Houston Rockets (36-35, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (50-21, second in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Thunder -6; over/under is 230 BOTTOM LINE: Houston will try to keep its five-game road win streak alive when the Rockets play Oklahoma City. The Thunder are 32-15 in Western Conference games. …

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian customs officials confiscated about 170 kilograms (370 pounds) of cocaine from a ship transporting bananas from Ecuador, prosecutors said Tuesday. District prosecutor Georgi Chinev said the drugs were hidden in a fruit container on the cargo ship Madison 2, which also made a stopover in Malta. He valued the cocaine at 6.2 million euros ($6.8 …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government on Tuesday began handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie is accused of asking his …

NEW YORK (AP) — A dispute between two men over smoking on a New York City subway train early Monday morning ended with one stabbing the other multiple times in the back, according to police. The pair were on a train in Brooklyn that was bound for Manhattan when they got into an argument about someone smoking aboard the subway, …

NACIONES UNIDAS (AP) — El Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas emitió el lunes su primera exigencia de un cese del fuego en la Franja de Gaza, lo que desató el enojo de Israel, ya que Estados Unidos se abstuvo de votar la resolución. En respuesta, Israel canceló la visita de una delegación de alto nivel a Washington, en lo …

MIAMI (AP) — Evan Mobley was back in Cleveland’s starting lineup on Sunday night, after missing nine games with a sprained left ankle. It was a sign of at least some progress on the injury front for the Cavaliers, who were in Miami to play the short-handed Heat without Donovan Mitchell (nasal fracture), Max Strus (right knee) and Dean Wade …

MOSCÚ (AP) — La Unión Rusa de Fútbol dijo el sábado que el amistoso de su equipo contra Paraguay, programado para el lunes en Moscú, se pospuso indefinidamente debido al ataque terrorista cerca de la capital. Al menos 133 personas murieron después de que hombres armados abrieran fuego con armas automáticas en una sala de conciertos de un suburbio cerca …

MOSCÚ (AP) — 3 de 4 sospechosos acusados del atentado en Moscú que dejó más de 130 muertos admiten ser culpables.

BOSTON (AP) — Algunos valientes en Nueva Inglaterra pasaron el domingo paleando nieve después de que una gran tormenta dejó más de medio metro en algunas áreas, causando múltiples accidentes viales, derribando cables de luz y dejando a miles de personas en todo el noreste sin electricidad. Las condiciones de las carreteras eran peligrosas el sábado por la noche para …

The Browns are giving unpredictable, unreliable kicker Cade York another chance. Cleveland is re-signing York, a fourth-round draft pick in 2022 whose struggles led to him being cut before last season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Saturday. York’s return on a futures contract was first reported by Cleveland.com. He’ll be with the team during …

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. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The referee who blew the critical whistle that worked against Samford at the end of its loss to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament …

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. Longwood Lancers (21-13, 9-10 Big South) vs. Houston Cougars (30-4, 17-4 Big 12) Memphis, Tennessee; Friday, 9:20 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -24; over/under is 128 BOTTOM …

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. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There won’t be many introductions needed for a trio of teams showing up for the NCAA Tournament’s opening-round games at North Carolina State. Kellie …

DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden opened a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, asking and answering the classic “are you better off today than you were four years ago” question to remind voters of what it was like when Trump was in office. The Democratic president also criticized Trump for saying over the weekend …

LONDON (AP) — Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival. Bludfest takes place on Aug. 11 in the iconic Milton Keynes Bowl, which in the past has hosted the likes of David Bowie and Green Day in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of London. Yungblud, whose real name is Dom Harrison, thinks that currently …