U.S. applications for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, settling at a healthy level as the labor market continues to show strength in the face of elevated interest rates. Unemployment claims for the week ending March 2 were 217,000, matching the previous week’s revised level, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Christchurch-based Crusaders have summoned international backup as they attempt to stem an early season losing streak in Super Rugby Pacific before returning to the site of one of their most historic defeats. The Crusaders have started the season with back-to-back losses for the first time in a decade, going down to the Chiefs in …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Oakland Athletics return to Las Vegas this weekend for exhibition games against Milwaukee, their first appearance since announcing the relocation to what the team envisions as its future home city. The games at Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the franchise’s Triple-A Aviators, feature an A’s team planning a new regular-season ballpark on the Strip it …

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. Adv09 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Mar. 11 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPN — Southern Tournament: TBD, Championship, Asheville, N.C. ESPN2 — …

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. AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jalin Billingsley scored 14 points and made a dunk with 1.9 seconds left to give Eastern Michigan a 61-60 victory over Akron on Tuesday …

FILADELFIA (AP) — Ocho adolescentes resultaron heridos el miércoles por la tarde al ser baleados en un incidente que involucró un autobús de Filadelfia, informaron las autoridades, en el cuarto tiroteo en el sistema de transporte de la ciudad en los últimos cuatro días. Poco antes de las 3 de la tarde se registraron varias llamadas al número de emergencias …

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. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Shereef Mitchell and AJ Clayton each scored 23 points as Ohio beat Buffalo 78-66 on Tuesday night. Mitchell also contributed five rebounds and three …

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. OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Cochran had 22 points in Toledo’s 97-63 win over Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday night. Cochran also contributed five rebounds for the Rockets (19-11, …

LONDON (AP) — British taxpayers have been left footing the bill after a Cabinet minister apologized and paid damages to an academic she had accused of expressing sympathy for Hamas. Science Secretary Michelle Donelan acknowledged there was “no evidence” that Kate Sang, a professor of gender and employment studies at Heriot-Watt University, supported Hamas, which is outlawed as a terrorist …

BOLTON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials on Tuesday released police body camera video of a state trooper shooting a man who was holding knives several feet away and reported to be experiencing a mental health crisis. The deadly use of force is under investigation by the state inspector general’s office. Trooper Brian Contenta fired his handgun seven times at the …