By The Associated Press NBA Monday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Detroit 2½ (223½) at CHARLOTTE at ORLANDO 9½ (218½) Milwaukee at MIAMI 8½ (244½) Utah Chicago 3½ (223½) at BROOKLYN at MINNESOTA 6½ (236½) Atlanta at NEW ORLEANS 6½ (233½) Sacramento Cleveland 1 (235½) at DENVER Oklahoma City 5½ (218½) at LA LAKERS at GOLDEN
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Israel President Isaac Herzog started a state visit Monday aimed at consoling grieving Australian Jews and improving bilateral relations by laying a wreath and stones at the site of an antisemitic attack in Sydney that left 15 dead. Herzog met victims’ families and survivors of the
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday said one of her closest allies was kidnapped hours after being released from prison. The government had released several prominent opposition members from prison Sunday after lengthy politically motivated detentions. Machado said on social media that Juan
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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is on track to win the most seats in Thailand’s general election, according to unofficial results released by the state Election Commission after about 94% of polling stations had reported Monday. It’s the first decisive victory of a conservative
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s gamble that her personal popularity would lead to big election gains for her struggling party paid off hugely. On Monday, she began the process of translating that new power, made manifest in a two-thirds supermajority gained in parliamentary elections
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers are preparing to grill Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting tactics and spending, particularly in the wake of two stabbings — one fatal — on the light rail system in the Democratic-led city. A state House oversight committee asked Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 5, 6 (four, five, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Super Bowl lasted all of 13 minutes for many Puerto Ricans in San Juan and beyond. People turned their backs to TV screens as food, music and chatter filled the first half of the game until a hush fell across the island. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 4” game were: 1, 2, 6, 9 (one, two, six, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 5, 8, 16, 35, 36 (five, eight, sixteen, thirty-five, thirty-six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 3, 7, 7 (three, seven, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Defense won this championship.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Yes, the wedding depicted during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was real. About five minutes into the 13-minute extravaganza at Levi’s Stadium, the latter part of a wedding ceremony was shown, with a smiling officiant declaring the couple married, and the husband and wife, both wearing white, shared a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 7, 7, 8, 9 (seven, seven, eight, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 7, 12, 28, 37, 39 (seven, twelve, twenty-eight, thirty-seven, thirty-nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 7 (one, two, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) — undeniable symbols of Puerto
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Stars were front-and-center at Super Bowl 60, with Chris Pratt and Jon Bon Jovi introducing the teams, a series of soaring pre-game performances and Bad Bunny’s much-anticipated halftime show featuruing a tour of Puerto Rican culture and a real-life marriage.
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No. 1 UConn (25-0) beat DePaul 86-40; beat Butler 80-48. No. 2 UCLA (23-1) beat Rutgers 86-46; beat No. 8 Michigan 69-66. No. 3 South Carolina (24-2) beat Texas A&M 71-56; beat Mississippi State 88-45; beat No. 19 Tennessee 93-50. No. 4 Texas (22-2) beat No. 5 LSU 77-64. No. 5 LSU (22-3) lost to
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The man who killed 51 Muslim worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand’s deadliest mass shooting told an appeals court Monday that he felt forced to admit to the crimes because of “irrationality” due to harsh prison conditions, as he sought to have his guilty
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule decisions by Republican-controlled elections boards leading up to the state’s upcoming primary. U.S. District Judge William Osteen rejected arguments by the College Democrats of North Carolina and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 4, 7, 9 (four, seven, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Midday” game were: 0, 5, 7 (zero, five, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Midday” game were: 0, 1, 3, 5 (zero, one, three, five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading No. 1 Arizona (23-0) beat Oklahoma State 84-47. No. 2 Michigan (22-1) beat Penn State 110-69; beat Ohio State 82-61. No. 3 UConn (22-2) beat Xavier 92-60; lost to No. 22 St. John’s 81-72. No. 4 Duke (21-2) beat Boston College 67-49; lost to No. 14 North Carolina 71-68. No. 5 Illinois (20-4) beat Northwestern
Continue Reading All 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 Reading Sunday No. 1 UConn (25-0) did not play. Next: vs. Creighton, Wednesday. No. 2 UCLA (23-1) beat No. 8 Michigan 69-66. Next: at No. 12 Michigan State, Wednesday. No. 3 South Carolina (24-2) beat No. 19 Tennessee 93-50. Next: at No. 5 LSU, Saturday. No. 4 Texas (22-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent. Lai, 78,
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel ’s security cabinet on Sunday approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The office of far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a statement announced the decisions that would make it easier for Jewish settlers to
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By FERNANDA FIGUEROA The Associated Press MILAN (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home. It was the latest and most prominent example of U.S.
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