Author: Newsday

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn a shift to automatic voter registration was dismissed by a federal court on Tuesday, along with their other challenges to actions designed to boost voter registration. The lawsuit, filed by 24 Republican state lawmakers in January, challenged the legality of a 2021 executive order…

The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday’s games being blowouts. Overall, the tournament is averaging 9.07 million viewers on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. That is a slight increase over the 9.05 million average at this point last year. Through Saturday, the…

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is poised to require pornography websites to verify visitors are adults, a move that would follow Texas and a handful of other states despite concerns about privacy and how broadly the law could be applied. The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature passed the proposal Tuesday, sending it to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. The…

Caitlin Clark raised her arms as she walked across the court, pumped her fists and made a heart with her hands as she bid farewell to her legion of adoring fans who came to see her play one last time at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Monday night. The clock had just hit…

The Patchogue and Brooklyn campuses of St. Joseph’s University have announced a $1 million donation gifted by Boston Red Sox part-owner Stephen Somers that will provide for endowed scholarships for students in select programs. Students in the university’s nursing programs and its Academic, Career, and Essential Skills (ACES) program — an intensive reading and writing program for…

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia thrashed Lebanon 5-0 and became the first team to advance to the third round of Asia qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. An early goal from Kusini Yengi in Canberra sent the Socceroos on the way to a fourth successive win in Group I and ensured progress to the…

SAN ANTONIO — Jeremy Sochan hit a key 3-pointer in the final minute and finished with 26 points and a career-high 18 rebounds as San Antonio beat the Phoenix Suns 104-102 on Monday night with Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama sidelined due to injury. Devin Vassell added 26 points for San Antonio and celebrated the victory…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 1 seed Iowa survived one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat No. 8 seed West Virginia 64-54 on Monday night in a women’s NCAA Tournament second-round game. The Hawkeyes (31-4) advanced to play No. 5 seed Colorado in Saturday’s Albany 2…

Donte DiVincenzo was not messing around. Before the Knicks’ 124-99 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday, DiVincenzo told Newsday that he would love to set the Knicks’ single-season record for three-pointers made. Then, as if to drive home the point, DiVincenzo went out and set a different record. The sharpshooter knocked down a franchise…

TORONTO — Despite the Nets and Raptors coming into Monday night’s game on long losing streaks, somebody’s had to end at Scotiabank Arena. The Nets ended theirs with a 96-88 win, snapping a six-game skid. The Raptors, meanwhile, saw their losing streak extend to 11 games as they fell 1-12 in March. With multiple contributors…