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Sports leagues promise the White House they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise

February 8, 2024 3:54 AM Associated Press

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House that they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise and learn about nutrition and healthy lifestyles. The White House announced Thursday that the leagues and associations representing football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer

Ships from US, Australia and Japan conduct joint drills in South China Sea in defiance of Beijing

February 8, 2024 3:52 AM Associated Press

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China Sea in defiance of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over virtually the entire strategic waterway. The U.S. 7th Fleet says a U.S. guided-missile destroyer and combat ship carried out operations with navy

Ex-Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif strikes confident note in vote marred by rival’s imprisonment

February 8, 2024 3:51 AM Associated Press

By RIAZAT BUTT and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed confidence his party would win national elections on Thursday, a vote that has been marred by violence, deep political tensions and the imprisonment of a popular contender. A day before the election, at least 30 were

‘Something we’ve all dreamed of’: Brock Purdy treads the ‘fine line’ between serious and fun ahead of the Super Bowl

February 9, 2024 5:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — After running through countless drills and poring over hours of tape throughout the season, the intensity of the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers’ preparations reaches its peak as the teams enter the final stretch ahead of the Super Bowl. Players will have vast numbers of plays

Turkey’s new central bank chief assures that work to combat inflation will press on

February 8, 2024 3:47 AM Associated Press

By AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through interest rate hikes — will continue “with determination.” The comments Thursday by Fatih Karahan offer some certainty about efforts to right the battered economy following his precedessor’s surprise resignation. Speaking for the

Blinken ends latest Mideast mission after new Israeli snub of proposed Gaza cease-fire plan

February 8, 2024 3:42 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip — his

Israeli strikes kill 13 in a southern Gaza town that could be the next target in the war

February 8, 2024 3:38 AM Associated Press

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people overnight and into Thursday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town. More than

A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the 3rd time since December, spewing lava into the sky

February 8, 2024 3:28 AM Associated Press

By MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT

A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the third time since December, spewing lava into the sky

February 8, 2024 3:22 AM Associated Press

By MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the third time since December on Thursday, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT

Microsoft’s Nadella woos Indian developers to the company’s AI tools

February 8, 2024 3:20 AM Associated Press

By SIBI ARASU and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has urged more than a thousand Indian computer code developers to use the company’s artificial intelligence tools being deployed across its products. Speaking to the developers in Bengaluru, India’s “Silicon Valley,” Nadella noted that more than 13.2 million Indian

Four-time Super Bowl winner Rob Gronkowski tells CNN he thinks the Kansas City Chiefs are on the precipice of history

February 8, 2024 3:11 AM CNN

CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The Kansas City Chiefs are on the cusp of greatness and will be considered a dynasty if they win another Super Bowl on Sunday, retired four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski told CNN. “They are that close to a dynasty. If they win this game, I would say

Oyez, oyez, oyez: A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot

February 8, 2024 3:05 AM Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The justices will wrestle with whether a provision

Isiah Pacheco’s ‘angry’ running style could help lift Chiefs past 49ers in the Super Bowl

February 8, 2024 3:00 AM Associated Press

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco was relaxed Wednesday as reporters peppered him with questions, the opposite of his running style that has commonly been described as angry. When asked how he would describe his style, Pacheco deferred to the experts, or in this case the

The game. The ads. The music. The puppies. Here’s why millions are excited for Super Bowl Sunday

February 8, 2024 3:00 AM Associated Press

Even if it’s not the game itself, millions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday — and that’s before even factoring in the influence of Taylor Swift. Four in 10 U.S. adults are extremely or very excited for at least one part of the Super Bowl

The game. The ads. The music. The puppies. Here’s why millions are excited for Super Bowl Sunday

February 8, 2024 3:00 AM Associated Press

Putin and Zelenskyy congratulate Azerbaijan’s Aliyev for his election win after retaking Karabakh

February 8, 2024 2:49 AM Associated Press

By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have congratulated Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev after his expected landslide election win. Vladimir Putin called Aliyev and discussed their “continued partnership” while Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that he appreciated Azerbaijan’s help to Ukraine. Preliminary results released on Thursday indicated Aliyev’s

Stock market today: World shares are mostly higher as the S&P 500 inches near 5,000

February 8, 2024 2:47 AM Associated Press

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Thursday after the S&P 500 neared the 5,000 level for the first time. Germany’s DAX gained 0.2% to 16,959.12 and the CAC 40 in Paris advanced 0.6% to 7,658.98. Britain’s FTSE 100 picked up 0.3% to 7,648.23.

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

February 8, 2024 2:45 AM Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from AIDS/HIV to the COVID-19 pandemic. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey

The Paris Olympics medals are monumental. They’re embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower

February 8, 2024 2:30 AM Associated Press

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its history home, too. A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower is being embedded in the gold, silver and bronze medals that will be hung around

Funeral home owner accused of abandoning nearly 200 decomposing bodies to appear in court

February 8, 2024 2:24 AM Associated Press

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who authorities say abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building infested with maggots and flies is slated to appear in court to hear prosecutors’ evidence against him. Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, owned the Back to Nature Funeral Home in

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