February, 2024

• 21 February

  Free Agent Signings

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — The 97 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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• 20 February

  No. 7 Marquette takes on DePaul, seeks 4th straight home win

  

  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. DePaul Blue Demons (3-22, 0-14 Big East) at Marquette Golden Eagles (19-6, 10-4 Big East) Milwaukee; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Marquette will try to …

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• 20 February

  Qatar: Hamás ha empezado a dar medicamentos a rehenes israelíes

  

  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hamás ha empezado a dar medicamentos a los rehenes israelíes que capturó y llevó a la Franja Gaza, informó el martes el Ministerio de Relaciones de Qatar. El grupo palestino ha confirmado que ha empezado a entregar los medicamentos a los rehenes, a cambio de medicinas y ayuda humanitaria para palestinos en la Franja de Gaza, …

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• 20 February

  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 25-March 2

  

  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 25-March 2: Feb. 25: Actor Ann McCrea (“The Donna Reed Show”) is 93. Actor Tom Courtenay (“Dr. Zhivago”) is 87. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer is 87. Actor Diane Baker is 86. Actor Karen Grassle (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 82. Talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael is 82. Writer Jack Handey (“Saturday …

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• 20 February

  Winthrop hosts Presbyterian after Doucet’s 25-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. Presbyterian Blue Hose (12-16, 4-9 Big South) at Winthrop Eagles (16-11, 7-5 Big South) Rock Hill, South Carolina; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Winthrop faces the Presbyterian …

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• 20 February

  Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It’s a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made luxury limousine for his personal use, both countries announced Tuesday, in another sign of their expanding cooperation. Observers said the shipment violates a U.N. resolution that bans supplying luxury items to North Korea, in an attempt to pressure the country to …

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• 20 February

  Southern Illinois hosts Murray State after Anderson’s 22-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. Murray State Racers (11-16, 8-8 MVC) at Southern Illinois Salukis (17-10, 9-7 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Murray State plays the Southern Illinois Salukis …

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• 20 February

  Off to Never Never Land: ‘Peter Pan’ flies again in a new tour after some much needed changes

  NEW YORK (AP) — A new, inclusive stage production of “Peter Pan” flies out on a U.S. tour this month, telling the classic tale of a boy who refuses to grow up — but without references that, ironically, have aged poorly. Gone are elements harmful to Native people, in are a few new songs and the setting of Victorian England …

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• 20 February

  No. 19 San Diego State visits Utah State after LeDee’s 23-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. San Diego State Aztecs (20-6, 9-4 MWC) at Utah State Aggies (21-5, 9-4 MWC) Logan, Utah; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -2.5; over/under is 143.5 …

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• 20 February

  Attorneys for Georgia slave descendants urge judge not to throw out their lawsuit over island zoning

  

  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys suing a Georgia county over zoning changes that they say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants asked a judge Tuesday to let them correct technical problems with their civil complaint to avoid having it dismissed. A lawyer for coastal McIntosh County argued the judge must throw out the lawsuit …

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