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. Adv17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 19 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPN — Virginia at Virginia Tech ESPNU — Iowa St. …

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. Lipscomb Bisons (16-10, 7-4 ASUN) at North Alabama Lions (12-13, 6-5 ASUN) Florence, Alabama; Thursday, 8:45 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Lipscomb faces the North Alabama Lions after Will …

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency says its new flagship H3 rocket will have a second test flight on Saturday, two days later than an initially planned liftoff that was postponed due to a bad weather forecast at the launch site in southwestern Japan. The liftoff was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed due to thunder and strong wind …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States. The agreement announced Tuesday with Apache Corporation calls for the company to pay $4 million in penalties and spend more than …

NEW YORK (AP) — The 86 remaining free agents (q-rejected qualifying offer): AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Shintaro Fujinami, rhp. BOSTON (4) — Adam Duvall, of; Corey Kluber, rhp; Adalberto Mondesi, ss; Joely Rodríguez, lhp. CHICAGO (6) — Tim Anderson, ss; Elvis Andrus, 2b; Mike Clevinger, rhp; Yasmani Grandal, c; Liam Hendriks, rhp; Bryan Shaw, rhp. CLEVELAND (1) — Kole …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across Australia’s second-most populous state, leaving 530,000 homes and businesses without power and fanning fires that razed homes and injured five firefighters, officials said on Wednesday. Winds of up to 157 kph (98 mph) toppled six electricity transmission towers on Tuesday and caused one of the …

HONOLULU (AP) — The death toll from the wildfire that destroyed the historic Hawaii town of Lahaina in August rose to 101 on Tuesday after Maui police confirmed the identity of one new victim, a 76-year-old man. Maui police found Paul Kasprzycki’s remains off a side street in an industrial area, Maui police spokesperson Alana Pico said in an email. …

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. Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (5-20, 3-9 Patriot League) at Lafayette Leopards (10-15, 9-3 Patriot League) Easton, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Lafayette takes on the Loyola (MD) …

Looking for a meaningful, beautiful, sustainable and last-minute gift for your Valentine? Consider houseplants. Florists say those that are heart-shaped, look cheerful or have staying power are especially good at conveying Valentine’s Day love. Plants symbolize growth and renewal, aspects of a healthy and loving relationship. A woman asks a gardener for Gerbera daisies in the Yogi Nursery, in New …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man accused of killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop last week was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, a sheriff said. Kenneth Wayne DeHart, 42, was found in Knoxville, about 17 miles (30 kilometers) from his last known location, Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said on social media. The post …