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. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Chance Moore’s 25 points helped Missouri State defeat Valparaiso 82-74 on Saturday. Moore added nine rebounds for the Bears (15-12, 7-9 Missouri Valley Conference). …

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Southeast Asian nation’s most controversial politician for more than two decades, was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. The telecoms billionaire was toppled in a 2006 coup but voluntarily returned from self-exile to Thailand in August last …

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. Utah State Aggies (21-4, 9-3 MWC) at Colorado State Rams (19-6, 7-5 MWC) Fort Collins, Colorado; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rams -6; over/under is 147.5 …

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. East Tennessee State Buccaneers (13-13, 5-8 SoCon) at Western Carolina Catamounts (18-8, 7-6 SoCon) Cullowhee, North Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Catamounts -7.5; over/under is …

MIAMI (AP) — Un empresario venezolano que ayudó a ocultar casi 17 millones de dólares en dinero para sobornos de un aliado del presidente Nicolás Maduro fue sentenciado el viernes a seis meses de cárcel por un juez federal de Estados Unidos, quien expresó su frustración de que su cooperación con las fuerzas policiales ya no sirvió de nada luego …

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. Illinois Fighting Illini (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (14-11, 6-8 Big Ten) College Park, Maryland; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fighting Illini -2; over/under …

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with congressional leaders in Washington late last year he told them privately what is now public: With U.S. weapons, they could win the war against Russia, but without them Russian President Vladimir Putin would be victorious. In a subsequent meeting with new House Speaker Mike Johnson, a looming deadline for the …

LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials said Friday that they are removing all children from the care of a nature-based therapy program nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New York boy. The Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release that while it cannot comment on specific details of its investigation …

The AP Top 25 women’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. FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Francis Marion center Lauryn Taylor set the NCAA record for all divisions with 44 rebounds in the Patriots’ 85-62 win over North Greenville on …

Los Angeles Kings (25-16-10, fourth in the Pacific Division) vs. Boston Bruins (32-12-10, second in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins will try to break a three-game losing streak when they take on the Los Angeles Kings. Boston is 32-12-10 overall and 17-7-4 at home. The Bruins have a 31-3-5 record when scoring …