(AP) — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week.
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By BEN FINLEY, MICHAEL BIESECKER, and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday. The Pentagon’s statement on social media did not say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela, which faces
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong
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By RICARDO ZUNIGA Associated Press For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he launched into “Tití Me Preguntó,” the Puerto Rican superstar had suffused the set with symbols of the island — and a sense
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA STATE-TCU DESCRIPTION: Iowa State plays TCU at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. 150 words, more on
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Record Pts Prv 1. Arizona (59) 23-0 1475 1 2. Michigan 22-1 1416 2 3.
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (31) 25-0 775 1 2. UCLA 23-1 742 2
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(AP) — 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.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Astin has taken on the presidency of the SAG-AFTRA at a particularly perilous time for the actors union, and for Hollywood. There’s the threat of human actors being replaced by artificial intelligence. The ongoing upheavals of streaming. Studio consolidation and realignment. Nearly three years
Continue ReadingBy TY O’NEIL Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities investigating the apparent kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie returned to her Arizona neighborhood several times over the weekend, ahead of a Monday evening deadline set by her purported abductors who sent ransom notes demanding money for her return. The investigation into what happened to the mother
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quotes from SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin in an interview with The Associated Press. Astin, the new head of the actors’ union, will be part of forthcoming negotiations with studios and streamers — the first since the 2023 strike. The interview covered a range of topics
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Feb. 10 AHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. NHLN — 2026 AHL All-Star Skills Competition, Rockford, Ill. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ACCN — Notre Dame at SMU ESPN — North Carolina at Miami ESPN2 — BYU at Baylor ESPNU — Virginia at
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Feb. 10 ALPINE SKIING 1:00 a.m. USA — Men’s Team Combined (Re-air) 4:30 a.m. Streaming only — Women’s Team Combined: Downhill USA — Women’s Team Combined: Downhill 7:50 a.m. Streaming only — Women’s Team Combined: Slalom 8:00 a.m. USA — Women’s
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 34 19 .642 — Boston 34 19 .642 — Toronto 32 22 .593 2½ Philadelphia 30 22 .577 3½ Brooklyn 14 37 .275 19 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 27 24 .529 — Miami 28 26 .519 ½ Atlanta 26
Continue ReadingAll 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 New York 34 19 .642 5 9-1 W-1 21-6 12-13 23-12 Boston 34 19 .642 5 7-3 L-1 17-9 17-10 23-13 Cleveland 32 21 .604 7 8-2 W-3 17-11 15-10 19-13
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 34 19 .642 — 9-1 W-1 21-6 12-13 23-12 Boston 34 19 .642 — 7-3 L-1 17-9 17-10 23-13 Toronto 32 22 .593 2½ 7-3 W-2 16-12 16-10 24-14 Philadelphia 30 22 .577 3½ 7-3 W-1 15-13
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HONG KONG (AP) — Monday’s sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law. The 78-year-old Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is ready to “support’’ UK police examining claims that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The statement came after police said they were “assessing” reports that the former prince, now known as
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By The Associated Press Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating. Maxwell was questioned during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she’s serving a 20-year sentence for sex
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday — a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before — as the Trump administration offered economic opportunities while it works to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday, the latest tragedy on a dangerous route for those seeking a better life in Europe. The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s president has warned that the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan has created conditions “similar to or worse than” those before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a sign of rising tensions with Kabul after last week’s mosque attack in Islamabad, which analysts said Monday highlights militants’ reach to
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Not in recent U.S.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — On the same day Amber Glenn won Olympic gold as part of the team event, and stepped away from social media due to backlash over her comments on politics and the LGBTQ+ community, the American figure skater ended up with another headache. Canadian artist Seb McKinnon,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Monday, Feb. 09. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Monday, Feb. 09. 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 Kansas Daybook for Monday, Feb. 09. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Monday, Feb. 09. 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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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow melted from rooftops — signs of a warming world. “I definitely thought we’d be wearing all the layers,” said Jay Tucker, who came from
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