By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA is bowl eligible and has secured its first winning season since 2016. The Bruins though have one more goal going into their regular-season finale against California on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl — not having a letdown after a huge win over Southern
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Comedies, romances, family films — Rick Damigella makes our new Christmas movies list and checks it twice.
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN Thanksgiving weekend is theoretically all about family. Yet in terms of entertainment options — to consume with them or as a means of escaping them — the prevailing theme is heavily tilted toward nostalgia, with projects rooted in the 1960s, ’70s and ’90s. Music plays a sizable role in all this,
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Flood watches were issued for much of western Washington as storms associated with multiple “atmospheric rivers” threaten parts of the Northwest that saw heavy damage from storms earlier this month. The National Weather Service warned that flooding was possible through Monday afternoon in places like Bellingham and the greater Seattle area
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EL PASO, Texas — A Horizon City teenager has been jailed after he allegedly attacked his brother with a knife, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Friday. Adrian Soto, 17, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was being held in the county jail on $5,000 bond. Deputies said Soto stabbed his
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer Bayern Munich’s annual general meeting ended in tumult with members yelling and booing the club’s directors for refusing to discuss its sponsorship arrangements with Qatar. Irate fans chanted “We are Bayern! You are not!” at club president Herbert Hainer, chief executive Oliver Kahn and other presidium members at the
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer Bayern Munich’s annual general meeting ended in tumult with members yelling and booing the club’s directors for refusing to discuss its sponsorship arrangements with Qatar. Irate fans chanted “We are Bayern! You are not!” at club president Herbert Hainer, chief executive Oliver Kahn and other presidium members at the
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KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — An invasive underwater weed is spreading in a Central Texas lake popular with anglers, tangling boat propellers and threatening the fish. The weed is hydrilla, an aquatic plant initially imported and sold as an aquarium plant in the 1950s. Fishing guide Bob Maindelle tells the Killeen Daily Herald that the plant
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Delta, Carnival fall; Moderna, Clorox rise.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — La estricta política de cero covid-19 en China ha permitido a las autoridades atrapar miles de casos de coronavirus importados. Pero, ocasionalmente, también puede ayudar a atrapar a un fugitivo. Un sospechoso de homicidio que huyó a China horas después de matar presuntamente a tiros a un hombre en
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury has built quite the reputation as a great offensive mind. But he’s got one big hole in his resume: He hasn’t won much. That’s starting to change now that the Cardinals are off to a 9-2 record, the record in
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — James Akinjo scored 15 points and No. 6 Baylor beat Michigan State 75-58 for the Battle 4 Atlantis championship. The reigning national champions led just 38-36 at the break. But they began to take control in the opening minutes of the second half. The
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — James Akinjo scored 15 points and No. 6 Baylor beat Michigan State 75-58 for the Battle 4 Atlantis championship. The reigning national champions led just 38-36 at the break. But they began to take control in the opening minutes of the second half. The
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG and HALELUYA HADERO A coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease. The risks of the new variant are largely unknown, but governments around the world are not waiting for scientists to better understand the variant
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG and HALELUYA HADERO A coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease. The risks of the new variant are largely unknown, but governments around the world are not waiting for scientists to better understand the variant
Continue Reading CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 17 points with 12 rebounds and No. 6 Baylor defeated Arizona State 62-52 on the second day of the Cancun Challenge. The Bears held the Sun Devils to shooting through three quarters and then weathered a late surge. Mael Gilles scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for
Continue Reading CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 17 points with 12 rebounds and No. 6 Baylor defeated Arizona State 62-52 on the second day of the Cancun Challenge. The Bears held the Sun Devils to shooting through three quarters and then weathered a late surge. Mael Gilles scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for
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By Taylor Romine and Dakin Andone, CNN Brian Laundrie‘s parents discovered a handgun was missing when they voluntarily surrendered their firearms to law enforcement the same day they informed authorities that their son was missing, according to the family’s attorney, Steven Bertolino. Bertolino’s comments come days after a Florida medical examiner confirmed Laundrie, who was
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Meditation toys to help kids manage their feelings. A Lego kit for coding, with a focus on problem-solving skills. And an Amazon video chat portal that uses holograms, games and puzzles to keep little ones engaged on calls. A recent crop of toys and products that launched during the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — English cricket’s governing body will create an anti-discrimination unit and conduct a review of dressing-room culture in response to recent revelations about racism in the sport. The England and Wales Cricket Board has released its comprehensive plan to address issues raised by whistleblower Azeem Rafiq who testified at a parliamentary hearing about
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — Wall Street was in a frenzy on Black Friday as stocks around the world tumbled in the face of a new Covid-19 variant. U.S. equities took a dive at the open and continued their downward path, resulting in a terrible day for the stock market and the worst day for the Dow in
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer Top-ranked Novak Djokovic secured the victory for Serbia. Forty-year-old Feliciano Lopez got defending champion Spain off to a solid start. And a young Italian team rolled past the United States in the Davis Cup Finals. Djokovic beat Dennis Novak 6-3, 6-2 to give Serbia a 2-0 lead over host
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union nations have agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. The 27 nations on Friday acted within hours upon the advise of the EU executive which said all needed to be extra cautious in dealing with the variant
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La magia de ‘Encanto’ ya llegó a cine transportando al público al corazón de Colombia con sus hermosos paisajes llevados a la pantalla grande. ‘Encanto’, que se estrenó el 25 de noviembre, está inspirada “en la cultura, las tradiciones, la gente, la geografía, la flora y la fauna de
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press With the Alpine skiing World Cup returning to North America for the first time in two years, Mikaela Shiffrin can’t wait to race in front of a home crowd again. Shiffrin has won all four previous World Cup slalom races in Killington but last year’s event was cancelled because of
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los padres de Brian Laundrie, el prometido ahora fallecido de Gabby Petito, descubrieron que faltaba una pistola cuando entregaron voluntariamente sus armas de fuego a la policía en septiembre, dijo el abogado de la familia. El abogado Steven Bertolino le dijo a CNN que Chris y Roberta Laundrie entregaron sus
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Eleventh-ranked Oregon can still play for another Pac-12 championship and a Rose Bowl berth. But the Ducks have to get through Oregon State first. Oregon is coming off a 38-7 loss last Saturday at Utah, which dropped the Ducks from No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings
Continue Reading By CHRISTIANA SCIAUDONE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A growing movement in Argentina is fighting the persistent myth that there are no Black people in the country and to combat discrimination. The last census recorded about 150,000 people of African descent in Argentina. But the true figure is closer to 2 million. There’s
Continue Reading By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Physical therapists share the secret to successful sleep, a fast-acting group of thieves made out big, and Adele gets a taste of her own medicine when a surprise brings her to tears. These are the must-watch videos of the week. The key to unlocking great sleep Physical therapists Bob and Brad
Continue Reading SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jasmine Franklin scored 21 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and went 9 of 10 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to lead Missouri State to a 76-68 win over No. 24 Virginia Tech at the San Juan Shootout. Missouri State led 23-9 after one quarter, hitting three 3-pointers,
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