By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press Entertainment’s awards season has coincided with the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdowns. Those questions again surfaced Sunday as music’s biggest stars walked the red carpet at the Grammys. Activists spent the week
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By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press Entertainment’s awards season has coincided with the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdowns. Those questions again surfaced Sunday as music’s biggest stars walked the red carpet at the Grammys. Activists spent the week
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The 68th annual Grammy Awards are just about here, airing live from Los Angeles on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday night. Kendrick Lamar’s dominance continues at the Grammys, where he leads the nominations with nine this year. He’s followed closely by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian record producer/songwriter Cirkut, who
Continue ReadingSunday No. 1 UConn (23-0) beat No. 15 Tennessee 96-66. Next: at DePaul, Wednesday. No. 2 UCLA (20-1) vs. No. 8 Iowa. Next: vs. Rutgers, Wednesday. No. 3 South Carolina (21-2) did not play. Next: at Texas A&M, Monday. No. 4 Texas (21-2) beat No. 10 Oklahoma 78-70. Next: vs. No. 6 LSU, Thursday. No.
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By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press The 68th Grammys red carpet is in full swing with Gen Z stars like Lola Young and PinkPantheress delivering fresh takes on red carpet fashion. The British rising stars who are shaking up the music industry with their individual sounds both opted for vastly different Vivienne Westwood looks Sunday. Best
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee has vastly outpaced Democrats in the crush for cash ahead of the midterm elections, holding a nearly $100 million advantage at the close of 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission. As Democrats have struggled in the Trump era, the RNC tallied $172
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including young children — outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful. Witnesses said agents deployed tear gas,
Continue ReadingSunday No. 1 Arizona (22-0) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Saturday. No. 2 UConn (21-1) did not play. Next: vs. Xavier, Tuesday. No. 3 Michigan (20-1) did not play. Next: vs. Penn State, Thursday. No. 4 Duke (20-1) did not play. Next: vs. Boston College, Tuesday. No. 5 Nebraska (20-1) vs. No. 9
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 4:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: Last Chance Qualifying Race, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards. Representatives for the film on Sunday said that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday. No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his
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Sunday, Feb. 1 EAST Bates 89, Middlebury 71 Brandeis 90, Case Western Reserve 79 Duquesne 76, Rhode Island 61 Marist 58, Niagara 46 Merrimack 75, Sacred Heart 58 Mount St Marys 72, Manhattan 65 New York University 74, Carnegie Mellon 63 Penn State 77, Minnesota 75 Purdue 93, Maryland 63 Quinnipiac 72, Fairfield 65 Rider
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The release of “Melania” was unlike any seen before. Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for the
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER CÓRDOBA ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGO, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican voters choose Sunday between continuing the policies of outgoing conservative populist Rodrigo Chaves by electing his selected successor or giving a new chance to parties seeking to shed a self-serving, establishment image. The historically peaceful Central American nation’s crime surge in recent years
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 4:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: Last Chance Qualifying Race, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 30 18 .625 — 6-4 W-5 19-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 30 18 .625 — 6-4 W-1 15-8 15-10 21-12 Toronto 29 21 .580 2 5-5 L-2 13-11 16-10 22-14 Philadelphia 27 21 .563 3 5-5 W-3 15-13
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div a-Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 15-9-0 19-5-4 6-3-1 m-Carolina 54 33 15 6 72 188 158 19-8-2 14-7-4 11-3-1 a-Detroit 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 18-10-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 a-Montreal 55 31 17 7 69
Continue Reading 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 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 18-10-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Montreal 55 31 17 7 69 191 182 16-11-1 15-6-6 10-8-1 Buffalo 54 31 18
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 35 12 .745 — 7-3 W-1 18-5 16-7 22-6 New York 30 18 .625 5½ 6-4 W-5 19-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 30 18 .625 5½ 6-4 W-1 15-8 15-10 21-12 Toronto 29 21 .580 7½ 5-5 L-2 13-11 16-10 22-14
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 Detroit 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 Montreal 55 31 17 7 69 191 182 Buffalo 54 31 18 5 67 185 164 Boston 55 32 20 3 67 186 171
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 30 18 .625 — Boston 30 18 .625 — Toronto 29 21 .580 2 Philadelphia 27 21 .563 3 Brooklyn 13 34 .277 16½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 25 22 .532 — Miami 26 24 .520 ½ Atlanta 24
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By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 “Indian-backed terrorists ” in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people,
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country. Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state,
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies. He made the comment to reporters on Saturday night as
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Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. “A devoted father, actor, author, and minister, Demond lived
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By HOGIR AL ABDO and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press AL-HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — An international humanitarian organization has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as the government struggles to establish control over an area formerly controlled by Kurdish fighters.
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By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump won his comeback campaign, he credited the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him make inroads with Michigan’s Arab American community. As a reward, Trump nominated Amer Ghalib to serve as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. But Ghalib is not on his way
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead. “Opening the crossing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. 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 ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. 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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