BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced to death in 1983 for killing a fellow prison inmate, David Jensen, with a battery-filled sock. Creech, 73, had previously been convicted of four murders and was already …

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 (18-9, 9-5 Big Sky) at Idaho State Bengals (11-16, 6-8 Big Sky) Pocatello, Idaho; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Weber State visits the Idaho …

BERLÍN (AP) — Legisladores alemanes aprobaron el viernes un plan del gobierno para liberalizar las reglas sobre el cannabis, preparando el camino para que el país despenalice la posesión de cantidades limitadas de marihuana y permita que los miembros de “clubes de cannabis” la adquieran para fines recreativos. La cámara baja del Parlamento aprobó la ley, un importante proyecto de …

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. Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (13-15, 7-6 NEC) at Le Moyne Dolphins (12-15, 7-6 NEC) Syracuse, New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Fairleigh Dickinson plays the Le Moyne …

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 …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency Friday forced authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility, Swedish broadcaster TV4 said. Seven people from the headquarters in Solna, just north of Stockholm, were hospitalized, police spokesperson Anders Bryngelsson told the TT news agency. He said there were no reports that anyone was …

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. USC Trojans (10-16, 4-11 Pac-12) at UCLA Bruins (14-12, 9-6 Pac-12) Los Angeles; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: USC visits the UCLA Bruins after Boogie Ellis scored …

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. Western Carolina Catamounts (19-9, 8-7 SoCon) at VMI Keydets (4-24, 1-14 SoCon) Lexington, Virginia; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina faces the VMI Keydets after Vonterius …

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BUDAPEST (AP) — Los primeros ministros de Hungría y Suecia concluyeron el viernes un acuerdo relacionado con la industria de defensa que ampliará la flota de Budapest de aviones de combate de fabricación sueca, preparando el camino para la probable ratificación de Suecia como miembro de la OTAN por parte de Hungría. La reunión en Budapest entre el primer ministro …