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How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals 04/02/2026 11:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over the world and would eventually lead to us. And it happened millions of years earl A priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum is recovered A priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum is recovered 04/02/2026 11:08pm • ASSEN, Netherlands (AP) â A priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands has been recovered, Dutch authorities announced Thursday. Under the guard of heavily armed, balaclava-clad police, prosecutors unveiled the 2,500-year-old Cotofenesti helmet, Huff and West Virginia secure 82-77 OT win over Stanford in College Basketball Crown quarterfinals 04/02/2026 11:07pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) â Honor Huff scored eight of his 21 points in overtime and West Virginia beat Stanford 82-77 on Thursday night in the College Basketball Crown quarterfinals. Huff shot 5 for 14 from the field and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line for the Mountaineers (19-14). Treysen Eaglestaff adde Washington extends womenâs basketball head coach Tina Langley through 2031-32 season 04/02/2026 10:50pm • SEATTLE (AP) â Washington Huskies women's basketball coach Tina Langley agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2031-32 season, athletic director Pat Chun announced Thursday. Langley, 52, has spent the last five seasons as Washington's head coach, going 83-71 overall with steady impr Trump’s White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction Trumpâs White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction 04/02/2026 10:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trumpâs White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years. Th Jake Oettinger beats Connor Hellebuyck in matchup of Team USA goaltenders as Stars blank Jets 3-0 04/02/2026 10:44pm • DALLAS (AP) â Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for his third shutout of the season in a matchup of Team USA Olympic goaltenders and rookie Arttu Hyry had a goal in his first multipoint NHL game as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Thursday night. Adam Erne also had a goal and an assist an Suns guard Collin Gillespie sets franchise record for 3-pointers in a season 04/02/2026 10:41pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) â Phoenix guard Collin Gillespie set the Sunsâ franchise record for 3-pointers in a season on Thursday night. Gillespie set the mark in the second quarter of the Suns' 127-107 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. He hit his 227th 3-pointer from the wing, surpassing the record of 2 Wild wrap up a playoff spot with 5-2 victory over the Canucks Wild wrap up a playoff spot with 5-2 victory over the Canucks 04/02/2026 10:40pm • ST. PAUL. Minn. (AP) â Matt Boldy scored his 39th and 40th goals, Kirill Kaprizov added his 40th and the Minnesota Wild wrapped up a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Third in the Western Conference and the NHL's stacked Central Division, Minnesota secur Big men, bigger lineups: how length, size got Illinois, UConn, Arizona, Michigan to the Final Four Big men, bigger lineups: how length, size got Illinois, UConn, Arizona, Michigan to the Final Four 04/02/2026 10:37pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â Tarris Reed Jr. sat at his locker Thursday, fielding questions about his run as the interior-scoring, rebound-snagging force in UConn's latest Final Four push. Yet he wasn't the main attraction. That's because across the room, an even bigger gaggle of reporters waited for fresh Charlotte's Kon Knueppel sets Hornets' franchise record for 3-pointers in a season 04/02/2026 10:35pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) â Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel walked into the postgame news conference and was greeted by a handful of television cameras blocking his path to the podium when suddenly out jumped head coach Charles Lee, who doused him with a bottle of water before embracing his star r Kane scores pivotal goal as Red Wings beat Flyers 4-2 in a playoff-race swing 04/02/2026 10:33pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Patrick Kane scored a pivotal goal in the same building where he scored a Stanley Cup Final winner, Alex DeBrincat scored two goals and Lucas Raymond had one to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Thursday night. The Red Wings snapped a points tie in Mariners activate shortstop J.P. Crawford from 10-day injured list ahead of series against Angels 04/02/2026 10:31pm • SEATTLE (AP) â Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford, who began the season on the 10-day injured list with an injured right shoulder, was reinstated Thursday ahead of the team's road series against the Los Angeles Angels. Crawford, 31, played in one game on a rehab assignment for Triple-A Taco Jack Hughes' 5-point game powers the Devils to a 7-3 win over the Capitals Jack Hughes' 5-point game powers the Devils to a 7-3 win over the Capitals 04/02/2026 10:25pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) â Jack Hughes had two goals and three assists and Dawson Mercer scored twice as the New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 7-3 on Thursday night. Hughes scored his first goal for the Devils 9:10 into the second period on a wrist shot, assisted by Jesper Bratt and Johna Winning numbers drawn in Thursdayâs Virginia Cash Pop 04/02/2026 10:20pm • The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Virginia Cash Pop" game were: 9 (nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government 04/02/2026 10:12pm • HAVANA (AP) â The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island's government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the pardons were a âœhumanitarian gestureâ in connection
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