BURDEOS, Francia (AP) — El delantero hondureño Alberth Elis “se está despertando” de un coma inducido tras sufrir un golpe en la cabeza en un partido con su club Burdeos, informó su familia el miércoles. Elis, de 28 años, sufrió la lesión al comienzo del encuentro de la segunda división contra Guingamp el sábado al chocar cabezas con el zaguero …

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. Longwood Lancers (17-12, 5-9 Big South) at Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (14-15, 9-5 Big South) Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Longwood visits the Gardner-Webb …

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government. Moldova, a candidate to join the European Union, imposed new customs duties on Jan. 1, 2024 on imports to and exports from Transnistria, which borders Ukraine and isn’t recognized by any U.N. member countries, including …

Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel for their safety after demonstrators broke through doors. A criminal investigation has begun, the university announced Wednesday. The incident Monday night “violated not only our rules, but also some of our …

Winnipeg Jets (37-15-5, first in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (35-17-9, second in the Central Division) Dallas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets visit the Dallas Stars trying to continue a four-game win streak. Dallas has a 12-5-2 record in Central Division games and a 35-17-9 record overall. The Stars have a 31-7-5 record in games …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would hold back thousands more third graders who don’t pass the state’s literacy test, rejecting opponents’ arguments that it could burden schools and emotionally damage children. The Indiana Department of Education says about 18% of third graders did not pass Indiana’s reading test last year. GOP lawmakers argue that schools …

PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is unique in Major League Baseball history, a two-way Japanese superstar who can excel as a hitter and a pitcher, sometimes in the same game. But for the 2024 season, Ohtani will be just a hitter. That’s because Ohtani is recovering from an injured elbow ligament — the ulnar collateral ligament — that often leads …

QUITO (AP) — La Fiscalía General pidió el martes llevar a juicio a seis presuntos involucrados en el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio en agosto del año pasado y argumentó que su muerte se planificó desde una celda de máxima seguridad de una prisión por parte de una organización vinculada con el grupo criminal Los Lobos. En la audiencia …

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. South Dakota State Jackrabbits (17-12, 10-4 Summit League) at North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks (17-12, 9-5 Summit League) Grand Forks, North Dakota; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A group of Senegalese civic and religious leaders proposed holding elections in early June, the first new date offered since the president attempted to push elections back to the end of the year. President Macky Sall who faces term limits at the end of his second terms, said in early February he was postponing an election …