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Friday, Jan. 30
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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.
Continue Reading NHL Expanded Glance
All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 15-9-0 19-5-4 6-3-1 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 18-9-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67 183 160 17-6-3 14-11-2 10-3-2 Montreal 54 30 17
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67 183 160 Montreal 54 30 17 7 67 187 180 Boston 55 32 20 3 67 186 171
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 15-9-0 19-5-4 6-3-1 Carolina 53 33 15 5 71 185 154 19-8-2 14-7-3 11-3-0 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 18-9-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67
Continue Reading 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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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 29 18 .617 — 5-5 W-4 18-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 29 18 .617 — 5-5 L-1 14-8 15-10 21-12 Toronto 29 20 .592 1 6-4 L-1 13-11 16-9 22-13 Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3 5-5 W-2 14-13
Continue ReadingSouth 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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Sundance Film Festival to name 2026 award winners
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The juries of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be announcing this year’s award winners Friday morning in Park City, Utah. Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs are the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where titles include Beth De Araújo’s “Josephine,”
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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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ASEAN to stick to Myanmar peace plan despite its failure to stop deadly civil war
CEBU, Philippines (AP) — A plan proposed five years ago by Southeast Asian leaders to end Myanmar’s civil war has failed but could still be used to help restore peace by engaging with leaders who emerge from its recent election, Thailand’s top diplomat said Friday. The nationwide violence that followed the army’s forcible seizure of
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas’ special congressional runoff
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election Saturday. Meanwhile, voters in the Fort Worth area will elect a new state senator. Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards were the top
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Israel reopening Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure
By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to
Continue ReadingThe Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has — and hasn’t — changed over time
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the
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Kurdish-led force and Syrian government reach new agreement to stabilize ceasefire
By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement Friday with the country’s central government intended to stabilize a ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting and to lay out the steps toward integration between the two sides. Under the agreement, the SDF said, security forces
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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
Continue ReadingNebraska 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
Continue ReadingMissouri 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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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
Continue ReadingIowa 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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Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams
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Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams
Continue Reading 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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Islamic State claims responsibility for Niger air base attack
By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in Niger on an air force base in the capital that wounded four soldiers and damaged an aircraft. The claim of responsibility was contained in a statement on Amaq News Agency, the group’s propaganda
Continue Reading41 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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Trump claims Putin agreed to temporary halt in energy attacks on Ukraine, but terms are unclear
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The terms of a Russian commitment to U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily halt its bombardment of Ukraine during one of the country’s bleakest winters in years remained unclear Friday, as Ukrainians braced for even worse conditions to come next week. Trump said late Thursday that
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