SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for corruption Wednesday ahead of the verdict for disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law imposition a year ago. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim for receiving gifts from the
Continue ReadingBy 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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By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — It may be out of place on a busy downtown street and it may be a bit run down, but this small mansion in central Belgrade is thriving. Its walls crumbling and shutters closed, a 19th century house filled with period furniture is keeping a piece
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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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By GISELA SALOMON and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal judge considers during a two-day hearing whether they are getting sufficient access to the legal system. Civil rights
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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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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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By LAURA BARGFELD and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and
Continue ReadingTuesday No. 1 Arizona (21-0) did not play. Next: at Arizona State, Saturday. No. 2 UConn (19-1) vs. Providence. Next: at Creighton, Saturday. No. 3 Michigan (19-1) beat No. 5 Nebraska 75-72. Next: at No. 7 Michigan State, Friday. No. 4 Duke (19-1) did not play. Next: at Virginia Tech, Saturday. No. 5 Nebraska (20-1)
Continue ReadingBy 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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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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By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras, and pledged to create jobs, crack down on crime and improve key social services like education and health care. The 67-year-old president said he would lead the country “with the full commitment required to
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
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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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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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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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By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Drugs that treat Type 2 diabetes, HIV and arthritis are among 15 new medications chosen for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers, the Trump administration said Tuesday. The drugs selected include some of the medications
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(AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday a “big investigation” was underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Addressing her staff three months into her job as CBS News boss, Bari Weiss on Tuesday invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking and said that if the network continues with its current strategy, “we’re toast.” Weiss announced the hiring of 18 new contributors and
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By MARÍA VERZA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her government has at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but struck an ambiguous tone, saying the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a “sovereign decision” not made under
Continue ReadingLEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — First Busey Corp. (BUSE) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $60.8 million. The Leawood, Kansas-based bank said it had earnings of 63 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 68 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court. At U.S. District Court in Boston, Judge Brian Murphy halted the administration’s stop work order for Vineyard Wind, citing
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — UMB Financial Corp. (UMBF) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $215.4 million. The bank, based in Kansas City, Missouri, said it had earnings of $2.74 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $3.08 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations.
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Federal judge issues temporary order prohibiting removal of 5-year-old boy and father who were detained in Minnesota.
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By BILL BARROW and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Judge says Democrats’ redistricting proposal to let Virginia redraw congressional map before midterm election is illegal.
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order to “cut through bureaucratic red tape” and speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the January 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires. Trump’s order, signed Friday, seeks to allow
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