All Times EST First Round Thursday, December 4 Miami (Fla.) 3, Tulsa 1 Kansas 3, High Point 0 Baylor 3, Arkansas St. 2 Purdue 3, Wright St. 0 Colorado 3, American 0 Indiana 3, Toledo 0 Wisconsin 3, Eastern Ill. 0 North Carolina 3, UTEP 1 Arizona St. 3, Coppin St. 0 Utah St. 3,
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 21 6 .778 — 6-4 L-1 11-2 9-4 16-5 New York 19 8 .704 2 8-2 L-1 13-2 5-6 15-8 Toronto 17 11 .607 4½ 4-6 W-2 8-6 9-5 15-7 Boston 16 11 .593 5 7-3 W-1 9-5 7-6 12-8
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 19 8 .704 — Toronto 17 11 .607 2½ Boston 16 11 .593 3 Philadelphia 15 11 .577 3½ Brooklyn 7 19 .269 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 15 12 .556 — Miami 15 13 .536 ½ Atlanta 15
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 19 8 .704 — 8-2 L-1 13-2 5-6 15-8 Toronto 17 11 .607 2½ 4-6 W-2 8-6 9-5 15-7 Boston 16 11 .593 3 7-3 W-1 9-5 7-6 12-8 Philadelphia 15 11 .577 3½ 6-4 W-1 8-7
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv20-21 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. ACCN — American U. at Virginia BTN — Siena at Indiana 7 p.m. SECN — Prairie View A&M at LSU 8 p.m. ACCN — East Carolina at North Carolina BTN — Cent. Michigan
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By The Associated Press Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their “perfect angel girl.” They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by several photos of the couple cradling and caring for their newborn. Hewitt wrote under the photos: “my best
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina and his two children died after a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in North Carolina on Thursday, in a disaster which killed a total of seven people. Biffle, who is considered one of NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers with 19
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The livestream of a YouTube content creator talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website, raising questions about whether the site was hacked. The livestream appeared for at least eight minutes late Thursday on whitehouse.gov/live, where the White House usually streams live
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University, extending a standoff over the White House’s demands for reforms at the Ivy League school. The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal late on Thursday in
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By The Associated Press The Department of Justice on Friday released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. The convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most powerful people, including President Donald Trump, who long sought to keep the files sealed. Among the
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Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal adds to Sony’s existing 39% stake, bringing its shareholding to
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By CLAUDIA CIOBANU and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Ukrainian and Polish presidents met in Warsaw on Friday to underline their countries’ unity in the face of Russia. They also signaled progress on historical reconciliation, which had caused tension in bilateral relations in the past. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was welcomed
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By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years. The 27-nation bloc’s heads of state had planned to use some of the 210 billion euros ($246 billion) worth of Russian
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Leo tapped Bishop Richard Moth, 67, to replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols, 80, as the London-based archbishop of the largest British
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The spread of famine has been averted in the Gaza Strip, but the situation remains critical with the entire Palestinian territory still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday. The new report by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC,
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s — not because he is an activist or revolutionary, but because
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Jake Paul facing Anthony Joshua in a professional boxing match is a scenario that no one could have ever seen coming even five years ago. Back in 2020, Joshua was still flying high at the top of the heavyweight division having won his world titles back off Andy Ruiz
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There is a saying among people who forage in the wild for food: “There are old mushroom hunters, there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.” Edible mushrooms can look—and taste—a lot like lethal ones, a fact exploited by murderers from ancient times to
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By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Danish authorities say in a new assessment published this week that Russia carried out cyberattacks against infrastructure and websites in Denmark in 2024 and 2025, describing new cases which had not previously been reported. Denmark’s Defense Intelligence Service said in a statement Thursday that Moscow was responsible for “destructive and
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Pete Davidson and his partner, Elsie Hewitt, have welcomed their first child and have named her Scottie. “Our perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025,” reads the caption of an Instagram post, made Thursday night on Hewitt’s page, which features images of the couple snuggling with their newborn. In one photo,
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By HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn’t agree to Russia’s conditions in peace talks. Speaking at his tightly orchestrated annual news conference that lasted about 4
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Boston 129 Miami 116 Final Philadelphia 116 New York 107 Final San Antonio 126 Atlanta 98 Final Chicago 136 Cleveland 125 Final Minnesota 112 Oklahoma City 107 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final Vancouver 4 N-Y Islanders 1 Final SO Florida 4 Carolina 3 Final Colorado 3 Winnipeg
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Dec. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Dec. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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By KEIRAN SMITH and STEVE MARKHAM Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — In the first full day of opening since a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Australia’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, thousands of people returned to the waterfront Friday to commemorate the losses and try to heal through a sense of
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An issue for the working class Affordability is not an issue for billionaires and those who got the giant tax breaks. Affordability is an issue for the rest of us working Americans. Are you proud? President Trump’s rant last night had so many exaggerations, outright lies. It’s probably going to take until the new year
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For recent college graduates, something big lurks beneath the surface. It builds so slowly it’s almost imperceptible at first. Then, before you know it, people are telling stories about what it was like before artificial intelligence (AI) changed everything. Three decades ago, college graduates might have sensed something similar about the emerging internet and its
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Marriage applications Luke Thomas Mason, 22, and Mary Emerson Laur, 20, both of St. Joseph. Yan Mazorra Pena, 25, and Rosmery Gonzalez Lazaro, 28, both of St. Joseph. Seth Michael Duvall, 32, and Shelby Leeanna Hays, 31, both of St. Joseph. John Anthony Dwight, 33, and Emily Anne Piette, 29, both of St. Joseph. Michael
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