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. SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (16-12, 9-6 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (16-12, 9-6 OVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: SIU-Edwardsville faces the Tennessee State Tigers after Ray’Sean …

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. BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — DaQuan Smith had 24 points in Radford’s 90-74 victory against Gardner-Webb on Thursday night. Smith was 8-of-12 shooting, including 4 for 7 from …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the U.S. at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s …

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. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kennedy Brown scored 12 points, Reigan Richardson added 11, and Duke jumped out early and beat No. 17 Syracuse 58-45 on Thursday night, snapping …

All Times EST Group A W L T GF GA Pts United States 1 0 0 5 0 3 Argentina 0 0 1 0 0 1 Mexico 0 0 1 0 0 1 Dominican Republic 0 1 0 0 5 0 Tuesday, Feb.. 20 At Carson, Calif. Mexico 0, Argentina 0 United States 5, Dominican Republic, 0 Friday, Feb. 23 …

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday. The jury found LaPierre, 74, must repay almost $4.4 million to the …

Anaheim Ducks (20-34-2, seventh in the Pacific Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (28-17-10, fourth in the Pacific Division) Los Angeles; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks visit the Los Angeles Kings after Mason McTavish scored two goals in the Ducks’ 7-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Los Angeles has gone 28-17-10 overall with a 7-2-3 record …

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. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Shykeim Phillips scored 19 points as UNC Wilmington beat William & Mary 81-65 on Thursday night. Phillips also added five assists and three steals …

WASHINGTON (AP) — If it’s Tuesday, there must be a mayoral election in Bridgeport. For the fourth time in five months, Democrat Joe Ganim, the incumbent mayor of Connecticut’s largest city, will face challenger John Gomes at the ballot box in his quest for an eighth term. Joining them once again will be Republican nominee David Herz. Ganim and Gomes …

HOUSTON (AP) — A word to the wise: If you overhear your work-from-home spouse talking business, just forget anything you may learn from it. And most definitely do not trade stocks using what authorities will almost certainly view as inside information. Tyler Loudon, a 42-year-old Houston man, learned this lesson the hard way. He pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud …

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. North Carolina A&T Aggies (7-21, 5-10 CAA) at Monmouth Hawks (15-13, 8-7 CAA) West Long Branch, New Jersey; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Camian Shell and the …

No shock here: Ace Frehley has still got the power. The former Kiss guitarist whose vocal debut came on 1977’s “Shock Me” is back with “10,000 Volts,” a new solo album that’s crackling with energy and personality. The title track is another electricity-themed song from Frehley, who sustained a major electrical shock on stage in 1976 from touching an ungrounded …

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Two Army pilots on a training exercise escaped with minor injuries when the helicopter they were in crashed Friday in Alabama, military authorities said. Fort Novosel in Dale County confirmed in a news release that the two-person crew was conducting flight training aboard a UH-72 Lakota helicopter when it went down around 2:35 p.m. in Pike …

LIMA (AP) — La justicia peruana declaró el jueves improcedente un pedido de excarcelación solicitado por el expresidente Alejandro Toledo, quien cumple 18 meses de prisión preventiva, mientras se desarrolla el juicio en su contra por presuntamente recibir millonarios sobornos de la constructora brasileña Odebrecht. En una resolución publicada por el Poder Judicial en su sitio de internet, un juez …

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. Oregon Ducks (18-8, 10-5 Pac-12) at California Golden Bears (12-15, 8-8 Pac-12) Berkeley, California; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cal hosts the Oregon Ducks after Fardaws Aimaq …