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Flynn, Wetzell lead No. 7 San Diego State past Fresno State
FRESNO (AP) — San Diego State won't make any scoring highlight reels with games like its one against Fresno State, yet the Aztecs might make it deep into the NCAA Tournament.
In a contest in which they had no 3-point game, the No. 7 Aztecs relied on a suffocating defense...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major U.S. web infrastructure and security company will provide free support to federal election campaigns to help thwart any repeats of the 2016 effort by Russian agents to steal and leak sensitive campaign emails and documents.
San Francisco-based Cloudflare said Wednesday it will be providing to eligible campaigns free access to several of its security services,...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Fannie Mae employee was sentenced in Southern California to more than six years in prison for arranging discounted sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties to herself and real estate brokers in exchange for cash kickbacks, federal prosecutors said.
Shirene Hernandez, 47, was also ordered Tuesday to pay $982,516 in restitution to Fannie Mae, the...
BRIAN MELLEY and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash former attorney for the porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested for allegedly violating bail by committing numerous financial crimes to conceal assets from creditors while living a lavish lifestyle, U.S. prosecutors alleged in a court document released Wednesday.
Avenatti was arrested by IRS agents at a...
JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — The bears have cute names — Bubble, Feather, Snowflake and the like — and look so soft and huggable when caught on video by remote cameras that study their habits. But to herders high in the Pyrenees mountains of southwest France, the animals are stone-cold killers, ravaging flocks and undermining farming livelihoods.
Pyrenean livestock...
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to the way man-made climate change keeps shattering records.
"If you think you've heard this story before, you haven't...
ALEXANDRA JAFFE, STEVE PEOPLES and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival Bernie Sanders in a Democratic debate that raised gender as a key issue in the sprint to Iowa's presidential caucuses.
Sanders vehemently denied Warren's accusation, which threatened...
THOMAS BEAUMONT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some key takeaways from Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses:CIVILITY AND SUBSTANCE OVER FIGHTING AND FRICTION
After the United States' killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Democrats were bracing for fights over foreign policy. Instead, a whole lot of substance broke...
LISA MASCARO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi named House prosecutors for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Wednesday ahead of votes to send the charges to the Senate, even as new information about the president's Ukraine efforts intensified pressure for more witnesses.
The seven-member prosecution team will be led by the chairmen of the House impeachment proceedings, Reps....
KEVIN FREKING and PAUL WISEMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday described an initial trade agreement with China as "righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security for American workers, farmers and families."
The president was preparing to sign a trade agreement with China that is expected to boost exports...