Saturday No. 1 Arizona (8-0) at No. 12 Alabama. Next: vs. Abilene Christian, Tuesday. No. 2 Michigan (9-0) at Maryland. Next: vs. La Salle, Sunday, Dec. 21. No. 3 Duke (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Lipscomb, Tuesday. No. 4 Iowa State (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Eastern Illinois, Sunday. No. 5 UConn (10-1)
Continue ReadingSaturday No. 1 UConn (9-0) at No. 16 USC. Next: vs. Marquette, Wednesday. No. 2 Texas (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 Baylor, Sunday. No. 3 South Carolina (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State, Sunday. No. 4 UCLA (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. Cal Poly, Tuesday. No. 5 LSU (10-0)
Continue ReadingEAST Johns Hopkins 40, Susquehanna 10 SOUTH John Carroll 21, Berry 13 MIDWEST Ferris St. 49, Newberry 17 North Central 35, Bethel (Minn. ) 21 SOUTHWEST SC State 40, Prairie View 38, 4OT Villanova 26, Tarleton St. 21
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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka, as part of a deal with Washington that lifted U.S. sanctions on the country’s vital fertilizer exports. A close ally of Russia, Belarus’
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French supermarket’s humble Christmas advert is doing something most global brands can only dream of: connecting deeply with millions of people around the world, without a single frame of generative AI. The two-and-a-half-minute film, “Unloved” (Le mal aimé), made for Intermarché, tells a simple yet powerful
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Comedian Amy Schumer says she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, have decided to end their marriage. Schumer, an actress, author and writer, announced the planned split in a social media post on Friday. “Blah blah blah Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years,” Schumer wrote. “We
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Saturday, Dec. 13 EAST Albertus Magnus 98, Baruch 84 Alfred 74, Pennsylvania College 62 Cal State Northridge 88, Delaware 66 Canisius 70, Maine 43 Case Western Reserve 85, Allegheny (PA) 65 Clarion 84, Lock Haven 74 Dartmouth 77, Boston University 64 Endicott College 90, Salem State 82 Farmingdale State 83, SUNY-Old Westbury 66 Fordham 82,
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By The Associated Press Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” and starred in his self-titled sitcom. “The funniest thing is, it’s not enough,” Van Dyke said in an interview with ABC News
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By The Associated Press Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” and starred in his self-titled sitcom. “The funniest thing is, it’s not enough,” Van Dyke said in an interview with ABC News
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Saturday said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south. Hamas in a statement did not confirm the death of Raed Saad. It said a civilian vehicle had been struck outside Gaza City and asserted it was
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, JOSHUA GOODMAN and JOHN HANNA Associated Press MAYETTA, Kan. (AP) — The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage from fellow Native Americans over plans to profit from another forced removal: President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Dec. 14 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1 p.m. BTN — Texas Southern at Minnesota 2 p.m. SECN — Bethune-Cookman at Missouri 3 p.m. BTN — W. Michigan at Iowa ESPN2 — Troy at UAB 7 p.m. SECN — Jacksonville at Texas A&M
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By SAMAR KASSABALI, BASSEM MROUE and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State group. “This was
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 20 5 .800 — 7-3 W-3 11-2 8-3 15-5 New York 17 7 .708 2½ 8-2 W-4 13-1 4-6 13-7 Boston 15 10 .600 5 7-3 L-1 8-4 7-6 11-7 Orlando 15 10 .600 5 7-3 W-1 10-4 5-6 12-8
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 17 7 .708 — Boston 15 10 .600 2½ Philadelphia 14 10 .583 3 Toronto 15 11 .577 3 Brooklyn 6 18 .250 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 15 10 .600 — Miami 14 11 .560 1 Atlanta 14
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 17 7 .708 — 8-2 W-4 13-1 4-6 13-7 Boston 15 10 .600 2½ 7-3 L-1 8-4 7-6 11-7 Philadelphia 14 10 .583 3 6-4 W-1 8-7 6-3 12-9 Toronto 15 11 .577 3 4-6 L-4 8-6
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 31 18 11 2 38 102 80 Boston 32 19 13 0 38 107 99 Detroit 32 17 12 3 37 100 109 Montreal 30 16 11 3 35 97 107 Toronto 30 14 11 5 33 99 96
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Carolina 30 19 9 2 40 101 85 10-5-1 9-4-1 6-2-0 Washington 31 18 9 4 40 105 78 10-5-2 8-4-2 7-2-2 N.Y. Islanders 32 18 11 3 39 97 91 9-6-2 9-5-1 4-4-2 Tampa Bay 31 18 11 2
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 31 18 11 2 38 102 80 8-7-0 10-4-2 4-2-1 Boston 32 19 13 0 38 107 99 11-5-0 8-8-0 7-5-0 Detroit 32 17 12 3 37 100 109 9-6-1 8-6-2 5-3-2 Montreal 30 16 11
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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks with Washington aimed at improving ties and getting crippling U.S. sanctions lifted on a key Belarusian agricultural export. President Alexander
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Greene, a character actor best known for his role as the iconic villain Zed in “Pulp Fiction,” has died. He was 60. He died in his home in New York City, his manager, Gregg Edwards confirmed on Friday. His cause of death was not immediately released. “He was just a
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officials were firing and forcing out waves of Justice Department veterans, Sen. Chuck Grassley denounced a “political infection” that had poisoned FBI leadership. The Iowa Republican was not criticizing FBI Director Kash Patel or Attorney
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By The Associated Press Moscow pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure with drone and missile strikes on Saturday and Kyiv launched a deadly strike of its own on southwestern Russia, a day before talks involving senior European and U.S. officials aimed at ending the war were set to resume. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian, U.S. and
Continue Reading Here are the latest scores from today’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New York at Orlando 5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City 9 p.m. ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Carolina at Philadelphia 7 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto 7 p.m. Montreal at N-Y Rangers 7 p.m. Vegas at Columbus 7 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg 7
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 13. 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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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and GRANT PECK Associated Press SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a new ceasefire. Thai officials said they did not agree to a
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama, kicked off his campaign for governor Friday, saying voters deserve a choice and a leader who will put aside divisions to address the state’s pressing needs. “With your help we can finish
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