By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Caris LeVert scored 22 points, Evan Mobley had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers never trailed in a 110-102 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jarrett Allen had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Darius Garland added 13 points and eight assists for Cleveland,
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE, La. — Led by Terence Lewis II’s 19 points and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the Samford Bulldogs 75-58. The Ragin’ Cajuns moved to 8-1 with the win and the Bulldogs dropped to 6-5.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Andrew Rohde’s 19 points helped St. Thomas defeat Idaho State 76-70 on Saturday night. Rohde shot 7 of 11 from the field and 4 for 5 from the line for the Tommies (8-4). Riley Miller scored 19 points while finishing 3 of 6 from 3-point range and
Continue ReadingBy MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 28 points and nine rebounds and the Chicago Bulls took advantage of NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic’s absence to rout the Dallas Mavericks 144-115 on Saturday night. Doncic sat out with a strained right quadriceps. Swingman Josh Green also was out with a right
Continue ReadingHOUSTON — Led by Will Johnston’s 28 points, the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros defeated the Houston Christian Huskies 95-82 on Saturday night. The Vaqueros are now 6-4 on the season, while the Huskies fell to 3-8.
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas — Nighael Ceaser finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds to guide Texas State to a 71-65 victory over UT Arlington. Drue Drinnon scored 10 points for the Bobcats (6-4). Nate Martin had eight points and six boards. Kyron Gibson led the way for the Mavericks (4-7) with 19 points and four
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Chibuzo Agbo scored 18 points as Boise State beat Saint Louis 57-52 on Saturday night. Agbo added six rebounds for the Broncos (8-2), who have won seven straight. Max Rice added 14 points and three steals. The Billikens (7-4) were led by Yuri Collins with 17 points and four assists. Fred
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain’s first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s
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Oregon Equestrian Trails is sponsoring free gift wrapping again this month at the Bend River Promenade from noon to 6 p.m. through Dec. 23 (and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Christmas Eve). Donations, of course, are welcome.
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Quincy Guerrier scored 26, Will Richardson had the first triple-double by an Oregon men’s basketball player in 20 years and the Ducks beat Nevada 78-65 Saturday night. Richardson finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the program’s first triple double since Luke Jackson had 14 points, 11 rebounds
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Venezuela se apresta a tomar medidas orientadas a frenar la devaluación del bolívar frente a las divisas extranjeras que, solo en diciembre, por ejemplo, se ha devaluado más de un 20% frente al dólar estadounidense, según datos del Banco Central de Venezuela. El cuestionado presidente
Continue ReadingBy MALIK EARNEST Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (KFMB) — The World’s Fastest French Bulldog, and his Boston Terrier sister, were dognapped in the Mid-City area of San Diego. Frenchie “Winston Bolt” and Boston Terrier “Xena” were dognapped on December 6 in an auto-theft that happened outside Crunch Fitness in the
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Williams brought sizzle, excitement and star power back to Southern California football. And now the Heisman Trophy, too. Williams, the dynamic quarterback who was the catalyst for the Trojans’ turnaround season, won the Heisman on Saturday night to make USC the first
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Los Angeles city council member Kevin de León is facing renewed scrutiny after a video surfaced online Friday night of him engaged in a physical altercation with a community activist during a holiday event. A 35-second video of the incident posted to Twitter by two local community organizations and also obtained
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Al menos 20 personas resultaron lesionadas este sábado luego de enfrentamientos entre pobladores que participaban en una protesta y policías en la ciudad de Andahuaylas, en el departamento de Apurímac, en el sur de Perú, informó en Twitter la Defensoría del Pueblo. Entre los heridos se reportaron cuatro
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point, Mikhail Sergachev and Steven Stamkos scored in the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-1. Point made it 2-1 when he beat Sergei Bobrovsky from the low right circle 3:03 into the third. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves, and
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Highly touted freshman Cam Whitmore scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench, leading Villanova to a 77-56 victory over Boston College in the Never Forget Tribute Classic. With the Wildcats leading 56-46 near the 9-minute mark of the second half, Mark Armstrong hit a 3-pointer that began a
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE — Led by Matteo Picarelli’s 18 points, the UMBC Retrievers defeated the Morgan State Bears 75-63 on Saturday night. The Retrievers improved to 7-4 with the victory and the Bears fell to 4-7.
Continue ReadingCNN By Vedika Sud, Rhea Mogul, Rishabh Pratap and Arpit Goel, CNN At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile now over 62 meters (203 feet) high. Fires caused by heat and methane gas sporadically break out — the
Continue ReadingBy Vedika Sud, Rhea Mogul, Rishabh Pratap and Arpit Goel, CNN At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile now over 62 meters (203 feet) high. Fires caused by heat and methane gas sporadically break out — the Delhi
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