SINGAPORE (AP) — As the aviation sector seeks ways to make air travel less polluting and more sustainable, aerospace company Embraer and South Korean automaker Hyundai are among the companies betting on a new form of air travel -– air taxis. Hyundai’s Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility are developing electric aircraft that take off and land vertically. The idea …

A Russian military blogger has died in an apparent suicide after facing a barrage of criticism for revealing heavy losses in Ukraine, and his supporters have blamed Kremlin propagandists for his death. Andrei Morozov, who also served as a soldier on the front line in Ukraine, said in his last post Wednesday that he decided to “execute” himself to help …

The mother of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son’s body in the city morgue. She said she reaffirmed the demand to give …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australian rugby’s self-examination after a disastrous World Cup and subsequent change of national coach will become more forensic when the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season begins on Friday. Joe Schmidt, the former Ireland head coach and All Blacks assistant who has stepped into the still warm shoes of Eddie Jones, has a broad understanding 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. Elon Phoenix (12-15, 5-9 CAA) at Northeastern Huskies (10-17, 5-9 CAA) Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -8.5; over/under is 145 BOTTOM LINE: Elon 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. Wright State Raiders (15-12, 10-6 Horizon League) at Detroit Mercy Titans (1-27, 1-16 Horizon League) Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raiders -12; over/under is 160 …

MILAN (AP) — Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centers on its territory that will be fully run by Italy, under a deal that worries many human rights activists. The European Union, however, sees the agreement as a possible template for the future. Italy has long complained about not getting enough help from its EU partners in dealing …

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 Francis (PA) Red Flash (8-18, 3-10 NEC) at Merrimack Warriors (17-10, 11-2 NEC) North Andover, Massachusetts; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -13; over/under is …

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. STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Michael Ajayi’s 30 points led Pepperdine past Pacific 89-70 on Wednesday. Ajayi had 17 rebounds and three steals for the Waves (12-17, 5-9 West …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man faces up to life in prison after being convicted Thursday of killing his 5-year-old daughter then hiding her body for months before disposing of it. Adam Montgomery, who did not attend his two-week trial in Manchester, was accused of beating Harmony Montgomery to death in December 2019. She wasn’t reported missing for …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers in Louisiana — a state that routinely has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country — are considering a bill that would eliminate the chance of parole for nearly all prisoners convicted after Aug. 1. The legislation is one piece of the GOP-dominated Legislature’s conservative list of bills that are being discussed …

When an Atlanta radio host referred to the Wisconsin city of Green Bay as “about as lily white as I have ever seen,” Claude Tiller Jr. responded: “The lily on top of the lily.” The back and forth was part of a Feb. 6 radio interview that included blunt comments on race that led Tiller, the first Black superintendent for …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prison policy banning inmates from speaking to reporters in person or having their writings directly published violates the First Amendment free speech rights of prisoners, a civil rights organization said in a federal lawsuit Thursday. While prisons across the county place some restrictions on in-person media interviews with inmates — such as when …

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has 12 matches left to play in the French league. Twelve matches left to set new records in a league he has dominated for years. The star striker is leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season when his contract expires. He is widely expected to sign a lucrative deal with Real Madrid, the …

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jake Waters has been promoted to Iowa State running backs coach after working as a senior offensive quality control staff member the past three years, Cyclones coach Matt Campbell announced Thursday. Waters, an ISU graduate assistant in 2017, coached tight ends, fullbacks and wide receivers at UTEP over three seasons before he returned to Ames in …