March, 2024

• 1 March

  No. 19 Washington State rallies from 12-point deficit to top Southern California 75-72

  

  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. PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Isaiah Watts and Andrej Jakimovski scored 18 points each and Myles Rice added 16 to help No. 19 Washington State rally past Southern California …

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• 1 March

  Wilson scores 19 as UT Arlington takes down Seattle 82-62

  

  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. SEATTLE (AP) — Shemar Wilson had 19 points in UT Arlington’s 82-62 victory over Seattle U on Thursday. Wilson added seven rebounds for the Mavericks (16-13, 11-7 Western …

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• 1 March

  Jill Biden casts Donald Trump as a threat to women as she opens a tour of battleground states

  

  ATLANTA (AP) — First lady Jill Biden warned Friday that returning Donald Trump to the White House would threaten women who already have watched the former president’s Supreme Court picks nix a federal right to abortion services. Trump has “spent a lifetime tearing us down and devaluing our existence,” she said in Atlanta, where she launched a multistate battleground tour …

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• 1 March

  2 children found safe in New Hampshire with their father, who is accused of killing their mother

  

  MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Two young children who were the subject of an extensive search by New Hampshire police were found safe at a restaurant parking lot Friday with their father, who is accused of killing their mother, authorities said. Police had earlier issued an Amber Alert after finding the children’s mother dead Thursday night at an apartment in the …

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• 1 March

  Maple Leafs win 4-2 behind Matthews’ 53rd goal and send Coyotes to 14th straight loss

  TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 53rd goal and the Toronto Maple Leafs topped Arizona 4-2 on Thursday night to send the Coyotes to their 14th straight loss. Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist, Tyler Bertuzzi also scored and William Nylander added an empty-netter to go with two assists for Toronto. Joseph Woll made 30 saves …

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• 1 March

  Top-ranked South Carolina stays perfect, dominates Arkansas

  

  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. …

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• 1 March

  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 …

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• 1 March

  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 …

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• 1 March

  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 …

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• 1 March

  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 …

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