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. CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Logan Wolf scored 14 points off the bench to spark Northern Iowa to a 68-54 victory over Valparaiso on Tuesday night. Wolf shot …
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Helicopter’s thermal imaging camera helps deputies find child in Florida swamp
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s aviation unit used thermal imaging to guide deputies to a missing 5-year-old who had gone missing in a swamp near Tampa. The autistic girl wandered away from her home Monday evening and was quickly reported missing, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said. The thermal camera captured images of the little girl walking through ankle-deep …
Read More »Ten Hag challenges ‘unstoppable’ Antony to win back place at Man United
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Brazil international Antony was assured on Tuesday that he still has a future at Manchester United despite plunging down the pecking order of wingers at the English club. The 24-year-old Antony became the second most expensive player in United’s history when he arrived for $95 million in the summer of 2022, following manager Erik ten Hag …
Read More »Trump and Biden won Michigan. But ‘uncommitted’ votes demanded attention
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men — yet early results from the state were highlighting some of their biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of the November general election. A vigorous “uncommitted” campaign organized by activists disillusioned with Biden’s handling of …
Read More »Nigeria’s union workers are on strike nationwide over soaring inflation and unmet promises
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday that threatened to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain. Since assuming office in Africa’s most populous country last year, President Bola Tinubu has enacted policies that include doing away with fuel subsidies and unifying …
Read More »A work stoppage to support a mechanic who found a noose is snarling school bus service in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Black mechanic for the company that provides school bus services for the St. Louis school district said he found a noose at his workstation, leading at least 100 drivers to stop work in a show of support and NAACP leaders to call for an investigation into whether it was a hate crime. The work stoppage …
Read More »US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey’s ‘cynically manipulated’ ballot system
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates who have the support of political party leaders and should be scrapped, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who’s locked in a primary contest for U.S. Senate against the state’s first lady Tammy Murphy, said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The suit seeks to upend New Jersey’s unique primary …
Read More »Motive in killing of Baltimore police officer remains a mystery as trial begins
BALTIMORE (AP) — As the trial opened Tuesday for a man accused in the deadly shooting ambush of a Baltimore police officer, the motive in the killing remains shrouded in mystery more than two years later. Officer Keona Holley, who was shot multiple times while sitting in her marked patrol car during an overnight shift, died in the hospital following …
Read More »Vikings hire Josh McCown as quarterbacks coach, move Chris O’Hara to pass game specialist
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings hired Josh McCown, an 18-year NFL veteran who played for 12 teams, as their quarterbacks coach on Tuesday. Chris O’Hara, the quarterbacks coach for the Vikings in 2022-23, is now the pass game specialist. McCown was quarterbacks coach for Carolina last season, his first as an NFL assistant. The 44-year-old McCown was drafted …
Read More »Michigan election gave communities more time to handle absentee ballots
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s presidential primary was the first time that communities in the state had the ability to count absentee ballots days before the Tuesday election. Absentee voting is a popular way to participate in Michigan since eligibility rules were greatly eased in 2018. But it took another change in law in 2023 to give local clerks more time …
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