The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department.

Luka Doncic had 40 points and LeBron James added 30 as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets.

Spring break travelers are facing unpredictable lines at airport security as the partial U.S. government shutdown strains TSA staffing.

Officials say an Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities.

The men’s March Madness bracket is set, and Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida have claimed the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament.

Michael Lorenzen will start for Italy and Keider Montero for Venezuela when the teams meet Monday night in a World Baseball Classic semifinal.

Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.

Brayden Burries scored 21 points and hit a pair of clinching free throws with 8.3 seconds left, sending No. 2 Arizona to a 79-74 victory over No. 5 Houston on Saturday night in the Big 12 Tournament title game.

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The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss.

Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.

The Big 12 Conference is ditching its slippery new glass floor for a hardwood court for the final two days of the tournament.

Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident statement” and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that point.

The surprising loss by the United States to Italy in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night means that the Americans need help to advance to the quarterfinals.

Cal Raleigh insists he has no beef with Randy Arozarena even though his Seattle teammate lashed out with a vulgar rant after Raleigh left him hanging for a handshake at the World Baseball Classic.

Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 in the World Baseball Classic.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Roman Anthony added a three-run blast in a big third inning to lead the United States to a 5-3 win over Mexico in the World Baseball Classic at Houston’s Daikin Park.

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.

Five-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby is heading to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Las Vegas Raiders are planning to keep star edge rusher Maxx Crosby despite the trade talk around the five-time Pro Bowl pick.

Tre White scored a season-high 23 points and No. 14 Kansas bounced back from a surprising defeat with a 69-56 victory over No. 5 Houston.

Arizona wasn’t feeling great after losing consecutive games following a 23-0 start.

Anthony Dell’Orso tied a season high with 22 points and No. 4 Arizona toppled second-ranked Houston 73-66 on Saturday to move into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 conference.

Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings by the committee that will select the 68-team men's field for the NCAA Tournament.

Nate Heise hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and Tamin Lipsey came up with an offensive rebound in the final seconds to cap No. 6 Iowa State’s rally in a 70-67 victory over Big 12 leader and second-ranked Houston on Monday night.

Kansas State fired basketball coach Jerome Tang on Sunday night, four days after many Wildcats fans showed up with bags over their heads for a home blowout.

Emanuel Sharp set a school record for career 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead No. 3 Houston over Utah 66-52.

Arizona remained firmly atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a ninth consecutive week.

Houston's Alperen Sengun joins the NBA All-Star Game roster as a replacement for Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The six people killed when a private jet crashed in Maine were going to see a property for a luxury travel business led by a Houston lawyer.

NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a lunar fly-around.

The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission began their routine two-week quarantine on Wednesday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station.

The New York Mets have signed reliever Craig Kimbrel to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league spring training.

A NASA research plane has landed without its landing gear in Texas, sending plumes of flame behind it.

Philip Rivers has informed the Buffalo Bills he is withdrawing from consideration for the team’s head-coaching job, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe.

NASA's Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired.

Kevin Durant had 18 points and moved into sixth place on the NBA’s career points list, and Jabari Smith Jr. scored a season-high 32 points as the Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-110 Sunday night.

Kevin Durant scored 39 points and made a season-best six 3-pointers to lead the Houston Rockets to a 110-105 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

All-Pro Matthew Stafford rallied the Rams to a victory at Carolina last week to set up a divisional round matchup at Chicago on Sunday.

Houston’s stingy defense knocked Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the NFL playoffs, sending the Texans to the divisional round to complete wild-card weekend.

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby underwent successful left knee surgery.

Houston’s Kevin Durant said hitting the game-winner Monday night against the Phoenix Suns meant more because it came against his former team that he felt kicked him out.

Monday’s game between the Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns was briefly delayed because of a malfunction of the clocks and scoreboard before play resumed without either working.

Twelve teams are in the NFL playoffs.

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Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92.

Sports officials from United States cities have gone to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

News4JAX sports reporter Jamal St. Cyr's Four Cents analysis after the Jaguars beat the Titans 25-3 on Sunday to improve to 8-4.

Arkansas has hired Ryan Silverfield as the Razorbacks' new head coach after a 2-10 season.

New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd has returned to the hospital after being released following a shooting in midtown Manhattan on November 16.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson highlighted the free-throw disparity after the third-ranked Cougars lost 76-73 to No. 17 Tennessee.

Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points, including six free throws in the final 35 seconds, to lead No. 17 Tennessee to a 76-73 victory over No. 3 Houston in the Players Era Championship.

The Players Era has quickly become a top early season college basketball tournament.

The Denver Nuggets have lost another starter, with forward Aaron Gordon sidelined indefinitely by a strained right hamstring.

Houston’s dominant defense sacked Josh Allen eight times and Calen Bullock forced three turnovers, with his second interception sealing the Texans’ 23-19 win over the Buffalo Bills.

Purdue has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

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Thomas Haugh had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Boogie Fland added 18 points and No. 10 Florida handed rival Florida State its first loss under new coach Luke Loucks, 78-76.

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Houston has taken the top spot in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll, swapping places with Purdue.

Jaguars fans watched in disbelief Sunday night as their team surrendered a 19-point fourth-quarter lead, falling to the Houston Texans 36-29 at a watch party outside EverBank Stadium.

News4JAX sports anchor Jamal St. Cyr's Four Cents analysis from Jacksonville's 36-29 loss to the Texans on Sunday.

Backup Davis Mills threw two touchdown passes in the final quarter and scrambled 14 yards for the go-ahead score with 31 seconds left and the Houston Texans rallied from a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit for a 36-29 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

A game that didn’t seem possible to lose became the latest jarring loss for the Jaguars.

The U.S. government shutdown has rattled air travel — most recently with an unprecedented effort from the Federal Aviation Administration to cut flights by 10% at airports nationwide.

Anxious travelers across the U.S. are feeling a bit of relief as airlines have mostly stayed on schedule while gradually cutting flights because of the government shutdown.

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A Houston official and a former City Council member are headed to a runoff for the vacant U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district.

The Big 12 has five teams in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.

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Kevin Durant has agreed to a contract extension with the Houston Rockets, potentially keeping him with the team through the 2027-28 season.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars' defense has been the biggest beneficiary of team owner Shad Khan’s house-cleaning.

NASA has 10 new astronauts chosen from more than 8,000 applicants.

Jacksonville hung on late for a 17-10 win over the Texans in Week 3 of the NFL season. It marked Jacksonville’s first win over Houston at EverBank Stadium since 2017. News4JAX had photographer Christian Schultz capture the game in this photo gallery.

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Cal Raleigh has hit his major league-leading 58th homer, a two-run shot for the Seattle Mariners in the second inning Sunday night against the Houston Astros.

When Cal Raleigh crushed his 57th home run of the year into the Astros’ bullpen Saturday night to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for Seattle’s single-season record, Houston’s longtime bullpen catcher Javier Bracamonte scrambled to grab it.

Seattle’s Cal Raleigh hit his 57th home run of the season Saturday night against the Houston Astros to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for the single-season franchise record.

Jaguars season is back and our News4JAX sports staff is back with its predictions as well. Each week, we’ll unveil our predictions for the week’s game. Jacksonville (1-1) hosts Houston (0-2) at 1 p.m. Sunday looking to beat the Texans here in town for the first time in seven years.

Florida has formally restored basketball great Vernon Maxwell’s final two years of college statistics.

Video captured by a News4JAX photographer showed two Blackhawk helicopters hovering over VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena before law enforcement agents can be seen rappelling from a rope down to the roof of a nearby building.

Racing Louisville’s Savannah DeMelo remained hospitalized and was undergoing tests one day after she collapsed during a match against the Seattle Reign.

Baker Mayfield led an 11-play, 80-yard drive capped by Rachaad White’s 2-yard touchdown run with 6 seconds left, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rallied past the Houston Texans 20-19.

Racing Louisville midfielder Savannah DeMelo was stable and alert after she was taken from a match Sunday against the Seattle Reign by ambulance because of a medical emergency.

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A new Whitney Houston song has arrived 13 years after her death.

Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell is facing no discipline from Major League Baseball after umpires confiscated his two-color bat when New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone asked for it to be checked after he hit a double.

Major League Baseball's 2025 season has seen unexpected parity among teams.

Mike Trout was scratched from the Los Angeles Angels’ starting lineup against the Kansas City Royals because of a skin infection on his left arm.

Police say a Houston man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy after a prank in which the child knocked on the door of a home and ran away.

Houston police say an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was carted off the field after crashing into the metal scoreboard in the eighth inning Sunday.

Duval County Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier shared a safety reminder after a middle school student died and another student was injured in crashes during the first week of school.