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. BALTIMORE (AP) — Jack Forrest’s 18 points helped Bucknell defeat Loyola (Maryland) 68-46 on Wednesday night. Forrest also added five rebounds for the Bison (12-18, 9-8 Patriot League). …

CANADIAN, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — El incendio que arde en el Panhandle de Texas se convirtió el jueves en el más grande en la historia del estado, mientras una ligera capa de nieve cubría la pradera quemada, el ganado muerto y las casas incendiadas, dando a los bomberos un breve respiro en sus desesperados esfuerzos para limitar el fuego. El …

CHICAGO (AP) — Los abogados del expresidente Donald Trump apelaron el fallo de una jueza del condado de Cook que ordena a los funcionarios electorales que retiren el nombre del republicano de la boleta de la elección primaria de Illinois, que se realizará el 19 de marzo. La apelación, presentada minutos antes de la medianoche del jueves, se realizó horas …

Washington Wizards (9-49, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (32-28, ninth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Thursday, 10:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Lakers -9.5; over/under is 241 BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles hosts Washington aiming to prolong its three-game home winning streak. The Lakers are 20-9 on their home court. Los Angeles leads the Western …

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Former NFL receiver and assistant coach Jerricho Cotchery has been named head football coach at Division II Limestone. Cotchery had been the school’s assistant head coach and receivers coach the past two seasons. He was promoted after head coach Mike Furrey left to become receivers coach at South Carolina. Cotchery was a two-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. The bill passed by the state Senate in a 31-3 vote is also intended for the general public and would require the state Department of Health, …

MADRID (AP) — Brothers Iñaki and Nico Williams teamed up with goals and assists to each other as Athletic Bilbao defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 to reach its third Copa del Rey final in five seasons on Thursday. Gorka Guruzeta also scored for Athletic as it advanced 4-0 on aggregate after having won the first leg 1-0 in Madrid three weeks …

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. Long Island Sharks (7-20, 6-9 NEC) at Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (17-10, 11-3 NEC) New Britain, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Devils -12.5; …

GARY, Ind. (AP) — This week’s tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest produced a short-lived tornado that swept through northwest Indiana before moving onto Lake Michigan as a waterspout, the National Weather Service said. An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph (145 kilometers per hour) touched down about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday in Lake County, Indiana, about 1 …

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll urged a judge Thursday to reject former President Donald Trump’s efforts to avoid posting security to secure an $83.3 million defamation award won by the writer, saying his promises to pay a judgment his lawyers predict will be overturned on appeal are the equivalent of scribbles on a paper napkin. “The …