Houston Rockets (25-32, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (40-17, second in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City will try to extend its five-game win streak with a victory over Houston. The Thunder have gone 24-13 against Western Conference opponents. Oklahoma City is at the bottom of the Western Conference …

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won an expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate, the National Election Committee has confirmed. The committee on Monday began releasing results by constituency, after earlier announcing that a provisional count showed the Cambodian People’s Party won 55 of the 58 seats that were contested on …

Technology is so pervasive and invasive that it’s polarizing people, producing feelings of love and loathing for its devices, online services and the would-be visionaries behind them, according to a longtime Silicon Valley reporter. Kara Swisher unwraps how we got to this point in her incendiary memoir, “Burn Book,” coming out Tuesday, an exposé that also seeks to avert technological …

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — American women’s cycling team Cynisca was punished by the sport’s governing body Monday for trying to enter an international race by deceiving organizers. The International Cycling Union said a team official told a mechanic “to wear a rider’s clothes and a face mask” and pretend to be feeling ill so the team could have the mandatory …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente, Joe Biden, y el expresidente Donald Trump visitarán la frontera sur de Estados Unidos el jueves, pues ambos precandidatos tratan de sacar provecho político del maltrecho sistema de inmigración del país de cara a su previsible revancha en las elecciones de este año. Biden viajará a Brownsville, Texas, en Rio Grande Valley, una zona que …

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Garcia wanted his fans to know his title fight against super lightweight champion Devin Haney belonged on boxing’s biggest stage. “This is a MGM Vegas fight, doing everything we can to bring this to Vegas and giving this fight what it deserves!!!” he wrote Feb. 23 on social media. One problem: Oscar De La Hoya, …

THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court on Monday wrapped up historic proceedings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought by Palestinians for a future state, with most voices at the hearing arguing against the Israeli government. Over six days, the International Court of Justice heard from an unprecedented number of countries and the majority …

All Times EST Group A W L T GF GA Pts United States 2 0 0 9 0 6 Mexico 1 0 1 8 0 4 Argentina 0 1 1 0 4 1 Dominican Republic 0 2 0 0 13 0 Tuesday, Feb.. 20 At Carson, Calif. Mexico 0, Argentina 0 United States 5, Dominican Republic, 0 Friday, Feb. 23 …

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Con un amplio favoritismo por el partido Nuevas Ideas del presidente Nayib Bukele, las agrupaciones políticas salvadoreñas entraron el lunes en la recta final de su campaña para las elecciones municipales y del Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN) que se celebrarán el domingo 3 de marzo. Con 84,6% de los votos válidos, el joven empresario ganó las presidenciales …

NEW YORK (AP) — When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn’t put it down. That’s because he was reluctant to pick it up. The book about a British navigator shipwrecked in feudal Japan was massive — over 1,000 pages. And …