ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a former St. Louis police officer was not guilty of assault for shooting a suspected carjacker in 2018, ruling he acted in self-defense. The shooting by Matthew D. EerNisse was “objectively reasonable in light of the totality of the particular facts and circumstances confronting the officer on the scene,” Judge John …

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president replaced his top general Thursday in a shake-up aimed at reigniting momentum in the deadlocked war with Russia, which is grinding into its third year as the country grapples with shortages of ammunition and personnel and struggles to maintain support from the West. After days of speculation that change was coming, Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

Baylor is hiring former TCU coach Gary Patterson as a senior consultant to head coach Dave Aranda, a person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was being finalized. The website SicEm365 first reported Baylor was hiring Patterson. Patterson, 63, was coach at TCU, maybe …

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. Vermont Catamounts (18-5, 8-0 America East) at NJIT Highlanders (5-15, 1-7 America East) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Catamounts -11.5; over/under is 131 …

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. UMass-Lowell River Hawks (15-6, 6-2 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (7-16, 2-6 America East) Baltimore; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: River Hawks -7.5; over/under is 162.5 …

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. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s season has been marked by second-half collapses. The Wolverines found a way to stay ahead and win on Wednesday night, making stops …

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. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Chris Bell scored a career-high 30 points and made eight 3-pointers, Quadir Copeland was credited with a basket after a goaltending call with 3.8 …

Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to the Pacers. None of those shooters were making playoff plans …

MOSCÚ (AP) — La máxima autoridad electoral de Rusia vetó el jueves la presencia de un político contrario a las acciones militares de Moscú en Ucrania en la boleta para las próximas presidenciales. La ley exigía que Boris Nadezhdin, que es legislador en una localidad próxima a Moscú, reuniera al menos 100.000 firmas de apoyo a su candidatura. La Comisión …

FILADELFIA (AP) — El cronograma para el regreso de Joel Embiid tras someterse a una cirugía de rodilla es incierto. Tampoco está clara la disponibilidad del pívot de los 76ers de Filadelfia para jugar este verano con la selección olímpica estadounidense. El entrenador estadounidense Steve Kerr intercambió esta semana una serie de mensajes de texto con Embiid, principalmente para desearle …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday officially called for a highly anticipated crime-focused special legislative session that could overhaul the state’s current criminal justice system, reversing hard-fought and historic reforms that happened under Landry’s Democratic predecessor. Among the two dozen tough-on-crime-related items on Landry’s broad agenda are expanding methods to carry out death row executions, …

SACRAMENTO, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Jaden Ivey estableció la mejor marca de su carrera con 37 puntos, y los Pistons de Detroit, aun carentes de sus dos principales anotadores, vencieron el miércoles sorpresivamente a los Kings de Sacramento, por 133-120. Ivey añadió siete asistencias y seis rebotes por los Pistons, que tienen apenas una foja de 3-20 como visitantes en …

CHORLEY, England (AP) — Chorley could be the next soccer club from the English non-leagues to be given a sprinkle of celebrity stardust. The sixth-tier team from northwest England said it is in “ongoing discussions” with Boyzone in hopes of the 1990s Irish boy band fronted by Ronan Keating becoming “the face of the football club.” Chorley said that members …

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. San Francisco Dons (18-6, 7-2 WCC) at Pepperdine Waves (9-15, 2-7 WCC) Malibu, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dons -9.5; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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. Portland State Vikings (14-9, 5-5 Big Sky) at Weber State Wildcats (14-9, 5-5 Big Sky) Ogden, Utah; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -9; over/under is …