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. Merrimack Warriors (13-10, 7-2 NEC) at Long Island Sharks (5-16, 4-5 NEC) New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -11; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from HIV/AIDS to the COVID-19 pandemic that made him famous. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” will be published in …

DETROIT (AP) — The New York Knicks picked up some needed scoring punch Thursday, acquiring Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic from the Detroit Pistons. The Knicks sent Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, Ryan Arcidiacono and two second-round picks to the Pistons in the deal before the NBA’s trade deadline. The Knicks are playing without their entire starting frontcourt of …

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler got his first triple-double in more than two years. And as always, personal stats didn’t matter much to him. Butler finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, Tyler Herro led the way with 24 points and the Miami Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 116-104 on …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip — his fifth to the region since the conflict erupted — Blinken was …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Con un gol de Erick Sánchez en la segunda parte, el Pachuca derrotó 3-2 al León el miércoles y se convirtió en el nuevo líder del torneo Clausura de México. Alan Bautista anotó a los 12 minutos, el marroquí Oussama Idrissi amplió a los 60 y Sánchez hizo el tercer tanto de los Tuzos a …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials for President Joe Biden’s reelection effort met with House Democrats on Thursday to outline in detail post-Super Tuesday campaign plans — a strategy session that marks a significant boost in efforts to coordinate with lawmakers on organizing and communicating with voters nationwide. Those at the gathering in Leesburg, Virginia, include campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, …

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. Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (11-12, 6-2 Big South) at Presbyterian Blue Hose (10-14, 2-7 Big South) Clinton, South Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Runnin’ Bulldogs -5; …

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s high court on Wednesday decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure. The decision of Ecuador’s Constitutional Court came in response to a lawsuit from a terminally ill woman diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS, who had argued that she should be allowed to …

BERLIN (AP) — Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The Ver.di union called on ground staff at Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, to strike for 27 hours starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Lufthansa said …