Trends. Page 104



Trends

George, Leonard team to help Clippers overpower Suns 120-99

LOS ANGELES — Paul George scored 24 points, Kawhi Leonard added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers returned home after two weeks away to beat the Phoenix...
6:03 18 December 2021
Trends

Sanders, Bloomberg test different paths to a California win

LOS ANGELES — One is spending millions of dollars flooding the airwaves from Los Angeles to Sacramento, highlighting his tenure as mayor of the nation...
5:10 18 December 2021
Trends

The Tokyo taxi driver: Suit and tie — white gloves optional

TOKYO — Very few countries deliver better service than Japan: in shops, in restaurants, or in taxis.
5:01 18 December 2021
Trends

Judge rules in favor of US effort to take Snowden book money

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden violated secrecy agreements with the U.S. government that allow it to claim proceeds from a ...
4:00 18 December 2021
Trends

Pacers rally late to snap Lakers’ road winning streak at 14

INDIANAPOLIS — Domantas Sabonis scored 26 points and Malcolm Brogdon made a tiebreaking reverse layup with 36.4 seconds left Tuesday night to give the...
3:07 18 December 2021
Trends

Ailing or no, Ruth Bader Ginsburg maintains busy public life

WASHINGTON — In the course of a year, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had lung surgery to remove cancerous growths and radiation for a tumor on her pa...
2:17 18 December 2021
Trends

PG&E, California wildfire victims rework $13.5B settlement

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric reworked a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of deadly wildfires blamed on the utility to try to preven...
0:55 18 December 2021
Trends

Survey shows boom in marijuana vaping among school kids

NEW YORK — About 1 out of 5 high school students in the U.S. say they vaped marijuana in the past year, and its popularity has been booming faster tha...
0:44 18 December 2021
Trends

Mayor: Schools official who called Jews ‘brutes’ should quit

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey mayor on Tuesday said a school board member should quit over comments she made about the shooting at a kosher market ...
0:05 18 December 2021
Trends

‘Ant-Man’ takes on challenge: Make hoops relevant at Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. — Football rules the athletic landscape at Georgia.
22:23 17 December 2021
Trends

Lawsuit: Apple, Microsoft profit from child cobalt miners

WASHINGTON — A new lawsuit accuses several of the world's largest technology firms of knowingly profiting from children laboring under brutal conditio...
22:00 17 December 2021
Trends

Fifth fired Google worker files federal labor complaint

SAN FRANCISCO — A fifth former Google worker has filed a complaint with federal regulators accusing the company of improperly firing employees for lab...
21:53 17 December 2021
Trends

Authorities: Texas man tried to sell mercury before spills

HOUSTON — A 19-year-old man accused of spilling mercury at several Houston locations stole the liquid metal from an abandoned business, tried to sell ...
21:51 17 December 2021
Trends

Giuliani brags about forcing out Trump’s Ukraine ambassador

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, is now openly admitting that he pushed President Donald Trump to dismiss the former amb...
21:12 17 December 2021
Trends

Venice’s endurance symbolized in Royal Gardens re-opening

VENICE, Italy — Venice’s Royal Gardens were first envisioned by Napoleon, flourished under Austrian Empress Sissi and were finally turned over to the ...
20:54 17 December 2021
Trends

Bill to raise tobacco age has unlikely allies: Altria, Juul

WASHINGTON — Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more than a decade, with support from two unlikely b...
20:51 17 December 2021
Trends

Trump says Guatemala is helping stem asylum seekers in US

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump thanked Guatemala's president Tuesday for becoming a more active partner in helping stem a tide of migrants seekin...
20:49 17 December 2021
Trends

Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian

NEW YORK — A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from...
20:31 17 December 2021
Trends

US senator proposes money, oversight to boost dam safety

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday called for more federal money and oversight to shore up the nation's aging dams following an Associated Press ...
20:07 17 December 2021
Trends

Breakthrough Entertainer: Zack Gottsagen realizes a dream

LOS ANGELES — For Zack Gottsagen, being named as one of The Associated Press' Breakthrough Entertainers of 2019 is a confirmation of his success.
19:56 17 December 2021
Trends

US envoy in Ukraine set to leave after impeachment testimony

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine will be leaving his post at the beginning of next year after a term convulsed by the impeachment inquiry...
19:40 17 December 2021
Trends

Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in ...
19:27 17 December 2021
Trends

As Ricky Reed rises, the producer for Lizzo learns balance

NEW YORK — Music producer Ricky Reed remembers the long days and nights in the recording studio, as he crafted hits for Halsey, twenty one pilots, Jas...
18:45 17 December 2021
Trends

Mormons pulling 400,000 youths out of struggling Boy Scouts

KAYSVILLE, Utah — For decades, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was one of Boy Scouts of America’s greatest allies and the largest spon...
18:40 17 December 2021
Trends

Bloomberg won’t disclose finances until after Iowa caucuses

WASHINGTON — Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg won't have to file a mandatory financial disclosure until after Iowa's first-in-the-n...
18:13 17 December 2021
Trends

Most US opioid overdose deaths accidental, 4% are suicide

Accidental overdoses cause 90% of all U.S. opioid-related deaths while suicides account for far fewer of these fatalities than previously thought, a n...
18:05 17 December 2021
Trends

NDSU, NAU, Illinois St put players on FCS All-America Team

Defending national champion North Dakota State placed two players on The Associated Press FCS All-America first team and five players overall on the t...
18:01 17 December 2021
Trends

Thousands honor slain New Jersey detective at funeral

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — As rain poured down Tuesday, thousands of police officers lined the streets of Jersey City to honor a detective killed last week i...
17:46 17 December 2021
Trends

Die-hard Venezuelan soccer fans defy political divide

Venezuela is the only South American country where baseball and not soccer is the No. 1 sport. Still, a group of fans calling themselves the “Red Demo...
17:44 17 December 2021
Trends

LSU’s Ed Orgeron is AP college football coach of the year

Ed Orgeron of LSU is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the top-ranked Tigers to a Southeastern Conference championship and their fi...
17:03 17 December 2021