NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burks had 21 points off the bench, Evan Fournier also scored 21 and the New York Knicks routed the skidding Sacramento Kings 116-96 to snap a three-game losing streak. Julius Randle added 17 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks, who won for the second time in eight games. Tyrese
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By Alaa Elassar, Liam Reilly and Mirna Alsharif, CNN Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died Sunday morning, said her family and the New York Police Department, which is investigating her death. She was 30. Kryst was an attorney who sought to help reform America’s justice system, as well as a fashion blogger and entertainment news
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have advanced, mirroring broad overnight gains on Wall Street. Trading in China and most other regional markets was closed for Lunar New Year holidays. Benchmarks in Japan and Australia rose after Wall Street closed a tumultuous January wracked by worries that interest-rate hikes will
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By Nick Valencia and Amanda Watts, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will meet with the Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday to discuss recent new allegations in the Ronald Greene case. Both the governor’s office and the Department of Justice for the Western District of Louisiana are contesting recent reporting by the Associated Press that
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Oesterle scored 2:11 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1. Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist to help Detroit win for the second time in six games. Alex Nedeljkovic, starting for the 10th time in 11 games, had 14 saves. Rickard Rakell scored for
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By Jenn Selva, CNN The incoming executive director for Georgetown University’s Center for the Constitution has been placed on administrative leave after social media comments made last week questioning President Joe Biden’s intentions for the US Supreme Court vacancy. Biden last week confirmed that he would make good a campaign promise and nominate a Black
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La cifra de personas muertas por el aluvión en Quito subió a 25, según informó el municipio. Además, se registran 53 heridos. El aluvión se produjo este lunes en la parroquia Belisario Quevedo, en la avenida La Gasca, debido a las fuertes lluvias de los últimos días que sufrió la capital
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — John Harrar scored a career-high 19 points with 10 rebounds, Seth Lundy added 17 points and 11 rebounds and Penn State beat Iowa 90-86 in double overtime on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Penn State guard Myles Dread made a contested a 3-pointer to tie it at
Continue Reading UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — John Harrar scored a career-high 19 points with 10 rebounds, Seth Lundy added 17 points and 11 rebounds and Penn State beat Iowa 90-86 in double overtime on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Penn State guard Myles Dread made a contested a 3-pointer to tie it at
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By Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble” — that takes weeks of careful planning to successfully penetrate. Designed to prevent the spread of Covid, the bubble is the most ambitious quarantine attempted anywhere since the start of the pandemic. The journey
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble” — that takes weeks of careful planning to successfully penetrate. Designed to prevent the spread of Covid, the bubble is the most ambitious quarantine attempted anywhere since the start of the pandemic. The journey
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves, Brock Boeser scored and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1. Alex Chiasson and Luke Schenn also scored for Vancouver, which had dropped four of five. The Canucks managed just 15 shots on goal in a 1-0 overtime loss at
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By Josh Campbell, CNN Federal agents and a Southern California sheriff’s department engaged in “highway robberies” after seizing more than a million dollars in cash from vehicles transporting funds from marijuana dispensaries to financial institutions during a series of traffic stops last year, a new lawsuit claims. In the civil suit filed in federal district
Continue Reading By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Reinhart had his fifth career hat trick to lift the Florida Panthers over the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-4 for their fourth straight win. Mason Marchment had two goals and four assists for a career-high six points to help Florida secure the top spot in the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La mayoría del Congreso de Perú aprobó citar para el martes a las 9:30 al ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Óscar Maurtua, tras las declaraciones dadas por el presidente Pedro Castillo a CNN sobre la salida al mar de Bolivia. La presidenta del Parlamento, María del Carmen Alva, dijo a los
Continue Reading By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian curling team has made history as the first curlers from Down Under to qualify for the Olympics. Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt’s bid for an Olympic medal in the sport’s mixed doubles event comes despite being the only curlers competing in Beijing without a designated
Continue Reading By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points, including a driving layup with 26.4 seconds left in overtime that put Philadelphia ahead for good, and the 76ers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 122-119 without Joel Embiid. Tobias Harris added 31 points and Andre Drummond had 16 points and 23 rebounds for
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have entered a fast-paced final stretch of their head coach search. Vikings officials flew to California on Monday to conduct a second interview with both Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell and Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. According to a person with knowledge
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and warned American citizens against travel there due to an “unusual and concerning Russian military buildup” along Belarus’ border with Ukraine. The developments come as US officials warn that Russia
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says the threat to the West from the Chinese government is “more brazen” and damaging than ever before. In a speech Monday night at the Reagan Presidential Library in California, Wray accused Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking
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