DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated suspicious art dealers. Decades later, Quessenberry and the other …
Read More »Johnson has 21 in East Carolina’s 68-55 victory over Wichita 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. GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Johnson and RJ Felton scored 21 points each to help East Carolina defeat Wichita State 68-55 on Thursday night. Johnson also had 10 …
Read More »Coppin State hosts Delaware State following Tavarez’s 21-point showing
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. Delaware State Hornets (10-13, 3-4 MEAC) at Coppin State Eagles (2-19, 1-6 MEAC) Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Delaware State plays the Coppin State Eagles after …
Read More »Sheriff says Tennessee man tried to enroll at Michigan school to meet minor
SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online, authorities said. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager as claimed, the sheriff’s office said. The man from …
Read More »Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had gunshot residue on her hands an hour after Michael McCoy was shot in the bed …
Read More »Stock market today: Wall Street falls to a rare losing week but remains close to its record
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Friday to send Wall Street to a rare losing week, just its second in the last 16. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% from its all-time high set a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 145 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.8%. A report in the morning on inflation at …
Read More »Miller sparks Louisiana Tech to 63-58 victory over Jacksonville State
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Read More »Northeastern visits Hofstra following Thomas’ 34-point game
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Read More »Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford’s huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford Motor Co.’s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language. The union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if the local contract dispute is not resolved. …
Read More »Biden praises ‘Herculean efforts’ to rebuild at the site of last February’s Ohio train derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous chemicals, and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to visit. The White House has said Biden was waiting for …
Read More »Fresno State visits Boise State after Colimerio’s 30-point game
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Read More »Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people …
Read More »Blackmon’s 31 lead Coastal Carolina over Georgia Southern 82-75
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Read More »McHenry’s 25 help Western Kentucky beat UTEP 90-80
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Read More »Rivera’s double-double sparks Bryant to 77-72 victory over Maine
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