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. Eastern Kentucky Colonels (17-11, 12-2 ASUN) at Austin Peay Governors (15-14, 8-6 ASUN) Clarksville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Austin Peay hosts the Eastern Kentucky Colonels …
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Here’s why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea walked off the job
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walked off the job Feb. 20 in response to the government’s push to recruit more medical students. As of Tuesday, about 8,940 medical interns and residents have left their worksites in protest, disrupting the operations of major …
Read More »Funcionarios de NY clausuran mueblería que era usada como dormitorio para migrantes
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Una tienda de muebles de la Ciudad de Nueva York que había sido convertida ilegalmente en un dormitorio para más de 40 migrantes fue clausurada por funcionarios de la entidad. El Departamento de Edificios municipal ordenó el desalojo de la tienda de muebles Sarr’s Wholesale Furniture en Queens debido a “graves condiciones de hacinamiento y peligros …
Read More »Bill to set minimum marriage age to 18 in Washington state heads to governor
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A law to establish 18 as the minimum marriage age in Washington state is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. State lawmakers in the House and Senate passed House Bill 1455 this session after the measure stalled in the Senate last year and other bills failed to gain traction in previous years. This year, …
Read More »2 Serbs sentenced over an attack on NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Tuesday sentenced two ethnic Serbs to six-month jail terms for attacking NATO-led peacekeepers a year ago. But one of them will be released for time served, and the other can avoid jail time if he pays a 6,000 euro ($6,500) fine. Local media named them as Radosh Petrovic and Dusan Obrenovic, who …
Read More »Youngstown State hosts Stone and Detroit Mercy
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. Detroit Mercy Titans (1-28, 1-17 Horizon League) at Youngstown State Penguins (21-9, 13-6 Horizon League) Youngstown, Ohio; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy visits the Youngstown …
Read More »Temple visits Rice following Evee’s 34-point performance
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. Temple Owls (10-17, 3-11 AAC) at Rice Owls (11-16, 5-9 AAC) Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rice hosts the Temple Owls after Travis Evee scored 34 …
Read More »Ohio hosts Akron following Freeman’s 24-point game
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. Akron Zips (20-7, 12-2 MAC) at Ohio Bobcats (15-12, 9-5 MAC) Athens, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bobcats -1; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: Akron …
Read More »How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 2/27/2024
Stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street near their record levels. The S&P 500 managed a gain of 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%. Macy’s rose after unveiling a restructuring plan, and Norwegian Cruise Line steamed higher on hopes for a stronger 2024. Chevron weighed on the Dow amid worries that …
Read More »The US women fought to raise the level of soccer worldwide, and now the competition is much tougher
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. national team has fought for years to raise the level of women’s soccer across the globe, but that doesn’t make its inevitable losses to teams it once dominated any easier. “People say that everyone’s catching up with us. Of course, and that’s what needs to happen in women’s football,” forward Alex Morgan said after …
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