BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — An inert rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington state, police said. Bellevue police responded Thursday to a report of a military-grade rocket in the garage of a home in the city across Lake Washington from Seattle. Police …

DETROIT (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 23 points to become the 25th player in NBA history with 25,000 points, Kawhi Leonard had 21 of his 33 points in the first half and the Los Angeles Clippers put on an offensive show in a 136-125 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Westbrook, who also had nine assists, joined teammate …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases. Sall — who is not seeking another term in office — said he signed a decree repealing the law that convened the electoral body just as campaigning was …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Radford Highlanders (13-10, 3-5 Big South) at South Carolina Upstate Spartans (6-15, 1-7 Big South) Spartanburg, South Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Highlanders -1; over/under …

Satya Nadella marks his tenth year as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, capping a decade of stunning growth as he pivoted the slow-moving software giant into a laser focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s stock has soared by more than 1,000% since Nadella took the helm in 2014, compared to the more gradual 185% growth of the broader S&P …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A’lahn Sumler’s 34 points led Charleston Southern over Longwood 83-77 on Saturday. Sumler also contributed five rebounds for the Buccaneers (8-14, 4-5 Big …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. CHICAGO (AP) — Xavier Johnson scored 29 points and Southern Illinois scored the last four points to beat UIC 74-71 on Saturday. AJ Ferguson and Johnson each scored …

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle came back from two goals down in the second half to secure a wild 4-4 draw against relegation-threatened Luton in an end-to-end Premier League game on Saturday, with Harvey Barnes marking his return from a long injury layoff by netting the equalizer. Newcastle led twice in the first half thanks to a brace by Sean …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Boden Skunberg had 14 points and 11 rebounds and Noah Feddersen made a layup with one second left in overtime to rally North Dakota …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Lue Williams scored 25 points and his three-point play with just over two minutes left in overtime put Tarleton State in front for good …

Left-hander José Suarez lost to the Los Angeles Angels in salary arbitration on Friday, giving teams a 2-0 advantage in decisions this year. Suarez was awarded a $925,000 salary rather than his $1.35 million request. Joshua Gordon, Walt De Treux and Howard Edelman heard the case a day earlier. The 26-year-old Suarez was 1-3 with an 8.29 ERA in seven …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. New Hampshire Wildcats (12-8, 4-3 America East) at UMass-Lowell River Hawks (15-5, 6-1 America East) Lowell, Massachusetts; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire plays the UMass-Lowell …

GENEVA (AP) — A potential rebellion at the UEFA congress next week against its president Aleksander Čeferin looked to have ended Friday when Romania’s soccer federation said it would vote for extending his term limit. Čeferin has faced growing unease about his leadership — by failing to initially speak out over disgraced Spanish official Luis Rubiales, by trying to get …

Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service also said it would work on a first-ever national recovery plan for wolves, …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Ellen Gilchrist, a National Book Award winner whose short stories and novels drew on the complexities of people and places in the American South, has died. She was 88. An obituary from her family said Gilchrist died Tuesday in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where she had lived in her final years. Gilchrist published more than two dozen …