February, 2024

• 7 February

  Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the new Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Wednesday as a major step in improving the health of Americans, including …

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• 7 February

  Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wartime aid for Ukraine was left hanging in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that had been tied to the funding, then struggled to coalesce around a plan to salvage the aid for Kyiv. After GOP senators scuttled months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal …

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• 7 February

  Marino scores winner as Devils down Avalanche 5-3

  

  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — John Marino scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves as the New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Tuesday night. After the Avalanche tied the contest with two quick goals earlier in the third, Marino put New Jersey ahead at 17:43 with his fourth goal of …

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• 7 February

  Sunak criticized for a gender remark on the day a murdered teen’s mother visited UK Parliament

  LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced mounting pressure Wednesday to apologize for a remark he made about transgender people, moments after he was informed that the mother of a murdered transgender teenager was in Parliament. During his weekly questioning in the House of Commons, Sunak sought to mock the position of the Labour Party’s leader on the …

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• 6 February

  Una pelea entre migrantes y policías en Times Square causa controversia

  

  NUEVA YORK (AP) — Un video en el que se ve a un grupo de migrantes peleándose con la policía en Times Square ha desatado una tormenta política y renovó el debate sobre una antigua política de la Ciudad de Nueva York que limita la cooperación entre su policía y las autoridades migratorias federales. Las imágenes de una cámara de …

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• 6 February

  Devils play the Central Division-leading Avalanche

  

  Colorado Avalanche (32-14-4, first in the Central Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (24-20-3, sixth in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Devils -107, Avalanche -113; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Central Division-leading Colorado Avalanche face the New Jersey Devils. New Jersey is 24-20-3 overall and 10-11-2 in home games. The Devils …

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• 6 February

  Egypt appoints Hossam Hassan as head coach and his twin brother as team director

  

  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put twin brothers in charge of its national soccer team with Hossam Hassan taking over as coach and Ibrahim Hassan as team director. The Egyptian Football Association said Tuesday that Hossam Hassan — the country’s all-time top-scorer with 68 goals — will succeed Portuguese coach Rui Vitória, whom it fired Sunday after the team’s disappointing …

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• 6 February

  Eagles will host NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6 — a day after the 2024 season opener, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. Goodell addressed gambling, officiating, diversity, the Rooney Rule and much more — including Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce — in an nearly …

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• 6 February

  South Africa opposition leaders disrupted the president’s speech last year. They’re barred this time

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African court on Tuesday upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa opening the new parliamentary session after they were sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago. The leader, deputy leader and four other officials with the Economic Freedom …

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• 6 February

  Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide

  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay Monahan or Rory McIlroy? How much Monahan has fallen …

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