By Matias Grez, CNN The All-Star game returns to Utah for the first time in 30 years, as the NBA’s biggest stars touchdown in Salt Lake City for the weekend-long showcase of the league’s most talented players. Running from Friday to Sunday, the All-Star weekend features a variety of contests and culminates with the 72nd
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters in Iran have marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstrations in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that’s gripped the Islamic Republic. That’s according to what online videos purported to show Friday. The demonstrations marked 40 days since
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street is poised to extend its slide Friday, one day after U.S. markets suffered their biggest drop in a month on an inflation reading that came in hotter than expected. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials slid 0.5% and the S&P 500 dipped 0.7%. Oil
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By Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Students at Johnston Elementary School have been having a beary good time in class! All kindergarteners received two teddy bears thanks to some anonymous donors and Build-A-Bear. A smaller bear was sent home with the students and a larger stuffed
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K. diplomats at “maximum risk” by selling secret information to Russia. David Ballantyne Smith admitted spying but claimed he was driven by depression and a desire to “teach the embassy
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky is making vintage saves for the surging Florida Panthers. Bobrovsky made 28 more saves in a victory at the Washington Capitals to improve to 4-1 in his past five starts. Coach Paul Maurice sees a goaltender who at 34 years old is playing much
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Air traffic controllers and an approaching flight couldn’t identify “two white lights … moving in a circular pattern” that were reported over Yellowknife late at night on Jan. 29. “Good evening, just wondering, do you got two planes
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Research has shown more women worldwide are affected by dementia than men, and a broad new study suggests gender-based social and economic disadvantages may be to blame. According to a meta-analysis of 21 international studies involving 29,850 people
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the newest members of the House Intelligence Committee was herself once an officer running spies for the CIA. Abigail Spanberger spent almost a decade as a CIA operations officer. Now, she’s a third-term Democratic congresswoman from Virginia who was just named to one of two
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Better Call Saul, The Colbert Report, Law & Order: SVU — Sometimes a spinoff is just as good as the original. Wall Street has seemingly taken that lesson to heart. Corporate spinoff activity surged by 33% in 2022 to its second-highest level on record, according to a new analysis by Goldman
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers are making their first court appearance Friday on murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and their lawyers are expected to appear before
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Julia Buckley, CNN For many, 2022 was the year that the ever-clearer climate crisis spurred people to fly less. For Rick Turner and his husband Adam Longbottom, their decision to ditch airplanes for a three-month trip around Europe and across to South America was down to something else: 2022’s notorious aviation chaos. “Everyone’s luggage was
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona midfielder Pedri will be sidelined with a hamstring injury for an unspecified period of time. That puts in doubt his availability for upcoming games against Manchester United and Real Madrid. Barcelona says that tests revealed that its top playmaker injured his right hamstring during Thursday’s 2-2 draw with United in
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Economists say cash-strapped Pakistan’s latest plan for economic recovery is likely to take a painful toll on its poor. The impoverished country this week hiked the prices of gas, petrol and electricity. On Friday, the Parliament began a discussion on a bill to impose new taxes in
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Three years have passed since Athing Mu was last beaten in an 800-meter race. In that time, she’s been crowned American champion, Olympic champion and world champion in the distance — all before the age of 21. The extraordinary start to her professional running career has led many, with good reason,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN) — China declaró una “victoria importante y decisiva” en su manejo del brote de coronavirus que barrió el país en los últimos meses tras una abrupta relajación de su política de “cero-covid” a finales del año pasado. El máximo órgano decisorio del gobernante Partido Comunista hizo esta valoración durante
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Games. EU legislators say allowing them to compete under a neutral flag “runs counter to those countries’ multifaceted isolation and will be used by both regimes
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Games. EU legislators say allowing them to compete under a neutral flag “runs counter to those countries’ multifaceted isolation and will be used by both regimes
Continue Reading LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police say an explosion at a fireworks company in central Slovenia has killed at least one person and seriously injured two. A local civil protection organization said the blast happened at the Hamex company compound in the town of Vrhinika. Videos from the scene showed huge amounts of smoke billowing from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ward 1 Columbia City Councilwoman Pat Fowler and challenger Nick Knoth had a lot to say about their plans Friday, if they were to be elected to the Ward 1 seat on April 4. At a forum held by the Muleskinners, Fowler said her main focus for the community is on creating equitable
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