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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 24 14 .632 — Boston 24 14 .632 — Toronto 23 16 .590 1½ Philadelphia 21 15 .583 2 Brooklyn 11 24 .314 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 21 18 .538 — Miami 20 18 .526 ½ Atlanta 19

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Brazil soy industry’s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn’t grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy moratorium, has been widely credited with helping curb rainforest loss. That changed this

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Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, officials said Saturday, after Russia launched a powerful hypersonic missile along with drones and other weapons that disrupted Kyiv’s power supply and heating. There were no immediate reports of casualties, Volgograd Gov. Andrei Bocharov was

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Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine memorial in Washington, D.C., authorized by a 2022 law, awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. It

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Death toll in violence surrounding protests challenging Iran’s theocracy reaches 116, activists say

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy reached the two-week mark Sunday, as the death toll in violence surrounding the demonstrations reached at least 116 people killed, activists said. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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 Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Jan. 10. 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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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Cleveland 146 Minnesota 134 Final Indiana 123 Miami 99 Final L.A. Clippers 98 Detroit 92 Final Chicago 125 Dallas 107 Final San Antonio 100 Boston 95 Final Charlotte 150 Utah 95 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final Boston 10 N-Y Rangers 2 Final Calgary 2 Pittsburgh 1 Final

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Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push for US control of the island

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people. “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen

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Filipino rescuers detect ‘signs of life’ in garbage avalanche that killed 4 and left dozens missing

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in a central Philippines landfill and plan to intensify search efforts, an official said Saturday. Twelve workers have been rescued with injuries

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at JACKSONVILLE 1½ 1½ (51½) Buffalo at PHILADELPHIA 3½ 6 (44½) San Francisco at NEW ENGLAND 3½ 3½ (45½) LA Chargers Monday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Houston 3 3 (38) at PITTSBURGH College Football Monday, Jan. 19 CFP National Championship Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Trump administration can’t block child care money for 5 Democratic-led states for now, judge says

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now. The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued

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Judge blocks Trump’s elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots

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