By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Turnout during the first week of early voting ahead of Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court race is far exceeding levels from another high-stakes election just two years ago, the latest sign of the intense interest in a contest that has obliterated spending records and drawn attention
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, March 26 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 4:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Essendon COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m. ACCN — Michigan at Notre Dame COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 5 p.m. ESPN2 — CBI Tournament: TBD, Championship, Daytona Beach, Fla. 7
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 4 1 0 12 10 5 Austin FC 3 2 0 9 4 3 Los Angeles FC 3 2 0 9 6 6 San Diego FC 2 1 2 8 7 4 St Louis City 2 1 2 8 4 1 Minnesota United
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 0 0 .000 — Boston 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 — Toronto 0 0 .000 — Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 0 0 .000 — Cleveland 0 0 .000 — Detroit 0 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 0 0 .000 — Miami 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — Washington 0 0 .000 — Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 0 0 .000 — Milwaukee 0 0 .000 — Pittsburgh 0 0 .000
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST FOUR Tuesday, March 18 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Alabama St. 70, St. Francis (Pa.) 68 North Carolina 95, San Diego St. 68 Wednesday, March 19 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Mount St. Mary’s 83, American 72 Xavier 86, Texas 80 EAST REGIONAL First Round Friday, March 21 At Lenovo Center
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Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST FOUR Wednesday, March 19 At Purcell Pavilion South Bend, Ind. Iowa St. 68, Princeton 63 At Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Southern U. 68, UC San Diego Tritons 56 Thursday, March 20 At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Columbia 63, Washington 60 At Moody Center Austin, Texas William & Mary 69, High
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul U.S. elections, including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary election protections”
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Baltimore 0 0 .000 — — 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Boston 0 0 .000 — — 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 New York 0 0 .000 — — 0-0 0 0-0
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Boston 53 19 .736 — New York 45 26 .634 7½ Toronto 25 47 .347 28 Brooklyn 23 49 .319 30 Philadelphia 23 49 .319 30 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 35 37 .486 — Orlando 35 38 .479 ½ Miami 31
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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday, Ballal – his face bruised and clothes still spotted
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States said Tuesday that it had reached a tentative agreement for Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting and ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea in separate talks with both sides, but many details were unresolved, and the Kremlin made the deal conditional on
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By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s parliament on Tuesday passed a state budget, a move that shores up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and grants the embattled leader the chance at months of political stability even as public pressure mounts over the war in Gaza. The budget vote was
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Southern California wants to win its first national championship in 41 years, the Trojans will have to find a way to get it done without star guard JuJu Watkins. They notched their 30th win for the first time since 1986 by walloping ninth-seeded Mississippi
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Ana Esquivel no longer feels like her heart stops every time she sees a police officer. “We’ve been told that they won’t harass or mistreat us here, but back home, if a male name is spotted on your ID, you could spend the night detained,”
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Core & Main Inc. (CNM) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $64 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 33 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
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By MICHAEL CASEY and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine. But more than two months on, Orr is waiting to get a new passport with a name change and a sex designation reflecting
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine. But more than two months on, Orr is waiting to get a new passport with a name change and a sex designation reflecting
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture. Her morning routine includes a quick check of the news, but
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer MUTTENZ, Switzerland (AP) — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. Once soccer’s most powerful men, former FIFA president Blatter and former UEFA president Platini were acquitted for a second time in a case now
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By MATTHEW LEE and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel will face a confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill as U.S. and Arab mediators struggle to get a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas back on track after Israeli forces resumed the war in Gaza
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer There is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be. Watkins hurt her right knee in the first quarter of Southern California’s win over Mississippi State on Monday night. She was carried
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By The Associated Press Further contacts between U.S. and Russian officials on achieving a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine are likely to follow a round of talks Monday, a Kremlin official said Tuesday, but no concrete plans have yet been made. The American and Russian negotiators held talks throughout the day on Monday in the capital
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he aggressively subjected a woman who accuses him of sexual assault to vulgar and heated language and that he grabbed her hips but denied that his behavior was sexual as he testified for the first time at
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. “I understand
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. In a court filing made public late Monday, Mangione’s lawyers proposed that he get a
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By KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH Associated Press SMARDEN, England (AP) — One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk. They are among five traumatized lions rescued from the war zone in Ukraine who are settling into a new home in England after an international effort to
Continue Reading By KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH Associated Press SMARDEN, England (AP) — One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk. They are among five traumatized lions rescued from the war zone in Ukraine who are settling into a new home in England after an international effort to
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By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he aggressively subjected a woman who accuses him of sexual assault to vulgar and heated language and that he grabbed her hips but denied that his behavior was sexual as he testified for the first time at
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