February, 2024

• 6 February

  Usher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two years of his popular Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, releasing his first solo album in eight years, and headlining the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, Usher will embark on a North American tour. The R&B-pop icon will embark on his 24-city “Past Present Future” tour beginning Aug. 20 at the Capital One Arena …

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• 6 February

  Boston College hosts Florida State after Warley’s 23-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. Florida State Seminoles (12-9, 6-4 ACC) at Boston College Eagles (13-8, 4-6 ACC) Boston; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -3; over/under is 151.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 6 February

  Japan’s Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen

  TOKYO (AP) — Toyota raised its full fiscal year profit forecast Tuesday after reporting its profit in the October to December quarter nearly doubled from the year before. Toyota Motor Corp.’s third quarter profit totaled 1.36 trillion yen ($9 billion), up from 727.9 billion yen in the same period in 2022, as Japan’s top automaker recovered from losses suffered when …

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• 6 February

  Southern Miss puts home win streak on the line against Old Dominion

  

  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. Old Dominion Monarchs (6-17, 2-10 Sun Belt) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (12-11, 6-5 Sun Belt) Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss will try …

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• 6 February

  Man freed after nearly 40 years in prison after murder conviction in 1984 fire is reversed

  

  PHILADEPHIA (AP) — A man has been freed after spending nearly four decades in prison on a murder conviction in a 1984 Philadelphia fire attributed to arson under standards that prosecutors said would not support a conviction today. Harold Staten, 71, was convicted in 1986 of setting an early morning fire that killed a man in a north Philadelphia row …

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• 6 February

  Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter

  

  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the killings of four students in 2021, making her the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley had a duty under state law to prevent her son, who …

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• 6 February

  Hyenas kill 1 person and injure 2 near Kenyan university, where students say they don’t feel safe

  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marauding hyenas killed a man and wounded two people near a university outside the Kenyan capital, officials said Tuesday, prompting hundreds of students from the school to block streets to protest what they called a lack of security. One of the wounded was a student at Kenya’s Multimedia University who was attacked by the hyenas late …

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• 6 February

  New Mexico Republicans vie to challenge incumbent senator and reclaim House swing district

  

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican contenders filed petitions Tuesday to appear on New Mexico’s June 4 primary ballot in hopes of challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and reclaiming a congressional swing seat along the U.S. border with Mexico. Businesswoman Nella Domenici, daughter of longtime U.S. Sen. Pete V. Domenici, filed a candidate signature petition with the New …

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• 6 February

  Minnesota woman accused of trying to get twin sister to take fall for fatal Amish buggy crash

  

  PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to deceive authorities into believing her identical twin sister was the driver who hit a horse-drawn Amish buggy last fall, killing two of the four children inside. Samantha Jo Petersen, 35, of Kellogg, was charged in Fillmore County District Court on Monday with 21 counts including criminal vehicular homicide …

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• 6 February

  Czech climbers are rescued from Austria’s highest mountain after high winds forced a 2-night wait

  BERLIN (AP) — Two Czech climbers were rescued Tuesday from Austria’s highest mountain after holding out in a shelter for two nights as high winds prevented helicopters from getting to them. The two men, ages 25 and 39, informed authorities on Sunday evening that they had been injured by a rockfall on the north face of the Grossglockner. They were …

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