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NBA owners will work on expansion again next week with Vegas and Seattle the targets, AP sources say

The NBA may move a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas next week when expansion — which has been a topic for some time — will again be discussed by the league's board of gov...

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say...

Why France is bolstering military presence in the Middle East, as Macron prepares for postwar talks

PARIS (AP) — France's government is bolstering the country's military presence in the Middle East, dispatching its aircraft carrier and other warships, while President Emmanuel Macron engage...

UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina, all No. 1 seeds, top final AP Top 25 before March Madness

UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina were the top four teams in the final regular-season Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 released Monday, matching the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tou...

China warns Trump's latest tariff moves could damage trade ties

PARIS (AP) — China warned Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff moves could harm the countries' trade relationship, at the end of high-level talks in Paris. Li Chenggang, C...

Poland is now among the world's 20 largest economies. How it happened

POZNAN, Poland (AP) — A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned. Today, the economy of the country has edged past Swit...

Aaron Judge hails World Baseball Classic crowds as 'bigger and better than the World Series'

MIAMI (AP) — On a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron Judge proclaimed the World Baseball Classic had grown into the sport'...

A $10.5 billion deal would create a self-storage giant in the U.S.

A proposed megadeal in the self-storage business would create a $57 billion company overseeing square footage, if it were combined in a single location, of a small city such as Cupertino, Ca...

Iranian women’s team leaves Malaysia for Oman after asylum reversal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Iranian women’s soccer team left Malaysia on Monday night for Oman, ending days of uncertainty after five of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomati...

Lindsey Vonn not ready to discuss her future in ski racing as she recovers from Olympic crash

Lindsey Vonn hasn’t completely shut the door on ski racing again. She hasn’t decided to return, either. The 41-year-old who is recovering from a serious downhill crash at the Milan Cortina O...

The Latest: Selection Sunday: Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida claim No. 1 seeds in men’s bracket

The men’s March Madness bracket is set, and Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida have claimed the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament. Duke, the No. 1 overall seed in the men’s tournament, wil...

Trump says that he's asked 'about 7' countries to join coalition to police Iran's Strait of Hormuz

CAIRO (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but his appeals have brought no commitments as oil...