February, 2024

• 2 February

  Utah Valley hosts McGlothan and Grand Canyon

  

  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. Grand Canyon Antelopes (20-2, 10-1 WAC) at Utah Valley Wolverines (9-12, 4-6 WAC) Orem, Utah; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Grand Canyon takes on the Utah Valley …

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• 2 February

  Free Agent Signings

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — The 72 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources. For players with minor league contracts, terms for major league contract base salaries are in parentheses: AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Signed Craig Kimbrel, Philadelphia, to …

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• 2 February

  AP Top 25 teams finding life on the road difficult against unranked opponents

  

  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. PHOENIX (AP) — North Carolina rode a wave of momentum into Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion, winners of 10 straight, up to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 …

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• 2 February

  Georgia sues Biden administration to extend Medicaid program with work requirement

  

  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia sued the Biden administration Friday to try to keep the state’s new health plan for low-income residents, which is the only Medicaid program in the country with a work requirement, running until 2028. Georgia Pathways launched in July and is set to expire at the end of September 2025. The suit filed in U.S. District Court …

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• 2 February

  De La Rosa leads Columbia against Harvard after 24-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. Columbia Lions (10-7, 1-3 Ivy League) at Harvard Crimson (10-7, 1-3 Ivy League) Boston; Friday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Crimson -6; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 2 February

  Absuelven en Londres a activista Greta Thunberg por protesta en cumbre petrolera

  

  LONDRES (AP) — Un juez absolvió el viernes a la activista climática Greta Thunberg de la acusación de haberse rehusado a acatar la orden policíaca de abandonar una protesta, la cual bloqueó la entrada de una importante conferencia de la industria petrolera y gasera el año pasado en Londres. La sala estalló en aplausos cuando el juez John Law ordenó …

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• 2 February

  Estudiantes chocan con policías en protesta por plan de legalizar universidades privadas en Grecia

  

  ATENAS (AP) — Policías y estudiantes se enfrentaron el jueves en la capital griega tras una manifestación en contra de los planes del gobierno de permitir que haya universidades privadas. Los manifestantes atacaron los cordones policiales, prendieron fuego a contenedores de basura y arrojaron piedras contra policías antimotines cerca del Parlamento, y posteriormente durante enfrentamientos que se extendieron a las …

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• 2 February

  Si Taylor Swift quiere llegar al Super Bowl, necesitará espacio para estacionar su jet

  

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Si Taylor Swift pretende llegar desde Tokio, el sitio de su próximo concierto, a Las Vegas para ver a su novio Travis Kelce jugar en el Super Bowl, será mejor que tenga un espacio reservado donde estacionar su avión. Los lugares de estacionamiento de aviones privados en y alrededor de Las Vegas están reservados, indicaron funcionarios …

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• 2 February

  Winnipeg Jets acquire center Sean Monahan in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens

  

  TORONTO (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets acquired Sean Monahan in a trade Friday with the Montreal Canadiens, giving one of the top Stanley Cup contenders in the Western Conference more depth at center for a potential playoff run. Winnipeg sent its 2024 first-round pick and a conditional third-rounder in 2027 to Montreal for the pending free agent. The trade comes …

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• 2 February

  Lawsuit says Tennessee hospital shouldn’t have discharged woman who died, police should have helped

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says a woman who died last February shouldn’t have been discharged from a Tennessee hospital, forced to leave despite her pleas for more help and unassisted by security guards and police during a medical emergency. The son of 60-year-old Lisa Edwards on Thursday sued the city of Knoxville, a security company, individual officers …

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