By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just after 8 p.m. Thursday, Iran’s theocracy pulled the plug and disconnected the Islamic Republic’s 85 million people from the rest of the world. Following a playbook used both in demonstrations and in war, Iran severed the internet connections and telephone lines that connect
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Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who grabbed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium and posed for photographs with it during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for county office. Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission on Tuesday. That was the fifth
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Jan. 11 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon FOX — Illinois at Iowa USA — Saint Joseph’s at Richmond 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Memphis at FAU 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Wright St. at Oakland ESPNU — North Texas at Wichita St. 5 p.m.
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Carolina 44 27 14 3 57 152 133 15-8-1 12-6-2 10-3-0 Montreal 44 25 13 6 56 151 144 12-9-1 13-4-5 8-4-1 Detroit 45 26 15 4 56 141 142 15-8-1 11-7-3 7-3-2 Tampa Bay 42 26 13 3 55
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 44 25 13 6 56 151 144 Detroit 45 26 15 4 56 141 142 Tampa Bay 42 26 13 3 55 146 112 Buffalo 42 23 15 4 50 135 131 Toronto 43 21 15 7 49 143 140
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Boston 24 13 .649 — 8-2 W-1 12-6 12-7 17-8 New York 24 14 .632 ½ 4-6 L-1 16-4 7-10 18-11 Toronto 23 16 .590 2 6-4 L-1 12-8 11-8 20-11 Philadelphia 21 15 .583 2½ 6-4 W-2 10-9
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Montreal 44 25 13 6 56 151 144 12-9-1 13-4-5 8-4-1 Detroit 45 26 15 4 56 141 142 15-8-1 11-7-3 7-3-2 Tampa Bay 42 26 13 3 55 146 112 12-9-0 14-4-3 6-3-1 Buffalo 42 23 15
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 24 13 .649 — New York 24 14 .632 ½ Toronto 23 16 .590 2 Philadelphia 21 15 .583 2½ Brooklyn 11 24 .314 12 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 20 17 .541 — Orlando 21 18 .538 — Atlanta 19
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 28 9 .757 — 7-3 W-3 14-3 13-6 20-6 Boston 24 13 .649 4 8-2 W-1 12-6 12-7 17-8 New York 24 14 .632 4½ 4-6 L-1 16-4 7-10 18-11 Toronto 23 16 .590 6 6-4 L-1 12-8 11-8 20-11
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn’t grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy moratorium, has been widely credited with helping curb rainforest loss. That changed this
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, officials said Saturday, after Russia launched a powerful hypersonic missile along with drones and other weapons that disrupted Kyiv’s power supply and heating. There were no immediate reports of casualties, Volgograd Gov. Andrei Bocharov was
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine memorial in Washington, D.C., authorized by a 2022 law, awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. It
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of masked men armed with sticks beat and injured a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when they attacked a plant nursery, according to people who saw the attack and video footage obtained by The Associated Press. Video filmed by security
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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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By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing. The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country’s tourist
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Here are the latest scores from today’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Miami at Indiana 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago 8 p.m. San Antonio at Boston 8 p.m. Charlotte at Utah 9:30 p.m. Minnesota 42 Cleveland 35 (in progress) ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Calgary at Pittsburgh 3:30 p.m.
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NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people. “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen
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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in a central Philippines landfill and plan to intensify search efforts, an official said Saturday. Twelve workers have been rescued with injuries
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Saturday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG LA Rams 10½ 10½ (46) at CAROLINA Green Bay 1½ 1½ (44½) at CHICAGO Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at JACKSONVILLE 1½ 1 (51½) Buffalo at PHILADELPHIA 3½ 5½ (44½) San Francisco at NEW ENGLAND 3½ 3½ (45½) LA Chargers Monday FAVORITE OPEN
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 4, 9 (two, four, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 4” game were: 7, 7, 8, 8 (seven, seven, eight, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 13, 15, 25, 33, 36 (thirteen, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-three, thirty-six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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