BARCELONA (AP) — Xavi Hernández tendrá una oportunidad más para lograr que su Barcelona juegue bien, antes de su primer encuentro de octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones en tres años. El Barça cruza el norte de España para enfrentar el sábado al Celta de Vigo, cuatro días antes de que viaje a Nápoles para su encuentro de …

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife in a note after he drowned their three young children “If I can’t have them neither can you” was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Lake County judge sentenced Jason Karels, of Round Lake Beach, after considering victim-impact statements written by …

NOM PEN, Camboya (AP) — Camboya comenzará a instalar cientos de cámaras de vigilancia y a importar tigres de India como parte de un plan para recuperar su población de tigres, informaron las autoridades el viernes. Los tigres fueron declarados “funcionalmente extintos” en Camboya en 2016 por el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF, por sus siglas en inglés). El …

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. Wyoming Cowboys (12-12, 5-6 MWC) at San Jose State Spartans (9-16, 2-10 MWC) San Jose, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming visits the San Jose State …

Follow the latest updates on this story. TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government. “It is obvious that he was killed by Putin,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was visiting Germany for the Munich …

MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced to six months in prison Friday by a federal judge who expressed frustration that his cooperation with law enforcement was undone by President Joe Biden’s recent pardon of a top U.S. criminal target. Orlando Contreras had …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of top congressional leaders has recommended that Republican candidate Nikki Haley receive protection from the U.S. Secret Service after she reported a growing number of threats during her presidential campaign, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The committee of leaders voted in favor of granting the protective detail after considering …

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. Syracuse Orange (16-9, 7-7 ACC) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10-15, 3-11 ACC) Atlanta; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse takes on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets …

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. Towson Tigers (16-10, 9-4 CAA) at Hampton Pirates (5-21, 0-13 CAA) Hampton, Virginia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Hampton faces the Towson Tigers after Kyrese Mullen scored …

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. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graham Ike scored 23 points and Nolan Hickman added 22 in Gonzaga’s 91-74 victory over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night. Ike finished 11 of …