USC’s Moss throws Holiday Bowl-record 6 TD passes in 42-28 win against No. 16 Louisville
SAN DIEGO — With Caleb Williams watching from the sideline, Miller Moss threw a Holiday Bowl-record six touchdown passes in his first college start and Southern California ended a frustrating season by beating No. 16 Louisville 42-28 Wednesday night.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto joins the Los Angeles Dodgers, vows to compete for championships alongside Ohtani
LOS ANGELES — Just over six years after Yoshinobu Yamamoto watched a playoff game from the raucous Dodger Stadium stands and decided he absolutely had to play in the major leagues one day, the right-hander pulled on his white No. 18 jersey and a blue cap in the center field pavilion.
Garrett Greene helps West Virginia beat North Carolina 30-10 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Garrett Greene threw for 204 yards and a touchdown, Beanie Bishop Jr. returned a punt 78 yards for a score and West Virginia closed a season in which it exceeded expectations with a 30-10 victory over North Carolina on Wednesday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
Drones handles the rain, leads Virginia Tech to 41-20 win over No. 23 Tulane in the Military Bowl
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As long as he could hold onto the ball and keep his footing on a slippery day, Kyron Drones found plenty of room to run.
PHOTOS: Kona shuts out Kea‘au
KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena girls soccer made quick work of Kea‘au on Saturday at Julian R. Yates Field — winning 4-0 and notching its first victory of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) season.
Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 primary ballot
Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot.
US announces new weapons package for Ukraine, as funds dwindle and Congress is stalled on aid bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday announced what officials say could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that is stalled on Capitol Hill.
Nation & world news – at a glance – for Thursday, December 28, 2023
Idaho judge temporarily blocks ban on gender transition care for minors
Letters to the editor, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023
It’s time to start measuring results
Could a third party be the answer we need in 2024?
Four more years of a Trump presidency would take an enormous toll on America and its democracy. Polling continues to trend in Donald Trump’s direction over President Joe Biden’s, and we seem to be hurtling toward a disaster in November’s presidential election.
Pro pickleball’s woes won’t dent the sport
In the great national divide over pickleball, one side is enjoying a serving of schadenfreude over the news that the sport’s professional league is in trouble. Those who view the sport as an abomination will take heart from the fact that Major League Pickleball is struggling to pay its players.
High surf warnings issued for most of West Coast and parts of Hawaii; dangerous waves expected
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued high surf warnings for much of the West Coast and parts of Hawaii, describing the waves and rip currents expected to hit certain coastlines as potentially dangerous and life-threatening.
On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials said.
Pro-Palestinian protesters block airport access roads in New York, Los Angeles
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday, forcing some travelers to set off on foot to bypass the jammed roadway.
Trump says he didn’t know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler. That’s part of a broader pattern
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has centered his unlikely rise from reality television star to onetime — and potentially future — president on the idea that he’s wiser than Washington’s bumbling political class, once going so far as to label himself a “very stable genius.”
Democratic mayors renew pleas for federal help and coordination with Texas over migrant crisis
CHICAGO — The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver renewed pleas Wednesday for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum-seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane.
Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.
TEPCO’s operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata
TOKYO — Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban Wednesday imposed on a nuclear plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator behind the Fukushima plant that ended in disaster, allowing the company to resume preparations for restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant after more than 10 years.
US delegation is meeting with Mexico’s government for talks on the surge of migrants at the border
MEXICO CITY — A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.
Bean throws for 6 TDs, Kansas overcomes flags to beat UNLV 49-36 in Guaranteed Rate Bowl
PHOENIX — Jason Bean threw for 449 yards and all six of his touchdown passes to two receivers, and penalty-plagued Kansas outlasted UNLV 49-36 in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday night.
Houston Texans claim safety Kareem Jackson off waivers from Broncos, who had hoped to re-sign him
Kareem Jackson is returning to his roots after the Houston Texans claimed the hard-hitting safety off waivers from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday.
Pistons try to avoid 27th straight loss and a new NBA single-season record Tuesday against Nets
DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons won’t deny it. They are fully aware of the unwanted history they’ve been tumbling toward for two months.
With Trae Young, the numbers are rarely in question. Other things are up for debate
The numbers that Atlanta guard Trae Young are putting up are historic: 28.3 points and 11.2 assists per game entering Tuesday. Keep that up for an entire season, and he’ll do something that only Oscar Robertson, Tiny Archibald and James Harden have accomplished.
Brian Holloway returns 2 picks for TDs, Texas State beats Rice 45-21 in First Responder Bowl
DALLAS — Linebacker Brian Holloway returned two interceptions for touchdowns, Jahmyl Jeter ran for three scores, and Texas State beat Rice 45-21 in the First Responder Bowl on Tuesday in the Bobcats’ first bowl appearance as an FBS program.
