Polls open in Ecuador's presidential election with conservative incumbent and leftist lawyer ahead in crime-focused race.

Illinois visits Wisconsin after Genesis Bryant scored 20 points in Illinois' 73-60 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats. The Badgers are 8-4 in home games. Wisconsin allows 69.4 points to opponents ...

No. 1 UCLA faces Oregon in Big Ten action Sunday. The Ducks are 13-2 on their home court. Oregon is 4-0 in games decided by less than 4 points. The Bruins are 10-0 against Big Ten opponents. UCLA ...

William & Mary visits Hampton after Bella Nascimento scored 23 points in William & Mary's 92-71 loss to the Campbell Camels. The Pirates are 3-7 on their home court. Hampton is 2-12 in games decided ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during the post-Assad transition ...

Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen was in line to win the men's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday after the top-ranked racers completed their runs.

Drake Dobbs, shown earlier in February, scored 21 points Saturday in St. Thomas victory over Denver. (Carlos Gonzalez/The ...

A huge run in the final minutes settled it as Edwards sat out because of a sore hip and Rob Dillingham stood in for injured ...

The raised floor of Williams Arena is the perch for Gophers coach Ben Johnson these days. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star ...

Minnesota trailed by two goals in the second period. Matt Boldy, with three points, was among the reasons that didn’t last.

Most of the metro received 3 to 5 inches of snow Saturday, though areas in northern Anoka County saw an average of 7 to 8 ...

An Israeli official said Sunday that Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor, part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead.