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Margrave’s 18 lead South Alabama over Southern Miss 73-70

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. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Julian Margrave scored 18 points to help South Alabama defeat Southern Miss 73-70 on Wednesday night. Tyrell Jones made two free throws with 21 …

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Caitlin Clark’s 33-point game moves her past Lynette Woodard for the major college scoring record

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. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has another career record on her astounding resume: the most points by any major college women’s player to ever take the court. For …

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Idaho hosts Montana State following Denker’s 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. Montana State Bobcats (12-16, 7-8 Big Sky) at Idaho Vandals (11-17, 5-10 Big Sky) Moscow; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Vandals -1.5; over/under is 142 BOTTOM …

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Un muerto, cinco heridos, al estrellarse helicóptero en Noruega

COPENHAGUE (AP) — Un helicóptero que venía de una plataforma petrolera marina se estrelló en el Mar del Norte frente a Noruega, matando a una persona y dejando heridas a cinco, dos de ellas de gravedad, informaron autoridades el jueves. El helicóptero Sikorsky S-92 iba en misión de entrenamiento para la empresa estatal noruega de petróleo y gas, Equinor ASA, …

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Looking for a leap year lift? Check out this silly French newspaper that only publishes on Feb. 29

PARIS (AP) — Read all about it, right now — or you’ll have to wait another four years. Satirical French newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur only comes out on Feb. 29. It’s a leap year-only publication, filled with cringe-worthy puns and commentary on events of the past four years. The 2024 edition includes an article suggesting France doesn’t need schools …

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Indiana Legislature approves bill adding additional verification steps to voter registration

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that expands the power of the state to verify voters’ addresses and adds an additional residency requirement for first-time voters. The bill’s Republican sponsor state Sen. Mike Gaskill called it a “commonsense bill” that adds protections against fraud, but voting advocates have blasted the changes as new hurdles for people seeking to …

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Stacy Wakefield had a passion for service that continued after husband Tim Wakefield’s death

Stacy Wakefield had somewhere she needed to be. Two months after her husband, longtime Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, died from cancer — and with the disease wreaking havoc inside her own body — she was back at Boston’s Dana Farber Children’s Hospital, delivering presents and some cheer to cancer-ailing kids days before last Christmas. “To a lot of …

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Ellis and USC host No. 19 Washington State

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 (11-16, 5-11 Pac-12) at Washington State Cougars (21-7, 12-5 Pac-12) Pullman, Washington; Thursday, 10:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -7; over/under is 138 BOTTOM LINE: …

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