By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Tyson Barrie, Philip Tomasino and Colton Sissons each had goals, Juuse Saros made 27 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1. The Predators won their second game in a row and fifth in six games in their quest for a Western Conference wild-card spot.
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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police have killed one suspect and arrested three others in the brazen shootings that killed a central Philippine provincial governor and eight others, including poor villagers seeking aid from the political leader. The killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo at his home on Saturday by
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By Eric Bradner, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would not drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he were indicted in any of the federal and state investigations he faces. “I wouldn’t even think about leaving,” Trump told reporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Con 104 votos a favor y 18 en contra, el pleno de la Asamblea de Ecuador votó a favor del informe elaborado por una comisión legislativa ocasional que recomienda el juicio polÃtico contra el presidente Guillermo Lasso. Al mandatario se le imputan presuntos actos de corrupción en empresas
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Led by Carlos Jurgens’ 21 points, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles defeated the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks 96-80 in a Summit League Tournament quarterfinal. B.J. Omot finished with 15 points for the Fightin’ Hawks.
Continue Reading China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, up slightly from last year’s 7.1% rate of increase. That marks the eighth consecutive year of single-digit percentage increases in what is now is now the world’s second-largest military budget. The 2023 figure was given as 1.55 trillion yuan ($224 billion). Along with the world’s biggest standing
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Al menos 16 personas, incluidos 10 civiles y seis miembros de las fuerzas armadas peruanas, resultaron heridas luego de los enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y policÃas en la ciudad peruana de Juli el sábado, según la DefensorÃa del Pueblo de Perú. Entre los heridos se encontraba un menor de 13
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said. But unlike the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a company spokesperson said there were no hazardous materials aboard the train, The
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, Samantha Beech and Rebekah Riess, CNN Crews found no signs of a spill after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in west central Ohio Saturday afternoon, prompting a temporary shelter-in-place order for nearby residents — just one month after the company’s toxic train wreck on the other side of the state in
Continue Reading By The Associated Press POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Led by Dezi Jones’ 21 points, the Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Marist Red Foxes 88-76 on Saturday night. The Bobcats are now 20-11 on the season, while the Red Foxes fell to 10-19.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. — Led by Dylan Penn’s 23 points, the Vermont Catamounts defeated the NJIT Highlanders 84-57 in the America East Conference Tournamentfalse Championship
Continue Reading China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, just .1% higher than last year. That marks the eighth consecutive year of single-digit percentage increases in what is now is now the world’s second-largest military budget. The 2023 figure was given as 1.55 trillion yuan ($224 billion). Along with the world’s biggest standing army, China has
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN) — Este sábado, cuando los conservadores estadounidenses acudan en masa a la Conferencia de Acción PolÃtica Conservadora en Maryland, probarán hasta qué punto se han extendido sus propias ideas. El expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, habló desde el mismo escenario donde el exlÃder estadounidense Donald Trump pronunciará las palabras de clausura del
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Wooga Poplar made a career-best six 3-pointers for 18 points, and 16th-ranked Miami captured the No. 1 seed for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 78-76 win over No. 25 Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Miami shares the regular-season title with Virginia, which clinched
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, a senior presidential adviser in the Trump White House, and her husband, attorney George Conway, a prominent critic of the former president, say they are divorcing. The Conways posted a joint statement on their Twitter accounts Saturday, which said in part that “we are in the final stages of an
Continue Reading CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Filipowski had 22 points and 13 rebounds and Duke pulled out a 62-57 win over North Carolina in their regular-season finale. The Blue Devils won their sixth straight game and clinched a double-bye in the ACC Tournament that begins Tuesday in Greensboro, N.C. UNC will be the seventh seed.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Early Saturday morning, two people were arrested after they were caught on security cameras allegedly burglarizing a home in Audrain County. The Audrain County Sheriff arrested 22-year-old Jared VonVain and 30-year-old Kathleen Smith, both from Middletown. They’re both in ail awaiting formal charges. After an Audrain County home-owner called the sheriff’s
Continue Reading By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Colby Jones scored 20 points and Adam Kunkel had 18 and No. 19 Xavier avenged an earlier loss to Butler with a 78-66 victory. Xavier played its ninth straight game without leading rebounder and second-leading scorer Zach Freemantle, who’s out with an injured foot. The Musketeers were
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Rickea Jackson scored 26 points and Jordan Horston 17 as Tennessee rallied from 17 points down to defeat No. 4 LSU 69-67 and reach its first Southeastern Conference tournament championship game since 2015. Jackson and Horston both had double-doubles with 10 rebounds each. LSU got
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giorgio Chiellini scored his first MLS goal, and Los Angeles FC opened its MLS title defense season with a 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers. Carlos Vela and Mahala Opoku also scored after LAFC unveiled its title banners and handed out championship rings during a
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