AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Luka Doncic returned from a wrist injury and had 36 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ 137-131 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. Doncic, who missed five games, also had 13 assists in the Mavericks’ fourth straight win. The Mavs were missing Kyrie Irving, who had
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AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen’s memorable week began with singer and actress Hailey Steinfeld accepting his proposal for marriage and ended with the Buffalo Bills quarterback celebrating his three-TD outing in an AFC East-clinching 35-10 win over San Francisco by making snow angels alongside coach Sean McDermott on Sunday night.
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden. No damage or injuries were reported. U.S. Central Command said late Sunday that the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS
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urielblanco (CNN) — A pesar de que este año los comercios minoristas ofrecieron descuentos navideños antes de lo habitual, los consumidores estadounidenses hicieron más compras durante el Black Friday que en los días previos. Según Mastercard SpendingPulse, las ventas minoristas en tiendas y por internet aumentaron un 3,4% interanual en el Black Friday. “Los compradores
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — En lugar de quedarse en el sillón después del Día de Acción de Gracias, los estadounidenses acudieron a las salas de cine, donde el estreno de Moana 2, de Disney, y el atractivo de Wicked y Gladiador II proporcionaron un gran impulso a la taquilla nacional. Los tres éxitos de taquilla lideraron
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so. That spares the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions. Biden is hardly the first president to deploy his pardon powers to benefit those close to
Continue Reading FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Aaliyah Moore scored 20 points to lift fifth-ranked Texas to a 78-73 victory over No. 12 West Virginia in the Gulf Coast Showcase championship on Sunday. Madison Booker added 19 points, Kyla Oldacre 13 and Justice Carlton 10 for the Longhorns. J.J. Quinerly scored 29 points, Jordan Harrison 20 and
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Fred VanVleet had a season-high 38 points and Dillon Brooks made a go-ahead jump shot late to help the Houston Rockets to a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night. The game was tied at 113 when Brooks hit the short jumper in the lane just before
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Baker Mayfield is hoping the NCAA doesn’t outlaw flag planting. Mayfield, who gained notoriety when he ran onto the field and planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield of Ohio State’s stadium following a win by the Sooners in 2017, said the altercations Saturday that followed similar flag-planting incidents
Continue Reading NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Samage Teel’s 24 points helped Indiana State defeat Tarleton State 87-71 on Sunday night at Baha Mar Hoops. Teel added eight rebounds for the Sycamores (5-4). Markus Harding added 15 points while finishing 7 of 10 from the floor while they also had seven rebounds. Bruno Alocen had 14 points and
Continue Reading Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australian police say they have seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat off the coast of Queensland. They say they have arrested 13 people, including two under the age of 18, who are accused of conspiring to import the drug into Australia by sea.
Continue Reading Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel spokesman says drone strikes by Mali’s military regime have killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the north of the country. It was the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012 that so many Taureg leaders have been killed in a single attack. “Several synchronized
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By CNN staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month on gun crime and tax convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office. Read the president’s full statement about the pardon here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc.,
Continue Reading CNN By Marshall Cohen and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month for federal tax and gun convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” the president
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter deepened an entanglement of politics and the rule of law that has tarnished faith in American justice and is almost certain to worsen in Donald Trump’s second term. The Sunday evening move was a stunning development since Biden came
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, Rebekah Riess and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood. Authorities confirmed her death as a homicide, and her husband of 12
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kyrie Irving was sidelined with shoulder soreness for the Dallas Mavericks’ game Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers, but Luka Doncic was available after missing five game with a wrist injury. Irving scored 30 points, including a season-high six 3-pointers, on Saturday night in the Mavericks’ 106-94 victory at the Utah
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are hunting a coyote that attacked a 4-year-old girl on Thanksgiving after she mistook it for a dog crouching behind a tree, the agency announced over the weekend. The girl and another child approached the coyote in northern Colorado Springs, about an hour’s
Continue Reading By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her 100th birthday. The city council’s Committee on Civil and Human Rights voted earlier this month
Continue Reading CNN By Marshall Cohen and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month for federal tax and gun convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” the president
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has issued a written statement explaining his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció el domingo que indultó a su hijo Hunter Biden, quien enfrentaba una sentencia este mes por delitos relacionados con armas de fuego e impuestos, lo que marca un cambio de postura mientras se prepara para dejar el cargo. “Hoy firmé un indulto para mi hijo
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Christian Turner scored 18 points as Texas State beat Texas Southern 72-59 on Sunday night. Turner added three steals for the Bobcats (5-3). Tyler Morgan added 13 points while going 6 of 15 (0 for 3 from 3-point range) while they also had nine rebounds and seven assists. Kaden Gumbs had 12
Continue Reading Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — As temperatures drop into the teens, Minnesotans have embraced sauna culture for warmth and community. Devotees say the state’s sauna mania is about more than sweat and snow. They say it is the product of Old World traditions intersecting with newfangled internet-based communities, and a desire for social connection
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By Marshall Cohen and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month for federal tax and gun convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” the president said
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) – A woman in her 40s fell more than fifty feet down the side of Mt. Cristo Rey Sunday about 7:30 a.m. Sunland Park Fire said the woman suffered multiple injuries and was originally found by border patrol. The woman was airlifted to an area hospital by the El Paso
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s cellphone started blowing up with messages from players, friends and colleagues when the Tigers, still smarting after a loss to their instate rival, found out they had made the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Then came a FaceTime call from Syracuse coach Fran Brown, whose team had knocked
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Mason Marchment scored the winning goal on a spinning backhander with 7:37 to play with an assist from Jake Oettinger, who made 26 saves, as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Sunday. Marchment took a slow-rolling pass made by Thomas Harley from behind Dallas’ goal line to the opposite
Continue Reading ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Big Ten Conference announced it fined Michigan and Ohio State $100,000 each for violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy for the on-field melee at the end of the Wolverines’ win in Columbus on Saturday. “Not only did the actions of both teams violate fundamental elements of sportsmanship such as respect and
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