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Washington Boys Basketball Prep Poll

AP – How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2023-2024, by WIAA Class, with won-lost record, total points, and previous ranking (first-place votes in parentheses): Division 4A School Record Points Last Week 1. Mount Si (8) 20-2 80 1 2. Davis 18-1 72 2 3. Glacier Peak …

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Golden Knights end Edmonton’s 16-game win streak with 3-1 victory in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights ended the Edmonton Oilers’ 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night. Edmonton was looking to tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins for the longest NHL win streak. Instead, with the game tied 1-1 after two periods, Stephenson took …

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Napper and Longwood host South Carolina Upstate

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. South Carolina Upstate Spartans (7-15, 2-7 Big South) at Longwood Lancers (14-10, 2-7 Big South) Farmville, Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lancers -8; over/under is …

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Half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders want more US support of Palestinians, a poll shows

About half of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is giving too much support of Israelis and not enough for Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, according to a poll that shows those views are dominant among young adults. A recent poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for …

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A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently safely escaped

TOKYO (AP) — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday. The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them to officials in the nearby town of Rausu on the …

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El banco NYCB busca tranquilizar a inversores, pero sus acciones siguen cayendo

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Las acciones del banco New York Community Bancorp cayeron nuevamente el miércoles, esta vez 11%, cuando su calificación crediticia fue rebajada a “basura”, mientras los inversores temen que al prestamista regional le aguarde la misma suerte que el Silicon Valley Bank el año pasado. Las acciones del NYCB caen en picada desde hace una semana, cuando …

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Chipotle, Ford rise; Gilead Sciences, Snap fall, Wednesday, 2/7/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday. Gilead Sciences Inc., down $3.30 to $74.42. The HIV and hepatitis C treatment maker gave investors a weak profit forecast for the year. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., up $179.25 to $2,666.99. The Mexican food chain beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts. Fortinet Inc., …

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