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. Weber State Wildcats (16-9, 7-5 Big Sky) at Idaho Vandals (9-15, 3-8 Big Sky) Moscow; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -6.5; over/under is 139 BOTTOM …

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. Maine Black Bears (11-13, 3-6 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (16-9, 8-2 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -5.5; over/under is …

Don Gullett, a standout major league pitcher who played for four consecutive World Series champions in the 1970s, died on Wednesday. He was 73. The Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Baseball Hall of Fame all paid tribute to Gullett in social media posts. There was no information provided on his death, but the Cincinnati Enquirer reported he had recent …

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators want to limit how much assessed home values can rise for tax purposes, in an election-year effort to hold down property taxes. The state Senate voted 42-7 on Thursday for Senate Bill 349, which would limit increases in a home’s value, as assessed for property tax purposes, to 3% per year. The limit would last …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students. Doctors’ groups say increasing the number of medical students by 2,000 starting in 2025 is too steep. They want officials to instead use available resources to raise medical fees …

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand almost had the perfect ending for his 1,000th career NHL game. The Bruins captain had two assists in regulation and almost scored the game-winner in overtime, but Andrei Vasilevskiy deflected the shot high and then stopped all three Boston attempts in the shootout to deliver a 3-2 victory for Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. “He …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Lowry is back in Philadelphia and back together with coach Nick Nurse. Lowry signed with the 76ers on Tuesday, having cleared waivers after agreeing to a buyout of his contract after he was traded from Miami to Charlotte. The six-time NBA All-Star is originally from North Philadelphia and played in college at Villanova. He has since …

CAIRO (AP) — A truck slammed into several passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing at least 15 people, authorities said Wednesday. The crash, which happened late Tuesday in Amreya district, west of Alexandria city, also injured eight people, according to a police report. The truck slammed into four microbuses, a type of mass-transit minivan that’s popular across …

JERUSALÉN (AP) — Las gestiones internacionales para negociar un cese del fuego entre Israel y Hamás sufrieron un revés el miércoles al trascender que Israel retiró a su equipo negociador y que el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu acusó a Hamás de trabar las negociaciones con reclamos “ilusorios”. Netanyahu habló horas después de que la prensa local informó que el mandatario …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, said they will declare a state of emergency Wednesday evening due to potential snow. Up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow could fall in the Portland area Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph (64 kph) …