WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after his latest hospital stay for health issues following treatment for prostate cancer, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hosted a virtual session on Ukraine to help resource urgently needed ammunition and artillery for Kyiv as it faces shortages in its now almost two-year war with Russia. In his opening remarks to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anthony Edwards didn’t think he could play against the Trail Blazers. Then he scored 41 points. Edwards shook off the right knee soreness that he felt going into Tuesday night’s game at Portland and helped lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 121-109 victory. “At the last second I was like, ‘I’m going to try it out,’ …

PARIS (AP) — An appeals court in Paris on Wednesday upheld a guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. Sarkozy was convicted in a lower court in September 2021 and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing. The court said Sarkozy would be allowed to …

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. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (14-11, 6-7 Big West) at Cal Poly Mustangs (4-21, 0-13 Big West) San Luis Obispo, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cal Poly plays …

ATLANTA (AP) — Four students were shot and wounded Wednesday afternoon outside an Atlanta high school, officials said. Shortly after dismissal, shots were fired from an unknown vehicle, striking four students in the parking lot of Benjamin E. Mays High School, Atlanta Public Schools said in a news release. Police and fire rescue responded immediately, officials said. The victims were …

DATE OF ELECTION January 13 TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential, parliamentary WHO’S RUNNING Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as its new president, returning the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party to power in the seventh presidential election since those 20 or older were given the vote for head of the government in 1996. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and threatens to …

DATE OF ELECTION February 4th TYPE OF ELECTION Presidential, congressional, municipal WHO’S RUNNING Supporters greet El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele after he presented himself as the presidential candidate for the New Ideas Party in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File) Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Read …

The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 13, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: Division …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place — where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he played with his 5-year-old nieces, where he helped his 1-year-old nephew take his first steps. His entire family was now dead — his parents, his two …

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. …