With Simone Biles out, ROC wins women’s team gymnastics
By WILL GRAVESTOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It...
Olympics Latest: Germany wins another equestrian gold
TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus...
Thomas becomes first-ever Murrieta Mesa alumni to be drafted by MLB
Three other former local players also taken in 2021 draft
The 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place July 11–13, in conjunction...
 UPDATE: Padres-Nationals game interrupted by shooting
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A game last night between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals that was suspended in the sixth inning after...
Temecula’s Isaiah Mobley, currently with USC, withdraws from NBA draft
Temecula native Isaiah Mobley, who currently plays basketball for USC, announced last week that he was withdrawing his name from the NBA draft to...
Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West
Christopher Weber
Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday, July 11, and forced the temporary...
Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship
Susan Montoya Bryan and Marcia Dunn
Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship July 11, bringing astro-tourism a step...
Shocker: US falls to Nigeria 90-87 in pre-Olympic opener
By TIM REYNOLDS
LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.
Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either.
If there...
Conor McGregor injures leg, Poirier wins UFC 264 showdown
By GREG BEACHAM
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor sat and seethed with his back on the cage, a temporary cast around his left shin...
As condo crashed down, they escaped through smoke and ruin
KELLI KENNEDYFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Alfredo Lopez and his wife Marian were asleep when the first thundering blast jolted them awake. Moments later,...