February, 2024

• 12 February

  An offshore oil spill has caused a ‘national emergency,’ Trinidad and Tobago prime minister says

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister said a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has caused a “national emergency” as crews struggled to contain the oil already coating numerous beaches on Tobago’s southwest coast. The government has yet to identify the owner of the vessel that overturned near Tobago last …

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• 12 February

  Boy George of iconic band Culture Club returns to Broadway in a musical he calls ‘a slap of joy’

  NEW YORK (AP) — Rock stars famously don’t get up before noon, and rocks stars in big Broadway shows each night surely stagger awake late in the afternoons. Not Boy George. “I’m not really rock ‘n’ roll,” he says, laughing. “I’m more frock ‘n’ roll.” The singer-songwriter and beating heart of the iconic band Culture Club is these days playing …

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• 12 February

  Reluctant pastor’s son to most-viewed preacher: Shooting puts new spotlight on Joel Osteen

  Joel Osteen is one of the most familiar faces in American religion. The pastor who leads the Houston megachurch where a 5-year-old boy was critically wounded in a Sunday shooting that also hit a man in the hip — before the shooter was killed by off-duty police working security — is known for his megawatt smile, wavy hair and widely …

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• 12 February

  A search is underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped from a hospital in Chad

  

  N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A search was underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad, officials and media in Poland reported Monday. The woman was volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital, several hundred kilometers (miles) from the capital in the Central African nation, when attackers pretending to be patients abducted her and a Mexican doctor, Polsat News, a private Polish …

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• 12 February

  Mackinnon and the Elon Phoenix take on conference foe Towson

  

  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. Elon Phoenix (10-14, 3-8 CAA) at Towson Tigers (14-10, 7-4 CAA) Towson, Maryland; Monday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -12.5; over/under is 137 BOTTOM LINE: Max …

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• 12 February

  Less is more? Consumers have fewer choices as brands prune their offerings to focus on best sellers

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — How much choice is too much? Apparently for Coca-Cola, it’s about 400 different types of drinks. That’s why the beverage company recently decided to discontinue half of them, shedding brands like Tab, Zico coconut water, Diet Coke Feisty Cherry and Odwalla juices but still leaving about 200 others to choose from. It’s a move that other …

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• 12 February

  Ohio Girl’s High School Basketball Poll

  The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, and total points: DIVISION I 1. Lewis Center Olentangy (8) 20-1 143 2. Pickerington Cent. (5) 19-3 129 3. Mason (1) 20-2 128 4. Marysville 19-3 102 5. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 19-2 95 6. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 19-3 71 …

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• 12 February

  Pastor de iglesia en Connecticut acusado de vender metanfetamina

  

  WOODBURY, Connecticut, EE.UU. (AP) — Un pastor de Connecticut ha sido arrestado por acusaciones de que vendía metanfetamina cristalizada desde la rectoría de su iglesia, informó la policía. El reverendo de la United Methodist Church en Woodbury fue arrestado el viernes luego que la policía recibió una pista sobre drogas, informaron autoridades. El sacerdote fue acusado de posesión de narcóticos …

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• 12 February

  Lowe and Pittsburgh host Virginia

  

  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. Pittsburgh Panthers (15-8, 6-6 ACC) at Virginia Cavaliers (19-5, 10-3 ACC) Charlottesville, Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh faces the Virginia Cavaliers after Jaland Lowe scored …

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• 12 February

  Brown and Mississippi Valley State host Alcorn State

  

  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. Alcorn State Braves (6-17, 5-5 SWAC) at Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (0-23, 0-10 SWAC) Itta Bena, Mississippi; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -11; over/under …

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