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States step up funding for Planned Parenthood clinics

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Severalstates have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by Planne...
10:57 21 February 2022

Testy EU budget talks blocked, new summit in March likely

BRUSSELS (AP) — Major contributors to the European Union’s budget blocked progress at an emergency summit on Friday, ins...
10:44 21 February 2022

Thousands light up joints during Hindu festival in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hindu holy men were joined by devotees and the public Friday at a revered temple in Kathmandu wh...
9:55 21 February 2022

Heat retiring Dwyane Wade’s No. 3 this weekend

Dwyane Wade arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agos...
8:24 21 February 2022

Lake Placid celebrates its Olympic past, and eyes its future

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The benefits of a miracle have been reaped in Lake Placid for 40 years.The plan now is to keep ...
8:22 21 February 2022

American women seek more than $66M in damages from US Soccer

Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages as part their gender discriminati...
6:18 21 February 2022

Vegas stops Tampa Bay’s 11-game streak with 5-3 win

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist in his Vegas debut, and the Golden Knights stopped Tampa Bay’s 1...
5:53 21 February 2022

Cross-border S Korean drama overcomes political risks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the South Korean crew behind the latest hit drama “Crash Landing on You,” recreating the l...
5:40 21 February 2022

Democrats try to blunt strong California showing for Sanders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the largest prize in the calculations of any Democratic presidential candidate, ...
5:20 21 February 2022

Tech boom, suburban growth drive Nevada’s Democratic shift

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Twenty years ago, long before Nevada was part of the early presidential selection process, the phone t...
5:15 21 February 2022

Democrats big money pledges give way to reality of 2020 race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Democratic presidential candidates launched their campaigns last year with bold pledges to reject...
5:02 21 February 2022

Arizona State beats No. 14 Oregon for 6th straight win

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Alonzo Verge Jr. scored 26 points, Rob Edwards added 24 and Arizona State beat No. 14 Oregon 77-72 o...
4:16 21 February 2022

Young’s career-high 50 points lead Hawks past Heat, 129-124

ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young had a career-high 50 points and the Atlanta Hawks scored the last 10 points of the game to bea...
3:24 21 February 2022

Wrestler adds to abuse allegations against university doctor

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — An Olympic wrestler on Thursday accused a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inapp...
3:13 21 February 2022

16 cruise ship evacuees being moved to US hospitals

SEATTLE (AP) — Eleven Americans who were brought to the U.S. from a quarantined cruise ship have been moved to hospitals...
2:41 21 February 2022

The Latest: Warren says Bloomberg NDA refusal disqualifying

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on presidential campaign developments (all times local.):6:30 p.m.Elizabeth Warren says that...
2:34 21 February 2022

Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted murderer was put to death in Tennessee’s electric chair Thursday, becoming the state...
1:32 21 February 2022

Bloomberg’s unusual 2020 strategy turns to Utah post-debate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign strategy is unprecedented, and his cho...
23:52 20 February 2022

Nome, Alaska sued by woman who says rape wasn’t investigated

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former police dispatcher in a small Alaska town filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging her collea...
22:49 20 February 2022

Police: Robbery looks unlikely as motive in rapper killing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The home-invasion death of rising rapper Pop Smoke in Los Angeles does not appear to be part of a rob...
22:43 20 February 2022

Paranoia, racism: German killer drew on conspiracy tropes

BERLIN (AP) — He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and r...
22:35 20 February 2022

Struggling Victoria’s Secret sold as women demand comfort

NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria’s Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels in their lacy bras and oversized a...
22:27 20 February 2022

Paul, Thunder surprising league heading into stretch run

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chris Paul gets annoyed when the topic of the Thunder’s “surprising” success comes up.Expectations ...
22:16 20 February 2022

Judge gives prison time to friend of gunman who killed 9

CINCINNATI (AP) — A friend of a gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 2 ...
21:56 20 February 2022

Wilder, Fury, to answer questions in big heavyweight rematch

1 of 8Tyson Fury, of England, right, and Deontay Wilder face off for photographers during a news conference for their up...
21:40 20 February 2022

Infighting and online hoaxes mar Democrats’ campaign

RINDGE, N.H. (AP) — A group of Los Angeles artists were awaiting the results of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses, ho...
21:03 20 February 2022

Lawmakers target slavery clause in Minnesota Constitution

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Spurred by a police chief, Minnesota lawmakers launched a drive Thursday to remove from the state...
20:31 20 February 2022

Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, afte...
20:27 20 February 2022

Sanders’ ‘summer camp’ in Vermont becomes fodder in debate

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house?That’s the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloo...
20:25 20 February 2022

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
19:56 20 February 2022