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. LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 12 UCLA is in a tight race in the Pac-12 with two weekends remaining in the regular season. The Bruins are keeping their …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump promised to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and even suggested he’d shield the faith’s central iconography, warning a convention of religious broadcasters on Thursday night that the left wants “to tear down crosses.” “Remember, every communist regime throughout history has tried to stamp out the …

LYON, France (AP) — France scored two first-half goals and held on to beat Germany 2-1 and reach the final of the inaugural Women’s Nations League on Friday. Coach Hervé Renard’s side will play Spain away in the final next Wednesday after the Women’s World Cup winner beat the Netherlands 3-0 in the other semifinal. “Congratulations to the girls, they …

They say trends make a cyclical comeback every 20 years. We saw it recently in the revival of Y2K style that emerged with Gen-Zers returning to parties post-pandemic wearing claw clips, mini skirts and baby tees. Now, as we barrel into the mid-2020s, it’s about time for an aesthetic that proliferated from 2006 to 2012 to return. The signs are …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister on Friday told skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong: “Ukraine will win the war.” Dmytro Kuleba, speaking at the United Nations on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion, urged the world’s nations to stand behind Ukraine. If they do, he …

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the treatment that has become a new flashpoint in the 2024 presidential election. It was his first comment since an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers in the state to …

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. BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Eddie Turner III scored 27 points as Montana State beat Portland State 72-67 on Thursday night. Turner was 9-of-15 shooting, including 5 for 8 …

PARÍS (AP) — Los agricultores franceses regresaron el viernes a París con sus tractores en una nueva protesta para exigir más ayudas públicas y leyes más sencillas en vísperas de una importante feria agrícola en la capital francesa. Docenas de tractores entraron pacíficamente en un vecindario del oeste de París con banderas de Coordinación Rural, el sindicato agrario que convocó …

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton will continue to push for more diversity within Formula 1 when the seven-time champion moves to Ferrari next year. Hamilton, the only Black driver in F1, said Friday at preseason testing that he was proud of the legacy he would leave with Mercedes after he and the team developed diversity initiatives together, and that …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump instó a una jueza de Florida a desestimar el caso penal que lo acusa de retener ilegalmente documentos confidenciales, alegando en parte que la inmunidad presidencial lo protege del enjuiciamiento, aun cuando tal argumento hasta ahora ha fracasado en los tribunales federales de apelaciones en un caso separado. En una de una …

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. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marquel Sutton had 19 points in Omaha’s 71-70 win against Oral Roberts on Thursday night. Sutton added five rebounds for the Mavericks (14-15, 7-7 …

CHICAGO (AP) — The Boston Celtics enjoyed their break and were ready to get back to work. The NBA leaders got the job done in another convincing win. Derrick White scored 28 points, Jayson Tatum added 25 and the Celtics won their season-high seventh straight game, beating the Chicago Bulls 129-112 on Thursday night. White and Tatum each made five …

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael was spending at least another night in the hospital after his family hoped he would return home on Thursday, publicist Betsy Shepherd said. The 66-year-old McMichael, who went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago, was admitted into intensive care at a suburban hospital last Thursday with a urinary tract infection. …

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. San Diego State Aztecs (20-7, 9-5 MWC) at Fresno State Bulldogs (11-15, 4-9 MWC) Fresno, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 San Diego State visits …

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. Nevada Wolf Pack (21-6, 8-5 MWC) at San Jose State Spartans (9-18, 2-12 MWC) San Jose, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wolf Pack -9.5; over/under …