The AP Top 25 women’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. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 24 points, Aaliyah Edwards added 20 and No. 15 UConn beat No. 21 Creighton 73-53 on Monday afternoon to secure at …
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Duquesne hosts Saint Louis following Parker’s 30-point game
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. Saint Louis Billikens (9-16, 2-10 A-10) at Duquesne Dukes (15-10, 5-7 A-10) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis visits the Duquesne Dukes after Sincere Parker …
Read More »UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, US vows to use its veto
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which the United States announced it will veto. Algeria, the Arab representative on the council, put the draft resolution in a final form that can be voted on. Council diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because …
Read More »Gobernador de Wisconsin promulga nuevos mapas de distritos legislativos
MADISON, Wisconsin, EE.UU. (AP) — El gobernador de Wisconsin, Tony Evers, promulgó el lunes nuevos mapas de los distritos legislativos que propuso y que los republicanos que controlan la Legislatura aprobaron para evitar que la Corte Suprema estatal, controlada por los liberales, trazaran las líneas. Los demócratas celebraron la promulgación como una importante victoria política en el estado políticamente oscilante …
Read More »William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The goal was obvious to William Byron: put the No. 24 Chevrolet in victory lane in the 2024 Daytona 500 to launch Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season. Mission accomplished, even if Byron had to complete an agonizing final lap under caution around Daytona International Speedway awaiting the winner to be declared. “Did we win it? …
Read More »Pac-12 promotes Teresa Gould to replace George Kliavkoff as conference commissioner
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 has promoted Teresa Gould to commissioner as the conference tries to navigate a murky future. Gould will succeed George Kliavkoff on March 1 after he was relieved of duties on Friday. She becomes the first female commissioner of an Autonomy Five conference. “Teresa’s deep knowledge of collegiate athletics and unwavering commitment to student-athletes makes …
Read More »Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike in prison on Monday, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. Imed Khemiri, the spokesperson for his political party, told The Associated Press on Monday that Ghannouchi’s strike intended to draw attention to the plight of Tunisia’s political prisoners and the …
Read More »Britain’s top diplomat says he hopes the Falkland Islands will wish to stay in the UK family forever
LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Monday toured battle sites of the Falklands War during a visit meant to underline that the Falkland Islands are a “valued part of the British family.” The visit by Cameron — the first British foreign secretary to make the trip to the South Atlantic archipelago in three decades — came amid …
Read More »Ursula von der Leyen is seeking a second term as head of the EU’s powerful Commission
BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in over a generation. Following five years of leading the 27-nation bloc through multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the first …
Read More »VCU faces UMass after Bamisile’s 27-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. VCU Rams (17-8, 9-3 A-10) at UMass Minutemen (16-9, 7-6 A-10) Amherst, Massachusetts; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: VCU plays the UMass Minutemen after Joe Bamisile scored …
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