By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — He twice voted in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump in impeachment trials. He excoriated his fellow senators who objected to certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. He even scolded New York Rep. George Santos for his audacity in
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NATCHITOCHES, La. — Demarcus Sharp scored 25 points and Northwestern State upped its win streak to nine with an 81-76 victory over Southeast Louisiana. Sharp added six assists and three steals for the Demons (19-8, 11-3 Southland Conference). Isaac Haney was 8 of 15 shooting, including 4 for 10 from distance, and went 3 for
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person has been taken into custody in connection with the shootings of two Jewish men outside synagogues in Los Angeles this week. The violence set off fear among the city’s Jewish community as police increased patrols around houses of worship and officials decried the attacks. The two separate shootings occurred
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dillon Jones finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds to power Weber State to a 52-49 victory over Sacramento State. Steven Verplancken Jr. scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting for the Wildcats (14-13, 9-5 Big Sky Conference).. Alex Tew recorded 11 points. Zach Chappell had 17 points and four assists to pace
Continue Reading By PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press MORIGAON, India (AP) — Standing outside the local police station in her village in northeast India, 19-year-old Nureja Khatun is anxious. Cradling her 6-month-old baby in her arms, she has been waiting to catch a glimpse of her husband before the police take him away to court. Nearly an hour
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he has checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression. His public struggle is extraordinary in a building where few talk about their own mental health, but his colleagues have been supportive. John Thune, the Senate’s No. 2
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By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN Inside a sprawling factory just off the President Biden Expressway in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, the future arsenal of Ukraine’s war effort is being forged, one red hot artillery shell at a time. Running full-tilt, as it was on a recent January morning, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant churns
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN Inside a sprawling factory just off the President Biden Expressway in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, the future arsenal of Ukraine’s war effort is being forged, one red hot artillery shell at a time. Running full-tilt, as it was on a recent January morning, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant churns
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tony Perkins scored 24 points, Kris Murray added 20 and Iowa handed Ohio State its seven straight loss with a 92-75 victory on Thursday night. Perkins sank 11 of 16 shots from the floor with two 3-pointers for the Hawkeyes (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten). Murray made 8 of 13 shots
Continue Reading By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn each had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko also scored for the Blues who swept the
Continue Reading By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn each had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko also scored for the Blues who swept the
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Marcus Sasser scored 20 points, freshman Jarace Walker added 14 and No. 2 Houston cruised to an 80-65 victory over SMU. With a win at home over Memphis on Sunday, the Cougars could be in line for their third stay atop the AP Top 25 poll
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alyssa Brown scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Desi-Rae Young had a double-double and No. 23 UNLV clinched its second straight Mountain West Conference regular-season championship, beating San Jose State 77-60. Nailea Nicholas scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for San Jose State. Nicholas’ basket reduced the Spartan’s deficit
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bradley Beal had 13 of his 35 points over the final 4 1/2 minutes to help the Washington Wizards rally from a 20-point first-quarter deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-106. Kyle Kuzma swished a top-of-the-key fadeaway from deep for a 107-106 lead that was Washington’s
Continue Reading By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jeremy Swayman made 29 saves, Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist and the Boston Bruins defeated the Nashville Predators 5-0. Brad Marchand, Craig Smith, Derek Forbort and Trent Frederic also scored for the Bruins, winners of three of four. Nick Foligno and Hampus Lindholm
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Friday after benchmarks on Wall Street had their biggest drop in four weeks as investors registered disappointment over an inflation reading that came in hotter than expected. Oil prices and U.S. futures also declined after the S&P 500 fell 1.4% Thursday
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mitchell Saxen had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Aidan Mahaney added 13 points for the No. 17 Saint Mary’s Gaels, who didn’t score in the last 7:05 but held off hobbled but determined San Diego 62-59 for their 14th win in 15 games. The
Continue Reading By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis had three goals for his first career hat trick and the Carolina Hurricanes scored three times in the first five minutes of the third period to beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2. Jarvis scored in the first and third periods for his first multigoal game
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and United States militaries will hold a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon next week to hone their joint response to a potential use of nuclear weapons by North Korea, Seoul officials said Friday. The one-day computer simulation set for Wednesday comes as the
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh told a state agent that he asked a friend to fatally shoot him but that the friend failed in his attempt. According to a September 2021 interview played Thursday at Murdaugh’s double murder trial, he said he gave a former client the gun to kill him at a
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