By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Broderick presented his wife of nearly 30 years Sarah Jessica Parker with the Golden Globes’Carol Burnett Award for a life of achievement in television at Golden Eve, a ceremony that also added Helen Mirren to the list of legends that have won the
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees Thursday brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty. But it was another, less covered news event farther away that some Venezuelan rights advocates said offered their only real hope for justice as long as the government
Continue ReadingThursday No. 1 Arizona (15-0) did not play. Next: at TCU, Saturday. No. 2 Michigan (14-0) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Saturday. No. 3 Iowa State (15-0) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Saturday. No. 4 UConn (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul, Saturday. No. 5 Purdue (14-1) did not play. Next:
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An avalanche of garbage buried workers at a waste segregation facility in a central Philippine city, killing one person, injuring seven and leaving at least 27 others missing, police said Friday. Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a
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By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press A day after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, the case escalated sharply Thursday when federal authorities blocked state investigators from accessing evidence and declared that Minnesota has no jurisdiction to investigate the killing. Legal experts said the dispute highlights a central question raised repeatedly
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Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state must stand up to Republican President Donald Trump ’s “assault on our values,” using his final State of the State address Thursday to declare his state a bulwark against what he called a chaotic federal government.
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: The signature legislation of President Donald Trump’s first year in office cuts taxes and makes major policy changes to social safety net programs such as Medicaid health insurance and SNAP food benefits. The changes are going to have a big impact on state governments.
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Thursday No. 1 UConn (16-0) did not play. Next: at Creighton, Sunday. No. 2 Texas (17-0) vs. Auburn. Next: at No. 12 LSU, Sunday. No. 3 South Carolina (16-1) beat Arkansas 93-58. Next: vs. Georgia, Sunday. No. 4 UCLA (14-1) did not play. Next: at No. 25 Nebraska, Sunday. No. 5 Oklahoma (14-2) lost to
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By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-year-old mother of three. Others were
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as 17 renegade GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat in support. The tally, 230-196, signified growing
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as 17 renegade GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat in support. The tally, 230-196, signified growing
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill to extend health care subsidies despite GOP leadership’s opposition, putting pressure on Senate to act.
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos is the latest performer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She had been scheduled to give two concerts for young people on Feb. 7, followed by a “creative conversation” with the audience. De Los Santos,
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Colorado’s attorney general accused the Trump administration on Thursday of waging a “revenge campaign” by choking off funds and ending federal programs over the state’s refusal to accede to the Republican president’s demands to free an imprisoned elections clerk. President Donald Trump has pushed unsuccessfully for Colorado to release former
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal and state officials withheld evidence that the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to reimburse Florida for some of the costs of constructing an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to environmental groups suing to shut down the facility.
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills on Thursday that would fund parts of the federal government through September, demonstrating the eagerness of lawmakers to avoid another government shutdown near the end of the month. Congress has so far passed only three of the
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By OMAR FARUK and DENG MACHOL Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government on Thursday denied an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized food aid earmarked for impoverished civilians. The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that it has suspended
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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government boasted Thursday a sharp decline in homicide rates, presenting the figures as evidence that its security strategy is working, while analysts cautioned that the numbers may not fully reflect the country’s violence. During President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily news conference, officials said Mexico recorded
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild’s top prize. The organization announced feature film and first-time director nominees Thursday for the 78th annual Directors Guild Awards. The five films singled out for the top prize, “One
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MEGAN JANETSKY and MATIAS DELACROIX Associated Press GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela released a number of citizens and foreigners from its prisons Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it was suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haiti’s capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups. The announcement is a blow to the Bel-Air slum where the nonprofit group operated, because it offered the only
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A former U.N. Mideast envoy has been chosen to direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel’s prime minister said Thursday, as at least eight more deaths from Israeli strikes were reported there. The appointment of Bulgarian
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone strikes temporarily knocked out power to the entire southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine and left more than 600,000 households in the central Dnipropetrovsk region without electricity, officials said Thursday. The bombardment occurred against the backdrop of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting, nearly
Continue Reading Thursday, Jan. 8 EAST Buffalo State 70, SUNY-Fredonia 52 Central Connecticut 76, Stonehill 69 Charleston (WV) 87, Point Park 60 Curry College 86, Colby-Sawyer 67 Drexel 56, Stony Brook 37 Fairleigh Dickinson 70, Chicago State 63 Hofstra 78, Towson 67 Keene State 79, Eastern Connecticut State 72 LIU 60, Mercyhurst 58 Le Moyne 73, New
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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage as the Trump administration launches what officials are calling the
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