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Mexico and FIFA go back to sports court in decade-long dispute over curbing soccer fans’ gay slurs

GENEVA (AP) — A decade-long dispute between the Mexican soccer federation and FIFA over multiple fines for fans chanting anti-gay slurs at games went to sport’s highest court on Thursday. The latest appeal by Mexico at the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenged financial penalties totaling 100,000 Swiss francs ($114,000) imposed by FIFA for incidents at two games at the …

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Musk pushes forward on transfer of legal home for SpaceX from Delaware, to Texas

Elon Musk is looking to move the legal home of SpaceX to Texas from Delaware after a judge in that state voided the billionaire’s $55.8 billion Tesla pay package. A certificate of conversion for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was filed to reincorporate in Texas from Delaware, which became effective on Wednesday. “SpaceX has moved its state of incorporation from Delaware …

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Northwestern faces Rutgers on 4-game road skid

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. Northwestern Wildcats (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (13-10, 5-7 Big Ten) Piscataway, New Jersey; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Scarlet Knights -3.5; over/under …

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Man charged with setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence early Sunday morning. Kevin Colantonio, 35, of North Providence, was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion a building or other real property, according …

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Loyola Marymount hosts Gonzaga after Ike’s 23-point outing

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. Gonzaga Bulldogs (18-6, 8-2 WCC) at Loyola Marymount Lions (10-14, 3-7 WCC) Los Angeles; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -14.5; over/under is 151 BOTTOM LINE: …

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Santa Clara faces Pacific, seeks to end 3-game slide

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. Pacific Tigers (6-20, 0-11 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (15-10, 6-4 WCC) Santa Clara, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Santa Clara aims to stop its three-game …

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Detienen a 4 personas al investigar deslave en mira de oro en Turquía que dejó 9 desaparecidos

ANKARA, Turquía (AP) — Las autoridades el miércoles detuvieron a cuatro personas en relación con un deslave colosal que sumergió una mina de oro en el este de Turquía y dejó al menos nueve mineros desaparecidos, informó la prensa turca. El accidente se produjo en la mina Copler de la localidad de Ilic, en la provincia montañosa de Erzincan, el …

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