Suns overcome Smart’s record 11 3s, beat Celtics 123-119
BOSTON — Devin Booker had 39 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Phoenix Suns overcame a franchise-record 11 3-pointers by Boston's Marcus Sm...
Johnson, No. 11 Louisville earn win at No. 3 Duke 79-73
DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman David Johnson had a season-high 19 points and No. 11 Louisville hung on down the stretch to beat No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Saturday ...
No. 9 Florida State rallies past Miami in OT, 83-79
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton admits he was worried when his team trailed Miami by nine points with five minutes to go Sat...
No. 2 Baylor wins 14th straight, tops Oklahoma State 75-68
STILLWATER, Okla. — Trailing by double digits well into the second half, Baylor’s seniors helped lead the rally.
Buttigieg trying now to make it to SC for MLK Day events
FLORENCE, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who has been criticized for his slow outreach to blacks and other minorities, is tr...
Stopping Titans RB Derrick Henry a goal for Chiefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first thing that most NFL defensive coordinators prioritize is stopping the run, even in this modern pass-happy era, because th...
Thousands gather for Women’s March rallies across the US
WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the nationwide Women's March rallies focused on issues such as climat...
Impeachment lands Sen. Collins in familiar spot: crosshairs
WASHINGTON — Facing perhaps her toughest reelection fight, veteran Sen. Susan Collins has parachuted into familiar terrain — the heart of a hot-button...
Facing Senate trial crunch, Dems blitzing Iowa, early states
NEWTON, Iowa — As a winter storm barreled down on Iowa, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign team struggled with whether to scrap a town hall scheduled at the ...
Boy arrested after shooting that killed 4 in small Utah town
A boy armed with a gun killed three children and a woman inside a Utah home, then accompanied a fifth victim to a hospital, where he was arrested, pol...
Gun-rights activists gear up for show of force in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's pi...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s compulsive claims of ‘biggest’ ever
WASHINGTON — Size matters to President Donald Trump. So much that he exaggerates continually, sometimes spectacularly, the size of what he does.
Minister: Germany needs China’s Huawei to build 5G network
BERLIN — Germany's interior minister is suggesting that his country can't build a 5G mobile network without Chinese tech giant Huawei, at least for no...
China reports 4 more cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — Four more cases have been identified in a viral pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that has killed two people and promp...
Canadian network kicks off 6 NHL broadcasts in Plains Cree
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Clarence Iron believes he is on a divine mission to revitalize the Plains Cree language through hockey.
Putin’s moves leave Russian opposition with few options
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin played it differently this time.
USC women upset previously unbeaten No. 7 UCLA in double OT
LOS ANGELES — Anytime Southern California beats UCLA it is special. The fact that the Trojans upset the nation's only remaining unbeaten team in Divis...
Amid hacking fears, key caucus states to use app for results
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands ...
US to screen airline passengers from China for new illness
NEW YORK — Three U.S. airports will screen passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed two and prompted wo...
Chicago flights halted; plane slides off Kansas City taxiway
CHICAGO — The Federal Aviation Administration halted all flights in and out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport for hours Friday night due to a sprawling wint...
Hawks complete late rally to stun Spurs 121-120
SAN ANTONIO — Trae Young scored 31 points and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final quarter to stun the San Antonio Spurs 121...
Virginia’s highest court upholds weapons ban at gun rally
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's highest court on Friday upheld a ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally in the state's capital next week, an event that authori...
Iowa Democrats treat Warren-Sanders dust-up as ‘Who cares?’
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ann Stromquist watched this week’s Democratic presidential debate like the research scientist she is. She studied the candidates' an...
Billionaire Bloomberg is granted financial disclosure delay
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg won't have to publicly disclose his finances until late March, well after voters in more than a dozen state...
Calmer McGregor: Irish star returns vs Cerrone at UFC 246
LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor became a two-division UFC champion because he was a tremendous fighter. He became the biggest mixed martial artist in the w...
How Trump’s impeachment differs from a criminal trial
WASHINGTON — Yes, it's a trial — but the Senate's impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump won't resemble anything Americans have seen o...
Mexico readies for Central American migrants at south border
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans tra...
2 years after ‘step up,’ Grammys step into another mess
NEW YORK — The leadership at the Recording Academy thought they were in the clear: After the Academy's then-CEO made comments that seemed to belittle ...
Pacino, De Niro among Producers Guild Awards presenters
LOS ANGELES — Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Melissa McCarthy are among the presenters for Saturday’s Producers Guild of America Awards.
Who’s who on Trump’s legal team for impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defe...