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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 13 6 .684 — Toronto 14 7 .667 — Boston 11 9 .550 2½ Philadelphia 10 9 .526 3 Brooklyn 3 16 .158 10 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 13 7 .650 — Atlanta 13 8 .619 ½ Orlando 12

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A Border Patrol-led immigration crackdown is coming to southeast Louisiana. Here’s what to know

By JACK BROOK, REBECCA SANTANA and SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a monthslong immigration crackdown on Monday in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi dubbed “Swamp Sweep.” The deployment, which aims to arrest 5,000 people, is centered in liberal New Orleans and

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Venezuelan leader Maduro may seem desperate. But his loyalty vs punishment strategy is hard to crack

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English phrases once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now ponders whether the U.S. military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Nov. 30. 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 Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Nov. 30. 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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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Sunday, Nov. 30. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Sunday, Nov. 30. 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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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Houston 129 Utah 101 Final New York 116 Toronto 94 Final Boston 117 Cleveland 115 Final Oklahoma City 123 Portland 115 Final 2OT Atlanta 142 Philadelphia 134 Final Minnesota 125 San Antonio 112 Final Memphis 115 Sacramento 107 Final L.A. Lakers 133 New Orleans 121 ___ NATIONAL

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Monday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at NEW ENGLAND 7 7½ (46½) NY Giants College Football Friday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at JAMES MADISON 20½ 21½ (47½) Troy Kennesaw State 1½ 1½ (58½) at JACKSONVILLE STATE at BOISE STATE 1½ 3½ (57½) UNLV North Texas 1½ 2½ (67½) at

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Vote count under way in Honduras to elect new president in a close race after Trump’s intervention

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Poll workers began tallying Hondurans’ votes Sunday evening as the country moved to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race by endorsing a candidate and announcing that he would pardon a former president. Voting

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Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East. Leo arrived in Beirut

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NCAA Football Scores

EAST Boston College 34, Syracuse 12 Delaware 61, UTEP 31 Eastern 28, Franklin & Marshall 24 Frostburg St. 23, California (Pa.) 21 Georgia Southern 24, Marshall 19 Johns Hopkins 34, Springfield 14 Kutztown 56, Assumption 19 Miami 38, Pittsburgh 7 Penn St. 40, Rutgers 36 Rhode Island 27, CCSU 19 Salisbury 35, Endicott 28 Susquehanna

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The AP Top 25 Fared

No. 1 Ohio St. (12-0) beat No. 15 Michigan 27-9. Next: vs. No. 2 Indiana, Saturday. No. 2 Indiana (12-0) beat Purdue 56-3, Friday. Next: at No. 1 Ohio St., Saturday. No. 3 Texas A&M (11-1) lost to No. 16 Texas 27-17, Friday. Next: TBA. No. 4 Georgia (11-1) beat No. 23 Georgia Tech 16-9,

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Trump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The day before Honduras elects a new president, suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to U.S. President Donald Trump and the former Honduran president he said he will pardon. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first

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Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard — often hailed as the greatest British playwright of his generation

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British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ has died at 88

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset in southern England, surrounded by his

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