LOS ANGELES (AP) — De'Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings knew it was going to be an emotional night in Los Angeles. They responded with one of their best games this season.Fox scored a career-high 34 points and the Kings made a franchise-record 21 3-pointers...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coming off a blowout loss at ranked Oregon last week might have been enough to derail a young UCLA team.But the Bruins toughened up to beat No. 20 Colorado 72-68 on Thursday night and returned to .500 in Pac-12 play.Chris Smith scored...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jarod Lucas heeded his coaches’ words and looked for ways to take the pressure off Oregon State’s top scorers Tres Tinkle and Ethan Thompson.“I felt good, that was probably the main thing,” Lucas said after scoring a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Winning a party’s presidential nomination is like the children’s board game Chutes and Ladders spiced up with momentum, math and money.In the delegate game, it costs millions to win a nomination and the stakes are huge, but the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamine Diane had 26 points as Cal State Northridge got past UC Santa Barbara 79-67 on Thursday night.Terrell Gomez added 22 points and Darius Brown II 14 for the Matadors (9-14, 4-3 Big West Conference), who made 8 of 16 3-pointers...

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg has been talking a lot lately about “future former Republicans.”They are potential Iowa caucus voters disenchanted with President Donald Trump who have gone so far as to change their party affiliation and...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Iafallo scored 24 seconds into overtime, completing his first NHL hat trick and lifting the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes that ended their five-game losing streak Thursday night.Iafallo tied...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Filip Petrusev was confident he could score every time he got the ball for No. 2 Gonzaga on the low block no matter defense Santa Clara tried. He almost did, too.And despite taking another hit to their roster, the Bulldogs...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Nigel Hawkins hit two free throws with 16 seconds left that allowed UTEP to hold off Middle Tennessee, 67-66 on Thursday night.Reggie Scurry dunked to pull Middle Tennessee within two points, 63-61, with 3:25 left in the game,...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan will need vast amounts of foreign funding to keep its government afloat through 2024, a U.S. agency said Friday, even as foreign donors are increasingly angry over the cost of debilitating corruption and the U.S....

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities rescued 23 children after killing a man who held them hostage for nearly 11 hours after inviting them to his home for his daughter’s birthday party in northern India, police said Friday.Officer Mohit Agarwal said...

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Malik Fitts scored 27 points as Saint Mary's romped past Portland 86-64 on Thursday night.Jordan Ford added 21 points for the Gaels (19-4, 6-2 West Coast Conference), who shot 53% and hit 18 3-pointers to to win their fourth consecutive...