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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Demarius Jacobs jumper with more than two minutes left proved to be the game-winning shot as Ball State edged Western Michigan, 64-63. Lamar Norman Jr. scored at the basket to give the Broncos a 63-58 lead with 3:51 left to play, but it proved to be Western Michigan’s final points. Payton
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cole Anthony had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Chuma Okeke had 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat Toronto 103-97 on Friday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Raptors. Mo Bamba scored 14 points, and Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris each had
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BORON, Calif. (AP) — Kern County sheriff’s deputies have shot and killed an armed man after an hours-long standoff in the Mojave Desert town of Boron. Authorities say deputies were sent out shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday by a report of a man shooting a BB gun at trailers and car windows. The Sheriff’s Office
Continue Reading By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored on a power play at 3:14 of overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes completed a rally from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night. Svechnikov’s 23rd goal of the season allowed the Hurricanes to snap a two-game skid. Pittsburgh’s
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s creeping authoritarianism got a lot more overt on Friday when he signed a censorship bill into law making it impossible for news organizations to accurately report the news in or from Russia. The law, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, makes it a crime to
Continue Reading By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson scored four minutes into overtime to complete a hat trick and give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the quick-strike Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Dustin Brown also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for the Kings to help the
Continue Reading By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson scored four minutes into overtime to complete a hat trick and give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the quick-strike Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Dustin Brown also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for the Kings to help the
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BEIJING (AP) — China is raising its defense spending in 2022 by 7.1% to $229 billion, up from a 6.8% increase the year before. Saturday’s announcement marks a continuation of the robust spending that has given China an increasingly powerful military that is challenging the U.S. armed forces’ dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. China has
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Skinner scored twice 4:20 apart in the third period and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Kyle Okposo and Casey Mittlestadt had a goal and assist each and Victor Olofsson sealed the win with an empty-net goal with
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Considine, who played the eldest son, Mike, on the 1960s TV sitcom “My Three Sons,” has died. He was 81. Considine died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. Considine was born in Los Angeles to a show business family and got his first movie role at age 12. In
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mikhail Sergachev scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period on a power play and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1. Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos also scored for Tampa Bay, Victor Hedman had three assists, and backup Brian Elliott made
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Igor Shesterkin made 32 saves, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and assist, and the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1. Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers, who won the final two games of their three-game homestand and
Continue ReadingBy Arwa Damon, AnneClaire Stapleton and Alex Platt, CNN The medical team is not entirely sure what to expect as the train creaks to a stop in the darkness near the Ukraine-Polish border, just inside Ukraine. A bus’ headlights inch forward. Eugenia Szuszkiewicz can feel the anxiety balling up in her stomach. The doctor’s stress
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Laura Smith-Spark and Olga Voitovych, CNN An injured woman, heavily pregnant, is carried on a stretcher past the smoldering wreckage of Mariupol’s maternity and children’s hospital. Her face is pale, one hand cradles her belly in a protective gesture. Every window on that side of the building appears to be blown
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — De’Andre Hunter scored 26 points and Trae Young added 25 to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 117-114 on Friday night. The Wizards never led, but they pulled to within one with 5.3 seconds left when Raul Neto made a 3-pointer. Young then made
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey made five 3-pointers and scored 33 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their fifth straight win,. They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-119. The 76ers improved to 4-0 with James Harden in the lineup. Harden had 24 points and 11 assists. Joel Embiid had
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Cade Cunningham had 20 points and nine rebounds and the Detroit Pistons rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-106 on Friday night. Marvin Bagley III added 18 points for Detroit. The Pistons have won five of seven, winning at Toronto on Thursday
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By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN Russia is poised to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries to Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, as a senior Western intelligence official warned Moscow could “bombard cities into submission,” an escalation that could lead to significant civilian casualties. The US has already seen “some
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