By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s celebrated hiring of Fred Hoiberg has not yet sparked a turnaround in the long-suffering basketball program. Hoiberg is in his third season in Lincoln and is 20-54 overall and 5-38 in the Big Ten. His .270 winning percentage is the lowest through any Nebraska
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Derek Carr practiced game-winning drives over and over when he was growing up. The eight-year veteran ranks second since entering the league in 2014 with 29 game-winning drives, second only to Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has 30. This year, the Raiders have needed
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Ash Barty has advanced to the Adelaide International semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin while Rafael Nadal advanced via a walkover in tune-up tournaments ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam event. Barty used her usual backhand slice and powerful forehand drive but
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To much of the world the late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as “Beloved” and “The Bluest Eye.” But the Nobel laureate also completed plays, poems, essays, and a handful of short stories, one of which is coming out as a
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s president says he authorized law enforcement to open fire on “terrorists” and shoot to kill, a move that comes after days of extremely violent protests in the former Soviet nation. In a televised address to the nation Friday, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev blamed the unrest on “terrorists” and
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are mixed after more declines in big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. Tokyo and Taiwan declined but other regional markets advanced. On Thursday, the S&P 500 wobbled between gains and losses for much of the day before shedding 0.1%. Weakness
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are mixed after more declines in big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. Tokyo and Taiwan declined but other regional markets advanced. On Thursday, the S&P 500 wobbled between gains and losses for much of the day before shedding 0.1%. Weakness
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By Mallika Kallingal, CNN A fast-moving winter storm that pummeled parts of Kentucky and Virginia is expected to cause widespread disruption across the Northeast on Friday and Saturday, dumping between 4 and 12 inches of snow on the region’s major cities. More than 60 million people are under winter weather alerts, and local officials have
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group. But Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski denied the Pegasus software was being used to target his political opponents. Kaczynski said the secret
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group. But Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski denied the Pegasus software was being used to target his political opponents. Kaczynski said the secret
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has approved new restrictions to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three southwestern regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima. Daishiro Yamagiwa, the minister in charge of COVID-19 responses, says hospitals may get stretched thin soon, given the sudden surge in infections. Measures such
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist for his third straight multi-point outing, Matt Duchene got his first goal in 10 games and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to three with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Forsberg has an
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un ciudadano italiano que supuestamente se hizo pasar por personas de la industria editorial para obtener manuscritos de próximos libros, incluido uno de un ganador del Premio Pulitzer, fue arrestado este miércoles en el aeropuerto John F. Kennedy, anunció la oficina del fiscal federal. Filippo Bernardini, de 29 años, que es
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Mobley had 19 points and nine rebounds and sparked a late surge to help keep No. 7 Southern California unbeaten as the Trojans held off California 77-63 on Thursday night. USC was playing for the first time in nearly three weeks after having three games
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — En medio de un aumento invernal de casos de coronavirus que provocó una disputa a nivel nacional por las pruebas de covid-19 el mes pasado, hasta 1 millón de kits de pruebas rápidas sin usar expiraron en un almacén de Florida, dijo este jueves un alto funcionario estatal. Las reservas permanecieron
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Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Weeks after American billionaire Michael Steinhardt agreed to surrender dozens of plundered antiquities, three of the items remain on display at Israel’s flagship museum. Museums worldwide are facing greater scrutiny over the provenance — or chain of ownership — of their art. This has applied especially
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men convicted of murder in the deadly chase and shooting of Ahmaud Arbery are back in court for sentencing. A Georgia jury in November found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, guilty of murder and other crimes
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Tres mujeres que eran hermanas y todos menos uno de sus hijos fueron identificadas como las víctimas del incendio en una casa de tres pisos convertida en apartamentos en Filadelfia que dejó 12 muertos, según sus primos, Frank y Pamela McDonald. Las hermanas Rosalee McDonald, de 33 años; Virginia Thomas,
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