SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump. With most ballots counted Monday night, Valadao had 52.7% of the votes to 47.3% for Salas, or a margin of
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By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kris Murray scored a career-high 30 points as No. 25 Iowa defeated Omaha 100-64 in an Emerald Coast Classic preliminary game Monday night. Murray, coming off matching his previous career high with 29 points in the Hawkeyes’ 83-67 win at Seton Hall last Wednesday, had
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By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands (AP) — Tucker DeVries had 22 points in Drake’s 71-64 win against Tarleton State in the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands on Monday night. DeVries also contributed eight rebounds for the Bulldogs (5-0). Roman Penn scored 14 points while shooting 4 of 7 from the
Continue Reading By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Justin Faulk had a power-play goal late in the third period and the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Faulk’s goal snapped a 1-all tie with 4:13 left in the game. The Blues’ winning
Continue Reading By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Justin Faulk had a power-play goal late in the third period and the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Faulk’s goal snapped a 1-all tie with 4:13 left in the game. The Blues’ winning
Continue Reading By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and Anthony Edwards scored 10 of his 22 in the third quarter as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the shorthanded Miami Heat for a 105-101 victory. Jaden McDaniels added 18 points for the Timberwolves, and Jordan McLaughlin hit a career-high four 3-pointers as
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Patrice Bergeron got his 1,000th career point with a second-period assist and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 for their seventh straight win. Bergeron became the fourth Boston player and 94th in NHL history to reach the milestone with the second assist on
Continue Reading By TONY SELLARS Associate Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 34 points while RJ Barrett and Julius Randle had 25 points each to lead the New York Knicks to a 129-119 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Just eight days ago, the Thunder beat the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, scoring
Continue Reading By BOB SUTTON Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Filipowski scored 18 points to lead No. 8 Duke in scoring for the fourth time this season in a hard-earned 74-57 win over Bellarmine on Monday night. The Blue Devils attacked from the perimeter with 3-point shooting. Duke (4-1) had five players with at least
Continue Reading MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 22 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 123-102 rout of the Orlando Magic on Monday night. Tyrese Haliburton had a double-double with 18 points and 14 assists as Indiana won its fifth consecutive game. T.J. McConnell, who had missed his four 3-point attempts
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business One day after the shock announcement of Bob Iger’s return to Disney, and the resulting ouster of his successor-turned-predecessor Bob Chapek, an astonished Hollywood is grappling with what exactly the move will mean for the entertainment behemoth’s short-term and long-term future. But while there is no shortage of questions that
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Six former executives of a now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper have pleaded guilty to a collusion charge under the National Security Law that has silenced and jailed most opposition voices in the southern Chinese territory. The staff members of Apple Daily were arrested last year during
Continue Reading By The Associated Press HOUSTON — Led by Mekhi Mason’s 25 points, the Rice Owls defeated the Houston Baptist Huskies 76-67 on Monday night. The Owls improved to 4-2 with the win and the Huskies fell to 1-5.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Led by Andrew Taylor’s 24 points, the Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Chicago State Cougars 82-70 on Monday night. The Thundering Herd are now 4-1 on the season, while the Cougars dropped to 2-4.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cientos de menores fueron expulsados de República Dominicana sin sus padres este año, según Unicef, en medio de una amplia campaña del gobierno para sacar del paÃs a supuestos inmigrantes indocumentados. La agencia de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia ha recibido al menos 1.800 niños no acompañados que las autoridades
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. Associated Press The University of Virginia has canceled its game against rival Virginia Tech scheduled for Saturday following the slaying of three football players on campus just over a week ago. The university made the announcement Monday night, two days after a nearly two-hour memorial service to remember Lavel Davis Jr.,
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Melissa Alonso and Leyla Santiago, CNN More than 180 people were rescued from an overloaded boat early Monday in the Florida Keys, according to the US Coast Guard and the US Border Patrol. Some 18 Haitian migrants “who were trapped in dangerous ocean currents while attempting to swim to shore” also were
Continue Reading GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Naeqwan Tomlin scored 15 points, Keyontae Johnson scored 14 points and Kansas State beat Rhode Island 77-57 in a Cayman Islands Classic contest. The Wildcats built a 14-2 lead and were never threatened. Jalen Carey’s jump shot with 12:44 before halftime reduced the Rams’ deficit to 18-11, but the
Continue Reading WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning for nearby islands.  There were no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries. The quake’s epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean southwest of the capital, Honiara, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kris Murray scored a career-high 30 points as No. 25 Iowa defeated Omaha 100-64 in an Emerald Coast Classic preliminary game Monday night. Murray, coming off matching his previous career high with 29 points in the Hawkeyes’ 83-67 win at Seton Hall last Wednesday, had
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