February, 2024

• 6 February

  Weight loss, diabetes drugs propel Eli Lilly to largely better-than-expected forecast for 2024

  

  Eli Lilly rode soaring demand for diabetes and weight-loss treatments to a better-than-expected finish in 2023, and the drugmaker expects momentum to carry into the new year. Lilly said on Tuesday that revenue could climb as much as 22% this year, as star sellers like the diabetes drug Mounjaro and its new weight-loss counterpart, Zepbound, gain market share. But the …

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• 6 February

  Coward, Jones lead Eastern Washington past Portland State 90-77

  

  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. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cedric Coward and Casey Jones posted double-doubles and Eastern Washington breezed to a 90-77 victory over Portland State on Monday night. Coward finished with …

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• 6 February

  Dani Alves faces day two of sexual assault trial in Barcelona. Police say accuser wants ‘justice’

  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After being escorted in handcuffs into the Barcelona courtroom, Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the second day of his sexual assault trial on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub early in the morning of Dec. …

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• 5 February

  Who will run the US House in 2025? Once again, control could tip on California swing districts

  

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavily Democratic California might appear an unlikely national battleground, but a string of competitive U.S. House contests is again poised to play a crucial role in determining control of the chamber as Republicans look to maintain their fragile majority in a deeply divided nation. The state that was once home for Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and …

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• 5 February

  Hungría: Partido de Orbán boicotea sesión parlamentaria sobre ingreso de Suecia a la OTAN

  

  BUDAPEST (AP) — Los legisladores del partido del primer ministro húngaro Viktor Orbán boicotearon una sesión urgente del Parlamento el lunes en que se realizaría una votación para colocar en su agenda el intento de Suecia de integrarse a la OTAN, una medida que se suma a los 18 meses de demoras que han enojado a los aliados de Hungría. …

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• 5 February

  Western Michigan visits Kent State after Monegro’s 21-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. Western Michigan Broncos (8-14, 5-5 MAC) at Kent State Golden Flashes (11-11, 4-6 MAC) Kent, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan visits the Kent State …

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• 5 February

  Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last March’s approval overturned. Arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court …

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• 5 February

  Maryland-Eastern Shore hosts Norfolk State following Thomas’ 25-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. Norfolk State Spartans (15-8, 5-1 MEAC) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (5-14, 1-5 MEAC) Princess Anne, Maryland; Monday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -8.5; over/under is 130.5 …

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• 5 February

  Boise State visits Colorado State after Degenhart’s 29-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. Boise State Broncos (16-6, 7-2 MWC) at Colorado State Rams (17-5, 5-4 MWC) Fort Collins, Colorado; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Boise State faces the Colorado State …

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• 5 February

  Oversight board urges Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in high-stakes election year

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year. The quasi-independent board on Monday said its review of an altered video of President Joe Biden that spread on Facebook exposed …

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