FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — George Mason athletic director Tom O'Connor says it's "bittersweet" to be leaving the Colonial Athletic Association for the Atlantic 10. GMU announced Monday it is switching conferences as of ... Read more
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Miami coach Jim Larranaga has so much confidence in Shane Larkin that he pretty much let his only non-senior starter run the show in the NCAA tournament. With the sophomore point guard ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says he's working quickly to resolve issues that have infuriated Afghan President Hamid Karzai, including the delayed handover of a ... Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of his ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead as NATO hands over the country's ... Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A private plane carrying magician David Copperfield made an unscheduled stop in Illinois after it made a "frightening" sound en route from Las Vegas to New York. Peoria International Airport ... Read more
Danica Patrick keeps making history. The first woman to start from the pole at the Daytona 500 has become the first female to lead a lap in a NASCAR Cup race. Patrick sent the huge crowd into a frenzy when she ... Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Comedian and actor Anthony Anderson sheds his funnyman persona to play a tattoo-faced, gun-wielding thug in "The Power of Few," an independent action-drama making its limited-release debut ... Read more
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Harvick is now 2 for 2 at Speedweeks after winning the first Daytona 500 qualifying race. Harvick held off Greg Biffle over a four-lap sprint Thursday to win the first 150-mile ... Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy security, a Muslim football player whose signing with a Jerusalem club sparked a violent uprising by a hardcore group of racist fans made his much anticipated debut Sunday to a ... Read more