RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Dominick Pickett and Callum McRae each recorded 12 points and 12 rebounds as UC Riverside topped UC San Diego 59-51 on Thursday night.Flynn Cameron had 13 points for UC Riverside (7-4, 1-0 Big West Conference), which earned its fifth consecutive home victory. JP Moorman II added 10 points and eight rebounds.Matt Gray
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 11 points and 17 rebounds to carry Louisiana Tech to a 64-52 win over UTEP. Cobe Williams had 17 points for Louisiana Tech (12-3, 3-0 Conference USA), which earned its fourth straight win. Jamal Bieniemy scored a career-high 28 points for the Miners (7-7, 0-2). Souley Boum
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is surging and new omicron infections are spiking, but America’s employers are thought to have kept right on hiring in December on the strength of solid consumer spending. One reason for the optimism about the jobs data the government will issue Friday is that it
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is surging and new omicron infections are spiking, but America’s employers are thought to have kept right on hiring in December on the strength of solid consumer spending. One reason for the optimism about the jobs data the government will issue Friday is that it
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog had his fourth career hat trick and finished with four points to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Landeskog scored twice in a three-goal second period for the surging Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and four assists, and
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Johan Larsson scored his first three goals of the season and the Arizona Coyotes dealt the Chicago Blackhawks their sixth straight loss, 6-4 on Thursday night. Dysin Mayo, Travis Boyd and Clayton Keller also scored for Arizona, which won for just the seventh time this season.
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By Natalie Gallón and Matt Rivers, CNN The bodies of two Haitian journalists killed on Thursday, were retrieved Friday and removed from the mountainous terrain of the Laboule 12 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, a source in Haiti’s security forces told CNN. Despite initial information from Haitian National Police shared internally and reported by CNN and other
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reinstated some restrictions and suspended elective surgeries as COVID-19 cases surged to another record. New South Wales reported 38,625 new cases on Friday, prompting Premier Dominic Perrottet to announce regulations banning dancing and singing in pubs and nightclubs, and delaying non-urgent surgeries until mid-February. Hospitalizations reached 1,738
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dallas captain Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist two days after coming out of COVID-19 protocols, and the Stars beat the Florida Panthers 6-5 in a shootout in their first game in 2 1/2 weeks because of virus issues throughout the team. Joe Pavelski
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Evan Battey scored 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting and Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 17 points and Colorado beat Washington State 83-78. Thursday night’s contest featured 14 lead changes, but Colorado went on an 11-0 run in a little less than two minutes to go up 66-58 with 8:52 remaining and led the
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — David DeJulius had 22 points and Cincinnati beat SMU 77-60. Kendric Davis led the Mustangs with 16 points.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will begin requiring visas for Venezuelans starting Jan. 21, after a surge in the number of migrants trying to reach the U.S. border. The Interior Department said Thursday that the decision was based on a tenfold increase in the number of Venezuelan citizens arriving in Mexico seeking to travel “in
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will skip next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves.” Its statement is largely redundant since it has already been suspended from the Games by the IOC. The International Olympic Committee last September suspended North Korea
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will skip next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves.” Its statement is largely redundant since it has already been suspended from the Games by the IOC. The International Olympic Committee last September suspended North Korea
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 19 points and 18 rebounds, and top-ranked South Carolina beat No. 13 LSU 66-60, ending the Tigers’ 13-game winning streak. Zia Cooke scored 17 points and Destanni Henderson had 16 for the Gamecocks, who have won two straight since losing in overtime at Missouri in their Southeastern
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is visiting Myanmar, seeking to revive a diplomatic initiative to restore peace following a military takeover nearly a year ago. Critics say the visit will just legitimize the army’s seizure of power, which ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi
Continue Reading ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Two parents charged with their son in a fatal Michigan school shooting are returning to court to ask for a lower bail to get out of jail. James and Jennifer Crumbley have been locked up since Dec. 4, unable to meet a $500,000 bond. They’re hoping a judge is willing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who admitted to burying his wife’s body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts is set to be sentenced for killing her. Jurors in November convicted 26-year-old Joseph Elledge of second-degree murder in the killing of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he met after she
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who admitted to burying his wife’s body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts is set to be sentenced for killing her. Jurors in November convicted 26-year-old Joseph Elledge of second-degree murder in the killing of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he met after she
Continue Reading By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — RJ Barrett banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the New York Knicks 108-105 comeback victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Evan Fournier scored a career-high 41 points, and the Knicks overcame a 24-point, second-quarter deficit. The teams will finish the home-and-home
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