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. All eyes will be on Caitlin Clark this week as she try to break the NCAA women’s basketball scoring record. Iowa’s star guard needs 66 points to break …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top insurance regulator has denied an industry request to raise homeowners’ insurance premiums by an average of 42% — and to almost double them in parts of coastal counties — saying Tuesday that “almost nobody” who weighed in agreed with the proposed increase. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey also set a hearing for October to …

BOUAKÉ, Ivory Coast (AP) — Nigeria star Victor Osimhen shook off an injury scare and trained with the rest of the squad Tuesday for the Super Eagles’ Africa Cup of Nations semifinal against South Africa. Osimhen wasn’t on the team’s flight from Abidjan to Bouaké on Monday because of abdominal discomfort, but the Napoli forward was well enough to travel …

Winnipeg Jets (30-12-5, third in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (22-17-7, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets, on a three-game losing streak, play the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh has gone 12-8-3 at home and 22-17-7 overall. The Penguins have a 20-3-3 record when scoring at least three goals. Winnipeg has a …

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. The populist leader has declared himself a harbinger of democracy, not the case study for 21st century autocracy that some fear. Bukele told thousands of cheering supporters Sunday night …

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head of state. The palace didn’t disclose what form of cancer …

DETROIT (AP) — Earl “The Twirl” Cureton, who won two NBA championships in 12 seasons in the league, has died. He was 66. Cureton, who served as a community ambassador for the Detroit Pistons for the last 10 years, passed away “unexpectedly” on Sunday morning, according to a release from the Pistons. No other information was provided by the team. …

ISTANBUL (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey soon, the Turkish foreign minister said late Sunday. It would be Putin’s first trip to a NATO country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told the A Haber private TV channel that Putin’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will focus on …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and new Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner are slated to participate in an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia in October, the kingdom’s latest move into tennis. Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune are the other players involved in what is being touted as the “6 Kings Slam” in Riyadh. All …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — La primera noche de la semana del Super Bowl se ha convertido en un espectáculo como de circo desde mucho antes de que Las Vegas fuera anunciada como sede del juego más importante de la NFL. No se puede saber que tan loco se pondrá para la prensa en la Ciudad del Pecado. Los Chiefs de …