CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man accused of beating his young daughter to death testified Friday that he punched the 5-year-old to death, folded her body into a duffel bag, then hid it in the trunk of his car, then a ceiling vent and a restaurant freezer while deciding how to dispose of the …

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Book displays highlighting black history or the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community at libraries in a Southwest Louisiana city have returned after being prohibited in 2022. “I believe it is important that our community be represented in our library,” Interim Library Director Sarah Monroe told The Advocate Tuesday of her decision to allow the …

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are expected to hire Aden Durde as the defensive coordinator for new coach Mike Macdonald, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the hire. NFL Network was the first 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. Incarnate Word Cardinals (7-15, 2-7 Southland) at Houston Christian Huskies (5-16, 3-7 Southland) Houston; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Houston Christian comes into the matchup with Incarnate …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A senior member of the Swedish security police said Thursday that Iran has planned attacks on the country, days after local media reported that two Iranians were deported for a plot to kill three Swedish Jews several years ago. Earlier this week, Swedish broadcast SR reported that two Iranians had been suspected of planning to kill members …

Kelly Olynyk is going back to his native Canada, after the Utah Jazz agreed Thursday to trade the veteran forward to the Toronto Raptors, a person with knowledge of the agreement said. Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji are going to Toronto for a first-round pick in this June’s draft, Otto Porter and Kira Lewis, the person said. The person spoke 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. Northeastern Huskies (8-15, 3-7 CAA) at Campbell Fighting Camels (11-12, 5-5 CAA) Buies Creek, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -2.5; over/under is 135.5 …

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. Montana State Bobcats (11-12, 6-4 Big Sky) at Northern Colorado Bears (13-9, 6-3 Big Sky) Greeley, Colorado; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -6.5; over/under is …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people, speakers at a public hearing said Thursday. Dozens of speakers condemned the “Women’s Bill of Rights” while a handful spoke in favor of it during the 45-minute hearing in the …

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. Florida Atlantic Owls (18-4, 8-1 AAC) at UAB Blazers (14-8, 6-3 AAC) Birmingham, Alabama; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Owls -5.5; over/under is 156 BOTTOM LINE: …

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. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Basketball announced Thursday that Jennifer Rizzotti will coach the defending Olympic gold medalist women’s 3×3 team at this year’s Paris Games, and …

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi confirmed plans for the French league champion to leave its home stadium after Paris city hall officials decided the venue was not for sale. Speaking on Thursday at the margins of UEFA’s executive committee meeting in the French capital, Al-Khelaïfi said: “It’s easier for us now, we know what we want. It’s …

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 Jose State Spartans (8-15, 1-9 MWC) at Colorado State Rams (18-5, 6-4 MWC) Fort Collins, Colorado; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Jose State looks to …

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living growing melons, pumpkins and tomatoes on farms around the Aral Sea. Bayniyazova, 50, has spent most of her life near Muynak, in northwestern Uzbekistan, tending the land. Farm …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of marble stairs outside the chamber and joined his wife in the visitors’ gallery. As the Republican quietly watched from a floor above, briefly the outsider after defending his legislation in a …