By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 31 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, Austin Reaves added a season-high 22 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rebounded from a heartbreaking loss with a 128-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. Anthony Davis had 27 points and
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Riley Grigsby’s 22 points helped Seattle U defeat CSU Fullerton 69-62 on Wednesday. Grigsby shot 10 for 19, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Redhawks (6-1). Cameron Tyson scored 15 points while shooting 4 for 12 (2 for 8 from 3-point range) and 5 of 7 from the
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Khalil Shabazz scored 16 points as San Francisco beat Little Rock 90-68 on Wednesday. Shabazz also had seven rebounds, seven assists, and five steals for the Dons (7-1). Zane Meeks shot 4 for 5 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line to add
Continue Reading By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Barnes and Malik Monk each scored 22 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Indiana Pacers 137-114 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Monk has scored 20 points or more in five games this season for Sacramento (11-9). “Malik was fantastic,” Kings
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Hunter Goodrick’s 21 points helped Cal Baptist defeat UC Riverside 65-60 on Wednesday. Goodrick was 6 of 9 shooting and 7 of 12 from the free throw line for the Lancers (5-3). Joe Quintana scored 14 points while going 4 of 13 from the floor, including 3 for 8 from distance,
Continue Reading MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Jaelen House scored 17 points as New Mexico beat Saint Mary’s (CA) 69-65 on Wednesday. House also contributed five rebounds and six steals for the Lobos (7-0). Donovan Dent scored 13 points while going 5 of 8 and 2 of 4 from the free throw line, and added six rebounds. Morris
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By SYLVIE CORBET, MATTHEW DALY and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the longstanding U.S.-French relationship — but these are friends with differences. The French president is using his visit to Washington to sharply criticize aspects of the U.S. president’s signature climate law as a bad
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN Survivors of the fatal mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies in Texas, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, names the city, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig has decided to withdraw his agreement to plead guilty to a charge of lying to federal agents investigating an illegal gambling operation. Puig is changing his plea to not guilty because of “significant new evidence,” according to a statement Wednesday from his attorneys in Los
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig has decided to withdraw his agreement to plead guilty to a charge of lying to federal agents investigating an illegal gambling operation. Puig is changing his plea to not guilty because of “significant new evidence,” according to a statement Wednesday from his attorneys in Los
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Voice of America says the Taliban have banned FM radio broadcasts from VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Afghanistan, starting Thursday. VOA said Taliban authorities cited “complaints they have received about programming content” without providing specifics. VOA and RFE are funded by the U.S. government, though they claim editorial independence.
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters have cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, with Warnock looking to juice an apparent Democratic head start in early voting with a visit Thursday from Barack
Continue Reading BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Reese Dixon-Waters scored 10 of his career-high 17 points in a 20-0 run in the second half that lifted Southern California to a 66-51 win over California in the Pac-12 Conference opener Wednesday night. The Trojans (5-3) were clinging to a 46-43 lead midway through the second half when Dixon-Waters made
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Elon Musk — the SpaceX founder, Tesla CEO, and, most recently, Twitter owner — hosted a flashy event on Wednesday night for yet another one of his companies: Neuralink, the startup proposing implants that connect your brain to a computer. The event showcased a video that Musk said showed a monkey
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian, CNN A new expanded law on “foreign agents” in Russia comes into force Thursday, signifying an intensifying crackdown on free speech and opposition under President Vladimir Putin that has accelerated as his fortunes in Ukraine have deteriorated. It’s also further evidence of Russia’s determination to root out what it sees as Western
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement was postponed Thursday after the territory’s leader asked China to effectively block him from hiring a British defense lawyer. Jimmy Lai, 74, faces a possible life sentence
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford is running a new offense with more ball screens and reverses. The Cardinal are still searching for a rhythm with different rotations and combinations. Santa Clara shined using a similar system and gave a top program quite a push. Hannah Jump scored 19 points
Continue Reading By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jordan Clarkson had a season-high 33 points and five assists, and the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 125-112 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. Collin Sexton added 21 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Jazz. Lauri
Continue Reading FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — John Tonje scored 23 points as Colorado State beat Loyola Marymount (CA) 87-71 on Wednesday night. Tonje also contributed seven rebounds for the Rams (6-2). Isaiah Rivera scored 19 points, shooting 7 for 10 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free throw line. Patrick
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker made the Chicago Bulls pay for some mediocre defense with a couple early mid-range jumpers. Then he made a few more. And a few more. Suddenly, it was one of those nights for the Suns All-Star guard. “It felt like a double-sized rim out
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