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. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley understands why suspended forward and leading scorer Kamilla Cardoso will miss the women’s NCAA Tournament opener. She’s not sure, …

TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Space X. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been developing the H3 as a …

Shake Shack named a new CEO on Thursday, the first outsider to lead the company in its 20-year history. Rob Lynch, the current president and CEO of the Papa John’s pizza chain, will join Shake Shack’s board and become its CEO on May 20. Lynch succeeds Randy Garutti, who started what would become Shake Shack from a hot dog cart …

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional. “It is our strongly held view as a matter of law that SB4 (the Texas law) … is unconstitutional and it is our hope and confidence …

LONDON (AP) — Leicester could be the latest team to be sanctioned for overspending in the Premier League. The league said Leicester has been referred to an independent commission for an alleged breach of the competition’s profitability and sustainability rules during their previous seasons in the top flight. The period in question is the three years up to and including …

Arizona Coyotes (28-35-5, seventh in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (41-19-9, third in the Central Division) Dallas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Coyotes take on the Dallas Stars for a matchup within the Central Division Wednesday. Dallas is 41-19-9 overall with a 13-5-2 record against the Central Division. The Stars have a 20-6-2 record in games …

Masters champion Jon Rahm is bringing plenty of Spanish flavor to the Masters Club dinner for champions next month, even before they find their seat at the table. The cocktail reception will have gernika peppers, grown in a town in the Basque region of Spain when Rahm grew up. There also will be gildas, which he described as an anchovy …

TORIBÍO, Colombia (AP) — La líder indígena colombiana Carmelina Yule Paví, cuya muerte generó una crisis en la mesa de diálogo entre el gobierno y las disidencias de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), era velada el martes en el convulso departamento de Cauca en el suroeste del país. Yule Paví reposaba en el ataúd con la cabeza cubierta …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Vecinos y estudiantes de la Ciudad de México ayudaron a la policía en una larga persecución de un lobo suelto en un vecindario de la ciudad, informaron las autoridades. Ciudadanos y agentes de policía persiguieron al animal a pie y en motocicletas por un vecindario del norte de la capital mexicana, antes de acorralar finalmente …

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and became the third player in NHL history to have at least 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons as the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Monday night. The 38-year-old Ovechkin had two power-play goals in the second period as Washington won its third straight game. He joined Gordie Howe …