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Oil prices ease and Asian shares are mixed as energy supply worries over Iran war remain
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday following Wall Street losses, and oil prices pared earlier gains on the intensifying Iran war, falling back to around $107 a barrel. U.S. futures were higher.Oil prices had a roller-coaster day on Thursday with the Brent crude, the international standard, briefly surging to around $119 per barrel as attacks by Iran on oil and gas facilities around the Gulf escalated after Israel's attack of Iran’s key natural gas field.
In early Friday trading, Brent crude fell 1.6% to $106.90 a barrel, following Israeli Prime... Read More
No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Terrence Hill Jr. felt he just wasn't himself in the first half of Thursday night's first round NCAA Tournament game.When he returned after the break, he was nearly unstoppable.
Hill made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and 11th-seeded VCU erased a 19-point, second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in the teams' opener.
Hill finished 7 for 10 from 3-point range and scored 23 of his 34 points after halftime as VCU (28-7) won its first March Madness game since 2016.
“I know my... Read More
The Latest: Iran retaliates against Gulf energy sites as stocks sink worldwide
The Iran war persisted Friday in drawing Arab neighbors directly into the conflict, with heavy explosions shaking Dubai early in the morning as air defenses intercepted incoming fire over the city as people observed Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Bahrain’s Interior Ministry reported a fire erupted Friday morning after shrapnel fell on a warehouse in the island kingdom, while Kuwait said it worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire. Saudi Arabia reported shooting down multiple Iranian drones targeting its oil-rich Eastern Province.
North Carolina blows a huge lead and makes another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — North Carolina went from rolling to a 19-point lead to struggling to make a shot, watching that margin whittled away by a VCU team that refused to quit.Just like that, the Tar Heels were one-and-done in March Madness, their latest early exit under Hubert Davis.
The Rams beat the Tar Heels 82-78 in overtime in Thursday's first round of the South Region, capping a season that showed high promise well into February only to be derailed by a major injury. It's another postseason frustration for a blueblood program that has won six national titles... Read More
Another record for LeBron: He ties Robert Parish by appearing in his 1,611th NBA regular-season game
MIAMI (AP) — The King has tied The Chief.LeBron James started for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Miami Heat on Thursday night, making it the 1,611th regular-season game of his career and tying Robert Parish’s all-time NBA mark.
Parish — dubbed “Chief” during much of his playing career — held the record for nearly 30 years. It belongs now to James, someone who has had the “King” moniker for much of his basketball life and now has yet another record on what seems like an endless resume of accomplishment within the game.
And at 41, James He... Read More
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- High Point's upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds, busting March Madness brackets
- No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
- North Carolina blows a huge lead and makes another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis
- Another record for LeBron: He ties Robert Parish by appearing in his 1,611th NBA regular-season game