February, 2024

• 8 February

  Heat forward Haywood Highsmith involved in car crash, not with team Wednesday

  

  MIAMI (AP) — Haywood Highsmith of the Miami Heat was away from the team Wednesday, one day after he was involved in a car crash where others were injured, the team said. The incident happened after Miami’s game against Orlando on Tuesday night. The Heat listed Haywood out for Wednesday’s game against San Antonio for personal reasons. “Our hearts go …

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• 8 February

  Philadelphia faces Atlanta on 3-game home skid

  

  Atlanta Hawks (22-29, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (30-20, fifth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia is looking to end its three-game home slide with a victory over Atlanta. The 76ers have gone 19-12 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia has a 2-2 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. …

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• 8 February

  UT Rio Grande Valley visits SFA after Jossell’s 23-point showing

  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. UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (6-16, 2-9 WAC) at Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (13-9, 6-5 WAC) Huntsville, Texas; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: ‘Jacks -15.5; over/under …

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• 8 February

  New Hampshire House rejects broad expansion of school choice program but OK’s income cap increase

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House defeated two bills that would have significantly expanded the state’s popular school choice program while giving preliminary approval to a third that would further raise the income cap associated with the voucher-like grants. The Education Freedom Account program created in 2021 provides families with the same amount the state pays per student …

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• 8 February

  Spain only EU member to not sign French statement on sports. Madrid sees it as anti-Super League

  

  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain was the only European Union member to refuse to sign a joint statement on sports released by France on Thursday because the government in Madrid saw it as a premature attack on the Super League. France’s sports ministry released the non-binding statement signed by the 25 other EU member states except for Spain. While it …

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• 8 February

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

  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 media. Kansas City coach Andy Reid had his own description, calling …

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• 8 February

  How the ghostwriter of Biden’s memoirs ended up in the center of a classified documents probe

  Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked so closely with the ghostwriter with whom he is accused of sharing classified secrets that he once declared that he’d trust the author with his life. Mark Zwonitzer worked with Biden on two memoirs, 2007’s “Promises to Keep” and “Promise Me, Dad,” which was published …

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• 8 February

  Drexel visits UNC Wilmington after Newby’s 22-point showing

  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. Drexel Dragons (15-8, 8-2 CAA) at UNC Wilmington Seahawks (16-6, 7-3 CAA) Wilmington, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seahawks -3.5; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM …

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• 8 February

  From 200K to 1.5M people: Startling images show the ongoing war’s impact to this small area in Gaza

  Israel has identified the southern Gaza town of Rafah as the next target in its military offensive against Hamas. The town is normally home to 280,000 people. But its population has swelled to over 1.5 million – roughly three quarters of Gaza’s population — as people flee fighting elsewhere in Gaza. Sprawling tent camps now dot the city. The photos …

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• 8 February

  La CIA despide a denunciante que provocó avalancha de acusaciones de conducta sexual indebida

  

  La CIA cesó esta semana a una mujer cuyo relato de haber sido agredida en una escalera de la sede de la agencia de espionaje provocó que una avalancha de colegas presentaran sus propias denuncias de conducta sexual indebida. El abogado de la mujer consideró que se trataba de una represalia descarada. Aunque la CIA dijo que esa acusación era …

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