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. Holy Cross Crusaders (8-17, 5-7 Patriot League) at Colgate Raiders (17-8, 11-1 Patriot League) Hamilton, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raiders -18.5; over/under is …
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Estonia’s foreign minister says the Baltics have 3 or 4 years to prepare for Russian ‘test’ of NATO
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its defenses as Russian President Vladimir Putin ramps up his country’s “war machine.” Margus Tsahkna told a news conference during a visit to Poland’s capital that Estonia does not view Russia as an immediate threat to it and the other Baltic …
Read More »James Madison Dukes face the Georgia State Panthers on 4-game win streak
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. Georgia State Panthers (11-13, 5-7 Sun Belt) at James Madison Dukes (22-3, 10-3 Sun Belt) Harrisonburg, Virginia; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: James Madison is looking to …
Read More »Familiares de rehenes visitan la CPI para pedir la detención de los líderes de Hamás
LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — La afligida madre Doris Liber dijo el miércoles que voló desde Israel a la Corte Penal Internacional con la esperanza de obtener justicia para su hijo Guy Illuz, quien murió en cautiverio después de recibir un disparo en la espalda en los ataques de Hamás del 7 de octubre en el sur de Israel. Liber, …
Read More »At least 8 children among 22 hit by gunfire at end of Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade; 1 person killed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight children were among 22 people hit by gunfire in a shooting at the end of Wednesday’s parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, authorities said, sending terrified fans running for cover as yet another high-profile public event was marred by gun violence. One of those victims — a mother of two …
Read More »Milwaukee woman charged with killing abuser arrested in Louisiana
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of killing a man who sexually assaulted her and other underage girls was arrested in Louisiana after nearly two weeks on the run. U.S. marshals took Chrystul Kizer, 23, of Milwaukee, into custody on Monday. She was being held in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, online jail records show. Kizer was free …
Read More »Applying off-ice mechanisms toward adversity has Vegas goalie Adin Hill prepared for home stretch
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill learned two things from his days in youth hockey: breathing and patience. After dealing with an injury late last season, both mechanisms helped him find his way back into the rotation, where he settled in as the Golden Knights’ No. 1 netminder and helped lead them to a Stanley Cup …
Read More »Chocolates, flowers and procrastination. For many Americans, Valentine’s Day is a last-minute affair
In a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, a young man hands his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift: a bear dressed in a bee costume that he picked up at the drugstore. “When did you get this?” she asks with a strained smile. “One minute ago,” he replies. It has more than a ring of truth. For a day meant to …
Read More »Chocolates, flowers and procrastination. For many Americans, Valentine’s Day is a last-minute affair
In a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, a young man hands his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift: a bear dressed in a bee costume that he picked up at the drugstore. “When did you get this?” she asks with a strained smile. “One minute ago,” he replies. It has more than a ring of truth. For a day meant to …
Read More »The Valentine’s Day Bandit died last year, but his heartfelt tradition carries on
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For more than four decades, the people of Portland, Maine, awoke on Valentine’s Day to find large and small red hearts festooning storefronts, statues, parking garages and some of the city’s biggest landmarks. That tradition was imperiled by the death of the so-called Valentine’s Day Bandit last spring. But the bandit’s admirers responded with plenty of …
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