By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country’s state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign policies for the next five years. The ruling Workers’ Party congress, which Kim previously held
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper’s staff, saying that after two years of transformation,
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Voters in Thailand went to the polls Sunday in an early general election seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics. The battle for support from 53 million registered voters comes against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened
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By The Associated Press Terrance Gore, a speedy outfielder who played for three World Series champions while spending parts of eight seasons in the major leagues, has died. He was 34. Chad Funderburk, a family friend who also worked with Gore through his baseball academy, confirmed Gore died Friday night. He deferred to Gore’s family
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Midday” game were: 2, 7, 8, 8 (two, 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 Saturday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 4, 4, 8 (four, four, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration can continue to detain immigrants without bond, marking a major legal victory for the federal immigration agenda and countering a slew of recent lower court decisions across the country that argued the practice is illegal. A panel of judges on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in a statement that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. Takaichi is hugely popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan
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Saturday No. 1 Arizona (23-0) beat Oklahoma State 84-47. Next: at No. 11 Kansas, Monday. No. 2 Michigan (21-1) did not play. Next: at Ohio State, Sunday. No. 3 UConn (22-2) did not play. Next: at Butler, Wednesday. No. 4 Duke (21-2) lost to No. 14 North Carolina 71-68. Next: at Pittsburgh, Tuesday. No. 5
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several dozen protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman’s death at the hands of an immigration officer. Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7 as she was driving away from immigration officers in a Minneapolis neighborhood. Her
Continue Reading Saturday No. 1 UConn (25-0) beat Butler 80-48. Next: vs. Creighton, Wednesday. No. 2 UCLA (22-1) did not play. Next: at No. 8 Michigan, Sunday. No. 3 South Carolina (23-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19 Tennessee, Sunday. No. 4 Texas (22-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Kentucky, Monday. No. 5 LSU
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By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump received rare blowback from Republican lawmakers over a video posted to social media that included a racist image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, depicted as primates. Since Trump’s return to the White House, Republican lawmakers have treaded carefully when
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza. The meeting, proposed for Feb. 19, would include both world leaders who accepted Trump’s invitation in January to join the
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By NATALIE MELZER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office said Saturday, while Iran’s foreign minister threatened U.S. military bases in the region a day after the discussions. “The prime minister believes that all
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and ANDREA ROSA Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday. The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press An Ohio man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance while he was visiting his home state last month. But the man’s lawyer said his health makes it unlikely he would have been able to carry out the threat. In addition to the charge for threatening
Continue Reading Saturday, Feb. 7 EAST Adelphi 73, Saint Michael’s 55 Albertus Magnus 99, Rivier 70 Albright 85, Alvernia 75, OT Allegheny (PA) 69, Chatham 66 Amherst 73, Connecticut College 54 Assumption 69, American International 65 Babson 71, Springfield Pride 56 Bentley 95, Franklin Pierce 73 Bethany (WV) 93, Grove City 81 Boston University 78, Loyola (Md)
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Tourists to Milan during the Winter Olympics hoping to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “ The Last Supper” were in for an unwelcome surprise: Access to the masterpiece is closed to the public for 3 1/2 days. The painting, created between 1494 and 1498 by the Italian
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — E-40 turned NFL Honors into a hyphy detour, firing off Bay Area slang that helped shape a generation as actor Tiffany Haddish and Carolina Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan danced from their seats and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce nodded along to the beat.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna on Saturday, an apparent reversal from earlier criticism of the deal. “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump wrote on social media. “Letting Good Deals
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza. The meeting, proposed for Feb. 19, would include both world leaders who accepted Trump’s invitation in January to join the
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people, including a Catholic priest, during a predawn attack in northwest Nigeria on Saturday, church officials said. The gunmen attacked the priest’s residence in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna state at about 3 a.m., Kaduna’s Catholic Diocese
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade. Days before the nine-member council
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and RIVER ZHANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses. First it dismissed “fake outrage,” then it deleted the post and blamed a staff member. Trump later told reporters Friday that “I didn’t
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Feb. 8 ALPINE SKIING 5:30 a.m. Streaming only — Women’s Downhill USA — Women’s Downhill 9:20 a.m. NBC — Women’s Downhill BIATHLON 8:05 a.m. Streaming only — Mixed 4x6km Relay 8:45 a.m. NBC — Mixed 4x6km Relay CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING 12:30 a.m.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Feb. 8 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon BTN — Southern Cal at Penn St. ESPNU — Tulsa at South Florida 1 p.m. CBS — Michigan at Ohio St. ESPN2 — UNC-Greensboro at Furman FOX — Texas Tech at West Virginia 2 p.m.
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 38 13 .745 — 7-3 W-1 21-6 16-7 24-7 Boston 34 18 .654 4½ 8-2 W-5 17-8 17-10 23-12 New York 33 19 .635 5½ 8-2 L-1 21-6 11-13 22-12 Cleveland 31 21 .596 7½ 8-2 W-2 17-11 14-10 19-13
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 34 18 .654 — New York 33 19 .635 1 Toronto 31 22 .585 3½ Philadelphia 29 22 .569 4½ Brooklyn 14 37 .275 19½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 27 24 .529 — Miami 27 26 .509 1 Atlanta 26
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