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. UConn Huskies (19-2, 9-1 Big East) at St. John’s Red Storm (13-8, 5-5 Big East) New York; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 UConn faces the …
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Dortmund held at Heidenheim to end its winning start to new year
HEIDENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Donyell Malen had a goal ruled out for offside as Borussia Dortmund’s winning start to the new year ended in a 0-0 draw at Heidenheim in the Bundesliga on Friday. Dortmund won its opening three games of 2024, scoring 10 goals, but a team depleted by injuries and illness — and without Jadon Sancho — created …
Read More »El Salvador’s Bukele has everyone’s attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To many, El Salvador’s president is a national hero who took on the country’s violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. To others, the populist is a 21st century autocrat who has committed mass human rights abuses and has altered the rules of the game to …
Read More »Johnson, UAB knock off North Texas 82-79 in OT
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. DENTON, Texas (AP) — Efrem Johnson scored 18 points, five in the overtime, as UAB knocked off North Texas 82-79 on Wednesday. The Blazers reached overtime when Eric …
Read More »Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group occurred from 2019 until last September, Access Now said in its report. It did not accuse Jordan’s government of …
Read More »Entrevista AP: presidente de Guatemala apela a la sociedad \”a remar\” juntos ante poderes arraigados
CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (AP) — César Bernardo Arévalo de León, el presidente guatemalteco que carga en su espalda con la esperanza de una nación que se cansó de la corrupción estatal, es consciente del escenario adverso en el que asumió el poder hace 17 días con su partido suspendido, siendo minoría en el Congreso y con la fiscalía en contra. …
Read More »Mueren ahogados dos migrantes al naufragar embarcación cerca de Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN (AP) — Las autoridades buscaban el jueves a migrantes desaparecidos frente a la costa noroccidental de Puerto Rico luego que una abarrotada embarcación naufragó, matando a por lo menos dos personas. La policía de Puerto Rico dijo que sus agentes rescataron a 30 ocupantes de le embarcación que se hundió el miércoles cerca del pueblo costero de Quebradillas. …
Read More »No teams: ‘Genius: MLK/X’ suggests ‘we need both’ Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Much has been written about the one-and-only time the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met. It was on March 26, 1964, and the two civil rights leaders were both in Washington for a Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act. The moment is also depicted in the new installment of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series called “ …
Read More »Lane and North Alabama host Stetson
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. Stetson Hatters (13-9, 5-2 ASUN) at North Alabama Lions (9-12, 3-4 ASUN) Florence, Alabama; Thursday, 8:45 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lions -1; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: …
Read More »Tennessee’s strict abortion ban is under pressure, but change is unlikely under GOP control
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After begrudgingly agreeing to tweak Tennessee’s strict abortion ban last year, the Republican-dominant Legislature is once again facing pressure to reconsider when doctors can legally offer the procedure to pregnant patients. The push comes as confusion and fear continues among residents in many GOP-controlled states over how abortion ban exemptions should be applied. While a handful …
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