February, 2024

• 7 February

  Liberty hosts Middle Tennessee after Jordan’s 22-point game

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (8-14, 2-5 CUSA) at Liberty Flames (14-9, 3-5 CUSA) Lynchburg, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Middle Tennessee visits the Liberty Flames after …

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• 7 February

  Why AP called the Nevada GOP primary for ‘None of these candidates’

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top vote-getter in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary in Nevada wasn’t former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the only major candidate on the ballot still in the race. Instead, Nevada voters mounted a ballot-box protest and gave the most votes to “None of these candidates,” a ballot option required by state law. The Associated Press declared “None of …

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• 7 February

  Sauber F1 team says it’s not concerned by reported investigation into its gambling sponsorship

  HINWIL, Switzerland (AP) — The Sauber Formula 1 team says it is not concerned by a report that it could potentially face a fine in Switzerland over its sponsorship deal with online gambling company Stake. Swiss broadcaster SRF reported Tuesday that the national gambling regulator had opened proceedings against Sauber. The team is based in Switzerland, where gambling advertising by …

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• 7 February

  The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He’s the son of Korean immigrants

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Asian American assistant chief was named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, taking charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. Assistant Chief Dominic H. Choi was unanimously appointed by the civilian Board of Police Commissioners. Choi, the son of Korean immigrants, will be the first Asian …

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• 7 February

  Movie Review: Food, glorious food (and other pleasures) in ‘The Taste of Things’

  

  “ The Taste of Things ” should come with a warning: Audiences may be tempted to abandon work as they know it and start a beautiful, calm new life in the French countryside devoted to the culinary arts. There is something rather cruel about releasing a film this lovely and voyeuristic in the dead of February, in which the cinematic …

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• 7 February

  Super Bowl Composite Glance

  

  W L Pct. PF PA Baltimore Ravens 2 0 1.000 68 38 New Orleans 1 0 1.000 31 17 N.Y. Jets 1 0 1.000 16 7 Tampa Bay 2 0 1.000 79 30 Green Bay 4 1 .800 158 101 N.Y. Giants 4 1 .800 104 104 Pittsburgh 6 2 .750 193 164 San Francisco 5 2 .714 239 154 …

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• 7 February

  White comanda a Bulls a gran victoria en prórroga sobre Timberwolves

  

  CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White y DeMar DeRozan anotaron 33 puntos cada uno, y los Bulls de Chicago borraron una desventaja de 23 para superar el martes en tiempo extra 129-123 a Anthony Edwards y los Timberwolves de Minnesota. Nikola Vucevic aportó 24 unidades para Chicago, y Andre Drummond acabó con 16, además de 16 rebotes y cuatro tapas. Los …

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• 7 February

  On live TV, Guardian Angels rough up a man in Times Square then misidentify him as a ‘migrant’

  NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the Guardian Angels roughed up a man during a live interview on Fox News Tuesday night, then misidentified him as a “migrant” in a primetime segment meant to highlight disorder and crime caused by new arrivals to New York City. The bizarre altercation played out as Curtis Sliwa, founder of the anti-crime patrol group, …

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• 7 February

  Pakistán: 30 muertos en ataques a oficinas políticas antes de las elecciones

  

  QUETTA, Pakistán (AP) — Al menos 30 personas murieron y decenas resultaron heridas el miércoles en explosiones en dos oficinas políticas en el suroeste de Pakistán, según las autoridades, el día antes de que se celebraran elecciones parlamentarias. El primer ataque golpeó la oficina electoral de Asfandyar Khan, un candidato independiente en Pashin, un distrito de la provincia de Baluchistán, …

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• 7 February

  ‘Moana 2’ is coming to theaters for a Thanksgiving release

  

  Moana and Maui are sailing back to the big screen, very quickly. “Moana 2” is coming to theaters in November, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said Wednesday. Originally planned as a television series, the movie finds Moana journeying on a dangerous mission to the far seas of Oceania after getting a call from her ancestors. It is, the company …

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