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6:40 PM on Sunday, March 8

Tyrese Maxey will miss at least two games after he sprained his right pinkie

6:26 PM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was named as his successor, had long been considered a contender to the post even before an Israeli strike killed his father and despite the fact he had never been elected or appointed to a government position

6:21 PM on Sunday, March 8

Tarik Skubal is thinking about pitching again for the United States in the World Baseball Classic after the Detroit Tigers ace had previously planned to make just one start

5:21 PM on Sunday, March 8

Texas has won its first women's Southeastern Conference Tournament title

5:10 PM on Sunday, March 8

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

5:07 PM on Sunday, March 8

As the French national anthem played, the 51-year-old Para snowboard great Cécile Hernandez cried at the top of the podium

4:18 PM on Sunday, March 8

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired without explanation by the Trump administration

3:51 PM on Sunday, March 8

Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 in his second game back from a torn right Achilles, lifting the Boston Celtics to a 109-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders

3:28 PM on Sunday, March 8

Guinea’s main opposition leader says the government is crushing political competition after it dissolved dozens of parties including the biggest ones

2:45 PM on Sunday, March 8

Giannis Antetokounmpo won’t play Sunday night against the Orlando Magic as the Milwaukee Bucks continue to work him back gradually from the right calf strain that caused him to miss 15 straight games

2:45 PM on Sunday, March 8

LeBron James is missing his second consecutive game to rest injuries to his left elbow and left foot when the Los Angeles Lakers host the New York Knicks

1:04 PM on Sunday, March 8

Georgia Tech fired coach Damon Stoudamire one day after the Yellow Jackets’ season ended with a 12-game losing streak

12:26 PM on Sunday, March 8

Disney and Pixar’s new film “Hoppers” is leading the North American box office with a strong debut, while Warner Bros

12:24 PM on Sunday, March 8

A retired Lebanese security officer has gone missing and his family says Israeli operatives kidnapped him to get information about a long-missing Israeli airman

12:16 PM on Sunday, March 8

Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-held town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan following an evacuation order issued by the army to pave the way for an operation

10:44 AM on Sunday, March 8

Third-tier Port Vale pulled off a massive FA Cup upset by beating Premier League Sunderland to advance to the quarterfinals of the historic competition

10:24 AM on Sunday, March 8

Women across the world called for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations Sunday marking International Women’s Day

4:38 AM on Sunday, March 8

Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo

10:50 PM on Saturday, March 7

George Russell wins a dramatic season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Mercedes seals a 1-2 with Kimi Antonelli

11:05 AM on Friday, March 6

Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language