The AP Top 25 women’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. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Ashlyn Watkins had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 1 South Carolina to a 98-61 road win over Arkansas on Thursday night. …
Read More »Iñaki y Nico Williams llevan al Athletic Bilbao a final de Copa tras golear al Atlético de Madrid
MADRID (AP) — Los hermanos Iñaki y Nico Williams anotaron sendos goles y se prodigaron asistencias mutuas con el Athletic Bilbao el jueves para aplastar 3-0 al Atlético de Madrid y llegar a la tercera final de la Copa del Rey en cinco temporadas. Gorka Guruzeta también anotó para el Athletic, que avanzó 4-0 en el global después de haber …
Read More »Maple Leafs acquire D Ilya Lyubushkin from Ducks in 3-team trade involving Hurricanes
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin from the Anaheim Ducks in a three-team trade involving Carolina. Anaheim received Toronto’s third-round pick in 2025 in the deal announced Thursday night, while Carolina gets Toronto’s sixth-round pick in the 2024 draft. The Ducks will pay 50% of Lyubushkin’s remaining salary this season, while the Hurricanes …
Read More »Panamá decomisa cinco toneladas de cocaína en cargamento de banano ecuatoriano con destino a España
CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ (AP) — Las autoridades panameñas decomisaron cinco toneladas de cocaína, una de las incautaciones más voluminosas del país, dentro un buque con plátanos procedentes de Ecuador y que tenían como destino España. Según informó el jueves el ministro de Seguridad de Panamá, Juan Pino, el decomiso se ejecutó en un puerto de la ciudad portuaria panameña de …
Read More »New Zealand tour operators told to pay $7.8 million in fines and reparations over volcanic eruption
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. The holding company of the island’s owners, a boat tour operator and three companies that operated helicopter tours had been found guilty …
Read More »Jefferson scores 22 in Little Rock’s 85-60 victory over Tennessee State
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. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jordan Jefferson scored 22 points as Little Rock beat Tennessee State 85-60 on Thursday night. Jefferson added five rebounds for the Trojans (19-11, …
Read More »No. 13 Colorado women end 4-game skid beating Washington 68-62
The AP Top 25 women’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. BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Maddie Nolan scored 20 points and Frida Formann scored 12 points and the 13th-ranked Colorado women ended a four-game losing streak beating Washington 68-62 …
Read More »Girl walking to school in New York finds severed arm, police later find another arm and leg
BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — A girl walking to school Thursday morning on Long Island found a severed arm on the side of the road. Police searching the area then discovered another arm and a disembodied leg nearby, authorities in New York said. Suffolk County Police said the girl spotted the severed left arm along a road near the popular Southards …
Read More »Booker leads Eastern Illinois against Western Illinois
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. Eastern Illinois Panthers (14-16, 8-9 OVC) at Western Illinois Leathernecks (18-11, 11-5 OVC) Macomb, Illinois; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Leathernecks -6; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM …
Read More »Charlamagne Tha God offers straight talk in next book, ‘Get Honest Or Die Lying’
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlamagne Tha God’s next book is an ode to hard truths and getting to the point. Black Privilege Publishing, a Simon & Schuster imprint founded by Charlamagne Tha God, announced Thursday that “Get Honest Or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks” will come out May 21. His previous books include the bestsellers “Black Privilege” and “Shook …
Read More »A blender from the 1960s, a restored 1936 piano. What I learned from clearing out my childhood home
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been eight months since I closed the door for the last time to my childhood home in suburban New Jersey and said goodbye to more than a half century of memories. I sometimes still struggle to let it go. Mom passed away in February 2023 after a brief battle with cancer. My sister and I …
Read More »North Dakota hosts South Dakota State after Omot’s 22-point game
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. South Dakota State Jackrabbits (17-12, 10-4 Summit League) at North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks (17-12, 9-5 Summit League) Grand Forks, North Dakota; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: …
Read More »Embiid se enfoca en regresar este año con los 76ers y para los Juegos Olímpicos
FILADELFIA (AP) — Joel Embiid quiere volver a jugar este año con los 76ers de Filadelfia, incluso cuando el equipo se ha desinflado en la pelea por la postemporada sin el astro, pero también con la selección olímpica de Estados Unidos. El reinante MVP de la NBA ha estado fuera desde inicios de febrero, después de someterse a una cirugía …
Read More »T’Vondre Sweat leads group of NFL’s big-guy prospects hoping to prove they’re worth the weight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat might have been the biggest guy on Texas’ campus the past five seasons. It may be a fitting title for the NFL next season, too. After extra medical checks caused a nearly four-hour delay in his scheduled appearance at the league’s annual scouting combine, the 6-foot-4, 365-pound former Texas star brushed aside any …
Read More »Kentucky Senate committee advances bill proposing use of armed ‘guardians’ in schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky school districts could hire retired law officers or military veterans to serve as armed guardians offering security at schools under a bill advanced by a state Senate committee on Thursday. The proposal cleared the Senate Education Committee and heads to the full Senate next. It would still need House approval if it gains Senate passage. …
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