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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Arizona remained the epicenter for post-Election Day misinformation Thursday as vote counting in that state continued. Many of the misleading claims circulating two days after the election focused on printing problems that prevented vote counters from reading some ballots. The mishap spawned conspiracy theories about vote rigging that spread despite

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will allow coaches to challenge one play a game next season, and the league is also heightening the penalty for transition take fouls. The league announced the changes on Thursday. The league’s competition committee recommended the rules changes and the WNBA Board of

By ERIC OLSON and HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writers College athletic programs are reacting to soaring inflation the same way as everyone else — they’re looking for ways big and small to save money. In the Power Five, home of college sports’ biggest budgets and most considerable resources, schools are working with boosters and

PHOENIX (AP) — Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 16 points as Grand Canyon beat San Diego Christian 101-50 on Wednesday night. Blacksher shot 6 for 8, including 2 for 4 from beyond the arc for the Antelopes (2-0). Gabe McGlothan added 13 points while going 6 of 10 (1 for 5 from distance), and he also

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Booker had 32 points and a season-high 10 assists, and Mikal Bridges scored 13 of his season-high 31 points in the first quarter as the Phoenix Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-117 on Wednesday night. Despite playing without Chris Paul due to right heel soreness and

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Booker had 32 points and a season-high 10 assists, and Mikal Bridges scored 13 of his 31 points in the first quarter as the Phoenix Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-117 on Wednesday night. Despite playing without Chris Paul due to right heel soreness and starting

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of votes were still being tallied Wednesday in Arizona, where contested races including Senate and gubernatorial races remained uncalled. What’s the delay? Here’s what we know: MARICOPA MATH Part of it is because of all of the ballots that got dropped off on Election

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns will miss Wednesday’s game at Minnesota due to right heel soreness. Phoenix coach Monty Williams said the team is being cautious with Paul, who left Monday’s game at Philadelphia early and played just under 14 minutes. The Suns fell 100-88, their

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Bernhard Langer’s body sends constant, painful reminders from 50 years of professional golf. One day it might be a sore wrist. Another, a twinge in the elbow or an ache in the shoulder, maybe knee discomfort. The balky back never lets him forget the ravages from

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Republicans made a striking decision earlier this year to nominate candidates for top statewide posts in swing states who backed overturning President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. Most of those candidates lost in the midterm election. Doug Mastriano, who commissioned buses to take Pennsylvanians to the Jan. 6, 2021, protests

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. It’s normal procedure on Election Day. On Tuesday someone posted the clip to social media and claimed instead that it showed a Philadelphia election worker doctoring ballots. By Wednesday the bogus claim

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Buu Nygren entered the Navajo presidential race with a platform echoed by generations of candidates: deliver basic needs on the vast reservation where most roads are unpaved and thousands of families don’t have running water or electricity. His expectation that Navajos hold him accountable on those

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Margins between Democrats and Republicans in key Arizona races narrowed considerably Wednesday as election officials chipped away at counting more than half a million mail ballots returned on Election Day and shortly before. Democrats maintained small but dwindling leads in key races for U.S. Senate, governor

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The justices heard more than three hours of arguments in a broad challenge to the Indian

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden ‘determined’ to get Brittney Griner home, hopes Putin more willing to negotiate release now that midterms are over.