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The Gaels are 18-2 in Albany over the past five seasons, including 8-1 against Siena. Four of those victories over the Saints came in the MAAC Tournament, most recently a 73-57 victory in the semifinals that ended their season last year.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America’s top diplomat in his final Africa stop on Tuesday discussed dramatic political reforms with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, and the U.S. plans to provide “substantial financial support” to strengthen them, Ethiopia said.

Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter charged with killing five of their close relatives, including three children, at an apartment outside Philadelphia are due in court Tuesday to enter pleas.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped in early trading Tuesday after technology giant Apple became the most well-known company to warn of a financial hit from the virus outbreak in China.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American country.

BEIJING (AP) — As a mysterious new virus enveloped central China's Wuhan early this year, Liu Zhiming mobilized all the resources of his hospital in the city's Wuchang district to deal with the thousands of sick people arriving daily, threatening to overwhelm the local health care system.

TOKYO (AP) — Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker's top management Tuesday for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses after the scandal-ridden departure of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would fail to meet its profit target and China moving to postpone or cancel major events including the Beijing auto show.

Europe's biggest bank has reported that its net profit fell 53% in 2019 to $6 billion.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities plan to release Tuesday how a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard was killed, along with details on the death of a neighbor whose body was found moments after the child.

Averill Park

Hockey is a sport that regularly features line changes when forwards and defensemen go to the bench for fresh replacements. Shenendehowa girls' basketball coach Joe Murphy pulled three of his starters late in the first half Monday. Rest was not required. A boost was.

In a span of less than three minutes, Shenendehowa reduced a 14-point deficit to four by halftime — a run that began with senior point Simone Walker paired with three reserves along with returning senior starter Bella Stuart. Читать дальше...

Glendale, Ariz.

Antti Raanta stopped 25 shots, Conor Garland scored his team-leading 20th goal and the Arizona Coyotes beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Monday.

Clayton Keller scored his first goal in nine games in the first period. His shot from the slot caromed off New York defenseman Nick Leddy into the net.

The Islanders fell to 0-3 on their four-game Western Conference trip after getting shut out by Nashville and Vegas.

New York failed on numerous good chances... Читать дальше...

Daytona Beach, Fla.

Ryan Newman flipped across the finish line, his Ford planted upside down and engulfed in flames, a grim reminder of a sport steeped in danger that has stretched nearly two decades without a fatality.

At the finish line, Denny Hamlin made history with a second straight Daytona 500 victory in an overtime photo finish over Ryan Blaney, a celebration that quickly became muted as word of Newman's wreck spread.

"I think we take for granted sometimes how safe the cars are," Hamlin said. Читать дальше...

Columbia, S.C.

No. 1 South Carolina is closing in on restoring its championship past. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley wants her players focused on what's next this week, not what's looming next month.

South Carolina took another step in that direction with a 95-44 blowout of Vanderbilt on Monday night. Freshman Aliyah Boston had 12 points and 14 rebounds while backup LeLe Grissett had 14 points to lead the Gamecocks to their 19th straight win.

The victory moves South Carolina (25-1) to 12-0 in the Southeastern Conference. Читать дальше...

Albany

When many of her classmates were enjoying a morning sleeping in on Presidents Day, Mohonasen sophomore indoor track star Natalia Sawyer elected to be wide awake and making her presence felt at the Section II Division II championships at the University at Albany.

Sawyer first helped the 800 relay squad finish fourth before setting out to conquer her two individual events — the 55-meter hurdles and the 300 sprint.

The sophomore cruised to victory in the 55 hurdles in... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.

The won/loss records in the rankings are based on results through Sunday's games.

Rapper Dr. Dre is 55. Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 93. Singer Yoko Ono is 87. Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart is 81. Actress Jess Walton is 74. Singer Dennis DeYoung is 73. Actress Sinead Cusack is 72. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 70. Actor John Travolta is 66. Actor John Pankow is 65. Game show host Vanna White is 63. Actress Greta Scacchi is 60. Actor Matt Dillon is 56. Rock musician Tommy Scott (Space) is 56. Actress Molly Ringwald is 52. Country musician Trevor Rosen is 45. Actor Tyrone Burton is 41. Читать дальше...

Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry's dark days of the early 1980s to the prosperity of the mid-1990s, has died. He was 90.

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won't meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones.

Pier 1 Imports Inc. — the once-trendy supplier of home goods like papasan chairs and throw pillows — filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after years of sliding sales.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in the Jackson area not to rush back home until they got the all clear, and a forecast of more rain put counties further south at risk of flooding.