BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel, saying it used the weapons against civilian targets for the first time Thursday in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes the night before that killed nine, including what the group said were several paramedics. There were no reports of Israelis hurt in the rocket …

BALTIMORE (AP) — David Rubenstein took over the Baltimore Orioles at a particularly optimistic moment for the franchise — and the new owner seems well aware of what this team could accomplish in the immediate future. “Today is an easy day to say everything is great, and hopefully we’ll win opening day, but I don’t want this to be the …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A teenager has been sentenced to four years for his role in a St. Paul killing that prompted police in Minneapolis to execute a search warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke by a police officer in a case that focused scrutiny on the use of no-knock warrants. Feysal Jama Ali, 18, …

ATLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray contabilizó 30 puntos y siete asistencias para que los Hawks de Atlanta hilaran su tercer triunfo, al imponerse el miércoles 120-106 sobre los Trail Blazers de Portland, quienes sufrieron su octavo revés consecutivo. Garrison Matthews atinó cinco triples y logró 21 puntos, su mayor número en la campaña, para ayudar a que los Hawks continuaran …

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. AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl still isn’t happy with a call that led to the costly ejection of Chad Baker-Mazara in the opening round of …

All Times EST NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN FIRST ROUND Home-and-home Winners advance Friday, March 22 Anguilla vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Anguilla 0, Turks and Caicos Islands 0 U.S. Virgin Islands 1, British Virgin Islands 1 Tuesday, March 26 British Virgin Islands 0, U.S. Virgin Islands 0, 1-1 aggregate, British Virgin Islands advanced 4-2 on penalty kicks Turks …

MILÁN (AP) — El zaguero brasileño del Napoli Juan Jesús aseguró sentirse “muy amargado” y “sinceramente descorazonado” por la decisión de la liga de Italia de no sancionar a Francesco Acerbi del Inter de Milán por un supuesto insulto racista en su contra. El juez deportivo de la liga anunció el martes que no se pudieron recabar pruebas suficientes que …

PESHAWAR, Pakistán (AP) — Un atacante suicida en el noroeste de Pakistán estrelló su auto lleno de explosivos contra un vehículo el martes y mató a cinco ciudadanos chinos y su conductor paquistaní, indicaron funcionarios policiales y del gobierno. El ataque ocurrió en Shangla, un distrito de la provincia de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, según el jefe de la policía local, Bakhat …

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army helicopter crashed at a military base in Washington state during a routine training exercise Monday night, sending the two pilots to a hospital. A Joint Base Lewis-McChord spokesperson told The News Tribune Tuesday that what the person called an “aviation mishap” on Monday night involved a U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter assigned …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn’t have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans had publicly and privately advised President Vladimir Putin’s government that “extremists” had “imminent plans” for just such slaughter. The United States shared those advance intelligence indications under a tenet of the U.S. intelligence community called the “duty …