ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Centene Corp. (CNC) on Friday reported a loss of $1.1 billion in its fourth quarter. The St. Louis-based company said it had a loss of $2.24 per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.19 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from a massive bombing that tore through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers has risen to 24, a Pakistani official said. Nearly a hundred people were injured, government officials and rescue workers said. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Memon and
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Bad Bunny look-alike contest at a San Francisco restaurant snowballed into a street party after hundreds of fans of the global superstar showed up to cheer his doppelgangers and sing along to his music ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. More
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MOSCOW (AP) — A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, 64 was shot several time by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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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NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Canada and France planned to open diplomatic consulates Friday in the capital of Greenland, showing support for NATO ally Denmark and the Arctic island in the wake of U.S. efforts to secure control of the semiautonomous Danish territory. Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand was traveling to Nuuk to inaugurate the consulate
Continue ReadingHere are the scores from yesterday’s sports events: ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Washington 126 Detroit 117 Final Orlando 118 Brooklyn 98 Final Toronto 123 Chicago 107 Final Atlanta 121 Utah 119 Final Charlotte 109 Houston 99 Final San Antonio 135 Dallas 123 Final Golden State 101 Phoenix 97 Final L.A. Lakers 119 Philadelphia 115
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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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Continue ReadingBy 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–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy 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–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy 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–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy 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–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
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By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 4½ 4½ (45½) at NEW ENGLAND NBA Friday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG New York 1½ (224½) at DETROIT at BOSTON 7 (229½) Miami at MINNESOTA 11½ (236½) New Orleans Indiana 1½ (224½) at MILWAUKEE LA Clippers 3½ (222½) at SACRAMENTO at PORTLAND 7
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, could face up to life in prison in the case that has stirred
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Actor Michael Keaton is set to be honored Friday as the 2026 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, said Keaton will receive his Pudding Pot award at
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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press Noah Winter brags he’s been to way more Super Bowls than Tom Brady. Brady competed in 10 — more than any other player. But Winter will be part of the Super Bowl spectacle for his 30th straight year this year, not in uniform but as the guy in charge
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Ada-Borup-West 78, Bagley 67 Albany 81, Foley 40 Alexandria 84, Sartell-St. Stephen 73 Armstrong/Cooper 87, Exploration 30 Austin 75, Stewartville 70 Battle Lake 73, Verndale 70 Bemidji 80, Rock Ridge 32 Benilde-St Margaret’s 65, St Louis Park 47 Big Lake 88, St. Francis 87 Blooming Prairie 73, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 56
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 8, 9 (two, eight, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 4, 7 (one, four, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 0, 3, 3, 8 (zero, three, three, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic primary in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District is too early to call.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 10, 15, 22, 27, 35 (ten, fifteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 4” game were: 0, 5, 5, 6 (zero, five, five, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 0, 2, 9 (zero, two, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 3, 6 (one, three, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 3, 9 (one, two, three, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 8, 10, 28, 35, 38 (eight, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-five, thirty-eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina and the United States agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on each other’s goods in an expansive trade deal that boosts a drive by President Javier Milei to open up Argentina’s protectionist economy and a push by the Trump administration to reduce food prices for
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