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. WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Xander Rice scored 37 points, including a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer, to lead Monmouth over Campbell 88-87 on Thursday night. …
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An accident at a construction site in Italy’s Florence kills 3 workers and leaves 2 missing
ROME (AP) — An accident at a supermarket construction site in the Italian city of Florence on Friday killed at least three workers and left two others missing, local officials said. The accident happened when a reinforced concrete beam toppled over a slab of a pre-fabricated building, which then collapsed. Local authorities said rescue teams were searching for the missing …
Read More »Science experiment gone wrong sends 18 students, teacher to Tennessee hospital
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the hospital on Friday, officials said. The third-graders at Vena Stuart Elementary in Gallatin were conducting science experiments with an outside presenter and several said they began feeling sick after an experiment with dry ice, news outlets reported, citing …
Read More »Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defense lawyer said. Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and marriage law violations in three separate verdicts in late January …
Read More »México podría elegir a una mujer como presidenta, pero sus fondos para gobernar ya se están gastando
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Es casi seguro que México elegirá a su primera presidenta en junio — las dos principales aspirantes son mujeres — como también lo es que no tendrá mucho margen para actuar con independencia del presidente saliente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. El mandatario populista ha seguido proponiendo nuevos y costosos proyectos en sus últimos meses en …
Read More »Harmon leads Bethune-Cookman against Alcorn State after 20-point game
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. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (12-12, 7-4 SWAC) at Alcorn State Braves (7-17, 6-5 SWAC) Lorman, Mississippi; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Bethune-Cookman visits the Alcorn State Braves after Zion …
Read More »Williams and UT Rio Grande Valley host UT Arlington
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. UT Arlington Mavericks (12-13, 7-7 WAC) at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (6-18, 2-11 WAC) Edinburg, Texas; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley hosts …
Read More »Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standings
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Fresh from overtaking the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s World Cup overall standings, Lara Gut-Behrami won a shortened downhill on Friday to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings. Gut-Behrami, who is on a four-race winning streak, was 0.21 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury on the Mont Lachaux course …
Read More »UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee to participate in Women’s Champions Classic
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. NEW YORK (AP) — UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee will take part in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic on Dec. 7. The doubleheader will be played at Barclays …
Read More »Kentucky hires former Boise State assistant Bush Hamdan as the Wildcats’ offensive coordinator
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has hired former Boise State assistant Bush Hamdan as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach following Liam Coen’s departure to the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hamdan, 38, is a 15-year coaching veteran who previously worked in the Southeastern Conference at Missouri and Florida. He also spent the 2017 season in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons. …
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