By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 24 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his ninth triple-double of the season, helping the Sacramento Kings hold off the New York Knicks 122-117 on Thursday night. The Kings are 7-1 since the NBA All-Star break to reach 39-26. Sabonis iced it,
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Heather Chen, CNN Elephants may be known for their size and strength, but tourists who ride on their backs can still do great harm, as this photo shared by a wildlife rescue group in Thailand shows. The picture provided by the Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand (WFFT) depicts Pai Lin, a 71-year-old female whose spine
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The prime ministers of India and Australia have expressed concern over an “increasingly uncertain global security environment” and committed themselves to strengthening their defense and security partnership to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday did
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months. Now with that year almost up and the war that caused
Continue Reading ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Noah Thomasson scored 18 points to lead Niagara to a 71-65 victory over Siena in the quarterfinal round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. Thomasson added five rebounds and five assists for the fifth-seeded Purple Eagles (16-14), who will play top-seeded Iona in Friday’s semifinals. Joe Kasperzyk had 16 points
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios. Chief among them, the party’s second-in-command Li Qiang is widely
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 21 points, Ryan Nembhard added 17 and No. 24 Creighton defeated Villanova 87-74 at the Big East Tournament in a rematch of last season’s championship game. The third-seeded Bluejays advanced to the semifinals Friday night at Madison Square Garden to
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Adrian Kempe and Phillip Danault each scored twice as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 for their fifth straight win. Gabriel Vilardi also added a goal and Anze Kopitar had three assists for the Kings who remain tied with Vegas for the top
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Led by Messiah Thompson’s 27 points, the Alabama A&M Bulldogs defeated the Southern Jaguars 77-63 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament.
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Rookie Ivan Prosvetov stopped 39 shots, Brett Ritchie scored in his Arizona debut and the Coyotes beat the Nashville Predators 4-1. The Coyotes recalled Prosvetov from Tucson of the AHL before the game to play in his seventh NHL game, first this season. The Russian
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Amiya Joyner converted the go-ahead three-point play with 1:30 to play and blocked a potential winning basket with 3.2 seconds left to give East Carolina a 46-44 win over Houston in the American Athletic Conference title game and the Pirates’ third NCAA Tournament berth. It was quite a struggle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A lawsuit from a Columbia family accuses a former security staff member of concussing their teenaged soon and chipping his tooth during school. The lawsuit from the family of “J.J.” as he’s referred to in court documents, was moved from state to federal courts on Monday. J.J.’s family accused former assistant
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oumar Ballo scored 24 points and No. 8 Arizona broke away late, beating Stanford 95-84 to reach the Pac-12 Conference Tournament semifinals. Cedric Henderson Jr. had 23 points and Azuolas Tubelis added 20 for the Wildcats, who are 26-6. They will play Arizona State on
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s federal budget is a statement of his values. It’s a governing philosophy that believes the wealthy and large corporations should pay more taxes to help stem deficits and lift Americans toward middle class stability. For his chief critics, led by House
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Miles and Chuck O’Bannon scored 22 points apiece and No. 22 TCU rolled to an 80-67 victory over No. 12 Kansas State to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs had been beaten by the Wildcats in four
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Miles and Chuck O’Bannon scored 22 points apiece and No. 22 TCU rolled to an 80-67 victory over No. 12 Kansas State to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs had been beaten by the Wildcats in four
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas — Jordan Walker scored 27 points to lead UAB to an 87-60 romp over Rice in the quarterfinal round of the Conference USA Tournament. Walker buried 7 of 11 shots from 3-point range and all six of his free throws for the third-seeded Blazers (24-8), who have won six straight. UAB advances to
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS — Naje Smith scored six of his 18 points in overtime and No. 2 seed Boise State outlasted seventh-seeded UNLV 87-76 in the quarterfinal round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament. Smith added six rebounds for the Broncos (24-8), who will play the winner of the quarterfinal match-up between No. 3 seed Utah
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By Claudia Rebaza and Jack Guy, CNN After years of relative economic prosperity and hope for the future, Peru has been shaken by months of social unrest and political instability that seem to have no end. Thousands of protesters continue to take the streets in Lima and in the south of the country, particularly in
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A month ago, the government dropped a bombshell jobs report that showed that America’s employers added a sizzling half-million-plus positions in January — twice the December gain and far more than economists had expected. The February jobs report, to be released Friday, will be closely watched
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