SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Deuce Turner had 21 points in UC Santa Barbara’s 89-72 win over NAIA-member Westcliff on Saturday night. Turner shot 8 for 13 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Gauchos (8-5). Kenny Pohto scored 19 points and added 11 rebounds. Zion
Continue ReadingSTEVENSON, Wash. (AP) — Officials say two Oregon men have died in a Washington state forest after they failed to return from a trip to look for Sasquatch. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says the 59-year-old and 37-year-old appear to have died from exposure. The sheriff’s office says it based that conclusion on the weather
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is out with an illness when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night, while Anthony Davis is a game-time decision because of a sprained ankle. James is missing his third game this month after sitting out against Portland and Minnesota because of a
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Adama Bal scored 19 points as Santa Clara beat Pepperdine 91-80 on Saturday night in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams. Bal had eight assists for the Broncos (9-5). Tyeree Bryan scored 18 points and added five rebounds. Carlos Stewart had 11 points and shot 5 for 11,
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Tyler McGhie’s 24 points helped UC San Diego defeat Division-III Occidental 109-51 on Saturday night. McGhie added five rebounds for the Tritons (12-2). Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones scored 16 points while going 6 of 8 and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and added three steals. Nordin Kapic shot 5 of 9
Continue ReadingDAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Ty Johnson’s 21 points helped UC Davis defeat NAIA-member Cal Maritime 109-46 on Saturday night. Johnson also added 10 rebounds and four steals for the Aggies (8-5). Pablo Tamba scored 13 points while shooting 6 of 6 from the field and 0 for 3 from the free-throw line. Carl Daughtery Jr.
Continue ReadingINGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — JaKobe Coles’ 18 points helped Grand Canyon defeat San Diego 68-55 on Saturday night at the West Coast Hoops Showdown. Coles added 10 rebounds for the Antelopes (9-4). Tyon Grant-Foster scored 12 points and added seven rebounds. Rayshon Harrison shot 1 of 6 from the field and 8 for 8 from
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tucker Anderson made a 3-point shot from the right wing with 6.8 seconds left and Utah State stunned No. 20 San Diego State 67-66 on Saturday after rallying from an 18-point deficit. SDSU’s Wayne McKinney III missed a 3-pointer with two seconds left, and the Aggies’ reserves rushed
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One of the year’s biggest firework holidays is just around the corner. But as Coachella Valley residents prepare to light up the night sky, some veterans in the valley may experience negative mental health effects from the loud sounds. The National Center for PTSD says loud sounds created by fireworks can trigger feelings of anxiety
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess Federation said. The federation said in a Friday statement that its regulations include a dress code that bars participants from
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, James Legge and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into flames. Just two of the 181 people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of the 181 people aboard were killed in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters, officials said. The
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tyson Degenhart scored 26 points to lead Boise State and sealed the win with a layup with 54 seconds left as the Broncos took down San Jose State 73-71 on Saturday night. Degenhart added seven rebounds for the Broncos (10-3, 2-0 Mountain West Conference). Andrew Meadow scored 14 points, shooting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield scored his second goal of the game with 1:41 remaining in overtime as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday. Byfield scored on a wrist shot from the right circle to give Los Angeles a win in its first of four regular-season games
Continue ReadingBy Kia Fatahi, CNN (CNN) — Warren “Red” Upton, a 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to his family and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, a veteran’s organization. Upton was a “very humble, gentle,
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Noah Cates extended his goal-scoring streak to five games, Morgan Frost scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Saturday. Joel Farabee also scored for the Flyers, who had lost four of their past five. Samuel Ersson stopped 31 shots.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Eric Dailey Jr. scored 18 points, making four 3-pointers, and No. 22 UCLA edged 14th-ranked Gonzaga 65-62 on Saturday in the first college basketball game played at Intuit Dome, the new home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. Ryan Nembhard’s basket gave Gonzaga a 60-58 lead with 56
Continue ReadingOREM, Utah (AP) — Tanner Toolson had 21 points in Utah Valley’s 119-59 victory over Bethesda (CA) on Saturday night. Toolson added five rebounds for the Wolverines (8-6). Ethan Potter scored 19 points and added eight rebounds and three steals. Hayden Welling shot 6 of 11 from the field and 3 for 3 from the
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials and police have maintained for months that there were no abductions. Ruto
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday defended the visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to the US, marking his first comments on an issue that has divided his supporters this week. Trump said in an interview with The New York Post that he’s
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