense is taking up the slack in a big way. Karene Reid returned an interception for a touchdown and Landen King had a TD catch for No. 11 Utah, which used a stifling defensive performance to beat
Continue ReadingCNN By Eva Rothenberg and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — After four days of marathon negotiations, the Writers Guild of America could reach a deal with major film and television studios as early as Sunday, people familiar with the matter told CNN. The major film and television studios on Saturday evening delivered their “best and
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The legislation vetoed Friday night would have banned self-driving trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds (4,536
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The legislation vetoed Friday night would have banned self-driving trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds (4,536
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Republican Party approved rules Saturday for their presidential caucus that many campaigns suspect are meant to help former President Donald Trump win the state’s GOP delegates. The provisions would bar any candidate from the Feb. 8 caucus if they participate in the
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A day after Minnesota’s governor appointed Erin Dupree as the incoming director of the state’s new marijuana regulatory agency, Dupree resigned and reports surfaced that she has sold illegal cannabis products in the state. Minnesota Public Radio reports Dupree ran a business called Loonacy Cannabis Co. that sold products exceeding
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Emma Tucker and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Mexico has made an agreement with the United States to deport migrants from its border cities to their home countries and take several actions to deter migrants as part of a new effort to combat the recent surge in border crossings. Mexican
Continue ReadingBENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Saudi Crown led all the way to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby by a half-length on a sloppy track Saturday at Parx Racing. Tropical Storm Ophelia brought rain to the suburban Philadelphia track, where Saudi Crown outlasted a late challenge from Dreamlike to win his first career Grade 1 stakes.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Joe Boyle had five strikeouts in six innings for his first career win, Esteury Ruiz hit a two-run home run, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Saturday. A fifth-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2020 who was acquired from the Reds at
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