INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tristan Enaruna scored 24 points to propel No. 3 seed Cleveland State to a 93-80 victory over second-seeded Milwaukee in the semifinal round of the Horizon League Tournament. The Vikings will play No. 4 seed Northern Kentucky in Tuesday’s championship game with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line.
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By SYLVIE CORBET, NICOLAS GARRIGA and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests and strikes against the government’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in what unions hope to be their biggest show of force against the proposal. Garbage
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Progress toward gender equality is “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General António Guterres told the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday. Speaking to the key UN women’s rights group ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Guterres said gender equality is “300 years away” according to
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — In his first news conference since taking office, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang lashed out at the United States over deteriorating bilateral relations and Washington’s support for Taiwan. Qin also insinuated that America was undermining efforts for peace in Ukraine in order to extend the conflict. Qin spoke Tuesday on the sidelines
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikey Anderson scored in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 for their fourth straight win. Adrian Kempe, Phillip Danault and Vladislav Gavrikov also scored, and Pheonix Copley made 20 saves as the Kings won their sixth straight game on
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist in the Israeli military, the paratrooper says he will no longer put his life on the line for a country slipping toward autocracy. Tichover is part of a wave of
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By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation” with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role. Qin, who was until recently China’s
Continue Reading LAKE CHARLES, La. — Jordan Johnson scored 32 points to propel No. 7 seed New Orleans to an 82-78 victory over third-seeded Southeast Louisiana in the quarterfinal round of the Southland Conference Tournament. Johnson sank 9 of 20 shots with three 3-pointers and 11 of 12 free throws for the Privateers (12-19), who will play
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate is facing a scheduled execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago. Gary Green is set to receive a lethal injection for the September 2009 deaths of 32-year-old Lovetta Armstead
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In Japan they call pitcher Roki Sasaki the “Monster of the Reiwa Era,” which translates roughly into a “once-in-a-generation superstar.” In simple English, Sasaki is likely to be the next big thing out of Japan following Shohei Ohtani, who debuted five years ago with
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — In his first news conference since taking office, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang lashed out at the United States over deteriorating bilateral relations and Washington’s support for Taiwan. Qin also insinuated that America was undermining efforts for peace in Ukraine in order to extend the conflict. Qin spoke Tuesday on the sidelines
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By Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The remains of a woman found in a small Massachusetts town in 1978 were identified more than four decades after her death using “old fashioned police work” — and help from advances in forensic genetic genealogy, officials announced Monday. Referred to for decades as “Granby girl,” alluding to
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Boden Skunberg scored 24 points, Grant Nelson totaled 20 points and 22 rebounds and North Dakota State defeated South Dakota State 89-79 in the semifinal round of the Summit League Tournament. North Dakota State, the No. 3 seed, will play top-seeded Oral Roberts — winners of 16 in a row —
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN Firefighters in the southern Indian city of Kochi were toiling Tuesday to control toxic fumes from spreading after a landfill burst into flames five days ago, cloaking the area in a thick haze and choking residents. The towering Brahmapuram landfill in Kerala state is the country’s latest trash mountain to catch
Continue Reading BOISE, Idaho — Dillon Jones scored 18 points to lead Weber State to a 70-64 victory over Sacramento State in the quarterfinal round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Jones added five rebounds and three steals for the third-seeded Wildcats (18-14), who will play No. 2 seed Montana State in the semifinals on Tuesday. KJ
Continue Reading By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Huerter scored 25 points, Domantas Sabonis had his eighth triple-double of the season and the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-108. Sabonis finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. He leads the NBA with 52 double-doubles. Huerter added eight assists and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON — Reyne Smith scored 20 points to lead Charleston to a 77-72 victory over Towson in the semifinal round of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. Smith made 7 of 15 shots with four 3-pointers for the second-seeded Cougars (30-3), who picked up their seventh straight win and will play No. 4 seed UNC Wilmington
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to position himself on Tuesday as a champion of conservative causes during a State of the State address that will likely be as much about his national ambitions as it is an assessment of Florida’s status in the
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 26 points, Victor Oladipo and Caleb Martin combined for 43 off the Miami bench and the Heat held off the Atlanta Hawks 130-128. Butler also had nine rebounds and nine assists for Miami, which swept a two-game set from the Hawks. Bam Adebayo
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