February, 2024

• 7 February

  Stabbing of Palestinian American near the University of Texas meets hate crime standard, police say

  

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American who advocates say was attacked near the University of Texas campus while riding in a truck displaying support for Palestine merits the label of a hate crime, Austin police announced Wednesday. Bert James Baker, 36, was arrested following the Sunday evening attack on Zacharia Doar, who was hospitalized. Baker …

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• 7 February

  Rescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains

  

  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in the mountains outside San Diego. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter — the largest helicopter in the military, designed to fly in harsh conditions — had gone missing as an historic storm dumped heavy snow and record rain …

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• 7 February

  Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ is heading to Disney+ with 5 new songs added

  NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s blockbuster concert film “The Eras Tour” will make its streaming debut on Disney+, the Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday. The film, now titled “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” will land on the streaming platform March 15. Five new songs will be included with the film, including “Cardigan.” “‘The Eras Tour’ has been …

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• 7 February

  Nani will enter a team in 7-on-7 tournament and its roster will include Mario Balotelli

  

  BOSTON (AP) — Nani will enter a team in the second edition of the seven-on-seven tournament in the United States and its roster will include Mario Balotelli, his teammate on Turkey’s Adana Demirspor. Wrexham, the lower-tier Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, participated last June in the first edition of The Soccer Tournament, a winner-take-all $1 …

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• 7 February

  Remaining Free Agents

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — The 94 remaining free agents (q-rejected qualifying offer): AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Shintaro Fujinami, rhp. BOSTON (4) — Adam Duvall, of; Corey Kluber, rhp; Adalberto Mondesi, ss; Joely Rodríguez, lhp. CHICAGO (6) — Tim Anderson, ss; Elvis Andrus, 2b; Mike Clevinger, rhp; Yasmani Grandal, c; Liam Hendriks, rhp; Bryan Shaw, rhp. CLEVELAND (1) — Kole …

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• 7 February

  Furman visits Mercer following McCreary’s 30-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. Furman Paladins (12-11, 6-4 SoCon) at Mercer Bears (10-13, 3-7 SoCon) Macon, Georgia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Paladins -3; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: Mercer …

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• 6 February

  México: López Obrador dice que recibirá a delegación de EEUU por petición de Biden

  

  CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador afirmó el martes que accedió a reunirse con una delegación del gobierno de Estados Unidos para discutir sobre migración a petición del mandatario Joe Biden, pese a su disgusto por la publicación de un reportaje sobre un supuesto financiamiento del narcotráfico a su primera campaña electoral en 2006. …

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• 6 February

  Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash. He was 74

  

  VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile who faced social upheaval followed by a pandemic in his second term, died Tuesday in a helicopter crash. He was 74. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further details were immediately released about the cause of the accident. Serving …

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• 6 February

  Aziaha James scores 28, powers No. 3 NC State to win over No. 15 Louisville 77-67

  

  The AP Top 25 women’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. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aziaha James scored 28 points to help No. 3 North Carolina State outlast No. 15 Louisville 77-67 in front of a sellout crowd on …

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• 6 February

  Royals make official SS Bobby Witt Jr.’s mammoth 11-year, $288 million-plus contract

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals owner John Sherman remembers hanging along the fence at spring training in Arizona back in 2020, shortly after he had purchased the club from David Glass, and watching top prospect Bobby Witt Jr. rip line drives to every part of the field. Sherman had a suspicion even then that he was watching something special. …

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