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. Rider Broncs (8-14, 5-6 MAAC) at Fairfield Stags (13-9, 7-4 MAAC) Fairfield, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Stags -5; over/under is 149 BOTTOM LINE: Fairfield …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the Super Bowl was in the balance in the fourth quarter a year ago, coach Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs put a twist on their frequent pre-snap motion. The result? Two wide-open touchdown passes that helped the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 for a Super Bowl title. Kansas City returns to the big stage …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One state lawmaker wants Nebraska to take measures to protect it from cyberattacks. His answer? Hire its own hacker. State Sen. Loren Lippincott presented a bill Thursday to the Legislature’s government committee that would give the Nebraska State Patrol $200,000 to hire “an ethical hacker.” The hacker would spend his or her days trying to break …

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from HIV/AIDS to the COVID-19 pandemic that made him famous. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” will be published in …

Washington Wizards (9-41, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (39-12, first in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Washington is looking to stop its four-game slide with a win over Boston. The Celtics are 26-6 in conference games. Boston is the league leader averaging 16.3 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 37.8% from downtown. …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.” The stakes are …

March 12 update: Hur never asked Biden about timing of son’s death, contradicting president’s indignant public response, transcript shows.transcript shows. Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. WASHINGTON (AP) — Special Counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released his long-awaited report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, and it’s not great news for the president on multiple fronts. …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House defeated two bills that would have significantly expanded the state’s popular school choice program while giving preliminary approval to a third that would further raise the income cap associated with the voucher-like grants. The Education Freedom Account program created in 2021 provides families with the same amount the state pays per student …

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. Sacramento State Hornets (6-17, 2-8 Big Sky) at Idaho State Bengals (9-14, 4-6 Big Sky) Pocatello, Idaho; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bengals -5.5; over/under is …

BERLÍN (AP) — El Zoo de Berlín lloraba el jueves a Ingo el Flamenco, su residente más mayor, que murió a una edad estimada de al menos 75 años y vivía allí desde mediados de la década de 1950. Su lugar de origen no está claro. El zoo anunció el miércoles en redes sociales la muerte de Ingo a una …