November 12, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 46 points, 21 in the first quarter, and the Golden State Warriors improved to 10-0 on the season with a 129-116 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. Curry hit 15 of 25 shots, including 8 of 13 3-pointers, in another breathtaking performance for the reigning MVP. Draymond […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have traded shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Los Angeles Angels for shortstop Erick Aybar and top pitching prospects Sean Newcomb and Chris Ellis. The Braves also get $2.5 million, while the Angels get minor league catcher Jose Briceno in the trade announced Thursday night. Simmons is arguably the […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on the state’s colleges to improve their graduation rates. Scott on Thursday challenged Florida’s 28 public colleges to boost the number of students who graduate. Scott said that currently 43 percent of students graduate with an associate degree within three years. The governor wants that […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential rivals Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are backpedaling furiously as they try to outmaneuver each other on immigration. Rubio co-wrote a massive 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate. He disavows it now, but Cruz won’t stop talking about it. Cruz opposed the bill, but he offered amendments to […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Four national groups representing college educators and trustees said Thursday they would fight a growing push in state legislatures to allow people to carry concealed guns on campuses. The groups also called for the repeal of measures in several states that already allow for so-called campus carry, arguing that academic […]

Rite Aid is giving patients a chance to peek over their doctor’s shoulder with genetic tests that help determine the effectiveness of some prescriptions. The drugstore chain said Thursday that it is selling Harmonyx testing kits at nearly all of its stores. The kits cost between $49 and $89 without a prescription, and customers can […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – More than 100 women who blame their pregnancies on errant birth control packaging have joined a negligence lawsuit filed in Philadelphia against several drug companies. The lawsuit follows a 2011 recall of more than 500,000 blister packs after an Iowa customer found the pills packaged out of order, potentially increasing the chance […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Citing its strides toward democracy, President Barack Obama on Thursday lifted economic sanctions against Liberia that had been in place for more than a decade. Obama notified congressional leaders in a letter, saying his decision was based on pro-democracy moves by the West African nation since it emerged from civil war in […]

NAPLES, Fla.- A man accused of robbing and punching a woman in the face is now behind bars. Naples police say Eduardo Lopez-Abreu approached the victim while she was walking in the 1000 block of 1st Avenue South on Wednesday. The victim says Lopez-Abreu tried snatching her purse, knocking her to the ground. He then punched the […]

Rip-offs, scammers, criminals. That’s what some state and federal lawmakers are saying of companies offering you a chance to wipe those student loan debts clean. Meanwhile, people are so desperate for help, it doesn’t look like those debt relief companies are going anywhere soon. A dream of becoming a nurse, left Clewiston mom Courtney Dowd […]