By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Bad Bunny look-alike contest at a San Francisco restaurant snowballed into a street party after hundreds of fans of the global superstar showed up to cheer his doppelgangers and sing along to his music ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. More
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MOSCOW (AP) — A deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized after being shot several times by an unidentified assailant at an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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 Missouri Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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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NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Canada and France opened diplomatic consulates on Friday in the capital of Greenland, showing support for NATO ally Denmark and the Arctic island in the wake of U.S. efforts to secure control of the semiautonomous Danish territory. Canada’s maple-leaf flag went up and dozens of people sang “O Canada” as Foreign
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Detroit 118 New York 80 Final Boston 98 Miami 96 Final Milwaukee 105 Indiana 99 Final New Orleans 119 Minnesota 115 Final Portland 135 Memphis 115 Final L.A. Clippers 114 Sacramento 111 ___ TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Final (22)St. John’s 81 (3)UConn 72 ___
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Feb. 06. 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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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–DRAKE-ILLINOIS STATE DESCRIPTION: Drake plays Illinois State at CEFCU Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 4½ 4½ (45½) at NEW ENGLAND NBA Saturday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at BROOKLYN 4½ (219½) Washington at OKLAHOMA CITY 3½ (213½) Houston at SAN ANTONIO 11½ (230½) Dallas at ORLANDO 9½ (237½) Utah Charlotte 1½ (231½) at ATLANTA Denver 5½ (230½) at
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, could face up to life in prison in the case that has stirred
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By MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Actor Michael Keaton jousted with an Oscar statue and made burgers Friday night as he was roasted before receiving the 2026 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s
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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press Noah Winter brags he’s been to way more Super Bowls than Tom Brady. Brady competed in 10 — more than any other player. But Winter will be part of the Super Bowl spectacle for his 30th straight year this year, not in uniform but as the guy in charge
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Ada-Borup-West 78, Bagley 67 Albany 81, Foley 40 Alexandria 84, Sartell-St. Stephen 73 Armstrong/Cooper 87, Exploration 30 Austin 75, Stewartville 70 Battle Lake 73, Verndale 70 Bemidji 80, Rock Ridge 32 Benilde-St Margaret’s 65, St Louis Park 47 Big Lake 88, St. Francis 87 Blooming Prairie 73, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 56
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 8, 9 (two, eight, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 4, 7 (one, four, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic primary in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District is too early to call.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 10, 15, 22, 27, 35 (ten, fifteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 0, 2, 9 (zero, two, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 4” game were: 0, 5, 5, 6 (zero, five, five, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 3, 6 (one, three, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 3, 9 (one, two, three, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 8, 10, 28, 35, 38 (eight, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-five, thirty-eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina and the United States agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on each other’s goods in an expansive trade deal that boosts a drive by President Javier Milei to open up Argentina’s protectionist economy and a push by the Trump administration to reduce food prices for
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CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man accused of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pleaded guilty Thursday, a year after President Donald Trump pardoned him for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Christopher P. Moynihan, 35, also agreed to serve three years of probation. During a hearing in the
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran’s nuclear program. But for the first time, America brought its top military commander in the Middle East to
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