MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has won the opening set 6-3 against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open men’s singles final. Djokovic broke Tsitsipas’ serve in the fourth game of the opening set to take a 3-1 lead and maintained the advantage for the rest of the opening set. In addition to the championship,
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By MIKE FULLER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a “serious breach” of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute. Sunak had faced days of pressure to sack Nadhim Zahawi amid allegations he
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By Homero De La Furente and Hannah Brewitt, CNN The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-7, on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, to advance to Super Bowl LVII. The Eagles scored on their first possession and didn’t look back in the rout of the 49ers. The 49ers were momentarily left without
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TODAY: Conditions will be drastically different than the start of the weekend with morning temperatures in the teens. Some folks in northeastern Missouri saw light ice accumulation overnight but no road impacts are expected Sunday. Highs today remain below freezing thanks to cloudy skies and wind chills will be in the teens through the afternoon.
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Once abandoned in a farm shed, a rediscovered Anthony van Dyck painting has sold for over $3 million at auction. The piece is a study for a later painting produced by the Flemish master called “St Jerome.” The final painting is currently held by the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president and its shaky, decade-long experiment with democracy are facing an important test Sunday as voters cast ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. Turnout was just 11% in the first round of voting last month, according to the electoral commission, as many
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has issued a travel warning for its citizens living in or planning on going to European countries, citing Islamophobia and anti-Turkish demonstrations. The warning comes after last weekend’s protests in Sweden where an anti-Islam activist burned the Quran and pro-Kurdish groups protested against Turkey. Ankara also said there was an increase
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KALYNIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into a jar and seals it with a wick-fitted lid. A flick of a match, and the make-do candle is lit. “This is our electricity,” Trofimenko, 68,
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday sealed up the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian attacker who killed seven people and wounded three outside a synagogue, one of several punitive measures approved by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet overnight. The move came following a deadly weekend in which seven people were killed and five others wounded
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by Asim Khan, CNN At least 39 people were killed when a bus careered into a ditch and caught fire in the southern Pakistan city of Bela on Sunday. The coach had been traveling the Quetta to Karachi route when it hit a bridge pillar at high speed at 4 a.m., the Bela Assistant Commissioner
Continue Reading By The Associated Press HONOLULU — Led by Kamaka Hepa’s 17 points, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners 72-69. The Rainbow Warriors are now 16-6 on the season, while the Roadrunners moved to 6-15.
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a bus accident in southern Pakistan has left 40 people dead. Sunday’s incident happened after the speeding bus crashed into the pillar of a bridge. It caught fire soon after falling off the bridge, according to the government official. The dead include women and children. Four survivors
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN Protesters once again took to the streets over the weekend to decry police brutality after the release of video depicting the violent Memphis police beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, and more gatherings and vigils are planned for Sunday. Nichols could be heard yelling for his mother in the video of the
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova have extended their Grand Slam tournament winning streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara to win the Australian Open women’s doubles title. It was the seventh Grand Slam doubles title by the Czech pair, who broke their
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Tyson Barrie scored twice, Connor McDavid had his NHL-best 41st goal and the Edmonton Oilers headed into their All-Star break with a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman each had a goal and two assists, and Evander Kane and Ryan McLeod also
Continue Reading By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Wennberg scored midway through the second period against his former team to help the Seattle Kraken beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday night. Wennberg, who was drafted by the Blue Jackets in the first round in 2013, had his 10th goal of the season
Continue Reading By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Precious Achiuwa scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in place of the injured OG Anunoby to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 123-105 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and Gary Trent Jr. added 19 against his former team
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Led by Cameron Shelton’s 26 points, the Loyola Marymount Lions defeated the Pepperdine Waves 84-70. The Lions are now 16-7 on the season, while the Waves fell to 7-16.
Continue Reading PROVO, Utah (AP) — Logan Johnson had 14 points and freshman Aidan Mahaney scored all 10 of his points, including a fade-away jumper just before the buzzer, in the second half and No. 22 Saint Mary’s (Cal) escaped Saturday night with a 57-56 win over short-handed BYU. Mitchell Saxen had 11 points and 10 rebounds
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored at 3:34 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Saturday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season. John Klingberg stole the puck from Matias Maccelli in the offensive zone and found Zegras in the slot
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