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. All Times EST Friday, Feb. 2 NBA LA Clippers at Detroit, 7 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. …

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Waterston, who has played the spiky, no-nonsense district attorney on “Law & Order” since the mid-1990s, is stepping down from his legal perch. The last episode for Waterston’s Jack McCoy will be Feb. 22, NBC said Friday. He has been in more than 400 episodes of the police drama, earning a SAG Award and Emmy …

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. DALLAS (AP) — Tyreek Smith and Richardo Wright both had 16 points in SMU’s 80-76 victory against Tulane on Thursday night. Smith also contributed seven rebounds for the …

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. TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Dylan Williamson led Towson over Northeastern on Thursday night with 26 points in an 83-76 win. Williamson was 8 of 13 shooting, including 5 …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The chair of Arkansas’ parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex with a minor. Jamol Jones, who Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named the board’s chair last week, stepped down from the board after his personnel …

MILÁN (AP) — Casi 19 años después de su última visita, Italia volverá a los Estados Unidos para dos encuentros amistosos ante Venezuela y Ecuador el próximo mes. La Azzurri enfrentará a Venezuela por primera vez el 21 de marzo en el Estadio DRV PNK del Inter Miami —casa de Lionel Messi— antes de viajar a Nueva York para 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. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (12-8, 3-5 AAC) at Florida Atlantic Owls (17-4, 7-1 AAC) Boca Raton, Florida; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Florida Atlantic plays the …

MILAN (AP) — Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, putting “a full stop” on a saga that has Italy’s Finance Minister starting to regret backing the bid. The contract is with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & …

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance floors across the globe in a breakthrough for an industry that has long endured structural challenges. With performances on the world’s biggest stages and record numbers on global …

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. Saint Thomas Tommies (14-9, 4-4 Summit League) at UMKC Kangaroos (10-13, 4-4 Summit League) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Thomas takes on the …