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. Eastern Washington Eagles (17-9, 11-2 Big Sky) at Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (12-15, 5-8 Big Sky) Flagstaff, Arizona; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -7.5; over/under is …
Read More »EEUU promete nuevas sanciones contra Irán por su apoyo a Rusia en Ucrania y posible venta de misiles
WASHINGTON (AP) — La Casa Blanca prometió dar a conocer nuevas sanciones contra Irán en los próximos días en represalia por sus ventas de armas que han reforzado la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, y amenazó con una respuesta “veloz” y “severa” si Teherán sigue adelante con su venta de misiles balísticos a Moscú. El vocero del Consejo de Seguridad …
Read More »Congresistas de EEUU elogian la democracia de Taiwán en visita que atraerá escrutinio chino
TAIPÉI, Taiwán (AP) — Un grupo de congresistas estadounidenses se reunió el jueves con la presidenta de Taiwán en una demostración de apoyo que sin duda atraerá la atención de China, que se opone a esas visitas y las considera un desafío a sus reclamaciones de soberanía sobre la isla. Hace dos años, una visita a Taiwán de la entonces …
Read More »Police: Missouri fire that killed a woman and her 4 children was a murder-suicide
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A fire that killed a Missouri mother and four children was intentionally set by the mother, police said. St. Louis County police announced late Wednesday that a preliminary investigation ruled that the deaths of Bernadine “Birdie” Pruessner, her twin 9-year-old daughters Ivy and Lillie Pruessner, and her children 5-year-old Jackson Spader and 2-year-old Millie Spader was …
Read More »Kentucky Senate panel advances bill to encourage cutting-edge research
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers on Thursday started advancing an ambitious measure aimed at stimulating cutting-edge research while promoting teamwork among the state’s public universities. The Senate Education Committee quickly advanced the bill that would create a framework for cross-campus projects pairing up researchers at various schools. The measure is sponsored by Republican Senate President Robert Stivers and is …
Read More »Oregon plays Stanford following Dante’s 22-point outing
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. Oregon Ducks (17-8, 9-5 Pac-12) at Stanford Cardinal (12-13, 7-8 Pac-12) Stanford, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinal -1; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: Oregon …
Read More »Yulia Navalnaya evitaba ser el centro de atención. Ahora es la nueva líder de la oposición rusa
LONDRES (AP) — Yulia Navalnaya solía evitar las cámaras y permanecía en un segundo plano mientras su esposo ascendió hasta convertirse en la figura de la oposición más destacada de Rusia y el mayor enemigo del presidente Vladímir Putin. Pero tras la muerte en prisión de Alexei Navalny, la semana pasada, subió a un escenario normalmente reservado para políticos de …
Read More »Pennsylvania plays Dartmouth after Slajchert’s 32-point performance
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. Pennsylvania Quakers (9-15, 1-8 Ivy League) at Dartmouth Big Green (5-17, 1-8 Ivy League) Hanover, New Hampshire; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania plays the Dartmouth Big …
Read More »Huff’s 29 points lead Chattanooga past Wofford 81-65
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. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Honor Huff scored 29 points and made five 3-pointers to help Chattanooga defeat Wofford 81-65 on Wednesday night. Huff had five assists for the …
Read More »DeSantis calls takeover of Disney government a ‘success’ despite worker exodus, litigation
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost a year after state lawmakers passed a law giving Florida’s governor control over Walt Disney World’s governing district, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called the takeover a success, despite an exodus of workers, ongoing litigation and scandal surrounding one of his appointees. DeSantis made a victory lap of sorts during a news conference at Disney …
Read More »New Hampshire House rejects allowing voluntary waiver of gun ownership rights
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House on Thursday narrowly rejected creating a process by which people could voluntarily prohibit themselves from buying guns. Three other states — Utah, Virginia and Washington — already allow people to voluntarily waive their rights to own firearms and add themselves to the federal database of prohibited purchasers, said Rep. David Meuse, a …
Read More »Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament voted Thursday to approve a deal for the country to hold thousands of asylum seekers for Italy, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants rescued from international waters at any one time. With asylum requests expected to take around a month …
Read More »All-Star pitcher Mitch Keller and Pirates agree to $77 million, 5-year contract, AP source says
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates and All-Star pitcher Mitch Keller agreed to a five-year contract worth $77 million, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Thursday. The deal is pending a physical, the person said on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not yet final. The contract, the largest the Pirates have given …
Read More »Christian Horner espera que la investigación sobre su supuesta mala conducta laboral termine rápido
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — El jefe de Red Bull Christian Horner dijo el jueves que espera que la investigación sobre su supuesta mala conducta laboral se resolverá “lo antes posible” cuando la nueva temporada de la F1 está por comenzar. La empresa matriz de la escudería Red Bull indicó el 5 de febrero que inició una investigación por las acusaciones …
Read More »German lawmakers back sending further long-range weapons to Ukraine, but vague on details
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday called on the government to deliver further long-range weapons to Ukraine, but voted down an opposition call explicitly urging it to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called recently for other European countries to …
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