The legislation introduced by state Sen. Bradford Blackmon would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo."

Duke fell from the No. 2 overall seed in the latest edition of Joe Lunardi's "Bracketology" report for ESPN after shaky wins against NC State and Wake Forest. The Blue Devils' move to No. 3 overall made room for Alabama (18-3,

CenterPoint Energy's regulated utilities have significant growth investment opportunities. We expect the company to invest roughly $25 billion over the next five years, supporting our expectation that management can achieve the high end of its 6%-8% annual earnings growth target through 2030,

More than 17 million people from eastern Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley are facing severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Dallas, Texas has already faced flooding.

Jonathan Russell, an All American dual-sport athlete, who played football and baseball for East Mississippi Community College, launched a Florida-based construction company five years ago that was on track to top $30 million in revenues at the end of 2024.

New Hampshire at Maine, 6 p.m. Vermont at Binghamton, 6:07 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 6:30 p.m. Towson at Delaware, 6:30 p.m.

No. 7 Michigan St. (18-2) at Southern Cal (12-8), 4:30 p.m. No. 9 Marquette (18-3) vs. No. 25 UConn (15-6), 8 p.m. No. 11 Kansas (15-5) at Baylor (13-7), 4 p.m. No. 12 Kentucky (15-5) vs. Arkansas (12-8), 9 p.m. No. 13 Texas A&M (16-5) at South Carolina (10-11), 8:30 p.m.

Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. 4 Alabama to an 88-84 win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night.

The Houston Rockets visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in a Western Conference showdown, hoping to do something they haven't done in 15 seasons.

No. 1 Auburn (18-1) at LSU. Next: at No. 23 Mississippi, Saturday. No. 2 Duke (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. North Carolina, Saturday. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas St., Saturday. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) at No. 14 Mississippi St. Next: vs. Georgia, Saturday. No. 5 Florida (18-2) did not play. Next: at No. 8 Tennessee, Saturday.

The Huskies have lost three times since the first meeting with the Blue Demons, an 81-68 road victory. UConn is coming off a 76-72 loss to Xavier and have alternated wins and losses for their last six games since the first meeting with DePaul. The squad sits at 14-6 and is 6-3 in the conference, two games behind Marquette and St. John’s at the top.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Johni Broome scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half and had 16 rebounds to help top-ranked Auburn beat LSU 87-74 on Wednesday night for its 12th straight victory.