By JULIE CARR SMYTH The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said Friday that he has decided not to run for Ohio governor next year, eliminating the most significant hurdle to the nomination for former state health director Dr. Amy Acton. Ryan, 52, had been considering a bid after
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Nov. 22 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 3:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Postseason: Carlton at Brisbane, Second Preliminary Final AUTO RACING 10:55 p.m. ESPN — Formula 1: The Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 13 2 .867 — 10-0 W-11 7-1 5-1 9-2 Toronto 11 5 .688 2½ 9-1 W-6 4-2 7-3 10-2 Cleveland 11 6 .647 3 7-3 W-1 7-3 4-3 10-5 New York 9 5 .643 3½ 7-3 W-1 8-1 1-4 6-5
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 21 12 8 1 25 62 67 Tampa Bay 20 11 7 2 24 61 57 Ottawa 20 10 6 4 24 67 67 Boston 22 12 10 0 24 72 73 Florida 20 11 8 1 23 59 59
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 11 5 .688 — New York 9 5 .643 1 Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1½ Boston 8 8 .500 3 Brooklyn 3 12 .200 7½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 10 6 .625 — Atlanta 9 7 .563 1 Orlando 9
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Toronto 11 5 .688 — 9-1 W-6 4-2 7-3 10-2 New York 9 5 .643 1 7-3 W-1 8-1 1-4 6-5 Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1½ 5-5 W-1 5-3 4-3 8-6 Boston 8 8 .500 3 5-5 L-1 4-4
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Detroit 21 12 8 1 25 62 67 7-4-1 5-4-0 4-2-1 Tampa Bay 20 11 7 2 24 61 57 6-5-0 5-2-2 2-1-1 Ottawa 20 10 6 4 24 67 67 6-3-2 4-3-2 3-2-2 Boston 22 12 10
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Carolina 21 14 5 2 30 77 61 6-2-1 8-3-1 4-1-0 New Jersey 20 13 6 1 27 62 58 7-0-1 6-6-0 3-1-1 N.Y. Islanders 21 12 7 2 26 69 64 4-3-1 8-4-1 4-3-1 Detroit 21 12 8 1
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Friday hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to remove the additional import tariffs on some agribusiness products as “significant progress,” but said the country will keep pushing for more exemptions. “We want to exclude more products and move forward in the negotiation,” he told journalists
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk ‘s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk’s company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a
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By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highly contagious disease was declared eliminated in the country in 2014. But eight years later, an outbreak
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By Patrick Sung, Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Thursday night’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills was a rough and tumble affair, featuring injuries aplenty – including to one of the officials. Referee Adrian Hill had to be carted off the field following a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, MELINA WALLING and ANTON L. DELGADO The Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Several nations and environmental groups on Friday slammed proposals in the final stages of this year’s U.N. climate talks for failing to explicitly mention the cause of global warming — the burning of fuels such as oil, gas and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charlie XCX sees your Brat Summer and raises you. That’s because the pop star is betting she can extend that run with a forthcoming film conceived by and starring her. A teaser trailer has dropped for “The Moment,” an A24 movie which Vanity Fair described as “a revisionist
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By MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks have a beef. They want more to be done to transform
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By The Associated Press Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday that she is resigning from Congress in January. In a more than 10-minute video posted online, Greene explained her decision and said she has “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and
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By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country. The attack and abductions took
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring. The Korean author’s “Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other English-speaking
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — An officer at St. Louis’ busiest airport fatally shot a man who wielded a knife early Friday morning outside the doors of a terminal, police said. No one else was injured. The shooting at St. Louis Lambert International Airport happened around 1 a.m., St. Louis County Police spokesperson Vera Clay said.
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By The Associated Press Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who served as a House manager in President Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial, has launched his bid for California governor. Swalwell highlighted his desire to help Californians prosper as he announced his candidacy on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night. “Our state, this great state,
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Officer fatally shoots man who was wielding knife at St. Louis airport, police say.
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness, a move that follows allegations of “interference” by Israel’s government. The European Broadcasting Union, a Geneva-based union of public broadcasters that runs the event, said Friday
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Bodrum, Turkey (CNN) — The mountainous Bodrum Peninsula rises over the vibrant blue Aegean Sea, its peak richly forested, its foothills stacked with white flat-roofed homes and hotels. On the peninsula’s exclusive northern coastline, superyachts bob between the ultra-luxury villas and hotels of Paradise Bay. In Bodrum town on the southern
Continue ReadingKEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Buckle Inc. (BKE) on Friday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $48.7 million. On a per-share basis, the Kearney, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of 96 cents. The teen clothing retailer posted revenue of $320.8 million in the period. Buckle shares have increased slightly more than 8%
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A copy of the first ever issue of “Superman,” discovered in a Californian attic last year, has become the most expensive comic ever sold, fetching $9.12 million at auction. Three brothers from northern California discovered the issue of “Superman #1” while clearing out their mother’s attic after her death.
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The massive Border Patrol presence on a recent Saturday morning in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood didn’t faze Ofelia Herrera even though she and her husband are in the United States illegally. She waited for agents to move a few blocks away, then opened their stand serving Mexican-style
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot. The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the vast Al
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Nov. 21. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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