SEATTLE (AP) Great Osobor scored 23 points and finished with a career-high 18 rebounds to help Washington beat UMass Lowell 74-69 in the first meeting between the programs. Tyree Ihenacho, freshman Zoom Diallo and Tyler Harris had 12 points apiece for Washington (3-1). Harris added a career-high five blocks. Yuri Covington scored 19 points and Quinton Mincey had 13 points and 10 rebounds fo...

WASHINGTON (AP) Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. Its in Washingtons vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of business six years ago.There is no pressure from the authorities here, said Yu, the owner of

Gun sales in Washington have resumed after a weeks-long pause caused by a cyberattack on the states Judicial Information Systems. The Secure Automated Firearms E-Check SAFE system, which handles firearm background checks, was restored by 1 p.m. Sunday, allowing transactions to proceed again. The system had been down since a Nov. 2 hack that disrupted ...

Northwestern dropped matches against No. 11 Oregon and Washington this weekend. The Wildcats (5-19, 3-13 Big Ten) started their West Coast road trip taking a set from the ranked Ducks (19-16, 11-5 Big Ten) but ultimately losing in Eugene, Oregon. In the first set, Oregon took the reins at 3-2 and never looked back, boosted...The post

LAS VEGAS (AP) Alex Ovchkin recorded his first hat trick of the season, scoring three goals Sunday night for the Washington Capitals in their 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. It was his first hat trick since Dec. 31, 2022, against the Montreal Canadiens and 31st of his career, the sixth most in NHL history. Vegas became the 19th team in which Ovechkin scored at least three goals a...

LAS VEGAS (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzy’s career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 39 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals beat Vegas 5-2.Jakob Chychrun and Jakub Vrana also scored goals for the Capitals, and Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas each had two ass...

Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin showed why he’s an all-time great, and the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena.

Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, reflects on the 2024 election with Major Garrett, talks about Donald Trump's Cabinet selections, and looks ahead to how Democrats can navigate the next two years of full GOP control in Washington.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) P.J. Washington had 27 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 on Sunday night without star guard Luka Doncic.Washington averaged just over eight points and seven rebounds per game entering Sunday’s game but stepped up in the absence of Doncic, who was out with a bruised right knee....

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a limitless expansion of his military nuclear program to counter U.S.-led threats in comments reported Monday that were his first direct criticism toward Washington since Donald Trumps win in the U.S. presidential election.

Denzel Washington expressed his disillusionment with U.S. politics, saying that the masses are “being manipulated” on both sides of the political aisle. You know, its so easy to stand outside America and say this and that,” Washington told The Times of London while promoting his tour de force in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, in which […]

CLEVELAND (AP) Darius Garland scored 25 points, Ty Jerome matched his career-high with 24 in place of Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers stayed unbeaten with a 128-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.The Cavs are the fourth team to start 15-0, joining the Golden State Warriors (2016), Houston Rockets (1994) and Washington Capitols (1949). The Warriors set...

WASHINGTON (AP) Cade Cunningham had 21 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons over the Washington Wizards 124-104 on Sunday night.Jaden Ivey scored 28 points and Malik Beasley added 26 for Detroit. Cunningham has four triple-doubles this season, two behind league leader Nikola Jokic.It was the eighth straight loss for Washington, which was home aft...

Cade Cunningham had 21 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons over the Washington Wizards 124-104 on Sunday night.

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Celtics say they will make the traditional champions’ visit to the White House on Thursday, when they will be welcomed by President Joe Biden a day before their game in Washington against the Wizards. The Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship...

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One person has died and at least 39 others made ill by E. coli infections linked to fresh carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.