COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Noah Carter had six of Missouri’s 16 3-pointers and scored 28 points to lead the Tigers to a 92-85 win over Penn. The game was tied at 43 at the half and at 67 with 6 1/2 minutes to go when Tre Gomillion hit a 3-pointer for Missouri. After Clark Slajchert
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Incumbent Democrats in Nevada have swept three key swing seats in the western battleground state that Republicans had targeted in their bid to take control of the U.S. House. Representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Susie Lee all held off GOP challengers in close congressional races
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran knows he could have just retired and ceded the sprawling Arizona district he was virtually certain to lose to the Republican who ended up defeating him. But he said in a Friday interview with The Associated Press that he could do that
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency. With
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released days later by officials in Arizona’s biggest county. The Republican challenger was significantly outpacing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly only in a small number of vote batches coming
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By Jacob Lev, CNN The NBA’s Miami Heat and Miami-Dade County have terminated their relationship with bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX and will search for a new naming rights partner for their arena in downtown Miami. The announcement came after the FTX group earlier on Friday filed for bankruptcy in the United States and its CEO
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the “Rust” film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kris Murray had 22 points and eight rebounds, Patrick McCaffery added 21 points and Iowa beat North Carolina A&T 112-71 on Friday night. McCaffery scored nine points in Iowa’s 14-3 game-opening run and Murray scored during their 11-0 run to close the half for a 52-32 lead. McCaffery and Murray
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Democrats are just one seat away from keeping control of the US Senate as all eyes turn to Nevada, where the competitive Senate race is increasingly trending in Democrats’ direction. CNN projected late Friday that Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who was elected in 2020 to fill the term of
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After a lengthy absence from major international gatherings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is leaving his country’s COVID-19 bubble and venturing abroad next week into a dramatically changed world marked by rising confrontation. Xi will attend the G-20 meeting of industrial and emerging market nations in Indonesia followed
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jason Nelson’s 21 points helped Richmond defeat Northern Iowa 68-55 on Friday night. Nelson was 9 of 15 shooting (1 for 5 from distance) for the Spiders (2-0). Jason Roche was 5 of 8 shooting (4 for 6 from distance) to add 14 points. Tyler Burton recorded 11 points and shot
Continue Reading BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson scored 16 points and Marquis Nowell added 13 with a momentum-changing four-point play late in the game to help Kansas State turn back California 63-54. Johnson had nine points by halftime to help Kansas State (2-0) take a commanding 36-21 lead. Cal (0-2) whittled away at its deficit behind
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN The razor-thin elections for Nevada’s Senate seat and Arizona’s governorship have yet to be called on Saturday as counties in both states work to whittle down the tens of thousands of ballots that still need to be counted. Democrat Katie Hobbs leads Republican Kari Lake by about 31,000 votes in the
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Joe Lombardo outpaced Nevada Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in the newly counted votes coming in from the state’s biggest counties. The Associated Press called the race Friday night for Lombardo after determining that Sisolak wasn’t winning votes from Las Vegas’ Clark County and
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump demandó a la Comisión Selecta de la Cámara que investiga la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021, como una forma de impugnar su citación para presentar documentos y su testimonio, según documentos presentados en un tribunal federal de Florida. Un portavoz de la comisión
Continue ReadingTonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-20s tonight aided by strong northwesterly flowing winds up to 20 mph. These cooler temperatures and high winds lead to overnight wind chills into the mid to upper teens. Skies become partly cloudy. Tomorrow: Temperatures Saturday warm into the mid-30s as skies become mostly cloudy with a few morning
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN In many countries, cursing online about the government is so commonplace nobody bats an eye. But it’s not such an easy task on China’s heavily censored internet. That doesn’t appear to have stopped residents of Guangzhou from venting their frustration after their city — a global manufacturing powerhouse home to 19
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Damian Dunn drew a foul on a driving layup with 1.1 seconds left and made both free throws to send Temple past No. 16 Villanova 68-64 on Friday night. Temple fans stormed the court in a wild celebration. Dunn sank the first free throw for a
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A handful of closely matched California U.S. House races could determine which party controls the chamber. More than a dozen House races in the state remained in play, though only a handful were seen as tight enough to go either way. It takes 218
Continue Reading By BOB SUTTON Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Kyle Filipowski had 15 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double in as many games, and No. 7 Duke blew out South Carolina Upstate 84-38. Mark Mitchell’s 13 points and Jacob Grandison’s 12 points also gave the Blue Devils a lift, while Ryan Young
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