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CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, a …
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February, 2024
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2 February
Hopkins leads Prairie View A&M against Texas Southern
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. Texas Southern Tigers (7-12, 5-3 SWAC) at Prairie View A&M Panthers (8-12, 3-4 SWAC) Prairie View, Texas; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Prairie View A&M plays the …
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2 February
Utah Tech hosts Russell and UT Arlington
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. UT Arlington Mavericks (10-11, 5-5 WAC) at Utah Tech Trailblazers (8-13, 4-6 WAC) Saint George, Utah; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Arlington visits the Utah Tech …
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2 February
A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago, but the worries and fears are always there. Some people still report respiratory problems, rashes or headaches, or …
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2 February
Power restored to BP oil refinery in Indiana after outage prompts evacuation, shutdown, company says
WHITING, Ind. (AP) — Power has been restored to BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana following an outage that prompted the company to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers, BP said Friday. BP spokesperson Christina Audisho said in a statement that power was back on Friday at the refinery following Thursday’s outage, and the refinery’s office buildings …
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2 February
As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But flood-threatening rains were in the forecast for Saturday. City officials …
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2 February
LSU football coach Brian Kelly releases bald eagle, treated by the university, back into the wild
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — College coach Brian Kelly is used to managing the Louisiana State University Tigers, the school’s beloved football team, but on Friday he was face to face with a bald eagle. Standing on a levee along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge — about a mile from the famed LSU Tiger Stadium — Kelly released the …
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2 February
US lawmakers call on Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán to immediately approve Sweden’s NATO membership
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO, saying patience with the Central European country is “wearing thin” as it continues to delay its approval for the Nordic nation. Hungary is the only country in the 31-nation military alliance that hasn’t yet backed Sweden’s membership bid, and …
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2 February
Judge dismisses election official’s mail ballot lawsuit in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the acceptance of mail-in ballots after Election Day brought by a county election official and backed by a legal group aligned with former President Donald Trump. In his Friday ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor said Burleigh County Auditor Mark Splonskowski lacks standing to …
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2 February
Chris Shula, the grandson of Don Shula, will be the Rams’ new defensive coordinator, AP source says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Shula, the grandson of Hall of Fame coach Don Shula, will be the Los Angeles Rams’ new defensive coordinator, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the team had not yet announced the promotion for Sean McVay’s longtime assistant and …
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