By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. has approved a round of arms sales to Taiwan consisting of $619 million worth of munitions for F-16 fighter jets. It’s likely to be yet another point of friction between the U.S. and China, which claims the island as its own territory. The U.S.
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By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dennis Schroder scored 26 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 123-117 on Wednesday night. Schroder went down holding his left ankle in the first quarter but stayed in the game. He turned out to be fine, making 8 of 18
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra canceled a March 5 concert scheduled to feature soprano Anna Netrebko in a decision the orchestra said it made “due to public concerns.” Netrebko had been scheduled to perform with her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov, and mezzo-soprano I-Chiao Shih. The orchestra said in a statement that ticket
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2. Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each had a goal and an assist, and Kailer Yamamoto also scored as Edmonton won for the third time in five games. Stuart Skinner had 26 saves. Mitchell
Continue Reading OREM, Utah — Led by Justin Harmon’s 17 points, the Utah Valley Wolverines defeated the UT Arlington Mavericks 78-59 on Wednesday night. The Wolverines improved to 23-7 with the victory and the Mavericks fell to 11-19.
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 41 points and the Detroit Pistons called one too many timeouts, helping the Chicago Bulls hold on for a 117-115 win. The Pistons were trailing by two points with 9.7 seconds left when they called a second straight timeout. That was one more
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Desmond Bane scored 30 points and Ja Morant added 20 as the Memphis Grizzlies breezed by the Houston Rockets 113-99. Morant wasn’t nearly as dominant against Houston as he was Tuesday night when he scored 28 of his 39 points in the third quarter of a
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 26 points to lead five UConn players in double figures and the 14th-ranked Huskies closed out their home schedule in emphatic style with an 88-59 win over skidding DePaul. Andre Jackson filled up the stat sheet for Connecticut with 11 points, nine
Continue Reading FAIRFAX, Va. — Josh Oduro scored 17 points and Ronald Polite III scored eight points in the overtime as the George Mason Patriots took down the Fordham Rams 64-58 on Wednesday night. The Patriots are now 18-12 on the season, while the Rams fell to 23-7.
Continue Reading LORETTO, Pa. — Led by Josh Cohen’s 25 points, the Saint Francis (Pennsylvania) Red Flash defeated the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 83-69 in the Northeast Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended. Install a government of Xi loyalists to strengthen the ruling Communist Party’s control over the economy
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By Michael Callahan, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN The Biden administration has approved an estimated $619 million potential arms sale to Taiwan, including hundreds of missiles for F-16 fighter jets, in a move that will likely further inflame already heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. The administration formally notified Congress on Wednesday of the
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Desi Sills flirted with a triple-double in his Bramlage Coliseum farewell, Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell also had big senior send-offs, and No. 11 Kansas State beat Oklahoma 85-69 on Wednesday night. Sills finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Nae’Qwan Tomlin added
Continue ReadingSANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old student involved in a fight at a Northern California high school was fatally stabbed Wednesday inside a classroom full of students, authorities said. Another student also suffered a stab wound and the suspect, a 15-year-old freshman, is in custody, according to Santa Rosa police. All three students are
Continue Reading By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In order to portray famous musicians in the new limited series “Daisy Jones & the Six,” its cast including Riley Keough and Sam Claflin had to attend weeks of band camp. Keough says she had to learn how to project with her singing voice and Claflin needed to learn the
Continue Reading NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored a career-high 23 points and Madi Williams scored 19 and No. 16 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 90-86 in overtime. The contest saw Oklahoma squander a 22-point second-quarter lead while committing 26 turnovers overall. Kansas State missed 3 of 4 foul shots in the final six seconds with two-point
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By Rhea Mogul and Vedika Sud, CNN Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies convened in New Delhi Thursday in what was seen as a grand test for Indian diplomacy, which ultimately didn’t succeed in reaching a consensus because of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the second high-level ministerial meeting under India’s Group of
Continue Reading CANAVERAL GROVES, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida man was arrested Wednesday after fatally shooting his teenage daughter and three other people, authorities said. Domenico Gigante, 36, faces four counts of first-degree murder, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said during a news conference. Deputies responded to a Canaveral Groves home early Wednesday morning after one
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Una comisión de la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador votó a favor del informe que recomienda enjuiciar políticamente al presidente Guillermo Lasso por presuntos delitos contra la seguridad del Estado y la administración pública. Al final de la discusión del informe se eliminó la causal de “traición a la Patria” que
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. The judge in October vacated
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