LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool’s injury crisis keeps on getting worse. Ryan Gravenberch is the latest name to be added to an ever-lengthening list of players unavailable to the Premier League leader, while Wataru Endo is a doubt for Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth round match against Southampton. Gravenberch sustained an ankle injury in the first half of Sunday’s English League …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and women’s right to work and move freely. A statement by 11 of the 15 council members condemned the Taliban’s repression of …

NEW YORK (AP) — While it seems increasingly unlikely the U.S. economy is headed for recession, small businesses still face headwinds like higher costs and difficulty retaining qualified workers. But owners say they’re optimistic as 2024 gets underway, according to a new survey from American Express. Eighty-five percent of all small businesses surveyed said they were satisfied with the success …

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose $1.29 to $78.87 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $1.12 to $83.65 per barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 3 cents to $2.34 a gallon. March heating oil fell 1 cent to $2.75 a gallon. March natural gas fell 4 cents to $1.62 per 1,000 cubic feet. Gold …

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. Bellarmine Knights (8-21, 4-10 ASUN) at Lipscomb Bisons (18-11, 9-5 ASUN) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Lipscomb faces the Bellarmine Knights after Will Pruitt scored …

CHICAGO (AP) — Wild fluctuations in temperatures are being recorded in much of the United States this week, with some cities experiencing a winter weather whiplash in which they are going from record highs to severe storms to snow and freezing temperatures in a matter of days. And the whiplash does not end there. The dramatic arctic plunge in many …

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. VMI Keydets (4-25, 1-15 SoCon) at UNC Greensboro Spartans (20-9, 11-5 SoCon) Greensboro, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: VMI comes into the matchup against UNC …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday speaking optimistically about the prospects for avoiding a partial government shutdown, but with new uncertainty about aid for Ukraine and Israel as the president and others urgently warned Speaker Mike Johnson of the grave consequences of delay. Biden called the leaders to …

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. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Standout freshman Ja’Kobe Walter started a game-turning spurt for 15th-ranked Baylor with a slam dunk and ended it by blowing a kiss to …

DENVER (AP) — Resulta imposible imaginarse la postemporada sin LeBron James y Stephen Curry. Pero es algo que podría ocurrir. Los equipos de ambos astros siguen luchando contra viento y marea para clasificarse a los playoffs. Así de fuerte está la Conferencia Oeste esta temporada. Ahora mismo, James y sus Lakers de Los Ángeles se ubican en el noveno puesto …

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Kristina Karamo was properly removed as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, a judge said Tuesday, the same day that voters participated in the state’s presidential primary. The decision against Karamo came after months of internal fighting over the financial health of the state GOP in the battleground state. Members of the state party organized …

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. Milwaukee Panthers (15-14, 10-8 Horizon League) at IUPUI Jaguars (6-23, 2-16 Horizon League) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee visits the IUPUI Jaguars after BJ Freeman …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson was hired as the first foreign-born coach of Sweden on Monday. The 47-year-old Tomasson, who recently left his role as manager of second-tier English team Blackburn, will begin his new job on Friday. He is replacing Janne Andersson, whose seven-year spell in charge of Sweden ended in November after the team …

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor scored his second goal of the game on a 3-on-1 break in overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over Arizona on Sunday night, extending the Coyotes’ losing streak to 12 games. Connor scored from the right side after two Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz and Sean Durzi collided and fell in the other …

Jurgen Klopp’s last dance at Liverpool is off to the perfect start. Klopp steps down as manager at the end of the season but he and Liverpool have locked up the first trophy of a possible four. After a heavily depleted team defied the odds to win the English League Cup final by beating Chelsea 1-0 in extra time, Klopp …