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(AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 25-33-53-62-66, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 4 (twenty-five, thirty-three, fifty-three, sixty-two, sixty-six, Powerball: seventeen, Power Play: four) Estimated jackpot: $1.3 billion For more l See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP's photojournalists in 2025 12/18/2025 03:03am • AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in 2025. ___ Photo editing by Courtney Dittmar and Anne-Marie Belgrave. Latham and Conway's record stand puts New Zealand in control against West Indies 12/18/2025 02:37am • MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham took a close look at the pitch at Bay Oval Thursday and made the inspired decision to bat first. Inspired ultimately because at stumps New Zealand was 334-1 against West Indies, Devon Conway was 178 not out and nightwatchman Jacob Duffy was 9. Latham Cleveland hosts Chicago in conference matchup 12/18/2025 02:03am • Chicago Bulls (11-15, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (15-13, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Cleveland; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Josh Giddey and the Chicago Bulls take on Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. The Cavaliers are 12-10 in conference Jesper Bratt notches game-winner in shootout as Devils top Golden Knights in Vegas, 2-1 12/18/2025 01:44am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jesper Bratt scored the winning goal in a shootout and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 2-1, on Tuesday night. Pavel Dorofeyev, Mark Stone and Mitch Marner missed opportunities in the shootout for Vegas. Marner’s attempt appeared to go in, but it was deem Jesper Bratt notches winner in shootout as Devils top Golden Knights in Vegas, 2-1 12/18/2025 01:44am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jesper Bratt scored the winning goal in a shootout and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 2-1, on Tuesday night. Pavel Dorofeyev, Mark Stone and Mitch Marner missed opportunities in the shootout for Vegas. Marner’s attempt appeared to go in, but it was deem Trio of Bruins leads UCLA to 90-77 victory over Arizona State 12/18/2025 01:21am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donovan Dent had 20 points and Skyy Clark and Tyler Bilodeau both scored 18 to propel UCLA to a 90-77 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday night. Dent made 9 of 17 shots with a 3-pointer for the Bruins (8-3), who improve to 7-0 at home. Clark shot 6 for 10 from 3-point range Kwame Evans Jr. scores 21 as Oregon rolls past Portland 94-69 12/18/2025 01:16am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kwame Evans Jr. scored 21 points to lead five Ducks in double figures and Oregon cruised to a 94-69 victory over Portland on Wednesday night. Evans made 6 of 9 shots with a 3-pointer and 8 of 10 free throws for the Ducks (6-5), who improve to 6-1 at home. He added seven rebound ECHL Glance 12/18/2025 01:02am • All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF Professional Women's Hockey League Glance 12/18/2025 12:50am • Teams awarded three (3) points for a regulation win, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero (0) points for a regulation time loss. All Times EST Tuesday's Games Vancouver 2, Ottawa 1 Wednesday's Games Montreal 2, Toronto 1 FINAL/SO Wednesday's Scores 12/18/2025 12:48am • GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Cobre 53, Animas 35 Dulce 50, Navajo Prep 45 Farmington 53, Shiprock 30 ___ Some high school basketball scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/ Wednesday's Scores 12/18/2025 12:48am • GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Albemarle 57, New Kent 47 Bassett 49, Christiansburg 40 Bishop O'Connell 69, Gainesville 48 Briar Woods 42, Broad Run 26 Broadway 66, Monticello 45 Carmel 46, Cristo Rey Richmond 28 Chatham 73, GW-Danville 25 Culpeper 52, Fauquier 47 Deep Creek 57, Nansemond River 54 Glouceste Wednesday's Scores 12/18/2025 12:48am • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Bassett 58, William Byrd 55 Berkeley Springs, W.Va. 42, Clarke County 36 Broad Run 88, Briar Woods 58 Carlisle 81, Halifax County 65 Colgan 59, Osbourn 57 Culpeper 58, Fauquier 48 Dan River 68, Magna Vista 54 George C. Marshall 59, Langley 45 Glenvar 81, Blacksburg 63 Hanover 9