By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers, closing roads and prompting high water rescues. Rivers across the western part ...
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Brad Lander, the outgoing comptroller of New York City, announced Wednesday that he is running for Congress, challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman in a Democratic primary for a liberal district in lower Manhattan and northwest Brooklyn. Lander, a ...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she "has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump." Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of "politics as a blood ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was smiling. But he wasn't kidding. Not long after a 27-22 victory over Baltimore on Sunday in which the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow pulled themselves back from the brink, their future Hall of Fame quarterback did what he's done in his unique (if occasionally ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — As he steadily built up Iowa State's football program, Matt Campbell regularly turned down other head coaching gigs until his dream job opened. After a decade in Ames, the 46-year-old from Massillon, Ohio, couldn't say no to the chance to take over one of college ...
Not even Shedeur Sanders being named Cleveland's starting quarterback the rest of the season on Monday could quiet the second-guessing about Kevin Stefanski's failed 2-point conversion decisions in the 31-29 loss to Tennessee. The two conversions on Sunday were poorly executed, and brought up ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat player Terry Rozier pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games. The 31-year-old point guard formally entered the plea during his arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn on wire fraud and money laundering ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez has won the Bronko Nagurski Award given annually to the nation's top college defensive player. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Rodriguez received the award at a banquet Monday night at the Charlotte Convention Center. Rodriguez, ...
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dustin Wolf stopped 28 shots for his fifth career shutout and the Calgary Flames beat the Utah Mammoth 2-0 on Saturday. Yegor Sharangovich and Connor Zary scored for Calgary in its sixth win in nine games (6-2-1). Vitek Vanecek had 21 saves while taking his sixth ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams each scored 25 points and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder improved to 23-1 with their 15th straight victory, routing the Utah Jazz 131-101 on Sunday night. Holmgren added nine rebounds, and Williams had eight assists. Aaron ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — For a while now, Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers have walked the fine line between success and recriminations. They remained on the right side of it Sunday, thanks to Aaron Rodgers and a couple of late replays. Rodgers threw for 284 yards and a touchdown and even ...
DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen's final-round score was the only goal of the shootout and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Sunday night. After Rantanen beat Tristan Jarry stick side, Oettinger stopped Kris Letang to end the game and record his ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron James hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer and scored 29 points, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-108 on Sunday night. Joel Embiid, who otherwise had an awful shooting night for the 76ers, made an 18-footer that ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made all the big plays Saturday night. Then his Hoosiers teammates and their fans celebrated like it was 1967. Mendoza's neatly tucked 17-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt gave the No. 2 Hoosiers the lead they needed and the defense shut ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Defending national champion Ohio State is going to the Cotton Bowl for the third season in a row, this time for a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game on New Year's Eve against Miami or Texas A&M. The Big Ten runner-up and third-ranked Buckeyes (12-1) won ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Joe Burrow boost to Cincinnati's playoff aspirations lasted but a week. In his second game after missing 10 weeks with a toe injury, Burrow threw interceptions on consecutive pass attempts in the fourth quarter, and the Bengals squandered a 10-point lead in a ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — It took only three starts for Shedeur Sanders to get his first 300-yard passing game in the NFL. However, it didn't end up giving the Cleveland Browns a victory. Sanders passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score, but an interception in the third ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cedric Gray isn't concerned about Tennessee Titans fans wanting the first overall NFL draft pick for the second straight year. The second-year linebacker and everyone else in the Titans locker room were focused on getting their second win of the season. Behind a strong ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson made 39 saves to record his 100th career victory and seventh career shutout, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 on Sunday night. Jakob Chychrun scored his 11th goal on a one-timer of Tom Wilson's feed to the inside of the left ...