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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes for big win as polls open in national elections

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. Takaichi is hugely popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan

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Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building on 1-month anniversary of woman’s death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police arrested at least several demonstrators Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman’s death at the hands of an immigration officer. Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7 as she was driving away from immigration officers in a Minneapolis neighborhood.

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Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that

By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump received rare blowback from Republican lawmakers over a video posted to social media that included a racist image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, depicted as primates. Since Trump’s return to the White House, Republican lawmakers have treaded carefully when

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Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Wednesday about Iran talks

By NATALIE MELZER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office said Saturday, while Iran’s foreign minister threatened U.S. military bases in the region a day after the discussions. “The prime minister believes that all

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College Basketball Scores

Saturday, Feb. 7 EAST Albertus Magnus 99, Rivier 70 Amherst 73, Connecticut College 54 Babson 71, Springfield Pride 56 Bethany (WV) 93, Grove City 81 Boston University 78, Loyola (Md) 69 Bowdoin 66, Williams College 56 Bridgewater State 92, Anna Maria 76 Cairn 89, Pennsylvania College 80 Caldwell 70, Wilmington (DE) 69 Catholic University 97,

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Trump praises Nexstar-Tegna broadcast television deal he once opposed

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna, an apparent reversal from earlier criticism of the deal. “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump wrote on social media. “Letting Good Deals

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Gunmen in northern Nigeria kill 3 villagers and kidnap 11, including a Catholic priest

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people, including a Catholic priest, during a predawn attack in northwest Nigeria on Saturday, church officials said. The gunmen attacked the priest’s residence in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna state at about 3 a.m., Kaduna’s Catholic Diocese

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Haiti’s presidential council dissolves after rocky tenure as unelected US-backed ruler remains

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade. Days before the nine-member council

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Congressional Black Caucus chair says Trump’s post on the Obamas shows a ‘bigoted and racist regime’

By BILL BARROW and RIVER ZHANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses. First it dismissed “fake outrage,” then it deleted the post and blamed a staff member. Trump later told reporters Friday that “I didn’t

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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 34 18 .654 — New York 33 19 .635 1 Toronto 31 22 .585 3½ Philadelphia 29 22 .569 4½ Brooklyn 14 37 .275 19½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 26 24 .520 — Miami 27 26 .509 ½ Atlanta 26

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Reporting on itself: ‘Today’ keeps it low-key in covering search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Savannah Guthrie gets top billing every weekday morning when the “Today” show introduces its cast. In an anguishing twist, the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother has made Guthrie herself the top story, too. NBC’s morning show is reporting news that it is part of, a journalistic challenge made more

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