Villanova hosts Columbia after Poplar's 20-point game

Columbia Lions (1-0) at Villanova Wildcats (1-0) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Villanova faces Columbia after Wooga Poplar scored 20 points in Villanova's 75-63 victory against the Lafayette Leopards. Villanova finished 10-6...

Loyola (MD) hosts Columbia to start season

Columbia Lions at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds Baltimore; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lions -4.5; over/under is 145 BOTTOM LINE: Loyola (MD) hosts Columbia for the season opener. Loyola (MD) finished 2-11 at home a season ago...

Loyola (MD) Greyhounds start season at home against the Columbia Lions

Columbia Lions at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds Baltimore; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Loyola (MD) opens the season at home against Columbia. Loyola (MD) went 7-25 overall last season while going 2-11 at home. The Greyhounds averaged 64.0 points per game...

At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

CALI, Colombia (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, a development that builds on a growing movement to...

Colombian authorities arrest active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia on Saturday arrested a group of nine active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking accusations stemming from a wider investigation into a grenade attack last year in the capital. Colombia’s army in a statement said...

Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

Cole Freeman's late TD pass to Bryson Canty rallies Columbia to 13-10 victory over Yale

NEW YORK (AP) — Cole Freeman threw a go-ahead 44-yard touchdown pass to Bryson Canty with 4:39 left to play and Columbia pulled out a 13-10 victory over Yale on Friday night. Freeman's game-winning throw for Columbia (5-2, 3-1 Ivy League) came after a 58-yard punt by Yale's Shamus...

Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues. These include how to finance protections for 30% of the world's plants and animals by 2030, how to establish a permanent body for Indigenous...

Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

CALI, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations, scientists and governments made an urgent call Wednesday for increased funding to protect coral reefs under threat of extinction. Research this year shows that 77% of the world’s reefs are affected by bleaching, mainly due to warming...

UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit

CALI, Colombia (AP) — United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Tuesday to make new pledges to help save global biodiversity and called for the private sector to come on board. “Nature is life, and yet we are waging a war against it, a war where there...