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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson declared for the NBA draft on Friday, just as nearly everyone had expected he would ever since his arrival on campus, and the high-scoring guard figures to be among the first three players selected in June. The 6-foot-6 Peterson showed flashes of brilliance with the Jayhawks, but he also caused a lot of headaches for the team. He dealt with a severe […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the latest photo of the popular hat-shaped galaxy on Friday. A telescope in Chile observed it four years ago, but the color imaging was not completed until this week. Located approximately 30 million light-years away, this spiral galaxy — formally known as Messier 104 […]

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian police on Friday raided the home of the former head of Peru’s national election agency, who resigned earlier this week as he and other officials are under investigation over the shortage of ballots and other irregularities encountered during the first round of the presidential election on April 12. The anti-corruption police announced on social media that agents and prosecutors raided the homes of Piero Corvetto, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the U.S. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Isaiah Hartenstein never expected a museum visit to be life-altering. Before the 7-foot center even signed his free agent contract with Oklahoma City two years ago, Thunder general manager Sam Presti told him onboarding would include a trip to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, the site where 168 people were killed on April 19, 1995. Presti requires new players to go so they can […]

LONDON (AP) — Running past Buckingham Palace during training, Tilly Dowler is closing in on a goal she once thought out of reach. Dowler, who has Stargardt disease and says she has about 10% useful vision, only began running last year, starting with a couch to 5K program before building up to marathon distance. She is now preparing to run the London Marathon with her boyfriend as her guide, using […]

ROJ CAMP, Syria (AP) — Four Australian families on Friday left a camp in Syria that houses people with alleged ties to militants of the Islamic State group, in a renewed attempt to return to their home country, officials said. Associated Press journalists saw 13 women and children depart Roj camp, a remote facility near the border with Iraq that houses family members of suspected IS militants, in a bus […]

NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — A wildfire that has charred dozens of homes in southeast Georgia could force more evacuations at a moment’s notice, officials warned Friday as fire crews helped residents hose down properties in areas threatened by the growing blaze. The fire burning in rural Brantley County has spread across more than 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) since it ignited Monday, fanned by gusty winds into pine woods […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s all the buzz about? Melania Trump on Friday announced that she is expanding the White House honey program by adding a beehive in the shape of the White House to two other beehives that have been on the south grounds since 2009. The existing hives can swell to about 70,000 bees during peak summer months and produce 200 pounds to 225 pounds (91 to 102 kilograms) […]