By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal prosecutors announced Friday they were charging state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits. It’s the latest
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Jan. 31 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon ACCN — Pittsburgh at Clemson CBSSN — Campbell at William & Mary ESPN — Duke at Virginia Tech ESPN2 — Texas Tech at UCF ESPNU — Duke at Virginia Tech FOX — Cincinnati at Houston
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the communist-run island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government. A sharp increase in U.S. sanctions was already suffocating Cubans
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Warsh has sought the job of Federal Reserve chair since President Donald Trump first considered him for the position nearly a decade ago. Now that he is in line for the job, the enormity of the challenge ahead of him is clear.
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HAVANA (AP) — Caribbean correspondent Dánica Coto returned to Cuba in late January, more than three years after her last visit to the island. The landscape and lives in Cuba are now very different, and more changes are anticipated since the fallout of the U.S. attack on Venezuela, Cuba’s strongest ally, has yet to be
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By JAIMIE DING, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv31-01 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. CBSSN — Boston U. at Holy Cross ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina 9 p.m. CBSSN — Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC ESPN — Kansas at Texas Tech COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 p.m.
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 15-9-0 19-5-4 6-3-1 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 18-9-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67 183 160 17-6-3 14-11-2 10-3-2 Montreal 54 30 17
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67 183 160 Montreal 54 30 17 7 67 187 180 Boston 55 32 20 3 67 186 171
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 30 18 .625 — Boston 30 18 .625 — Toronto 29 21 .580 2 Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3½ Brooklyn 13 34 .277 16½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 25 22 .532 — Miami 26 23 .531 — Atlanta 24
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 52 34 14 4 72 183 131 15-9-0 19-5-4 6-3-1 Carolina 53 33 15 5 71 185 154 19-8-2 14-7-3 11-3-0 Detroit 55 32 17 6 70 171 166 18-9-2 14-8-4 10-4-2 Buffalo 53 31 17 5 67
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 30 18 .625 — 6-4 W-5 19-6 10-12 21-11 Boston 30 18 .625 — 6-4 W-1 15-8 15-10 21-12 Toronto 29 21 .580 2 5-5 L-2 13-11 16-10 22-14 Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3½ 5-5 W-2 14-13
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa ordered Israel’s deputy ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, accusing him of undermining relations between the countries with social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and violating diplomatic protocols. The South African Foreign Ministry said
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Beth de Araújo’s potent family drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a sexual assault, won top prizes at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The juries announced the winners Friday in Park City, Utah. “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as the
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The Associated Press The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what
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By JOSH BOAK and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May — with Trump believing that he can finally get the booming economy that he promised to voters. When Trump said that
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after the release of the multimillion-selling “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” author Audrey Niffenegger has completed her long-awaited sequel. Hanover Square Press announced Friday that “Life Out of Order” will come out Oct. 27. The protagonist this time is violinist Alba DeTamble,
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By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press CEBU, Philippines (AP) — A peace plan agreed on by Southeast Asian leaders five years ago has failed to end Myanmar’s civil war but it could still serve as a basis for working with the new government that will emerge from recent elections there, Thailand’s top diplomat
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election Saturday. Meanwhile, voters in the Fort Worth area will elect a new state senator. Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards were the top
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By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the
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By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement on Friday with the country’s central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting and to lay out steps toward integrating the two sides. The development is the latest as Syria’s new
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By SAMUEL GETACHEW Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears grow of renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces. For a second day, Ethiopian Airlines wasn’t flying to Tigray on Friday, with customers receiving messages that cited “unplanned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Jan. 30. 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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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final L.A. Lakers 142 Washington 111 Final New Orleans 114 Memphis 106 Final Boston 112 Sacramento 93 Final New York 127 Portland 97 Final Orlando 130 Toronto 120 Final Denver 122 L.A. Clippers 109 Final Phoenix 126 Cleveland 113 Final Brooklyn 109 Utah 99 Final Detroit 131 Golden
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