Louisville holds on to upset No. 22 Miami

Adrian Wooley made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 18 seconds left, as visiting Louisville defeated the 22nd-ranked Miami Hurricanes 92-89 in an ACC matchup in Coral Gables.

On Miami's next possession following Wooley's shot, Tre Donaldson lost his balance and threw an errant pass for a turnover.

After a pair of Louisville free throws, Donaldson made a layup with two seconds left to cut the lead to 91-89.

Sananda Fru split a pair of free throws for the Cardinals. Trailing by three, Miami's Tru Washington heaved a half-court shot that missed off the backboard and off the rim; the attempt took place after time expired, nevertheless.

It was the regular-season finale for both teams, and Miami (24-7, 13-5) finished tied for the most regular season wins in program history.

Louisville (22-9, 11-7) got double-figure scoring from Ryan Conwell (24 points), J'Vonne Hadley (16), Wooley (15), and Isaac McKneely (15).

Miami had its three-game win streak snapped, despite a game-high 25 points and six assists from Donaldson.

It was Senior Day for Miami as Donaldson, Malik Reneau (18 points) and Ernest Udeh Jr. (eight points, eight rebounds) were honored.

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Hurricanes reserve Noam Dovrat scored nine points, while shooting 3-6 on 3-pointers. Over his past three games, he is 11 of 16 from deep.

Despite the loss, the Hurricanes are still one of the best stories of the season, bouncing back from a 7-24 campaign.

The Cardinals played without Mikel Brown Jr., who missed his second straight game and his 10th this season due to a back injury. Brown is Louisville's second-leading scorer (18.2).

Louisville, which got off to a 13-2 start, had an early advantage as Reneau went to the bench after getting charged with two fouls in the first two minutes.

Seven minutes later, coach Jai Lucas, with Miami trailing 21-10, brought Reneau back, and the gamble worked. Reneau did not commit another foul the rest of the half, and Miami closed the gap a bit, as Louisville had a 46-37 lead at the break.

Conwell led all first-half scorers with 18 points, including four 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes. Donaldson led Miami with 10 points on 5-for-9 shooting, but he went 0 of 3 on 3-pointers.

Miami made a run in the second half, tying the score 77-77 on a Donaldson 3-pointer with 4:20 left. On Miami's next possession, Donaldson drove the lane to give Miami its first lead of the second half, 79-78.

The game was close the rest of the way, but the Cardinals held on to beat the Hurricanes for the third straight time over the past three seasons.

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No. 5 Florida cruises past Kentucky for 11th straight win

Thomas Haugh had a team-high 20 points, nine rebounds and three steals, and No. 5 Florida closed out its Southeastern Conference regular season with its 11th straight win, holding off Kentucky 84-77 on Saturday afternoon in Lexington, Ken.

Boogie Fland had 16 points and six assists, while Alex Condon posted 14 points, five rebounds, and four assists for the Gators (25-6, 16-2).

Rueben Chinyelu produced 13 points and eight rebounds. Xaivian Lee posted 11 points, seven rebounds, and five assists, as Florida beat the Wildcats (19-12, 10-8) for the third time in four meetings.

The Gators converted 28 of 61 shots (45.9%) and made 8 of 18 (44.4%) from beyond the arc.

Top scorer Otega Oweh notched 28 points and five rebounds for the Wildcats.

Denzel Aberdeen had 15 points and five assists, but Kentucky ended the SEC season in a 2-5 plummet.

Mouhamed Dioubate had 10 points and six boards, as the club shot 39.4% from the floor.

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If Florida was worried about being ambushed by the Wildcats in their home finale, the defending national champions did not show it.

The Gators played out front right away after the tip-off, soaring away on an 11-0 run. Lee's three-pointer just 2:34 into the clubs' second matchup forced Kentucky coach Mark Pope to call a timeout.

The home side finally scored on Andrija Jelavic's short jumper two minutes later, but the damage had been done, and it had to chase the SEC's top team the remainder of the half.

However, Kentucky cut it to 20-19 on Brandon Garrison's dunk at 8:57, but Haugh contributed a pair of his own thunderous slams on the next two possessions as his team moved ahead by five and on a 15-0 run.

Haugh and Oweh topped their teams with 17 points apiece as the Gators led 49-32 at the break.

In the second half, Florida kept the halftime margin at around 17 until Jasper Johnson's long ball made it 61-48 at 12:01, but Isaiah Brown's trey and Haugh's putback increased the lead to 18 at 10:44.

Aberdeen's two free throws got Kentucky to 82-77 with 19.2 seconds left, but Florida managed to close out the campaign with another win.

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George Mason shocks No. 25 Saint Louis with 29-point rout

Jahari Long scored 21 points and handed out nine assists to spark George Mason to an 86-57 upset win over No. 25 Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Conference finale for both teams Saturday in Fairfax, Va.

Kory Mincy contributed 15 points, Nick Ellington had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Riley Allenspach tallied 13 points for George Mason (23-8, 11-7 A-10).

Emmanuel Kanga also posted a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Patriots.

Dion Brown led Saint Louis (27-4, 15-3) with 13 points. The Billikens have a double bye into the quarterfinals as the No. 1 seed in next week's conference tournament.

The Patriots put the game away in the second half with a 17-0 run. A Robbie Avila jumper cut the George Mason lead to 49-39 before the Patriots got their game-defining run started with Allenspach's fastbreak layup.

It took Saint Louis over five minutes to notch a bucket and the Patriots' lead swelled to 66-39 on Mincy's jumper. An Amari McCottry layup ended the extended rally, but Mincy's jumper and Long's trey pushed George Mason to a 71-41 lead with 8:40 remaining.

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The Billikens opened up the game on a 5-0 lead on McCottry's steal and ensuing Trey Green layup that led to a three-point play. But George Mason battled back and tied the game at 10-10 on Kanga's jumper.

When Allenspach knocked down a three from the wing, George Mason took a 15-13 lead.

Avila picked up his third foul at the 12:05 mark and spent the rest of the first half on the bench.

With a 9-0 run, the Patriots opened up a 29-23 lead as Ellington sealed his defender for a layup at the 7:57 mark. George Mason took a 35-25 lead with a 6-0 spurt that Ellington started when he tipped-in a missed shot.

Long and Kellen Thames traded layups to close the first half and the Patriots took a 43-34 lead to the locker room.

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Iranian drone damages desalination plant in Bahrain

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon early Sunday and Iran struck a desalination plant in Bahrain as the war entered its ninth day, expanding the conflict to new types of targets across the region.

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Such infrastructure iscritical for drinking water suppliesin the parched deserts of the Gulf. The strike came after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a U.S. airstrike damaged an Iranian desalination plant on Qeshm Island, warning that in doing so "the U.S. set this precedent, not Iran."

The U.S. military has not acknowledged a strike on the plant.

In Lebanon, renewed Israeli strikes pushed the death toll there above 300 after Israel ordered large swaths of the country to evacuate ahead of an offensive aimed at stamping out Iran-supported forces there.

Israel and the United States launched the war on Feb. 28, saying they were targeting Iran's nuclear and missile programs and suggesting they sought to topple the government. The conflict has since spread across the region, rattling global markets, disrupting air travel and leaving Iran's leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.

Iran has fired missiles and drones at neighboring countries in the Gulf, Israel has intensified attacks in Lebanon and strikes have reported from Cyprus to waters off of Sri Lanka.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Saturday promised "many surprises" in the next phase ofthe conflict, saying Israel aims to destabilize Iran's regime and allow change in government.

Iranian president apologizes for attacks but has limited power over them

Iran has apologized for attacks onattacks on "neighboring countries,"even as its missiles and drones continued striking sites in Gulf states — including attacks that have killed civilians — and hard-liners signaled Tehran would not change course.

President Masoud Pezeshkian again struck a conciliatory tone on Sunday, calling Iran's neighbors friends and brothers while accusing the United States and Israel of using "manipulation" to sow discord between them in remarks aired on state television.

"We will not bow our heads to bullying, injustice or intrusion," he said.

Pezeshkian and other Iranian leaders have underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy's leaders over theparamilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls ballistic missiles used to target Israel and other countries. It answered only to Khamenei and appears to be picking its own targets. The president is one three members of a leadership council that has overseen Iran sinceSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneiwas killed in the war's opening airstrikes.

A rift between politicians looking to de-escalate the war and others committed to battling the United States and Israel could complicate any diplomatic efforts.

Pezeshkian's remarks came a day after he said the leadership council had been in touch with the armed forces and "from now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I think we should solve this through diplomacy."

The U.S. strikes have not come from the Gulf Arab governments under attack, but from U.S. bases and vessels in the region.

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But hard-line judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, another member of the three-man council, suggested that war strategy will not change.

"The geography of some countries in the region — both overtly and covertly — is in the hands of the enemy, and those points are used against our country in acts of aggression. Intense attacks on these targets will continue," he posted on X.

No sign of deescalation

Pezeshkian also dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's call for Tehran to surrender unconditionally, saying: "That's a dream that they should take to their grave."

Trump threatened that Iran would be "hit very hard" and more "areas and groups of people" would become targets, without elaborating. Already, the conflict hasrattled global marketsand leftIran's leadershipweakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.

"We're not looking to settle," Trump told reporters Saturday aboard Air Force One. "They'd like to settle. We're not looking to settle."

He described the ongoing U.S. operations in Iran as an "excursion" and said issues such as rising gas prices and the safety of Americans would improve once the conflict ends.

The U.S. and Israel have targeted Iran's military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program. The war's stated goals and timelineshave repeatedly shiftedas the U.S. has at times suggested it seeks to topple Iran's governmentor elevate new leadership.

The fighting has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 290 inLebanonand 11 in Israel, according to officials in those countries.Six U.S. troopshave been killed.

Strikes target other Gulf countries

After Pezeshkian's apology, Iranian strikes kept coming.

Ahead of the strike in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates said Sunday that debris from an aerial interception fell onto a vehicle and killed a driver. Four people have now been killed in the UAE since the war began. Authorities have said all were foreign nationals.

The UAE urged residents to stay indoors Sunday morning as its military responded to a drone attack. In Kuwait, authorities said a wave of drones targeted critical infrastructure, including fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport and a government building in Kuwait City. At least two people were killed by strikes in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.

Saudi Arabiasaid it destroyed a drone headed toward its vast Shaybah oil field on Sunday and shot down four drones over the capital, Riyadh, including one aimed at the diplomatic quarter. Bahrain's Interior Ministry said that missile fragments fell onto a road in Manama, injuring one person and causing damage to several shops.

Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank, and Magdy from Cairo, Egypt. Associated Press journalists Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Amir-Hussein Radjy in Cairo, Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, and Aamer Madhani in Doral, Florida, contributed reporting.

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When does daylight saving time end? Here's when we 'fall back'.

Daylight saving time has arrived— and for those of us who hate losing sleep, the countdown to it ending has begun.

As we "spring forward" from winter, American clocks will move ahead one hour. The dark winter hours will give way to evenings full of more light, but pushing time forward also means losing an hour of sleep, whichcan be an unpleasant adjustment.

The United States has tried to do away with daylight saving time more than once, proposing bills that have stalled over the century the country has observed the practice. So far, no luck, butlawmakers are still trying.

Already looking forward to the day daylight saving ends and we "fall back?" Here's what to know.

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When does daylight saving time end in 2026? When will we 'fall back'?

In 2026, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 1. At 2 a.m. local time, Americans will set clocks back one hour to 1 a.m.

Moving the clock back one hour means more light in the morning and less in the evening - and an extra hour of sleep.

When do we 'spring forward'?

We will "spring forward"at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. Americans should set their clocks forward one hour, to 3 a.m., to account for the change.

That day, sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later than the previous day, and there will be more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

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What is daylight saving time? Why do we have it?

Daylight saving time was first introduced in the United States during World War I to make better use of natural daylight. It entails setting the clocks forward one hour during part of the year: in the Northern Hemisphere, that's currently between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November.

While the idea came from an essay by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, it wasn't adopted in the United States (and other countries, including Australia, Great Britain and Germany) until WWI necessitated the conservation of fuel used for artificial lighting,according to Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 made daylight saving a uniform, federal matter. Previously, the Standard Time Act of 1918 established time zones but left the timing of DST to the states, some of which weren't consistent even within states themselves,according to National Geographic.Subsequent laws and amendments changed the start and end times of DST until the current dates were established in 2007.

Does every state observe daylight saving time?

Nope!Currently,the following states and territories do not observe daylight saving time.

• Hawaii

• Arizona (except the Navajo Nation)

• American Samoa

• Guam

• Northern Mariana Islands

• Puerto Rico

• U.S. Virgin Islands

Most Americans want to say goodbye to daylight saving time

Polls have shown that the majority of Americans are on board with changing DST. A 2023YouGov pollfound that 62% of respondents agreed that they want to stop changing the clocks twice yearly. A2025 Gallup pollfound that 54% of Americans also wanted to see the demise of DST; however, 48% preferred standard time year-round, while 24% wanted permanent daylight saving time.

Several laws proposing an end to the practice have been introduced. The most recent,the Daylight Act of 2026, introduced to Congress in February,proposed permanently shifting all U.S. time zones forward 30 minutes.

If passed by Congress, the time change would kick in 90 days after PresidentDonald Trumpsigns it into law.

Contributing: Julia Gomez, Emily Vetter, Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY

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12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty as families press for answers

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Twelve years after Malaysia AirlinesFlight MH370vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, Malaysian authorities said Sunday, as families pressed for the effort to continue.

The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that a seabed search conducted by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity between March 2025 and January 2026 surveyed thousands of square kilometers of ocean floor but has not produced any confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage.

Malaysiagave the nodto the Texas-based company last year to renew the search for Flight 370 under a "no-find, no-fee" contract at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the southern Indian Ocean where it wasbelieved to have crashed. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.

The search was carried out for 28 days in two phases — March 25–28 last year andDec 31, 2025, to Jan 23 this year, covering about 7,571 square kilometers (2,923 square miles) of seabed, the bureau said. Weather periodically disrupted operations, it said.

"The search activities undertaken have not yielded any findings that confirm the location of the aircraft wreckage," it said in a statement. It didn't give details on when the search will resume.

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The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it isbelieved to have crashed.

An expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its location, althoughdebris washed ashoreon the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands. A private search in 2018 by Ocean Infinity alsofound nothing.

Voice 370, representing the families of some of those aboard the missing plane, urged the government to extend Ocean Infinity's contract and to consider similar arrangements with other deep-sea exploration companies.

Although Ocean Infinity's contract runs until June, the group said the company's vessel has been redeployed for other work and is unlikely to return soon to complete the remaining search areas due to the approaching winter months and deteriorating sea conditions.

"The government pays nothing unless the aircraft is found. Any request by Ocean Infinity to extend the search contract should therefore be granted without hesitation," it said in a statement. "If the present search is unsuccessful, we would also urge Malaysia to kindly consider extending similar no find, no fee opportunities to other capable deep sea exploration companies."

The group vowed to "continue the fight for answers. We will never give up!"

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Mercedes' George Russell wins F1 season-opener as polarizing rule change takes effect

George Russell of Mercedes won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, heralding a new era for Formula 1 after a sweeping regulation change that has sparked polarizing reaction among the drivers.

Finishing in second was fellow Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, followed by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

The result establishes Mercedes as the clear championship favorite at the outset of the 2026 season after their drivers qualified first and second.

It will boost Russell's hopes of a first driver's championship and his team's prospects of winning their first team championship since 2021. F1 history indicates that teams that nail a new regulations set early hold a lasting advantage.

"Feeling incredible. It was a hell of a fight at the beginning," Russell said in a post-race interview. "We knew it was going to be challenging. I got on the grid, I saw my battery level had nothing in the tank, made a bad start and then obviously some really tight battles with Charles. So I was really glad to cross the finish line."

Antonelli added, "It was the best start we could have wished for."

Finishing in fifth was reigning world champion Lando Norris of McLaren, ahead of four-time world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull, who started 20th after crashing in qualifying but recovered well during the race.

The season began with immense intrigue and anticipation due to a sweeping regulation change that has caused each team to build brand new cars, resetting the order of the grid.

Leclerc said the new cars make things "quite challenging."

The new rules alter the balance toward battery power that drivers can deploy with a button on their steering wheel or replenish by "harvesting" and slowing down, creating more strategy games. It turns the emphasis away from raw one-lap pace and toward long game, forcing drivers to save power for opportune moments.

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VerstappentoldDutch media after qualifying that the new regulations are antithetical to the spirit of racing.

"I'm not enjoying it at all," he said. "Emotionally and feeling-wise, I'm completely drained. This has very little to do with racing."

Norris, too, was unhappy after qualifying, telling Sky Sports that the regulation shift "already sucks."

"We've gone from the best cars to the worst," he said.

It was a dramatic start on Sunday as Leclerc blasted from fourth to the lead in the first corner, overtaking Russell and trading places with him for multiple laps before regaining the lead. There was more chaos, with multiple "virtual safety cars" to slow down the race and create strategic opportunities for cars to pit for fresh tires.

"It was a very, very tricky race," Leclerc said. "It's even more tricky for the overtakes, to defend."

Ferrari missed an opportunity early during the first "virtual safety car" to pit their drivers, which Mercedes took and secured their one-two finishing position.

It was a heartbreaking day for Oscar Piastri as the Australian lost control of his car on a reconnaissance lap and crashed it, stunning his home crowd as he failed to start the race after qualifying in fifth. Piastri, who grew up in Melbourne near the track, narrowly lost the world championship last year.

Aston Martin's misery continued after a dreadful preseason marked by car problems, with both drivers — Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll — failing to complete race distance.

Cadillac, the new GM-backed American team making its debut, had a difficult start with one of its drivers, Valtteri Bottas, failing to finish with a technical issue. The team's other driver, Sergio Perez, finished 16th.

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