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. Houston Cougars (25-3, 12-3 Big 12) at Oklahoma Sooners (19-9, 7-8 Big 12) Norman, Oklahoma; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Houston plays the Oklahoma Sooners …

Three former Arizona Department of Education employees were indicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme to defraud more than $600,000 from an education voucher program that has drawn criticism for its skyrocketing costs and lax regulation by the state. Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students -– five …

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. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Reyne Smith’s 32 points led Charleston (SC) over Campbell 96-73 on Thursday night. Smith poured in 10 3-pointers (on 15 attempts) for the Cougars …

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 53rd goal and the Toronto Maple Leafs topped Arizona 4-2 on Thursday night to send the Coyotes to their 14th straight loss. Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist, Tyler Bertuzzi also scored and William Nylander added an empty-netter to go with two assists for Toronto. Joseph Woll made 30 saves …

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Luego de un debate que terminó a los golpes en la Cámara de Diputados, el presidente boliviano Luis Arce buscaba el viernes romper un duro bloqueo legislativo liderado por su exaliado Evo Morales y opositores de centro y de derecha que rechazan aprobar créditos para reactivar la economía. El mandatario, que ha perdido el control …

DC United (1-0-0) vs. Portland Timbers (1-0-0) Portland, Oregon; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: Portland -111, DC United +268, Draw +273; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Antony leads the Portland Timbers into a matchup with D.C. United after scoring two goals against the Colorado Rapids. The Timbers went 11-13-10 overall and 9-5-3 at home last season. …

Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, two weeks after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. Crowds faced a heavy police presence as they thronged the church where Navalny’s funeral was held, and the cemetery in a snowy suburb where he was finally laid to rest. Navalny’s parents, …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — David Rebuck, who oversaw New Jersey’s development of nation-leading internet gambling and sports betting industries and advised more than two dozen states on setting up and regulating their own gambling operations, retired Friday after 13 years as one of America’s most influential gambling regulators. Rebuck, 71, stepped down as director of the state Division of …

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 (9-21, 6-11 Patriot League) at Boston University Terriers (14-16, 9-8 Patriot League) Boston; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Miles Brewster and the Boston University …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The flow of thousands of migrants daily through the treacherous migratory highway, the Darien Gap, has been cut off following the capture of a number of boat captains who had been ferrying the migrants to the starting point of their jungle trek. The stoppage began when Colombian law enforcement captured two boat captains in the northern …