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McCormick’s OT basket lifts No. 11 Auburn past No. 18 LSU

By JOHN ZENOR | February 8, 2020

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — J’Von McCormick’s floater bounced high off the rim before finally going through the net, one last bit of suspense in a game and a performance filled with it.McCormick's basket with 0.1 second left in overtime lifted No. 11 Auburn...

Baylor gets top seed in NCAA committee’s initial rankings

By JOHN MARSHALL | February 8, 2020

San Diego State has rolled through its schedule, charging into February as the only Division I team still undefeated.But if teams were selected for the NCAA Tournament today, the Aztecs would travel across the country to play in New York.The NCAA Division...

First female, lesbian leads Michigan Episcopal diocese

February 8, 2020

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan diocese of the Episcopal Church has its first female and openly lesbian bishop.The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry was consecrated and ordained Saturday during a ceremony in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn.She was elected last June at...

Russell carries Rhode Island past George Washington 82-51

February 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fatts Russell scored 24 points and Rhode Island stretched its winning streak to 10 games, easily beating George Washington 82-51 on Saturday.Jeff Dowtin scored 14 points for the Rams (18-5, 10-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Tyrese Martin...

Week 3 of Weinstein trial: Fake names and raw emotions

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS | February 8, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — In the third week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, the prosecution rested, the defendant dozed off and there was the most intense testimony yet, with jurors being sent home early one day after a key accuser started sobbing...

Mitchell, BC pull out 77-73 OT win over Virginia Tech

By JIMMY ROBERTSON | February 8, 2020

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Steffon Mitchell set career highs with 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead Boston College to a 77-73 overtime victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.Mitchell came into the game averaging just 6.7 points per game, but he scored the...

Pope to visit Italian region poisoned by toxic waste dumping

By NICOLE WINFIELD | February 8, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will mark the fifth anniversary of his ecological manifesto by visiting a southern Italian region where decades of toxic-waste dumping by the mob have polluted the environment and sickened its people.The diocese of Acerra...

Deadly fire hangs over success of top Brazilian soccer club

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE | February 8, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Marília de Barros Silva heard reports that the popular Brazilian soccer club Flamengo was signing a player for almost 17 million euros ($18.6 million), she felt sadness — but also resentment.For a year, she has been trying...

5 Britons with virus hospitalized in France after Alps stay

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DANICA KIRKA | February 8, 2020

France is closing two schools and trying to reassure vacationers in the Alps after five British citizens, including a 9-year-old child, contracted the new virus from China at a French ski resort.Saturday's announcement of the five new cases in France...

Grandson of author James Joyce dies in France

By DANICA KIRKA | February 8, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Stephen Joyce, the gatekeeper of his grandfather James’ estate and subject of the celebrated poem “Ecce Puer,’’ has died, the president of Ireland said. He was 87.Joyce died on Jan. 23 at his home on the Ile de Re, an island off...

China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken

February 8, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measures to contain its spread.A U.S. citizen died...

ICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury

By NOMAAN MERCHANT | February 8, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested.The lawsuit filed late Friday in California...