HOUSTON (AP) — JT Daniels threw two touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Rice held on for a 24-17 victory over East Carolina on Saturday night. Daniels fired a 44-yard scoring strike to Landon Ransom-Goetz with 6:24 left to play to give the Owls (3-2, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) the
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas (AP) — Chandler Rogers threw for three touchdowns, ran for another and North Texas raced to a 45-31 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday night. Rogers was 23-of-36 passing for 321 yards. After the Wildcats scored a quick touchdown on the game’s first drive, the Mean Green reeled off 31 straight points. Rogers
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By HENDRA PERMANA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two teenage daughters died in a crush of fans at a soccer stadium in East Java in October 2022 after police fired tear gas, setting off a panicked run for the
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Bruce Bochy had a bottle of bubbly in his hand as he watched the celebration of a turnaround that very few expected in his first season in charge in Texas. “This is what I came back for and there’s nothing like it,” Bochy said. “It’s been
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Robert Coleman threw two touchdown passes and Lamar opened its Southland Conference schedule with a 21-19 victory over Houston Christian on Saturday night. Coleman was 19-of-30 passing for 294 yards. Both of his TD passes came in the second quarter — 41 yards to Major Bowden and 16 yards to Andrew Dennis,
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike. While state lawmakers passed a bill to make California the third state to do this, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it Saturday. Newsom says he rejected the bill because the fund the state uses to pay
Continue Reading By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to close a loophole in a 2019 law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap. Under the 2019 law, landlords can terminate leases by saying they need to move into units, make repairs or
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RUSTON, La. (AP) — Louisiana Tech suspended linebacker Brevin Randle indefinitely Saturday, a day after he was caught on camera stomping on the head of a UTEP player who was lying face down after a play. Randle was not flagged by officials in the second quarter of the Bulldogs’ 24-10 victory in El Paso, Texas,
Continue Reading HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Blake Smith returned an interception for a touchdown, Kayvon Britten ran for another score, and Tarleton State edged SE Louisiana 14-13 on Saturday. Smith intercepted a pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown three minutes into the game. After Bauer Sharp scored on a 19-yard run for the Lions,
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A military jet carrying the body of California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has landed in her hometown of San Francisco. The long-serving senator and political trailblazer died Friday at her home in Washington, D.C. after a series of illnesses. At 90, she was the oldest member of Congress. The arrival of
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The Miners registered a season-high .500 hitting clip and dealt 12 aces Saturday afternoon to sweep Jacksonville State, 3-0, inside a rocking Memorial Gym filled with 1,400 fans. “We continue to grow and get better,” head coach Ben Wallis said. “Right now, we’re making adjustments and changes in what we’re
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso said Saturday, it hopes to activate a new emergency shelter in West El Paso within the coming days. This comes as the El Paso Sector has seen an increase in migrant border crossings over the last several weeks. The city bought what is now known
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the community’s help in locating a couple that they say broke into and stole over $19,000 worth of merchandise from a West El Paso shoe store. Police said the burglary happened shortly after 2 a.m. on
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Harrison Waylee rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown, Andrew Peasley contributed two touchdowns, and Wyoming beat New Mexico 35-26 on Saturday in a Mountain West Conference opener for both teams. Wyoming (4-1) has won seven of its last 11 conference openers and 6 of 10 in the Craig Bohl era.
Continue Reading RUSTON, La. (AP) — Louisiana Tech suspended linebacker Brevin Randle indefinitely Saturday, a day after he was caught on camera stomping on the head of a UTEP player who was lying face down after a play. Randle was not flagged by officials in the second quarter of the Bulldogs’ 24-10 victory in El Paso, Texas,
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Originally Published: 30 SEP 23 06:04 ET Updated: 30 SEP 23 21:02 ET By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Congress passed a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Court documents show that a man accused of abducting a woman in Seattle, driving her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locking her in a cinder block cell is facing fresh charges of kidnapping and rape in a separate case involving
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote for Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled Caribbean nation
Continue Reading By Philip Rossman-Reich ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baylor erased a 35-7 third-quarter deficit, scoring 29 unanswered points and taking the lead on a 25-yard field goal from Isaiah Hankins with 1:21 left to play to beat Big 12 newcomer UCF 36-35 in the Knights’ first conference home game Saturday afternoon. The 28-point comeback
Continue Reading PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal is reducing the maximum number of ships allowed to travel the waterway to 31 per day due to a drought that has cut the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks. The number was set at 32 in August. That compares to daily averages of 36
Continue Reading LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A penalty didn’t nullify a long kickoff return for Texas Tech this time — or the blocked punt that led to another touchdown. Drae McCray returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, Loic Fouonji blocked a punt for one of his two scores and the Texas Tech defense controlled the
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jonathon Brooks and balance. Texas has been using both to put teams away through the first half of the season. Brooks rushed for 217 yards and two touchdowns as No. 3 Texas piled up more than 600 total yards in a 40-14 win over No.
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — LaDarius Owens and Jacorey Howard had first-quarter touchdown runs and Texas Southern never looked back, picking up its first win of the year with a 52-7 victory over Division II-member Lincoln (CA) on Saturday. Howard scored on a 36-yard run in the second quarter to put the Tigers (1-4) up 21-0. Lincoln
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert for the rain potential this weekend. Our rain chance increases to 50% for your Saturday evening. El Paso and Las Cruces remain under a Flood Watch till at least Sunday morning. The Flood watch means some storms making their way could be heavy
Continue Reading By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A rising bear population is posing a threat to people in an area in western North Macedonia, where bear break-ins are increasingly common. A dozen cases of bears attempting to break into houses in search of food have been reported so far this year by
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did
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Originally Published: 30 SEP 23 06:04 ET Updated: 30 SEP 23 15:17 ET By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The House has passed a bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline, setting up a Senate vote over funding
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has acknowledged triggering a fire alarm in a U.S. Capitol office building. The fire alarm sounded out around noon on Saturday in the Cannon House Office Building as the House was in session. The building was evacuated due to the alarm. A spokesperson
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Saturday at his presidential library and museum in Atlanta ahead of his 99th birthday on Sunday. Many attendees said the celebration is another step in the evolution of how Carter is remembered. Marcia Rose was not old enough to vote for Carter but
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jalon Daniels did not start at quarterback Saturday for No. 24 Kansas against No. 3 Texas after leaving the field during pregame warmups. A Kansas team official said Daniels had “back tightness” that the team was trying to treat. He was not immediately ruled out for the game. Jason Bean started
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