February, 2024

• 19 February

  A high cost of living and lack of a pension strain teachers in Alaska. Would bonuses help keep them?

  

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Cory Hughes moved to a remote Alaska village to teach and would happily stay and retire there if he could afford to — despite the dark winters and the fact the bathroom for his housing unit in the school’s kindergarten building has a sink that comes to his knees. But Alaska is the only U.S. state …

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• 19 February

  UCLA’s Sebastian Mack ejected after flagrant-2 foul against Utah

  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. LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Sebastian Mack received a flagrant-2 foul and was ejected against Utah on Sunday. The freshman guard is the Bruins’ leading scorer at 13.5 …

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• 19 February

  Salvar la democracia es central en el mensaje de Biden. ¿Resonará en los votantes de estados clave?

  

  BETHLEHEM, Pensilvania, EE.UU. (AP) — A pocas cuadras de la planta siderúrgica Bethlehem Steel, ahora clausurada, el Centro Hispano Lehigh Valley rebosaba de adultos mayores que almorzaban. Un piso abajo, un flujo constante de visitantes compraba en su enorme almacén de alimentos. El número de personas que acuden al almacén ha aumentado más de un tercio en los últimos siete …

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• 19 February

  Messi and Miami are grabbing the attention in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference

  PHILADELPHIA UNION 2023 RECORD AND FINISH: 15-9-10, 4th in the East, lost in the conference semifinals to FC Cincinnati. COACH: Jim Curtin. KEY PLAYERS: Alejandro Bedoya, James Blake. Julian Carranza. OUTLOOK: The Union have reached the conference semifinals in four of the last five seasons. They’ve made the playoffs for six straight seasons. Last year they were led by Daniel …

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• 19 February

  Walter and No. 12 Baylor host No. 19 BYU

  

  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. Baylor Bears (19-6, 8-4 Big 12) at BYU Cougars (18-7, 6-6 Big 12) Provo, Utah; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 12 Baylor plays the No. 19 …

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• 19 February

  ‘Soaring’ over hills or ‘playing’ with puppies, study finds seniors enjoy virtual reality

  POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Retired Army Col. Farrell Patrick taught computer science at West Point during the 1970s and then at two private universities through the 1990s, so he isn’t surprised by the progress technology has made over the decades. But when the 91-year-old got his first virtual reality experience recently, he was stunned. Sitting in a conference room …

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• 19 February

  Daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain says she has cancer, urges his release

  

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain said she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and again called for her father’s release. Maryam al-Khawaja also urged Denmark, where both al-Khawajas have citizenship, to do more to free her father, 62-year-old Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. She also asked Denmark to end arms sales to …

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• 19 February

  No. 1 UConn takes on No. 17 Creighton, seeks 25th victory of season

  

  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. UConn Huskies (24-2, 14-1 Big East) at Creighton Bluejays (19-7, 10-5 Big East) Omaha, Nebraska; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 UConn will try to earn …

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• 19 February

  Cryer leads No. 3 Houston against No. 10 Iowa State after 26-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. Iowa State Cyclones (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) at Houston Cougars (22-3, 9-3 Big 12) Houston; Monday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -9.5; over/under is 127.5 BOTTOM …

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• 19 February

  Canada sending more than 800 drones to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia

  

  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian government said Monday it will dispatch more than 800 drones to Ukraine starting as early as this spring. The Department of National Defence said in a statement that drones have become a critical capability for Ukraine in its war with Russia. It said the drones are important for surveillance and intelligence gathering, and can …

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