By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, authorities said. Officers working at the Nogales Port of Entry in Santa Cruz County discovered the
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Daniel de Sousa Brito finished with four saves for San Jose, David Bingham saved two shots for Portland and the Earthquakes and Timbers played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. San Jose (7-5-6) remains unbeaten at home this season through nine matches with a 6-0-3 record. Portland (5-7-6), which
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Daniel de Sousa Brito finished with four saves for San Jose, David Bingham saved two shots for Portland and the Earthquakes and Timbers played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. San Jose (7-5-6) remains unbeaten at home this season through nine matches with a 6-0-3 record. Portland (5-7-6), which
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Two American tourists who police say were attacked – one fatally – while hiking in Germany were identified as recent graduates of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, according to the school. Eva Liu, 21, was allegedly attacked by a 30-year-old American man she had met while hiking near one
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The cruise ship with about 1,000 passengers anchored off Nome, too big to squeeze into into the tundra city’s tiny port. Its well-heeled tourists had to shimmy into small boats for another ride to shore. It was 2016, and at the time, the cruise ship Serenity
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their rescuers noticed that the oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, had something hidden between her teeth. “We found she had a couple of seeds slowly chewed between her cheeks and her jawbone,”
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Open co-leader Wyndham Clark criticized NBC’s decision to put Saturday’s third round in a late broadcast window that forced the final competitors to finish their rounds around sunset. Visibility at Los Angeles Country Club was poor for the final hour of play, and Clark
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms. But that warm relationship is in jeopardy as a new district administrator has reopened negotiations
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryutaro Nagano is definitely making the most of his first tournament in the United States. The 35-year old veteran of the Japan Golf Tour is in eighth place through three rounds of the U.S. Open. Nagano is at 4 under through 54 holes, six behind
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 10 years of playing the same lottery number combination, a $50,000 payday has finally arrived for a man in Maryland, lottery officials said. The winner from Prince George’s County, who remained anonymous, won the big prize on May 28 after playing the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers. He signed a landmark police reform law with much fanfare in 2021 to give a state agency authority to decertify officers for misconduct. The law requires the
Continue ReadingCNN By Isaac Yee, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Chris Lau and Heather Chen, CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — Armed rebels attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 41 people, mostly students, and abducting six others, Ugandan officials have said. Some were hacked to death with machetes while others died when their dormitories were
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A brief look at the US Open on Saturday at Los Angeles Country Club
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a three-run homer, J.D. Davis added a pinch-hit grand slam, and the San Francisco Giants routed the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 15-0. The Giants have won six in a row. It was their largest margin of victory over the Dodgers in
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Powered by second-half goals from Paige Nielsen and M.A. Vignola, Angel City earned a comeback win against National Women’s Soccer League rival San Diego Wave. Kristen McNabb scored the lone goal for the Wave in front of more than 25,000 fans at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. Kerolin scored her
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Xander Schauffele has run into trouble on the weekend at plenty of majors in recent years, and the 123rd U.S. Open is no exception. After beginning this tournament with the best round in U.S. Open history, Schauffele shot 73 in the third round. He would
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scottie Scheffler holed out from 196 yards on the 17th hole, then made a 22-foot birdie putt with his new flat stick on 18 to put himself squarely in the mix at the U.S. Open. The world No. 1’s eagle-birdie finish supercharged a round that
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rickie Fowler only had 3 1/2 feet left for par on what should have been his last shot Saturday in a U.S. Open round filled with far bigger moments. At stake was his first 54-hole lead in a major. Shockingly, he missed and slipped into
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rickie Fowler only had 3 1/2 feet left for par on what should have been his last shot Saturday in a U.S. Open round filled with far bigger moments. At stake was his first 54-hole lead in a major. Shockingly, he missed and slipped into
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — All 120 passengers and crew members aboard a Philippine ferry that caught fire at sea on Sunday were rescued safely and the fire was extinguished, the coast guard said. The M/V Esperanza Star caught fire at dawn while traveling from Siquijor province to Bohol province in the central Philippines with 65
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