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. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Joran Riley finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Steve Settle III had a go-ahead three-point play in overtime to rally Temps to …

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his intention to seek another five-year term in a presidential …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece Monday formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. A security committee headed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordered the participation of a Greek frigate in the Aspides operation – named from the Greek word …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Los Mellizos de Minnesota adquirieron al jardinero Manuel Margot, el campocorto de ligas menores Rayne Doncon y dinero en efectivo de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles por el campocorto de ligas menores Noah Miller. En conjunto con el intercambio, los Dodgers anunciaron un contrato por un año y cuatro millones de dólares para retener a Kiké Hernández. …

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 3-9: March 3: Singer-guitarist Mike Pender of The Searchers is 83. Movie producer-director George Miller (“Mad Max,” “Babe”) is 79. Actor Hattie Winston (“Becker,” “Rugrats”) is 79. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 77. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky (“Police Academy” films) is 74. Musician Robyn Hitchcock is 71. Actor Robert Gossett (“Major Crimes,” “The Closer”) is …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has set a trial date for Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the 2021 deadly shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The scheduling order entered Monday calls for jury selection to begin July 9, with the trial starting the following day with opening statements by …

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday elected a new president after its previous head of state resigned in a scandal over a pardon she granted to an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. Lawmakers in a secret vote approved the appointment to the presidency of Tamás Sulyok, 67, a lawyer who previously served as the head of …

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Monday, although Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index touched another record high in morning trading. The Nikkei 225 gained 0.5% to 39,309.76. Trading was closed in Tokyo for a holiday on Friday. The benchmark surged to an all-time high on Thursday. In currency trading, the dollar edged up to 150.49 Japanese yen from 150.47 …

GENEVA (AP) — Four appeals filed at sport’s highest court in fallout from the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are set to delay awarding medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics yet again. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it registered three appeals from Russia and one from Canada, to challenge how the International Skating Union …

NEW YORK (AP) — Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss Enterprises is celebrating the iconic children’s author’s 120th birthday with a free giveaway of “The Cat in the Hat” to U.S. residents who have a baby born this March …