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Trump’s immigration chiefs are set to testify in Congress following protester deaths

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities. Trump’s immigration campaign has been heavily scrutinized in recent weeks, after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis

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The Latest: Trump’s immigration chiefs called to testify in Congress following protester deaths

By The Associated Press The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress at 10 a.m. ET and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities. Todd Lyons, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rodney Scott, who leads Customs and Border

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UK leader Starmer averts a leadership challenge for now but remains damaged by Epstein fallout

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer fights another day. After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple him, the U.K. prime minister was saved by a pugnacious fightback and hesitation among his rivals inside the governing Labour Party about the consequences

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‘We hold these truths’: Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained. Cultural institutions, sporting events, even communities are polarized. If there is any place the bitter partisanship is set

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Emerging artists making rap, Afrobeats and R&B music push Christian genre boundaries

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made songs to streaming platforms. Now, bigger labels and streaming services

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Ukraine’s only figure skater channels his family’s journey through war into his Olympic program

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak was exhausted last summer as he trained for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. Drained, anxious and often unable to sleep, the 21-year-old could not stop thinking about his family back in Ukraine: His father is in the army

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Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said. Speaking in an online briefing with journalists, Kaupo

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Tuesday, Feb. 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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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Feb. 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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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Tuesday, Feb. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Tuesday, Feb. 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 Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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AP-Scorecard

Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Detroit 110 Charlotte 104 Final Brooklyn 123 Chicago 115 Final Orlando 118 Milwaukee 99 Final Utah 115 Miami 111 Final New Orleans 120 Sacramento 94 Final Minnesota 138 Atlanta 116 Final Golden State 114 Memphis 113 Final Portland 135 Philadelphia 118 Final

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Honda reports declining profit as Trump’s tariffs and EV moves hurt Japanese automaker’s results

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda reported Tuesday a 42% drop in profit for the nine months through December, compared to a year earlier, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the Japanese automaker’s earnings. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co.’s profit over the three quarters totaled 465.4 billion yen ($3 billion), down

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Survey says democracies’ anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the US

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Established democracies’ efforts against public-sector corruption appear to be flagging, according to a survey released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of perceived corruption worldwide. It raised concern about developments in the United States and the impact elsewhere of U.S. funding cuts. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index

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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 —————————— BKC–T25-TOP 25 THIS WEEK DESCRIPTION: As college basketball gets a post-football chance at the spotlight, the clear

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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 —————————— BKC–T25-TOP 25 THIS WEEK DESCRIPTION: As college basketball gets a post-football chance at the spotlight, the clear

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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 —————————— BKC–T25-TOP 25 THIS WEEK DESCRIPTION: As college basketball gets a post-football chance at the spotlight, the clear

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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 —————————— BKC–T25-TOP 25 THIS WEEK DESCRIPTION: As college basketball gets a post-football chance at the spotlight, the clear

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NBA Tuesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at NEW YORK 12½ (223½) Indiana at HOUSTON 7½ (210½) LA Clippers at PHOENIX 7½ (226½) Dallas San Antonio 8½ (229) at LA LAKERS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tuesday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Milwaukee 1½ at IU INDIANAPOLIS at SMU 11½ Notre Dame at AUBURN 3½ Vanderbilt BYU

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Democrats say White House offer on ICE is ‘insufficient’ as Homeland Security funding set to expire

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and

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