LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson has left the team to be with his family after his 4-year-old son, Toby, was hit by a car Sunday. Manager John Schneider said Toby was airlifted to a hospital, and he is “on the road to recovery.” Schneider also praised the first responders in Clearwater for their “incredible work.” …

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a moment authorities had long awaited in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury found Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Wisconsin Badgers (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) at Indiana Hoosiers (14-13, 6-10 Big Ten) Bloomington, Indiana; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Badgers -4.5; over/under is 141.5 BOTTOM …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente Joe Biden le imploró el martes a los cuatro máximos líderes del Congreso a actuar rápidamente para evitar un cierre del gobierno y aprobar una ayuda urgente a Ucrania e Israel, mientras el estancamiento en la Cámara de Representantes controlada por los republicanos no da señales de ceder. Biden recibió al presidente de la cámara, …

GENEVA (AP) — An Olympic track coach who tried to force Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home from the Tokyo Games to Belarus where she feared for her safety was banned from the sport for five years on Tuesday. Yury Moisevich’s actions in Tokyo were adjudged to be “a clear affront to the athlete’s dignity and an abuse of … power,” track and …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An ambitious measure to expand early childhood education in Kentucky passed an early test Tuesday, winning broad support from a legislative panel as lawmakers look for ways to relieve parental stress by increasing access to childcare. The proposal cleared the Senate Families and Children Committee on a 9-1 vote. The legislation still has several hurdles to …

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Legisladores de Alabama buscan formas de proteger los servicios de fecundación in vitro en el estado tras el fallo de la Corte Suprema del estado que determinó que los embriones congelados pueden considerarse niños según la ley estatal. El fallo de la semana pasada, que de inmediato hizo surgir preguntas sobre la responsabilidad que podrían enfrentar …

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court convicted 17 suspects on Tuesday in the long-running trial of an underworld gang that planned a string of killings. Judges handed life sentences to three of them, including the gang’s “undisputed leader,” Ridouan Taghi, once the Netherlands most-wanted fugitive. The trial and three more murders linked to the case have enthralled and rattled the …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — En plena temporada de primarias presidenciales en Estados Unidos, los populares chatbots están generando información falsa y engañosa que amenaza con privar a los votantes de sus derechos, según un informe dado a conocer el martes, basándose en los hallazgos de expertos en inteligencia artificial y de un grupo bipartidista de funcionarios electorales. Quince estados y …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Anthony Dell’Orso had 34 points and 11 rebounds, Jasin Sinani scored 27 and Campbell outlasted UNC Wilmington 105-100 in double overtime on Monday …