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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Wednesday, Jan. 28. 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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More ‘No Kings’ protests planned for March 28 as outrage spreads over Minneapolis deaths

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press A third round of “No Kings” protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they are planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. Previous rallies have drawn millions of people, and organizers said they expect even greater

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AP-Scorecard

Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Washington 115 Portland 111 Final New York 103 Sacramento 87 Final Oklahoma City 104 New Orleans 95 Final Philadelphia 139 Milwaukee 122 Final Detroit 109 Denver 107 Final Phoenix 106 Brooklyn 102 Final L.A. Clippers 115 Utah 103 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE FORMATS: (‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Graphic’) 1. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE 2. DESCRIPTION: High school girls

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE FORMATS: (‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Graphic’) 1. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE 2. DESCRIPTION: High school girls

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE FORMATS: (‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Graphic’) 1. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE 2. DESCRIPTION: High school girls

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE FORMATS: (‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Graphic’) 1. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE 2. DESCRIPTION: High school girls

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Tuesday’s Scores

The Associated Press BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= A&T Academy Pontiac 91, Detroit Voyageur 88 Adrian Madison 62, Clinton 17 Allen Park Cabrini 66, Austin Catholic 22 Alma 63, Remus Chippewa Hills 43 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 59, Macomb Lutheran North 52 Armada 60, Lakeland (MI) 59 Auburn Hills Avondale 71, Farmington 55 Baraga 61, Lake Linden-Hubbell

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 4½ 4½ (45½) at NEW ENGLAND NBA Wednesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at CLEVELAND 2½ (234½) LA Lakers Chicago 1½ (236½) at INDIANA at TORONTO 1½ (224½) New York at BOSTON 6½ (230½) Atlanta at MIAMI 2½ (229½) Orlando Charlotte 1½ (230½) at

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Italy’s Ladin people feel sidelined at the Winter Olympics held in their mountain home

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture. Instead, Ladins will wave their

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Three months after rapidly scheduled arguments, Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs

By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible. After all, Trump’s lawyers told the court that speed was of the essence on an issue central to the president’s economic agenda. They pointed

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Rubio set to warn of future military action if Venezuela’s new leaders stray from US goals

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans on Wednesday to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership strays from U.S. expectations. In prepared testimony for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says

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North Korea’s Kim says upcoming party congress will unveil plans to bolster nuclear deterrent

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress, as he observed the North’s latest weapons launch, state media reported Wednesday. The Korean Central News Agency said North Korea performed

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Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ken McFeeters, who is running against Tuberville for the Republican nomination

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist lawmakers in Congress, the calls are mounting for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside after the

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Trump warns Iraq against returning former PM al-Maliki to power amid worries about Iran influence

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iraq on Tuesday that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power. Trump made the threat days after the dominant political bloc known as the Coordination Framework, a collection of Shiite parties, announced

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Trump warns Iraq against returning former PM al-Maliki to power amid worries about Iran influence

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iraq on Tuesday that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power. Trump made the threat days after the dominant political bloc known as the Coordination Framework, a collection of Shiite parties, announced

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