CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school girls basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Record Pts Prv Class AAAA 1. Wheeling Park (9) 16-3 99 1 2. George Washington (1) 15-2 91 3 3. Parkersburg 13-3 73 5 4. Morgantown 12-5 70 4 5. Spring Valley 12-5 67 2 6. St. Albans 11-6 …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on all three fronts he …

ASHBURN, Virginia, EE.UU. (AP) — Dan Quinn aterrizó en Washington el domingo llegó a Washington el domingo con su esposa Stacey y lo recibió en la pista el gerente general Adam Peters y su esposa Jennifer. Peters recibió al nuevo entrenador con un abrazo y una felicitación. “Estoy muy emocionado”, le respondió Quinn. Antes de incluso de que aterrizara, ya …

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. Clemson Tigers (14-7, 4-6 ACC) at North Carolina Tar Heels (18-4, 10-1 ACC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 North Carolina faces …

LONDRES (AP) — El rey Carlos III ha sido diagnosticado con una forma de cáncer y ha comenzado el tratamiento, informó el lunes el Palacio de Buckingham. A menos de 18 meses de su reinado, suspenderá sus funciones públicas, pero continuará con los asuntos estatales y no cederá sus funciones constitucionales como jefe de Estado. El palacio dijo que el …

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. Kentucky Wildcats (15-6, 5-4 SEC) at Vanderbilt Commodores (6-15, 1-7 SEC) Nashville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 10 Kentucky faces the Vanderbilt Commodores after Rob …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator” or as his X profile read on election day, the “Philosopher King.” Now he’ll likely have five more years to provoke, surprise and raise concerns, after appearing to win a landslide reelection as the Central American country’s president. Preliminary and partial results Monday suggested Bukele …

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job. She announced her resignation late Friday after recent claims of nepotism emerged in local media, allegations that Erkan, a former senior Goldman Sachs executive, …

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Aya al-Sudani, a bubbly toddler with a toothy smile, will mark her first birthday on Tuesday, but there will be no celebration with cake and presents. The day also marks a dark memory. On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive earthquake hit Syria and Turkey and the baby girl was pulled alive from the rubble of her …

GENEVA (AP) — The collective of European public broadcasters launched a free-to-air streaming service Monday to show major championships in many Olympic sports. The first big event for the Eurovision Sport website and mobile application is the World Aquatics Championships being held in Qatar through Feb. 18. The biathlon worlds start Wednesday in the Czech Republic and will also be …

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — The police chief of London, Ontario, issued a public apology on Monday to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players on Canada’s 2018 world junior team — including four now currently in the NHL — for the length of time it took to complete an investigation of a case that has …

NEW YORK (AP) — While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation for more than two years. Experts worry that members of these groups — mostly lower- and middle-income Americans, who tend to be renters — are falling behind on their debts and …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an official with Bangladesh’s border agency said Monday. It is the first time that Myanmar forces have been known to flee into Bangladesh since an alliance …

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. Florida A&M Rattlers (4-15, 2-6 SWAC) at Alabama State Hornets (10-11, 5-3 SWAC) Montgomery, Alabama; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hornets -8; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM …

Energy drink maker Red Bull said Monday it is investigating Christian Horner, the team principal of its championship Formula One team, over an allegation of misconduct toward a team employee. “After being made aware of certain recent allegations, the company launched an independent investigation,” the company said in a statement. “This process, which is already underway, is being carried out …