By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston scored a career-high 29 points on perfect 13-of-13 shooting to power No. 1 South Carolina to a 79-42 victory over North Carolina A&T. Boston added 14 rebounds as the Gamecocks improved to 8-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season. Boston surpassed
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Harris had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle Monday, leaving the Brooklyn Nets without one of the NBA’s best 3-point shooters. Harris was hurt Nov. 14 at Oklahoma City and has missed the past six games. The procedure in New York was to remove a loose body in his ankle.
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Utilityman Chad Pinder has reached agreement on a $2,725,000, one-year contract and infielder Tony Kemp is receiving a $2.25 million, one-year deal as both players avoided salary arbitration with the Oakland Athletics, a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said. The person spoke on
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La denominación de la nueva variante del coronavirus ómicron está causando cierta confusión. Desde mayo, la Organización Mundial de la Salud utiliza las letras del alfabeto griego, por orden, para nombrar las variantes del coronavirus. Delta era la más dominante, seguida de otras ocho —entre ellas epsilon, iota y mambda— que
Continue Reading PHOENIX — Kris Bankston matched his career high with 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Norfolk State topped Grambling 70-63 at the HBCU Challenge. Tyrese Jenkins had 12 points for Norfolk the Spartans (8-1). AJ Taylor had 16 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Tigers (2-5).
Continue Reading BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Eads Jr. had a career-high 20 points as Appalachian State defeated Hartford 69-59. Austin Williams led the Hawks on Monday night with 19 points and six assists.
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Enforcement began in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. It’s a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to theaters and gyms to nail and hair salons. While the latest
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Enforcement began in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. It’s a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to theaters and gyms to nail and hair salons. While the latest
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods is hopeful of playing again. Just not very much. And he says reaching the top of his sport again is an unrealistic expectation. Woods gave a video interview with Golf Digest, with whom he has a financial deal. It was his most extensive
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CNN, KGO By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, flushed and holding back tears, testified Monday that she left Stanford to launch Theranos in part because she had been raped, and said she later entered into what she alleged was an abusive relationship with the person who would become her startup’s
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, flushed and holding back tears, testified Monday that she left Stanford to launch Theranos in part because she had been raped, and said she later entered into what she alleged was an abusive relationship with the person who would become her startup’s chief operating
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By Taylor Romine, CNN Prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Monday they’re appealing a court ruling in the case against Bill Cosby to the US Supreme Court, arguing that a statement from a previous district attorney that they would not file charges against Cosby does not mean that charges would never be filed. The Montgomery County district
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, Oliver Darcy and Sonia Moghe, CNN CNN said Monday that it will evaluate new information that sheds light on how anchor Chris Cuomo sought to help his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid a flurry of sexual misconduct allegations earlier this year. The new information, which included a cache of
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley arrived at Southern California on Monday with a determination to restore the Trojans to their former place atop the college football world. Riley agreed to leave Oklahoma after five seasons for a new challenge on the West Coast roughly 24 hours before he
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Alex Cobb is close to finalizing an agreement with the San Francisco Giants, a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Cobb still must pass a physical to complete the deal. A 34-year-old free agent,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes on Monday cast herself as the abused puppet of her former lover and business partner Sunny Balwani during tearful testimony aimed at refuting accusations she lied about a flawed blood-testing technology that hailed as a major breakthrough. While founding Theranos
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes on Monday cast herself as the abused puppet of her former lover and business partner Sunny Balwani during tearful testimony aimed at refuting accusations she lied about a flawed blood-testing technology that hailed as a major breakthrough. While founding Theranos
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Max Scherzer agreed to a record-setting $130 million, three-year contract with the New York Mets and shortstop Corey Seager struck a $325 million, 10-year deal with the Texas Rangers as players and teams rushed to reach agreements before an expected lockout. The pair are
Continue Reading By EDMAR BARROS and DEBORA ALVARES Associated Press BORBA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian police say they have burned 131 boats used by gold miners in the heart of the Amazon, raising tensions in an isolated region rife with poverty and crime. Smoke has been wafting over the Madeira river since Saturday, with many locals complaining
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, is taking a four-week sabbatical from conducting after a busy autumn and ahead of a challenging second half of the season. The Met said Monday the 46-year-old had withdrawn from a run of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro (The
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have demoted Philipp Kurashev, assigning the struggling forward to Rockford of the American Hockey League. The 22-year-old Kurashev has no goals and five assists in 19 games. He had eight goals and eight assists in 54 games last season as a rookie. Forward Josiah Slavin was recalled from Rockford.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods is hopeful of playing again. Just not very much. And he says reaching the top of his sport again is an unrealistic expectation. Woods gave a video interview with Golf Digest, with whom he has a financial deal. It was his most extensive
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves bolstered their World Series-winning bullpen Monday by signing right-hander Kirby Yates to a two-year, $8.25 million deal. The 34-year-old led the majors with 41 saves for the San Diego Padres in 2019. He didn’t pitch this past season for the Toronto Blue Jays because of undergoing his second Tommy
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Looking good for putting up those Christmas decorations not only tomorrow but the rest of this week. Highs will climb to the upper 60’s and low 70s tomorrow. We will enjoy a good amount of sunshine. Temps will hit the low 70’s Wednesday and Thursday before a little pullback later this week.
Continue Reading CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is suing the Department of Defense for not clearing his book manuscript for publication, after the agency told Esper he needed to take out parts of the book about his time working under then-President Donald Trump. Esper’s disputes with the agency
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country’s capital city of Lima. Researchers from the National University of San Marcos found the preserved body underground in the middle of a town square at the archeological
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los científicos estadounidenses que crearon los primeros robots vivos afirman que estas formas de vida, conocidas como xenobots, ya pueden reproducirse, y de una manera que no se ha visto en plantas y animales. Formados a partir de las células madre de la rana de uñas africana (Xenopus laevis) de la
Continue Reading CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Monday that he doesn’t anticipate the United States will implement additional travel restrictions even if the Omicron variant proves worse than previous strains of Covid-19. President Joe Biden announced last week that the US would restrict travel from South Africa,
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Monday that he doesn’t anticipate the United States will implement additional travel restrictions even if the Omicron variant proves worse than previous strains of Covid-19. President Joe Biden announced last week that the US would restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana,
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations has expressed concerns over the forced closure of a Libya appeals court that is meant to decide whether the son of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi can run for president. The UN mission to Libya cited in a statement reports of an armed group having ‘violently obstructed’ the functioning
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