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By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the border with Ukraine tightened Tuesday after several drones attacked inside Russian territory, including one that crashed just 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow in an alarming development for Russian defenses. The drones caused no injuries but raised questions about the

By AMY TAXIN and MARK PRATT Associated Press Beleaguered Californians got hit again Tuesday as a new winter storm moved into the already drenched and snow-plastered state, with blizzard warnings blanketing the Sierra Nevada and forecasters warning residents that any travel was dangerous. Bookending the country, a winter storm in the Northeast closed or delayed

By ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are urging Congress to renew a surveillance program the U.S. government has long seen as vital in countering overseas threats of terrorism, cyberattacks and espionage operations. The program is under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, and grants American spy

ROME (AP) — The 16th century pope responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar now has another, celestial claim to fame. A working group of the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after Pope Gregory XIII. The “560974 Ugoboncompagni” — Gregory’s birthname was Ugo Boncompagni — along with 72 other named asteroids

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement. Biden will speak in Selma, Ala. for the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 that white police beat Black civil

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For a few weeks in late January and early February, the U.S. economy seemed to have reached a rare sweet spot. Inflation was steadily slowing from painful heights, and growth and hiring remained sturdy despite rising interest rates. Perhaps, the thinking went, the Fed’s inflation fighters

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast and leaving California residents to dig out, or in some cases simply wait for help, after yet another storm. Hundreds of schools across southern New England either

By AUREL OBREJA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets of Moldova’s capital to demand that the country’s new pro-Western government fully subsidize citizens’ winter energy bills and to “not to involve the country in war.”  The protest in Chisinau was organized by a group calling

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer confidence dipped for the second straight month as stubborn inflation and anxiety over a potentially slowing economy weighed on Americans. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index slipped to 102.9 in February, from  a reading of 106 in January. The business research

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court. The opinion released Tuesday in a dispute between states over unclaimed money is one of roughly a half dozen she is expected to write by the time the court finishes

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico. López Obrador said the promise came in phone calls he had Friday and Monday with Tesla head Elon

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential election, where partial results show an early lead for the ruling party. At a press conference in the capital Abuja, the three main opposition parties said the election was an insult to democracy and called for

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s transport minister says his country won’t back a planned European Union ban on the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035. Volker Wissing said Tuesday the bloc’s executive Commission needs to ensure synthetic fuels are exempted. EU lawmakers and member states reached a preliminary

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Tuesday as Wall Street closes out what’s been a tough February. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 184 points, or 0.6%, at 32,704, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq

By SHANNON SCOVEL and SYDNEE SINGLETARY / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Betting platforms engage tens of thousands of readers on social media sites like TikTok and Instagram with content that experts say clearly

By JULIAN ESAU BASENA and DEREK OHRINGER / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism TOWSON, Md. (AP) — One Maryland university is trying to get ahead of the boom in college sports betting by teaching

By SHANE CONNUCK and BLAKE TOWNSEND / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism College campuses increasingly are striking deals with sports-betting companies eager to promote their brands in stadiums and on radio broadcasts and athletic

By JOSH CAPLAN and SHANE CONNUCK / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — PointsBet is one of several sports-betting companies that’s striking sponsor deals with college sports programs. At the University

By ROSS O’KEEFE / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism As sports gambling in the U.S. explodes, a new investigation shows that only about one in five major public universities has policies in place to

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast and California residents digging out, or in some cases simply stranded, after yet another storm. Schools across southern New England either closed for the day or delayed