EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Ta’lon Cooper registered 14 points and seven assists as Morehead State topped Tennessee Tech 73-56 in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals. Kenny White Jr. led the Golden Eagles on Thursday night with 14 points.
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Torrey Patton tied his season high with 25 points as Cleveland State defeated Robert Morris 83-67 in the Horizon League tournament quarterfinals. D’Moi Hodge had 15 points for the Vikings (20-9). Enoch Cheeks scored a career-high 21 points, adding seven rebounds, six assists and three blocks for the Colonials (8-24).
Continue ReadingSAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Alimamy Koroma had a career-high 27 points as Cal Poly ended its eight-game losing streak, defeating UC Irvine 65-54. Dawson Baker led the Anteaters with 18 points.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has recovered an F-35C Lightning II aircraft that crashed while attempting to land on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea in January, injuring seven sailors. The 7th Fleet said a robot submarine attached lines to the long-range joint strike stealth fighter, which was then raised
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Terrell Brown Jr. and Emmitt Matthews Jr. both scored 25 points, Nate Roberts added a career-high 18 points before fouling out, and Washington beat Oregon 78-67, dealing a major blow to Oregon’s hopes of an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. Matthews scored 17 in the second half
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Terrell Brown Jr. and Emmitt Matthews Jr. both scored 25 points, Nate Roberts added a career-high 18 points before fouling out, and Washington beat Oregon 78-67, dealing a major blow to Oregon’s hopes of an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. Matthews scored 17 in the second half
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Ben Chiarot scored his second goal of the game 1:03 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Jeff Petry, Nick Suzuki and Mike Hoffman also scored for Montreal and Andrew Hammond made 30 saves. Last in the Eastern Conference, the Canadiens
Continue ReadingPHOENIX — Holland Woods had 22 points as Grand Canyon defeated Utah Valley 68-57. Fardaws Aimaq led the Wolverines with 19 points and 19 rebounds.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world tumbled Friday, after even a gangbusters report on the U.S. jobs market wasn’t enough to pull Wall Street’s focus off its worries about the war in Ukraine. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%. That followed even sharper losses in
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world tumbled Friday, after even a gangbusters report on the U.S. jobs market wasn’t enough to pull Wall Street’s focus off its worries about the war in Ukraine. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%. That followed even sharper losses in
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DRAKE, FRANCESCA EBEL, YURAS KARMANAU and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.N. and Ukrainian officials say no radiation was released from a Russian attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the facility. Russian forces are still pressing their campaign to cripple
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — Defending champion Dallas Seavey could make history in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey is seeking his sixth race win, which would be the most for any musher. But the 35-year-old says he’s secure enough to take a break from the race after this
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer Slowly but steadily, life in South Asia is returning to normal, and people hope the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind them. Experts are optimistic that the omicron surge, which brought relatively low levels of death, has reinforced immunity from vaccines, which are widespread in the region. Mask
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Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Kobe King and Sheldon Edwards scored 18 points apiece as Valparaiso cruised to an 81-59 victory over Evansville in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Preston Ruedinger added 12 points for the Beacons (13-17), while Ben Krikke and Thomas Kithier each scored 10. Edwards also had seven rebounds.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a buoyant sign for the U.S. economy, businesses stepped up their hiring last month. It came as omicron faded and more Americans ventured out to spend at restaurants, shops and hotels despite surging inflation. Employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, the largest monthly
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Last week, phones across Puerto Rico began to ring as members of a private WhatsApp group dedicated to helping others in the U.S. territory stared at their screens in disbelief. The businessman they knew as administrator of that chat and as someone who organized
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday rebuked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for recently scolding a group of high school students who were wearing masks to protect against Covid-19, saying that it’s “absolutely their choice” to do so. “Those students should have been comfortable wearing
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN A fire at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant is still burning following an attack by Russian troops, though a plant spokesman says background radiation levels are normal and fighting has temporarily ceased. Several dozen firefighters were working to tackle the blaze, which started in a training building outside the main
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