By JAVIER CÓRDOBA ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGO, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican voters choose Sunday between continuing the policies of outgoing conservative populist Rodrigo Chaves by electing his selected successor or giving a new chance to parties seeking to shed a self-serving, establishment image. The historically peaceful Central American nation’s crime surge in recent years
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 4:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: Last Chance Qualifying Race, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 31 18 .633 — 6-4 W-6 20-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 31 18 .633 — 7-3 W-2 16-8 15-10 22-12 Toronto 30 21 .588 2 6-4 W-1 14-11 16-10 22-14 Philadelphia 27 21 .563 3½ 5-5 W-3 15-13
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div a-Tampa Bay 53 35 14 4 74 189 136 16-9-0 19-5-4 7-3-1 m-Carolina 55 34 15 6 74 191 160 20-8-2 14-7-4 11-3-1 a-Detroit 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 18-10-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 a-Montreal 55 31 17 7 69
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 53 35 14 4 74 189 136 16-9-0 19-5-4 7-3-1 Detroit 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 18-10-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Montreal 55 31 17 7 69 191 182 16-11-1 15-6-6 10-8-1 Boston 56 32 20
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 36 12 .750 — 8-2 W-2 19-5 16-7 23-6 New York 31 18 .633 5½ 6-4 W-6 20-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 31 18 .633 5½ 7-3 W-2 16-8 15-10 22-12 Toronto 30 21 .588 7½ 6-4 W-1 14-11 16-10 22-14
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 53 35 14 4 74 189 136 Detroit 56 32 18 6 70 171 171 Montreal 55 31 17 7 69 191 182 Boston 56 32 20 4 68 191 177 Buffalo 54 31 18 5 67 185 164
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 31 18 .633 — Boston 31 18 .633 — Toronto 30 21 .588 2 Philadelphia 27 21 .563 3½ Brooklyn 13 35 .271 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 24 .529 — Orlando 25 23 .521 ½ Atlanta 24
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By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 “Indian-backed terrorists ” in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people,
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country. Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state,
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies. He made the comment to reporters on Saturday night as
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Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. “A devoted father, actor, author, and minister, Demond lived
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By HOGIR AL ABDO and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press AL-HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — An international humanitarian organization has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as the government struggles to establish control over an area formerly controlled by Kurdish fighters.
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By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump won his comeback campaign, he credited the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him make inroads with Michigan’s Arab American community. As a reward, Trump nominated Amer Ghalib to serve as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. But Ghalib is not on his way
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead. “Opening the crossing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. 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 Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Boston 107 Milwaukee 79 Final Detroit 130 Brooklyn 77 Final Miami 134 Chicago 91 Final Washington 116 Sacramento 112 Final Toronto 107 Utah 100 Final New York 112 L.A. Lakers 100 Final L.A. Clippers 117 Phoenix 93 Final Cleveland 130 Portland 111 Final San Antonio 112 Orlando
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The music world lost a giant when heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died last summer. So, what better way to kick off the famed Clive Davis pre-Grammys gala Saturday night than with a tribute to the prince of darkness? MGK (formerly known as Machine Gun
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on recent nationwide protests. The comments
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards on Saturday night. “Music has been my prayer, my healing, my joy, my truth,” Khan said as she
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By JOHN HANNA and JULIE CARR SMYTH AP Political Writers Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Republican president immediately distanced himself from
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 4½ 4½ (45½) at NEW ENGLAND NBA Monday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Houston 5½ (218) at INDIANA at CHARLOTTE OFF (OFF) New Orleans Minnesota 7½ (227½) at MEMPHIS at LA CLIPPERS 2½ (220½) Philadelphia COLLEGE BASKETBALL Monday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s go time for thousands of America’s most dogged competitors. Big or small, sleek or shaggy, imposing or impish, they’re all trying for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in its milestone 150th year. Might Comet the shih tzu snag the trophy
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By MORIAH BALINGIT and CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press It all began after a viral video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis: strangers peering through windows, right-wing journalists showing up outside homes, influencers hurling false accusations. In San Diego, child care provider Samsam Khalif was shuttling kids to her home-based center when she
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States. Despite last year proclaiming February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump started his second term by claiming some African American history lessons are meant to indoctrinate
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips GOP-held Texas state Senate seat in special election for district Trump handily won in 2024.
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