By The Associated Press RENO, Nev. — Led by Will Baker’s 16 points, the Nevada Wolf Pack defeated the Colorado State Rams 80-69. The Wolf Pack are now 13-3 with the victory and the Rams dropped to 8-8.
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By The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Chris Childs’ 23 points helped Lindenwood defeat Little Rock 67-62 on Wednesday night. Childs had five rebounds for the Lions (7-9, 2-1 Ohio Valley Conference). Keenon Cole scored 21 points while shooting 8 for 10, including 5 for 5 from beyond the arc, and added 11
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Chris Childs’ 23 points helped Lindenwood defeat Little Rock 67-62 on Wednesday night. Childs had five rebounds for the Lions (7-9, 2-1 Ohio Valley Conference). Keenon Cole scored 21 points while shooting 8 for 10, including 5 for 5 from beyond the arc, and added 11
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By Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN The Chinese government announced on Thursday that it will reopen its border with Hong Kong on January 8, nearly three years after it was largely shut in an effort to contain the spread of Covid. Up to 60,000 Hong Kong residents will be able to cross the border
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By Carma Hassan, Jason Hanna, David Close and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is awake in a Cincinnati hospital, appears neurologically intact and is moving his hands and feet, doctors said Thursday, news that has drawn relief and joy from supporters nationwide days after the 24-year-old’s in-game cardiac arrest. And his first
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jacob Lev, CNN As Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition after suffering a mid-game cardiac arrest, his childhood friend and high school teammate, Indianapolis Colts safety Rodney Thomas II, says there is “no doubt in my mind” that Hamlin will recover. Thomas drove directly to the hospital where
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Saddiq Bey hit a 3-pointer as time expired after Golden State’s Klay Thompson tied it with a 3 with 2.3 seconds left, sending the Detroit Pistons past the Warriors 122-119 on Wednesday night. Detrout ended the defending champions’ season-best winning streak at five. Reigning NBA
Continue Reading By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Andre Hunter and John Collins each scored 22 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Sacramento Kings 120-117 on Wednesday night to end a four-game slide. Collins also grabbed 12 rebounds as Atlanta bounced back after losing 143-141 in double overtime at Golden State on Monday
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The man accused in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students is back in Idaho, where he’s charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary, and could make his first court appearance as early as Thursday. Bryan Kohberger’s return to the state
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since the start of its civil war nearly 12 years ago, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge and severe fuel shortages in both government-run and rebel-held areas. Life in Damascus has come to a near standstill. Streets are almost empty
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A high-stakes, yearslong legal battle over a huge lithium mine planned in Nevada is headed back to court in Reno. A federal judge will hear new arguments Thursday from lawyers for the mining company, the U.S. agency that approved it and the rancher, tribes and conservationists
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether a newly organized firing squad or the old electric chair are legal ways to execute inmates in the state, which has been unable to obtain drugs for lethal injections. A lower court judge ruled in September
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD, GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bells tolled Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by retiring, as thousands of mourners packed St. Peter’s Square for a rare requiem Mass of a dead pontiff presided over by a living
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China’s capital Beijing. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was packed with newly arrived patients on Thursday. By midmorning beds had run out, even as ambulances continued to bring
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Chuck O’Bannon made a jumper with 4 seconds left and No. 17 TCU rallied to beat No. 19 Baylor 88-87. The Horned Frogs extended their win streak to 11 games. The 13-1 Frogs got the ball back after a missed 3-pointer by Baylor’s Jaylen Bridges
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have agreed to strengthen economic ties and resume talks on oil exploration, as they look to revive their economies amid the pandemic downturn and friction over contested areas of the South China Sea. Xi met with Marcos Jr. on Wednesday
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Texas A&M trailed before the opening tip at Florida. It was a scenario neither coach had experienced or even knew was a possibility before Wednesday night. Shortly after final warmups, the Aggies realized managers had left their game jerseys at the team hotel. They double-timed
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Allison Chinchar and Amir Vera, CNN A deadly storm that lashed coastal California with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain is far from over. Now, big cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento are getting walloped by the powerful cyclone. San Francisco has experienced its wettest 10-day period on record
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By Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A family of eight found shot to death Wednesday inside their home in Enoch City, Utah, died by murder-suicide, according to a news release from the city manager, Rob Dotson. “Evidence suggests that the suspect took his own life after killing seven others in the home,” Dotson said. Dotson identified
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN The World Health Organization has accused China of “under-representing” the severity of its Covid outbreak and criticized its “narrow” definition of what constitutes a Covid death, as top global health officials urge Beijing to share more data about the explosive spread. “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable
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