RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge wasn’t careless while sentencing a man to life in prison without parole for the murders of two law enforcement officers during a traffic stop, crimes he participated in as a juvenile, the state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld the latest sentence for Kevin Salvador Golphin. He …

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 Preseason Coaches baseball poll, with team’s RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in the last poll and first-place votes received in parentheses. Record Pts Pvs 1. Wake Forest (15) 54-12 751 3 2. LSU (11) 53-17 731 11 3. Florida (5) 54-16 …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers who shot and killed two men while working off-duty security jobs last weekend in Nebraska’s largest city, but they haven’t released additional details about the shooting ahead of a planned news conference later this week. Police have said they found a gun in the SUV that the two …