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FILE - A sign about saving water is posted on browning grass outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, July 11, 2022. California began its new water year on Oct. 1, 2022, and state officials are expecting another dry winter ahead.
FILE - A sign about saving water is posted on browning grass outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, July 11, 2022. California began its new water year on Oct. 1, 2022, and state officials are expecting another dry winter ahead.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The past three years have been California's driest on record, a streak unlikely to break this winter, state officials said Monday.
The official water year concluded Friday, marking an end to a period that saw both record rainfall in October and the driest January-to-March period in at least a century. Scientists say such weather whiplash is likely to become more common as the planet warms. It will take more than a few winter storms to help the state dig out of drought.
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Russian state-backed media are reporting that a fire has occurred on the bridge linking mainland Russia with the Russian-controlled Crimean peninsula. RIA-Novosti and the Tass news agency quoted local Russian official Oleg Kryuchkov as saying an object thought to be a fuel storage tank caught fire and that traffic has been stopped on the bridge. Images shared on social media purported to show fire and damage to the span. The authenticity of the reports and images could not be immediately verified. The fire occurred hours after explosions rocked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Saturday.
Chevan Cordeiro accounted for four touchdowns to lead San Jose State to a 40-7 rout of UNLV. Cordeiro was 18-of-27 passing for 230 yards and added 109 yards on the ground with touchdown runs from 10 and 15 yards. His 22-yard touchdown pass to Dominick Mazotti stretched the San Jose State (4-1, 2-0 Mountain West Conference) lead to 33-0 midway through the third quarter. Mazotti finished with seven catches for a career-high 100 yards. Cameron Friel threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Senika McKie late in the third quarter for UNLV (4-2, 2-1).
Grief-stricken families are praying at a Buddhist temple filled with children’s keepsakes, flowers and photos of the toddlers slain as they napped at a day care center in Thailand. Coffins containing the 36 killed, 24 of them children, were placed at the temple in the town nestled among rice paddies. Several mourners stayed at the temple overnight in the tradition of keeping company for those who died young. The aunt of one victim said, "It is our belief that we should be with them so they are not lonely.” The massacre left no one untouched in the small town and spread grief across the country. A mourning ceremony will continue for three days before the royal-sponsored funerals.
LOS ANGELES — The only playoff baseball at Dodger Stadium on Friday was played on the televisions in the clubhouse and the scoreboards in the outfield.
Villanova freshman forward Cam Whitmore is set to have surgery on his right thumb after injuring it in practice Wednesday. The school said Friday that Whitmore will be re-evaluated in early November. The 6-foot-7 Whitmore was the Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year at Archbishop Spalding High School. In Junbe, he was the Most Outstanding Player at the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in leading the United States to the title.
The Las Vegas Raiders defense has allowed 13 touchdowns this season, seven coming through the air. And five of them were thrown by AFC West rivals Justin Herbert of the Chargers and Denver’s Russell Wilson. Monday night the Raiders (1-3) face the division’s best quarterback in Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, who will provide their secondary its stiffest test of the season. With the Chiefs (3-1) and Mahomes, the Raiders are presented with numerous issues that are sure to challenge a secondary that has the slimmest margin for errors. Mahomes, who ranks seventh in the league with 1,106 yards passing, is tied for first with 11 passing touchdowns, alongside Detroit’s Jared Goff and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson.
Police in Ohio say three people were wounded in a shooting outside a high school football game Friday night. WTOL-TV reports that a high school student and two adults were wounded and transported to area hospitals after being shot outside the Whitmer High School stadium in West Toledo around 9:30 p.m. WTOL reports police say two people are in custody following the shooting during a game between Whitmer and Central Catholic High School. Washington Local Schools spokesperson Katie Peters told the station that the three victims were the only people hurt during the shooting and that security measures were in place during the event.