RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The owner of a firearms training center in Vermont who was ordered arrested by a judge in December in a long-running legal battle with a town pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated assault Thursday stemming from a scuffle during his arrest the day before, authorities said. Daniel Banyai, with one eye swollen nearly shut, attended his …

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. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State enters the women’s NCAA Tournament in familiar territory — literally and figuratively. The Buckeyes return to March Madness after an exhilarating run …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Judge had an RBI double in his first at-bat in Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh after sitting out nine days with an abdominal injury, and fellow New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit three home runs with eight RBIs in a 12-0 win over the Pirates. Judge hadn’t played since March 10, when he struck …

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank on Wednesday cut its key interest rate for a third straight time amid falling inflation and an effort to help the economy. The cut by a half-percentage point brought the interest rate down to 5.75%. The move was expected by most analysts. The bank started to trim borrowing costs by a quarter-point …

Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, narrated by Chris Hill (Harriman House) 3. Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 4. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narrated by Richard Poe (HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books) 5. Sound Therapy: …

CLAIM: A photo shows a billboard with a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the word “Stability!” in Russian in front of a giant plume of flames and smoke. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The image is synthetic. It was created using Photoshop and artificial intelligence by an artist from Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine. The artist told The Associated …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a request for a new trial and urged a judge to …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Coach Matt Rhule spent the first 10 minutes of his pre-spring football practice news conference Monday giving a pep talk to a Nebraska fan base reeling from last week’s surprise departure of athletic director Trev Alberts. Rhule has been at the school only 16 months, watching university president Ted Carter leave for the same position at …

MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in southern Kentucky was shot and wounded on Monday afternoon, officials said. The Wayne County deputy appeared to have non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to University of Tennessee Medical Center, Wayne County Emergency Management Director Sherwin Corder said. He said there was still an active scene where the shooting occurred that included deputies, …

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. South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, a day after all four were chosen as …