February, 2024

• 14 February

  State agency in Maine rejects Canadian mining company’s rezoning application

  

  BREWER, Miane (AP) — A state agency on Wednesday rejected a Canadian mining company’s zoning application for a proposed mine on Pickett Mountain in northern Penobscot County, near Baxter State Park and the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. The Maine Land Use Planning Commission voted 5-2 against Wolfenden’s request to rezone on 374 acres (150 hectares), which would’ve been …

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• 14 February

  Buscan en EEUU imponer normas sobre velocidad de buques para salvar ballenas

  

  PORTLAND, Maine, EE.UU. (AP) — Una coalición de grupos ambientalistas ha demandado al gobierno federal de Estados Unidos para tratar de obligarlo a imponer normas sobre la velocidad de buques que, según ellos, son crucialmente importantes para salvar una especie de ballena en peligro de extinción. Las normas obligarían a buques frente a la costa atlántica a reducir la velocidad …

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• 14 February

  Furman and VMI square off for 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. VMI Keydets (4-21, 1-11 SoCon) at Furman Paladins (13-12, 7-5 SoCon) Greenville, South Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Paladins -23; over/under is 164.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 14 February

  Flowers, chocolates and flash mobs: Valentine’s Day celebrations around the world

  Flowers, chocolates, handwritten cards — and flash mobs. People around the world expressed their love in myriad ways on Valentine’s Day: hanging hundreds of paper hearts in the streets to honor a recently deceased “Valentine’s Day Bandit” in Portland, Maine; vowing to cherish and obey democracy by casting votes in Valentine’s Day-themed polling stations in Indonesia; and donning heart-shaped sunglasses …

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• 14 February

  Shooting after Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade latest violence to mar sports celebrations

  

  The shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday was just the latest example of violence erupting during a championship celebration. Here are other shootings that have taken place over the last decade either the night a team won a league championship or during the ensuing parade or rally. JUNE 2016: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Police said a person …

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• 14 February

  Chiefs say all players, coaches and staffers are safe and accounted for after parade shooting

  

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs said all their players, coaches and staffers and their families were “safe and accounted for” after a deadly shooting Wednesday at the end of the Super Bowl championship parade. “We are truly saddened by the senseless act of violence that occurred outside of Union Station at the conclusion of today’s parade …

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• 14 February

  Carlson and Utah host USC

  

  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. Utah Utes (15-9, 6-7 Pac-12) at USC Trojans (9-15, 3-10 Pac-12) Los Angeles; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Utah visits the USC Trojans after Branden Carlson scored …

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• 14 February

  Michigan State visits Penn State after Hoggard’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. Michigan State Spartans (15-9, 7-6 Big Ten) at Penn State Nittany Lions (12-12, 6-7 Big Ten) University Park, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -3.5; …

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• 14 February

  Democrats cheer New York win as good omen for November. But is it enough to calm anxiety over Biden?

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s winning back his Long Island House seat could provide a blueprint for Democrat Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign heading into November, demonstrating his party’s strength in competitive suburban territory that also happened to be where Donald Trump grew up. But the good news followed several rough days for the White House, which …

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• 14 February

  IndyCar moves season finale from downtown streets to Nashville Superspeedway amid NFL construction

  

  IndyCar will move its season-ending championship finale in September from the streets of downtown Nashville to the superspeedway in Lebanon nearly 40 miles away because of construction surrounding the Tennessee Titans’ new stadium. The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix has been a smashing success racing down lower Broadway and using a bridge as part of a tricky track layout. …

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