WACO, Texas (AP) — NaLyssa Smith had a career-high 35 points and 12 rebounds in her senior day game for fifth-ranked Baylor, and the Bears clinched the outright Big 12 title. The Bears beat Texas Tech 82-57 in the regular-season finale. The 25-5 Bears were already guaranteed at least a share of their 12th consecutive
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WACO, Texas (AP) — NaLyssa Smith had a career-high 35 points and 12 rebounds in her senior day game for fifth-ranked Baylor, and the Bears clinched the outright Big 12 title. The Bears beat Texas Tech 82-57 in the regular-season finale. The 25-5 Bears were already guaranteed at least a share of their 12th consecutive
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Victor Oladipo is questionable, and that’s a breakthrough after three years of dealing with rehab and challenges. The Miami Heat are listing Oladipo as questionable for their Monday night game against the Houston Rockets. That means there’s a 50-50 chance of the two-time All-Star playing for
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CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While at
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell Two top prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business resigned after the Manhattan district attorney said he was not prepared to authorize an indictment against the former President, a person familiar with the investigation said. Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, two senior prosecutors on the team,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a pregnant woman and her unborn child died after dozens of migrants were abandoned in an overheated freight truck in northern Mexico. Fourteen migrants were hospitalized, most for severe dehydration. Mexican immigration officials said Sunday that 64 migrants were found in the freight container, where temperatures reached over
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual new partner in his campaign to defend his country — Global Citizen, the international nonprofit fighting extreme poverty. Zelenskyy and Global Citizen on Sunday released the first of what they hope will be daily calls to action for the nonprofit’s millions of
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CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span said in a newspaper interview he is innocent and will be acquitted in the case. Billy Chemirmir remains in the Dallas County Jail as he awaits an April 25 retrial after the first jury to hear
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Villanova guard Collin Gillespie was the only unanimous pick for the all-Big East team, and St. John’s forward Julian Champagnie joined him as a repeat selection Sunday. Connecticut guard R.J. Cole and forward Adama Sanogo also were on the first team, along with Marquette forward
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Pulling the plug on online entertainment — and information — is likely to further isolate the country and its
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Manchester City has completed the double over Manchester United with a second derby win of the Premier League season. Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice to seal the 4-1 victory that restored City’s six-point lead over Liverpool at the top of the
Continue Reading By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dougie Hamilton scored in overtime and rookie Nico Daws made 19 saves and the New Jersey Devils edged the St. Louis Blues 3-2. Hamilton scored his ninth goal of the season at the 1:12 of the extra session with a high shot to beat Blues netminder
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 54 points and the Boston Celtics overcame a rare appearance of both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the Nets lineup to beat Brooklyn 126-120. Durant played in his second game since mid-January. He scored 37 for the Nets to become
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Brittney Griner, dos veces medallista de oro olímpica y siete veces All-Star de la Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto Femenino (WNBA, por sus siglas en inglés) con el equipo de baloncesto Phoenix Mercury, fue arrestada en Rusia después de que los funcionarios de aduanas detectaran aceite de cannabis en su equipaje en
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Andreas Athanasiou scored twice, Cal Petersen stopped 19 shots and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-0. After Athanasiou opening the scoring with 3:05 left in the second period, he and Dustin Brown sealed the win by scoring into an empty net in
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Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association All-Star with the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, has been arrested in Russia after customs officials detected cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. CNN’s Christine Brennan has more.
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark will hold a referendum in June because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on whether to join the European Union’s defense pact and scrap the Nordic country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc’s common security and defense policies. Danish Prime Prime Minister Mette Frederikssen said late Sunday that
Continue Reading DURHAM, N.H. — Jacob Falko had 21 points as Binghamton narrowly defeated New Hampshire 72-69 in a quarterfinal of the America East Conference playoffs. Jayden Martinez led the Wildcats with 17 points.
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia’s invasion. The U.S. is inclined to support the request and says it’s looking “very, very actively” at a proposal under which
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Russia has been a popular destination for WNBA players like Brittney Griner over the past two decades because of the money they can make playing there in the winter. Top players can earn more than $1 million in the offseason by playing far from home, nearly quadruple what they
Continue Reading By JACOB BENGE Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — DeVante’ Jones scored 21 points and Michigan rallied in the second half, wrapping up its up-and-down Big Ten regular season by beating No. 23 Ohio State 75-69. Fill-in coach Phil Martelli guided the Wolverines as coach Juwan Howard finished out his five-game suspension for hitting a
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Isaiah Wilkins scored 19 points and Longwood advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time with a 79-58 victory over Winthrop in the Big South tournament championship game. Top-seeded Longwood (26-6) never trailed, led by as many as 21 in the first half, 28 in the second half and cruised
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen and Dakin Andone, CNN A convoy of vehicles lapped the Washington, DC, beltway Sunday morning to demand an end to Covid-19 mandates and restrictions. The protests come at a time when many pandemic-related mandates and restrictions — imposed by state and local governments rather than lawmakers in Washington — have already begun
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Social media videos have played a critical role in CNN’s coverage of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. But how does the network know they are accurate? Here’s one example: CNN’s investigative team came across alarming footage in late February: Russian helicopters flying menacingly low over dark plumes of rising smoke just a
Continue Reading By PHIL STUKENBORG Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyler Harris scored 15 points and Landers Nolley and Lester Quinones added 11 each to lead Memphis to a 75-61 victory over No. 14 Houston. Kyler Edwards led Houston with 19 points. The Tigers defeated Houston for the second time this season.
Continue Reading By PHIL STUKENBORG Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyler Harris scored 15 points and Landers Nolley and Lester Quinones added 11 each to lead Memphis to a 75-61 victory over No. 14 Houston. Kyler Edwards led Houston with 19 points. The Tigers defeated Houston for the second time this season.
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Senior Ron Harper Jr. scored 15 points and hit a go-ahead free throw with 1:41 to play as Rutgers edged Penn State 59-58 after blowing a 15-point second-half lead. Caleb McConnell added two more free throws with 31.4 seconds left and Geo Baker made one
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