By Paradise Afshar and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Florida high school student has been arrested after a video showed him attacking a school employee after she took away his Nintendo Switch device, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The Matanzas High School student has been charged with felony aggravated battery with bodily harm, the
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By JOHN ANTCZAK and KEN KUSMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said
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By JOHN ANTCZAK and KEN KUSMER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Rangers have begun the machinations necessary if a trade for Patrick Kane were to materialize. They traded winger Vitali Kravtsov to the Vancouver Canucks and put forward Jake Leschyshyn on waivers. That could clear the salary cap space to get Kane from Chicago.
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 24 points and Mark Sears made 7 of 8 free throws over the final 1:04 to help No. 2 Alabama secure an 86-83 victory over Arkansas. Miller delivered his second straight huge game for the Crimson Tide since police alleged in testimony
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A 2-0 win at Empoli means just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti. That’s because Spalletti still regrets how Napoli squandered a two-goal advantage in a 3-2 loss at Empoli toward the end
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov each scored twice to help the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6-3. The Capitals ended their losing streak at six games. The Rangers have lost four in a row. Tom Wilson also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves
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TONIGHT: Building clouds across the area, calm winds from the SW at 5-8 mph. TOMORROW: We see some slight chances of sprinkles spread throughout the day, mostly being in the afternoon. We’ll also see winds start to pick up from the south because of the large low pressure system heading our way. Late tomorrow night
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN The US Marshals Service is teaming up with a Native American tribe based in Northern California for a new push aimed at addressing cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people, a growing crisis that tribes say has not received enough attention. The Yurok Tribe was chosen as the first pilot location
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88. The Sun Devils went up 86-85 on Warren Washington’s layup with just a minute left, but Pelle Larsson put Arizona back
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland has already taken one of Sergio Aguero’s scoring records for Manchester City and surely more will fall at this rate. Haaland made it 27 goals for the season in the English Premier League with one of City’s strikes in a routine 4-1 win at Bournemouth. That’s more
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage official says thick, heavy ice had accumulated on the roof of a gym that collapsed earlier this month, killing one person and trapping two others. Ross Noffsinger is the acting building official for the city. He told the Anchorage Daily News that tremendous ice buildup on the roof may
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Markquis Nowell had 22 points, eight assists and four steals and No. 14 Kansas State defeated Oklahoma State 73-68 on Saturday for its third straight win. Keyontae Johnson added 17 points for the Wildcats. Kansas State swept the regular-season series. Kalib Boone scored 14 of
Continue Reading GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Tsotne Tsartsidze’s 20 points helped North Dakota defeat St. Thomas 82-74. Tsartsidze had seven rebounds for the Fightin’ Hawks. B.J. Omot scored 17 points and Treysen Eaglestaff added 13 points. The Tommies were led by Andrew Rohde, who posted 27 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Continue Reading TOLEDO, Ohio — Dante Maddox Jr. had 18 points in Toledo’s 101-71 victory over Buffalo. Maddox was 5 of 8 shooting, including 4 for 6 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Rockets. Rayj Dennis and JT Shumate scored 16 points each. The Rockets picked up their 13th straight victory.
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa’s most populous nation. Election officials blamed the delays on logistical issues,
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case. A federal judge decided this week that Norman Seabrook’s nearly five-year term should be reduced. Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday, hoping to move past a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state where high-profile Gov. Ron DeSantis has helped cement Republican control. Fried, 45, outdistanced former state Sen.
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture. It’s been referenced over the decades since on shows
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By Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory to warn the public of an increase of a drug-resistant bacteria called Shigella. There are limited antimicrobial treatments available for these particular drug-resistant strains of Shigella and it’s also easily transmissible, warned the CDC in the Friday advisory.
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