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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Auburn forward Chuma Okeke will miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament after tearing the ACL in his left knee late in the fifth-seeded Tigers’ regional semifinal victory over North Carolina. The 6-foot-8 sophomore had already scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds when his knee buckled on the way to

WASHINGTON — Freshman forward Cam Reddish will be a game-time decision for Duke’s Elite Eight NCAA Tournament game Sunday against Michigan State because of a knee injury. Coach Mike Krzyzewski updated Reddish’s status Saturday before the Blue Devils’ practice, saying there was no structural damage. Reddish was a late scratch for the Sweet 16 victory

LONDON — Everton claimed its first success in London since January 2017 by beating West Ham 2-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday. Kurt Zouma headed in from Gylfi Sigurdsson’s corner in the fifth minute and Zouma tapped in from Seamus Coleman’s cross in the 33rd. Everton climbed into ninth place. West Ham is

PARIS — The Latest on Earth Hour (all times local): 8:30 p.m. The City of Lights has turned off the Eiffel Tower’s nightly twinkle to mark Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to urge more action against climate change. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo dimmed the lights Saturday on the city’s most famous monument for an hour

BOSTON — Troy Brouwer scored a short-handed goal and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots to help the Florida Panthers beat Boston 4-1 on Saturday and hand the Bruins their first loss at home since January. Noel Acciari scored and Tuukka Rask made 19 saves for Boston, which has already clinched a playoff berth and will

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — David Ousted had his first shutout since the 2017 season and the Chicago Fire won their first game of the season with a 1-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Ousted spent his first five seasons in the MLS with the Vancouver Whitecaps, collecting 42 shutouts, before starting 17

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ashleigh Barty had 15 aces and became the 33rd different player to win a title in as many ATP and WTA tournaments this year when she beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Saturday in the final of the Miami Open. The 22-year-old Australian, who was seeded 12th, won her fourth

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s pick for the Federal Reserve Board was found in contempt of court for failing to pay $300,000 in alimony and other payments related to a divorce, according to a report by The Guardian. Stephen Moore was reprimanded by a judge in November 2012 for not paying Allison Moore spousal

LOS ANGELES — Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Beyonce accepted the award Saturday night, the superstar paid homage to the people who were nominated in the same category as her. She beat out Los Angeles Lakers

LONDON — What seems like an inglorious departure from the English Premier League is far from it for Huddersfield. Its fate sealed with six games remaining after losing at Crystal Palace 2-0 on Saturday, Huddersfield has matched the record for the earliest relegation. But it was a miracle the northern English team secured a second

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. judge in Alaska says President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed a ban on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean. Judge Sharon Gleason in a ruling late Friday threw out Trump’s executive order that overturned the ban

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The “mother of all caravans” expected to depart from Central America looks more like the baby of all caravans. A group of about 40 migrants was leaving Saturday for the U.S. from the capital of El Salvador. It was not immediately clear whether they were planning to meet up with

NEW YORK — Cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in a call for global action on climate change. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund, calls for greater awareness and more sparing use of resources, especially fossil fuels that produce carbon gases

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Plus Que Parfait went to the lead in the stretch and won the $2.5 million UAE Derby on Saturday. The win was worth 100 Kentucky Derby standings points for Plus Que Parfait. That would be more than enough to get him into the May 4 race at Churchill Downs if

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana House panel has made significant changes to a gambling bill that would allow one of Gary’s casinos to move to Terre Haute. The House Public Policy Committee voted 12-0 Wednesday to advance the amended legislation to the House Ways and Means Committee. The legislation’s changes include tough new requirements for Spectacle

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — The Army Corp of Engineers says crews are making progress recovering two barges that were involved in a December accident along the Ohio River. A towboat carrying 15 barges loaded with coal crashed into the Clark Memorial Bridge that links Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, on Dec. 25. Six were recovered quickly,

BARCELONA, Spain — Police in Barcelona say they have arrested seven people during clashes with radical Catalan separatists protesting against a political rally by a new far-right party. The regional police for Catalonia also say that five people suffered minor injuries Saturday, including one of their officers. Three protesters were arrested for having attacked a

NEWRY, Maine — The final event of the World Pro Ski Tour season is being held at Maine’s Sunday River. Skiers from Maine to California have participated in three previous events in Colorado and New Hampshire before the finale on Saturday in Maine. This is the World Pro Ski Tour’s third season. The event features

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy has spent much of his adult life crusading for the issues that are important to him and now he’s helping to commemorate the 80th birthday of his childhood hero, Batman, the caped crusader, who Leahy credits with helping him win a ban on the export of land

RABAT, Morocco — The Latest on the Pope’s trip to Morocco (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Moroccan security agents have tackled a man who broke though security and ran toward King Mohammed VI as he and Pope Francis greeted crowds during an in-tandem motorcade parade in the Moroccan capital. The man didn’t reach the king,

VERONA, Italy — Verona — the city of Romeo and Juliet — was the backdrop for a culture clash Saturday, as it hosted both a conservative congress on family values and a march by civic groups who denounced the event as a movement to limit LGBT and women’s rights. The World Congress of Families, which

FRISCO, Texas — The Latest on a standoff following the shooting of a Texas state trooper (all times local): 7:40 a.m. Authorities say a person suspected of shooting and wounding a Texas state trooper has been taken into custody following a standoff at an apartment complex near Dallas. Lonny Haschel, a Texas Department of Public

KIEV, Ukraine — A comedian who’s never held political office tops the public opinion polls ahead of Ukraine’s presidential election, but even he appears to be falling far short of enough support to win in the first round. Ukrainians on Sunday will choose from among 39 candidates for a president they hope can guide the

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s relentless drive to be given credit for all manner of things suffused his speech to Michigan supporters this past week. These efforts are largely familiar by now: He counts job gains from the Obama era as his own, rebrands his predecessor’s veterans health care initiative as a Trump achievement, attributes

SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mick Schumacher made an assured Formula 2 debut for the Prema Racing team, finishing eighth in Saturday’s race in Bahrain after qualifying in 10th place. The 20-year-old son of F1 great Michael Schumacher had a confident start, jumping up one place. He drifted down the field before climbing back into ninth place,