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Ejiofor leads No. 22 St. John's past No. 3 UConn 81-72 at MSG, ending Huskies' 18-game win streak 02/07/2026 12:51am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Zuby Ejiofor had 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as No. 22 St. John's beat third-ranked UConn 81-72 on Friday night, snapping the Huskies' 18-game winning streak. In the first Big East showdown this season between the league's top two teams, Dillon Mitchell added 15 points Savannah Guthrie's mother may have been kidnapped. How does law enforcement handle negotiations? 02/07/2026 12:00am • Experts say abductions for ransom are rare, despite the prevalence of dramatic hostage crises on television. But the apparent kidnapping of ���Today��� show host Savannah Guthrie���s mother has raised questions about how law enforcement handles hostage negotiations in real life, and the risks of med Los Angeles mayor's race kicks off amid homelessness, raids and fallout from deadly 2025 wildfire 02/06/2026 11:58pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a challenging reelection bid as she continues to suffer fallout from last year���s devastating wildfire and ongoing criticism of City Hall on issues from street paving to homelessness. The deadline is Saturday for candidates to enter New York City police officer convicted of manslaughter in cooler throwing death 02/06/2026 11:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City police officer was convicted Friday of second-degree manslaughter after he tossed a picnic cooler filled with drinks at a fleeing suspect, causing the man to fatally crash his motorized scooter. Judge Guy Mitchell handed down the guilty verdict Friday in Bronx crim Electric motorcycle riders in Kenya demand more flexible battery networks 02/06/2026 11:01pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� For weeks, popular Kenyan podcaster and radio presenter Francis Kibe Njeri has used his social media platforms to spotlight a problem he says many electric motorcycle riders face but few companies in the industry acknowledge: batteries unable to be swapped across networks and Celts rally from 22-point deficit to edge Heat, 98-96 02/06/2026 10:38pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Jaylen Brown had 29 points while Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help the Boston Celtics make their biggest comeback of the season, rallying from a 22-point deficit to defeat the Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night. Derrick White hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:31 remaining Judge orders Trump administration to restore funding for rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey 02/06/2026 09:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey on Friday, ruling just as construction was set to shut down on the massive infrastructure project. The decision came months after the administration announced it Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a 'monster' 02/06/2026 09:18pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ��� A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had Wootton parents vow continued fight over Montgomery Co. schools boundary changes 02/06/2026 08:50pm • After Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor announced at Thursday's Board of Education meeting that he's��recommending closing Wootton High School, parents from the Rockville school vowed to fight the move. "It's not over. The changes won't even take place until 2027," Br NFL launches challenge to improve facemasks and reduce concussions 02/06/2026 08:47pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The NFL is challenging innovators to improve the facemask on football helmets to reduce concussions in the game. The league announced on Friday at an innovation summit for the Super Bowl the next round in the HealthTECH Challenge series, a crowdsourced competition designed to Hisatsune chips in for birdie after water ball, shoots 63 to take 2nd-round lead at Phoenix Open 02/06/2026 08:36pm • SCOTTSDALE, Arizz. (AP) ��� Ryo Hisatsune turned a water ball into a birdie to electrify the juiced up crowds at the Phoenix Open. Scottie Scheffler did what he needed to make yet another cut by turning in the kind of round expected by the world���s No. 1 player. Hisatsune chipped in for birdie afte Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials 02/06/2026 07:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney���s Office said Friday. The verdict came after a multiweek trial that featured testimony fro Oregon, Washington and tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon 02/06/2026 07:41pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington returned to court Friday to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers, following the collapse of a landmark agreement with the federal government to help rec 4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains 02/06/2026 07:33pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether t The Latest: Trump���s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash 02/06/2026 07:13pm • President Donald Trump���s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted. The Republican president���s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and bl