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Capitals snap skid, beat Penguins to vault into first place

By STEPHEN WHYNO | February 23, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing another deficit and the prospect of their losing streak dragging on, Capitals players returned to the locker room at the second intermission with some things to say.“We were just saying we've got to show some character,”...

South Korea put on high alert, Italy battles virus outbreak

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | February 23, 2020

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases, ordering officials to take “unprecedented, powerful” steps to fight a soaring viral outbreak, while a continent...

Lehigh big men each score 17, help take down Bucknell 69-60

February 23, 2020

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Lehigh big men Nic Lynch and James Karnik each scored 17 points and the Mountain Hawks led from the opening tip to defeat Bucknell 69-60 on Sunday.Jordan Cohen added 13 points and Marques Wilson had nine points and 10 rebounds...

Boston University wins matchup of Patriot’s 2nd-place teams

February 23, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Max Mahoney had 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead Boston University to a 64-60 win over American on Sunday.With the win, Boston University (17-12, 11-5) snapped a second-place tie with American (14-13, 10-6) in the Patriot League behind...

Gardner scores 29, East Carolina topples Temple 67-63

February 23, 2020

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jayden Gardner tied his season high with 29 points plus 13 rebounds as East Carolina held Temple scoreless for the last 2:41 to edge the Owls 67-63 on Sunday.Tremont Robinson-White scored the go-ahead bucket with 1:48 remaining...

Buttigieg questions 3rd place finish in Nevada, cites errors

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | February 23, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has questioned his third-place finish in Nevada’s caucuses and called for the state’s Democratic party to release a more detailed breakdown of votes and address reports of more than 200 problems allocating...

Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration

By COLLEEN BARRY | February 23, 2020

MILAN (AP) — Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons — two of the fashion world's biggest creative names — will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers announced Sunday at a news conference on the...

Albania opposition backs president’s anti-government protest

By LLAZAR SEMINI | February 23, 2020

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party on Sunday supported a call from the country’s president for an anti-government protest and also asked for a new election.Earlier this week, President Ilir Meta called for a rally...

Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on

By COLLEEN BARRY | February 23, 2020

MILAN (AP) — The fashion crowd put a defiant face against the spread of a new virus, packing runway shows on the last big day of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday, even as Giorgio Armani made a last-minute decision to stream his latest collection from an...

10,000 mourn victims of racist shooting rampage in Germany

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | February 23, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau on Sunday to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman four days ago.“These days and hours are the blackest and darkest our town has...

Trump says he was not told that Russia was helping Sanders

By DEB RIECHMANN | February 23, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has never been briefed about Russian efforts to help Bernie Sanders win the Democratic presidential nomination and he accused the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of...

Feds to investigate California bus rollover that killed 3

February 23, 2020

PALA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators are sending a team to the scene of a charter bus crash crash that killed three people and injured 18 others on a rain-slicked highway near San Diego, officials said Sunday.The bus was on Interstate 15 in...