February, 2024

• 17 February

  The head of the UN’s lead agency helping Palestinians accuses Israel of seeking to destroy it

  The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger of having a “long-term political goal” of eliminating the U.N. …

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• 17 February

  Rice and Washington State host Stanford

  

  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. Stanford Cardinal (12-12, 7-7 Pac-12) at Washington State Cougars (19-6, 10-4 Pac-12) Pullman, Washington; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -8; over/under is 146 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 17 February

  Long Beach State visits CSU Northridge following Traore’s 20-point outing

  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. Long Beach State Beach (16-9, 8-5 Big West) at CSU Northridge Matadors (17-9, 8-6 Big West) Northridge, California; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Long Beach State takes …

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• 17 February

  Lefty Driesell, folksy, fiery coach who put Maryland on college basketball’s map, dies at 92

  

  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. COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map …

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• 17 February

  5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy shows

  

  CHICAGO (AP) — The cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat, an autopsy released Friday shows. Jean Carlos Martinez died Dec. 17 as a result of sepsis due to streptococcus pyogenes group A infection, …

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• 16 February

  Tennessee State hosts Western Illinois in conference showdown

  

  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. Western Illinois Leathernecks (16-10, 9-4 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (15-11, 8-5 OVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Illinois takes on Tennessee State in …

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• 16 February

  Nicaragua: Ortega cierra asociación de scouts y otras siete organizaciones

  

  CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El gobierno de Nicaragua clausuró la asociación de scouts y otras siete organizaciones no gubernamentales, cuatro de estas religiosas, por supuestamente incumplir con sus reportes financieros, informó el viernes el diario oficial La Gaceta. De acuerdo con una resolución del Ministerio del Interior, que regula las operaciones de estas organizaciones en el país, la Asociación …

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• 16 February

  Charleston Southern visits UNC Asheville after Sumler’s 25-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. Charleston Southern Buccaneers (8-16, 4-7 Big South) at UNC Asheville Bulldogs (18-9, 10-2 Big South) Asheville, North Carolina; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern faces the …

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• 16 February

  NBA champion, ‘Survivor’ contestant Scot Pollard is feeling great after heart transplant, wife says

  NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard is “awake and feeling great” a day after a heart transplant, his wife said Saturday on social media. “Scot has a new heart!” Dawn Pollard posted Friday night on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Surgery went well and I’ve been told the heart is big, powerful and is a perfect fit! Now on …

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• 16 February

  Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe’s

  Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. The Amazon filing, made Thursday, came in response to a case before an administrative law judge overseeing a complaint from …

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