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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander warns the US, says his force has its ‘finger on the trigger’

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger,” its commander said Saturday, as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East. Nournews,

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AP-Scorecard

Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Houston 111 Detroit 104 Final Atlanta 110 Phoenix 103 Final Cleveland 123 Sacramento 118 Final 2OT Boston 130 Brooklyn 126 Final New Orleans 133 Memphis 127 Final Indiana 117 Oklahoma City 114 Final Denver 102 Milwaukee 100 Final Toronto 110 Portland 98

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After accepting US deportees, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top official, documents show

By JOSEPH FALZETTA Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars

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Scale of Iran’s nationwide protests and bloody crackdown come into focus even as internet is out

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the internet and much of the wider world. Cities and towns smell of smoke as fire-damaged mosques and government offices line

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG New England 5½ 4½ (42½) at DENVER at SEATTLE 2½ 2½ (46½) LA Rams NBA Saturday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at CHARLOTTE 10½ (230½) Washington New York 1½ (229½) at PHILADELPHIA at MINNESOTA 6½ (237½) Golden State at ORLANDO 1 (227½) Cleveland Boston 1½

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Freezing and in the dark, Kyiv residents are stranded in tower blocks as Russia targets power system

By DEREK GATOPOULOS, VASILISA STEPANENKO, and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher has severe rheumatoid arthritis, and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground. Long

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Trump stirs talk of ‘new world order’ as leaders signal shifting global alliances

By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gives. And he takes away. Offended by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s increasingly assertive posture toward the U.S., Trump revoked an invitation to join his Board of Peace. Many Western allies are suspicious of the organization, which is chaired by Trump and was initially

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