LONDON (AP) — Armando Broja completed a deadline day move from Chelsea to Fulham on loan until the end of the season. The striker’s move was not confirmed until after the close of the window on Thursday, but all paperwork had been filed on time to ensure the deal went through. “It feels amazing. I’m really happy to be here …

MIAMI (AP) — Los Tiburones de la Guaira demostraron pronto sus credenciales como uno de los favoritos para ganar la Serie del Caribe, al derrotar el jueves por 3-1 a los Tigres del Licey, en el duelo estelar de la jornada inaugural. República Dominicana tropezó así en el certamen al que llega en condición de monarca vigente. Se trata de …

Political polarization. Economic struggles. Inequity. Climate change. War. In an often-bruising world, you can hardly blame people for seeking out ways to cushion themselves. From weighted blankets to “cozy” murder mystery novels to entire restaurants and cookbooks based on childhood comfort foods, the appetite for comfortable things just keeps growing. Now some are seeking comfort even in their physical exertion. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Lloyd Austin dijo el jueves que nunca ordenó a ningún miembro del personal que no notificara a la Casa Blanca que había sido hospitalizado, pero reconoció que debió manejar la situación de otra manera y ofreció disculpas por no haber informado durante semanas al presidente Joe Biden que le habían …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fuentes AP: Biden emitirá orden ejecutiva para sancionar a colonos israelíes involucrados en violencia en Cisjordania.

PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to see the government commitments …

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. UMBC Retrievers (6-15, 1-5 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (13-8, 5-1 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -12; over/under is 165.5 …

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. CSU Northridge Matadors (13-8, 4-5 Big West) at UCSD Tritons (14-7, 8-1 Big West) San Diego; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tritons -10; over/under is 151.5 …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Han Kuo-yu of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists was elected speaker of the island’s legislature on Thursday, a sort of consolation prize for China, which claims the self-governing democracy as its own territory. The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang or KMT, won 52 of the legislature’s 113 seats in a Jan. 13 election. The Democratic Progressive Party …

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. Youngstown State Penguins (16-6, 8-3 Horizon League) at Wright State Raiders (12-10, 7-4 Horizon League) Fairborn, Ohio; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raiders -2.5; over/under is …