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High Point’s upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds

Well, the dream was fun while it lasted — all two-ish hours of it. The bid for a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket disappeared for more than 25 million people by mid-afternoon on Thursday, fueled by 12th-seeded High Point's first-round stunner over fifth-seeded Wisconsin. That was just ...

Holmes repeats as Iditarod champion

NOME, Alaska (AP) — Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile sled dog race in Alaska. Holmes guided his dog team across the finish line Tuesday night in the old Gold Rush town of Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community, after ...

In win for ‘One Battle After Another,’ the Oscars meet an anxious moment

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A horde of children chased host Conan O'Brien onto the Dolby Theatre stage in the opening moments of the 98th Academy Awards, and throughout an Oscar ceremony that saw "One Battle After Another" win best picture, it was like they never left. A queasy future, both ...

‘Hoppers’ again tops box office; ‘Reminders of Him’ overperforms

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pixar's "Hoppers" held onto the top slot at the box office, bouncing back with $28.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Him" added to the author's successful streak at the box office. After its $45.3 ...

Two long-lost episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ have been found

LONDON (AP) — Over six decades of "Doctor Who," the intergalactic adventurer's adversaries have included evil robots, rampaging Yeti — and the BBC, which erased many early episodes of the now-iconic sci-fi TV series. A film charity announced Friday that it has found two previously lost ...