February, 2024

• 20 February

  Navalny’s mother appeals to Putin to release her son’s body so she can bury him with dignity

  The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appealed Tuesday to President Vladimir Putin to intervene and turn her son’s body over to her so she can bury him with dignity. Lyudmila Navalnaya, who has been trying to get his body since Saturday, appeared in a video outside the Arctic penal colony where Navalny died on Friday. “For the fifth …

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• 20 February

  No. 22 Colorado State visits House and New Mexico

  

  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. Colorado State Rams (20-6, 8-5 MWC) at New Mexico Lobos (20-6, 8-5 MWC) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico hosts the No. 22 …

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• 20 February

  Guinea’s military dissolves the government without explanation, saying a new one will be appointed

  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation, saying they will appoint a new one, the president’s secretary general said. Gen. Amara Camara, in a video address on Monday night, added that daily business would continue as usual under the deputy secretary generals until a new government was formed. The West African nation has …

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• 20 February

  College Football Playoff approves 5+7 format and reduces spots for conference champions

  

  The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format. The move to decrease the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five was prompted by realignment and the disassembling of the …

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• 20 February

  What’s behind Germany’s transport strikes that have stranded air, rail and bus travelers?

  BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of travelers across Germany found themselves stranded on Tuesday when ground staff walked off the job at seven of the country’s biggest airports. The one-day strike by the Ver.di labor union, which runs until 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, affects several hundred flights at airports in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, …

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• 20 February

  AP Top News at 11:32 p.m. EST

  

  Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the U.N. children’s agency warned that one in six …

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• 20 February

  Steve Kerr’s son finding his way in coaching not far from where his dad leads NBA stars

  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Nicholas Kerr is focused and serious as he paces the sidelines in front of the scorer’s table near his team bench. “Get back! Get back! Get back! Get back!” he shouts, urging the Santa Cruz Warriors to hustle down and play defense. Then there’s a moment Kerr finally lets his guard down a little, cracks …

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• 20 February

  US-Apple-Books-Top-10

  

  Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Crosshairs by James O. Born & James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) 4. Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Avon) 5. Come Sundown by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 6. First Lie …

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• 20 February

  Falleció Andreas Brehme, autor del gol decisivo de Alemania Occidental en el Mundial de 1990

  

  BERLÍN (AP) — Andreas Brehme, el autor del gol de penal que le dio a Alemania Occidental el título en el Mundial de 1990 al vencer a la Argentina de Diego Maradona en la final, ha fallecido. Tenía 63 años. La pareja de Brehme, Susanne Schaefer, confirmó su deceso en un comunicado enviado el martes a la agencia noticiosa alemana …

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• 20 February

  Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk

  RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the U.N. children’s agency warned that one in six children in the north are acutely malnourished. Entry of aid trucks into the besieged territory …

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