By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Rookie quarterback Trey Lance will make his first start for the San Francisco 49ers after Jimmy Garoppolo was ruled out of this week’s game with a calf injury. Garoppolo hurt his calf in the first half of last week’s 28-21 loss to Seattle
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State announced Friday that center Xavier Foster is no longer a member of the basketball team as police investigate a sexual assault claim. The Des Moines Register reports that Coach T.J. Otzelberger said in a statement that the program holds its student-athletes up to “high standards” on and off the
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate George Tsunis to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis is an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier who had a previous ambassadorial nomination fall apart. Former President Barack Obama picked Tsunis in 2013 to serve as his nominee to Norway.
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The NHL season is coming up next week and the stalemate between Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres is still going on. The former team captain and the Sabres disagree over over how to treat his herniated disk. The situation has drawn attention from the
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s exhibition game against the Toronto Raptors. The Celtics said he was asymptomatic and entering isolation. The third overall pick in the 2016 draft, Brown averaged nearly 25 points and six rebounds last season. Asked about vaccines at media
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in the 2029-30 school year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation to list ethnic studies as a graduation
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Midfielder Weston McKennie, goalkeeper Zack Steffen and defender Antonee Robinson were left behind when the United States traveled to Panama for a World Cup qualifier. McKennie has a sore right quadriceps after playing 90 minutes in the 2-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday night. An MRI was negative. Steffen and Robinson
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By Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen, CNN The White House has informed the National Archives that it is not asserting executive privilege on an initial batch of documents related to the January 6 violence at the US Capitol, paving the way for the Archives to share documents with the House committee investigating the attempted insurrection.
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Complex global talks have forged a deal on sweeping changes in how multinational companies are taxed. The goal is to deter global companies from stashing profits in countries where they pay little or no taxes _ better known as tax havens. The sweeping deal was
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By Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Three top Biden officials stressed the importance of the US-Mexico relationship Friday and the importance of the new bilateral security arrangement between the two nations alongside their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City. “We’re here because this high-level security dialogue is vital” to the “most urgent challenges facing our
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Johnny Cueto is not on the Giants’ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen and after Cueto missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the Nobel
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By Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the Nobel
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN For journalist Maria Ressa, reporting the news has always been the priority. But the newly honored Nobel Peace Prize winner says she has been forced to “become the news” simply because of her determination to do the job properly and defend the rule of law. A day before receiving the Nobel
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By Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge on Friday sentenced one of the US Capitol rioters to three months in jail, saying that the punishment should be a warning to other defendants that they deserve incarceration if they deflect responsibility or downplay the attack. “It has become evident to me in the riot cases that many
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the law license of an attorney who was a college friend of Alex Murdaugh and has been sued over his work on the disputed estate of Murdaugh’s housekeeper. Friday’s order didn’t elaborate on Cory Fleming’s interim suspension. The
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has asked a federal appeals court to swiftly reinstate the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. The request comes Friday as some abortion clinics in the state resumed normal services for the first time since early September. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of
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By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A federal jury on Friday found two wealthy parents charged in a national conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college admissions for their children guilty on all counts, the US Attorney’s Office announced. Gamal Abdelaziz, 64, and John Wilson, 62, are the first parents in the scheme to be convicted by a
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