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US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but suffered no damage

NEW YORK—An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, or about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia. People from Baltimore to Boston and beyond felt the ground shake. Nearly 30 people were displaced when officials ...

Clark, Iowa rally to beat UConn 71-69

CLEVELAND — Caitlin Clark eventually found a way. Completely shut down in the first half, the most exciting player in women’s college basketball now has one game left in her storied career at Iowa. She’ll try to cap it off by bringing the Hawkeyes their first national championship. Clark scored 21 points and made three momentum-turning 3-pointers in the second half to rally Iowa past Paige Bueckers and UConn 71-69 in the women’s Final Four on Friday night. Next up for the Hawkeyes (34-4) is a rematch with unbeaten South Carolina, which also had a perfect record last year ...

Doncic-less Mavs end Warriors’ 6-game win streak, 108-106

DALLAS — P.J. Washington capped his best game in Dallas with a tiebreaking layup with 4.5 seconds remaining as Luka Doncic watched because of a sore knee, and the Mavericks beat Golden State 108-106 on Friday night to end the Warriors’ six-game winning streak. Washington finished with 32 points, his most since being acquired by the Mavericks from Charlotte before the trade deadline, and Kyrie Irving had 26. “He was spectacular,” Irving said. “You could tell it was going to a special night just based off how he started the game. That’s what we need, especially when we ...

Suzuki drives in 3 runs as Cubs hold off Ohtani, Dodgers for 9-7 victory

CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki had three RBIs and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday. Dansby Swanson also connected as Chicago earned its fifth consecutive win after dropping its first two games of the season. Ian Happ added a key two-run triple on a windy, sun-splashed afternoon, and Nick Madrigal had two hits. “It’s a really good start offensively for us,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “Just the at-bats throughout the lineup, that’s going to produce runs. Just tough at-bats, ...

Within the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack, is a harsher era under Putin in the works?

The Associated Press Video and photos of suspects in a mass shooting show them apparently being brutalized by Russian security forces—without any rebuke from authorities. A top Kremlin official urges that hit squads be sent to assassinate Ukrainian officials. Senior lawmakers call for restoring capital punishment, abolished decades ago. The aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack that killed 145 people in the bloodiest assault in Russia in two decades seems to be setting the stage for even harsher rule by President Vladimir Putin following his highly orchestrated electoral ...

UConn’s tough road leads to Final Four clash with Clark, Iowa

The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Geno Auriemma keeps waiting for it to all fall apart. Keeps waiting for the injuries that have shortened UConn’s rotation and frazzled his nerves to become too much. For the Huskies to falter under the weight of it all. Only, it keeps not happening. Not during a regular season in which do-everything guard Paige Bueckers looked — and more importantly, played — injury-free for the first time in three years. Not during a Big East Tournament that ended the way they almost always seem to end when the Huskies are involved: their Hall of Fame coach ...