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Dominant Sakamoto defends title in final NHK Trophy, books spot in Grand Prix Final 11/08/2025 09:09am • OSAKA, Japan (AP) ��� Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto performed a near-flawless free skate on Saturday to defend her title in what she says will be her final NHK Trophy. Sakamoto said in June she will retire from competition after next year���s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and was determin A look at the hostages left in Gaza, by the numbers 11/08/2025 04:41am • Israel has celebrated the return of the last 20 living hostages who were held in Gaza under the first phase of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire. The militants have subsequently released the remains of 23 hostages under the current truce with Israel, which leaves five bodies of hostages still rema Hospital officials in Gaza say they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinians returned from Israel 11/08/2025 04:07am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Hospital officials in Gaza say they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinians returned from Israel. Afghanistan and Pakistan have been holding peace talks. Here's what to know 11/08/2025 02:47am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded. Here���s a look at what���s been going on between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Clashe Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan are deadlocked despite mediation 11/08/2025 02:11am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan were at a deadlock on Friday, a day after both sides accused each other of mounting border clashes that risked breaching a ceasefire brokered by Qatar. The update on the talks by Pakistan���s Information Minister Attau Braden Smith leads Purdue basketball to a win over Oakland with 20 points 11/08/2025 01:42am • WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) ��� Braden Smith scored 20 points and led six Purdue scorers in doubles figures as the No. 1 Boilermakers topped Oakland 87-77 on Friday night. Smith, a preseason All-American selection, added nine assists and seven rebounds. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points and Oscar Cluff Tulane beats No. 22 Memphis 38-32 to stay in contention for the Group of 5 spot in CFP 11/08/2025 01:30am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Jake Retzlaff threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns and Tulane held off No. 22 Memphis 38-32 on Friday night to stay in contention for the Group of Five���s spot in the College Football Playoff and dash the Tigers��� hopes. Tulane (7-2, 4-1 American Athletic Conference) su Panarin leads Rangers to 4-1 win over Red Wings 11/08/2025 01:00am • DETROIT (AP) ��� Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Friday night. Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and an assist to reach 200 career points, and Noah Laba and Will Cuylle also scored for New York, which has won seven straight against Det Women make inroads in Pakistan as they become firefighters and barriers slowly fall 11/08/2025 12:49am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Thick black smoke clawed at the sky last week over the industrial zone in Pakistan's largest city as firefighter Syeda Masooma Zaidi raced toward the raging blaze in Karachi. The storage facility was packed with truck and car tires, and the flames leapt hungrily, black pl Nuggets dominate Warriors without Stephen Curry 129-104, Nikola Jokic just shy of triple-double 11/08/2025 12:32am • DENVER (AP) ��� Nikola Jokic scored 26 points, Jamal Murray added 23 and the Denver Nuggets improved to 5-0 at home Friday night with a 129-104 rout of the Golden State Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry again. Jokic, who sat out the entire fourth quarter, finished one rebound and one assist s No. 25 UNC was down at half to No. 19 Kansas. A dominant 2nd half changed everything 11/08/2025 12:22am • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina was hurtling toward yet another loss to fellow blueblood Kansas, down after a shaky half marked by turnovers and stagnant offense. Charging out of the second half with rousing energy and edge changed everything, both for Friday night's game and in validating Wilson, Veesaar, Trimble power No. 25 North Carolina's 2nd-half push to beat No. 19 Kansas 87-74 11/07/2025 11:56pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� Freshman Caleb Wilson had 24 points, big man Henri Veesaar added 20 and No. 25 North Carolina dominated the second half to pull away from No. 19 Kansas 87-74 in Friday night's battle of college basketball bluebloods. Senior Seth Trimble added 13 of his 17 after halftime, p Biden urges on Nebraska Democrats as underdogs in his return to the political stage in Omaha 11/07/2025 11:28pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Joe Biden slowly but steadily walked onto the stage in Omaha on Friday. As he did, 800 people in the downtown Hilton ballroom rose to their feet cheering. ���Did you see the results Tuesday?��� he asked, igniting another round of cheers as he listed Democratic victories from go Nick Boyd scores career-high 25 points as No. 24 Wisconsin beats Northern Illinois 97-72 11/07/2025 11:03pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Nick Boyd scored 20 of his career-high 25 points in the first half as No. 24 Wisconsin beat Northern Illinois 97-72 on Friday night. Boyd surpassed his previous best of 24 points, set last season with San Diego State. Boyd, who also played on Florida Atlantic���s 2023 Final Fo Warriors' Stephen Curry misses 2nd straight game due to illness 11/07/2025 10:50pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Stephen Curry missed his second straight game with an illness when the Golden State Warriors played the Nuggets in Denver on Friday night. Draymond Green (ribs) and Jimmy Butler (back) returned to the Warriors' lineup after missing the Warriors' 121-116 loss to Sacramento on Tuesday