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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. Colorado Buffaloes (15-6, 6-4 Pac-12) at Utah Utes (14-7, 5-5 Pac-12) Salt Lake City; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Colorado visits the Utah Utes after KJ Simpson …

LONDON (AP) — The Japanese Grand Prix will stay on the Formula One calendar until at least 2029 after a five-year contract extension to keep the race at the Suzuka Circuit. It’s a sign of confidence in the Japanese GP ahead of a move — from its usual date in September or October — to April, between the races in …

OCUMICHO, Mexico (AP) — Guided by their ancestral lunar calendar, members of Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group celebrated their own New Year’s Eve — a little differently than the West’s traditional New Year. The Purepechas, who live in the western state of Michoacán, preserve the pre-Hispanic belief in the “New Fire” ceremony, a version of which was also practiced by their …