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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Derek Culver scored 18 points, Oscar Tshiebwe had 12 points and 15 rebounds and No. 9 West Virginia used its size advantage to beat Northeastern 73-51 on Tuesday.Emmitt Matthews added 13 points for the Mountaineers (8-2).Tys...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The decades-long fight by Argentine women's groups for legal abortion was being decided by the Senate in a debate Tuesday that could change the outlook for the procedure across a continent where it is still largely...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona men's basketball program has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban related to its long-running NCAA rules infractions case.Arizona was accused of nine counts of misconduct, including five Level I violations, in ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Tuesday that he was back in his country but still recovering from COVID-19 after two months away. "I passed through difficult moments. I am happy to be back, thanks God,...

If there's one silver lining in a year marred by a deadly pandemic, civil unrest, and economic and political turmoil, it's this: The number of mass shootings that happened in public was the lowest in more than a decade.Experts who research mass ki...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — For most of Bill Belichick's New England coaching tenure, the final week of the regular season has been a time to rest and tune up for the playoffs. Not this year. In yet another sign of what has been a disorienting 2020...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dan Mullen has been part of two national championships with Florida, the last for the Gators coming in a win over Oklahoma in his final game as their offensive coordinator before leaving for his first head coaching job.That B...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dropped their first podcast. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and guests from Elton John to their son, Archie, appear on the royal couple's first audio release Tuesday for Spotify, a 34-minute...

Duke's Mayo Bowl: Wake Forest (4-4) vs, Wisconsin (3-3), Wednesday at noon EST (ESPN).Line: Wisconsin by 7 1/2.Series record: First meeting.WHAT'S AT STAKE?Both teams come in with .500 records and will look to finish their season with a winning re...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired pitcher Garrett Cleavinger from the Phillies in a three-way trade Tuesday involving Tampa Bay and Philadelphia.The Dodgers will send minor league infielder Dillon Paulson and a player to be named o...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Emergency response crews were searching on Tuesday for the driver of a truck that plunged into the water after crashing on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.The two-axle, six-tire box truck crashed about 8:20 a.m. on the ea...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Tuesday ramped up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny by leveling new fraud accusations against him.The Investigative Committee, Russia's main investigative agency, said it has opened a new crim...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — After decades of debate, legislators are finally sensing strong support for repealing Maryland's state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against "Northern scum" that refers to President Abraham ...

Facing fourth-and-goal at the 1 in the third quarter against the Los Angeles Rams, the New York Jets turned to veteran Frank Gore — along with rookie Mekhi Becton.The critical play called for Gore to run behind Becton, a 6-foot-7, 363-pound left tac...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri system says it has reached a confidential settlement with a former top pharmacy professor whom it accused of stealing and selling student research, potentially costing the university millions of dol...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Trump's pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and former members of Congress."It';s n...

Here's what's happening Monday with the pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY— State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — even affecting...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to let Ben Roethlisberger rest up for the playoffs.Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Roethlisberger will not play when the AFC North champion Steelers (12-3) visit rival Cleveland (10-5) in the r...

My how times have changed in college football since the last time Alabama and Notre Dame met.The Crimson Tide rode the nation's best defense into that January 2013 national championship matchup, yielding a paltry 184 yards and eight points a game.Fast...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.Federal Railroad Administration chief Ronald Batory ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love could miss more than a month with a right calf injury he aggravated Sunday night in a game against Philadelphia.The team said Tuesday that an MRI confirmed a calf strain and that Love will begin treatmen...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the NBA neared its restart in late July, its players vowed to keep the calls for social justice reform at the forefront in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.The basketball stars weren't th...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The SMU women's basketball team has decided not to play the remainder of its 2020-21 season, with players opting out because of health and safety concerns surrounding ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss the start of training camp because of an illness, and there is no timetable for his return.The 32-year-old Toews said Tuesday he has been experiencing symptoms that have left him fee...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China are set to sign a long-awaited business investment deal after seven years of intense discussions despite concerns about the human rights situation in the country. The provisional agreement is set to be an...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Sandy and Geff Lee finally saw a photo of the building that was home to their Nashville boutique on the day after the Christmas morning bombing, a quiet came over the room.The rubble was overwhelming. Debris shadowed fam...

GRAND LAKE La. (AP) — Most couples might have wondered whether the forces of nature were against them after moving their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complications of COVID-19, the state prisons system said.At the time of the 2009 procedure, condemned prisoner ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Tuesday he was shocked to learn he was being charged with negligence in the Aug. 4 port explosion, saying he did his utmost duty during his brief tenure, during which he learned about dangero...

There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year's Day, a harbinger of what the year hel...

Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for children before their second birthday. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six...

The BNP Paribas Open, featuring the men's and women's pro tennis tours, won't be held in March as originally scheduled.Tournament organizers said Tuesday they are working with the ATP and WTA tours as well as the title sponsor to confirm dates...

Cotton Bowl: No. 8 Oklahoma (8-2, No. 6 CFP) vs. No. 10 Florida (8-3, No. 7 CFP), at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST (ESPN).Line: Oklahoma by 2 1/2.Series record: Florida leads 1-0. WHAT'S AT STAKEBig 12 champion Oklahoma takes a...

DeVonta Smith of Alabama is The Associated Press college football player of the year and the first wide receiver to win the award since it was established in 1998.In what could be a preview of the Heisman Trophy voting, Smith received 26 first-place votes...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church's credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up.Mar...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Graham Mertz will look to cement his grasp on Wisconsin's starting quarterback job heading into next season and help the Badgers avoid their first losing season since 2001 on Wednesday against Wake Forest in the Duke's...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry has been running into lots of NFL records, and now he's a game away from joining another exclusive group. Only six men have led the NFL in rushing in consecutive seasons since the league went to a 16-game se...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An officer on the scene of the fatal shooting of Andre Hill in Ohio's capital city last week didn't perceive any threats and didn't see a gun, contrary to a mistaken claim by the fellow officer who killed Hill, acco...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tis the season to be jolly: A record 39 holiday songs have dominated this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, including nine holiday tunes in the Top 10.Mariah Carey's ubiquitous hit, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," le...

A year like no other: Americans shambled through it, doing the best they could under circumstances that were uneven at best — and sometimes downright punishing.As they endured, here and there they pulled out their phones and did what so many people ...

Kentucky's win total shockingly stands at one.Coach John Calipari insists his Wildcats can rebound and be a contender this season.With 19 scheduled games remaining in this coronavirus pandemic-shortened season, the Hall of Fame coach isn't panicki...

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in downtown Boston.Workers removed the Emancipation M...

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow convicted a former top executive of a Russian state-controlled energy company on espionage charges Tuesday and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.The Moscow City Court found Karina Tsurkan guilty on charges of spying...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — even affecting the way they work.After 10 months of emergency orders and restriction...

SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin held a slim lead after the opening run of women's World Cup slalom Tuesday, putting Petra Vlhova's five-race winning streak in danger.Shiffrin edged Michelle Gisin by two-hundredths of a second as t...

With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump's administration still hasn't turned over documents showing how it's crunching the...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a former student at an elite university of sexual misconduct charges and sentenced him to three years in prison, the first conviction in a case that has fueled the #MeToo movement in the Arab world...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week's runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.U.S. District Judge Lesli...