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Sports on TV for Jan. 31 – Feb. 1

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Jan. 31 AUTO RACING 6:10 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 8:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Heat Races, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon ACCN — Pittsburgh at

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Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said. Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los

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Sports on TV for Feb. 2 – 8

By The Associated Press Adv31-01 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. CBSSN — Boston U. at Holy Cross ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina 9 p.m. CBSSN — Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC ESPN — Kansas at Texas Tech COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 p.m.

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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 29 18 .617 — Boston 29 18 .617 — Toronto 29 20 .592 1 Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3 Brooklyn 12 34 .261 16½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 26 23 .531 — Orlando 24 22 .522 ½ Atlanta 24

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South Africa expels Israel’s top diplomat in a move that could prompt a strong reaction from the US

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa ordered Israel’s deputy ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, accusing him of undermining relations between the countries with social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and violating diplomatic protocols. The South African Foreign Ministry said

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The Latest: Congress scrambles to save bipartisan spending deal before Friday night deadline

The Associated Press Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday. Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump Thursday to separate funding for the Homeland Security Department from a broad

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Who is Kevin Warsh?

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May — with Trump believing that he can finally get the booming economy that he promised to voters. When Trump said that Warsh comes from

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Audrey Niffenegger to release long-awaited sequel to ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after the release of the multimillion-selling “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” author Audrey Niffenegger has completed her long-awaited sequel. Hanover Square Press announced Friday that “Life Out of Order” will come out Oct. 27. The protagonist this time is violinist Alba DeTamble,

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Ethiopia’s national carrier cancels flights to Tigray region as fears grow of renewed fighting

By SAMUEL GETACHEW Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears grow of renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces. For a second day, Ethiopian Airlines wasn’t flying to Tigray on Friday, with customers receiving messages that cited “unplanned

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Jan. 30. 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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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Jan. 30. 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 Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Jan. 30. 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 Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Jan. 30. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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AP-Scorecard

Here are the latest scores from today’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION L.A. Lakers at Washington 7 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans 7:30 p.m. Portland at New York 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Boston 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Orlando 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Phoenix 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver 9 p.m. Brooklyn at Utah

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41 militants killed in Pakistan military raids in the country’s southwest

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces have raided two militant hideouts in the country’s southwest, killing 41 insurgents in separate gunbattles, the military said Friday. The first raid left 30 insurgents dead in Panjgur district in Balochistan province, according to a military statement. It said that 11 more militants were killed in a second operation

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