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Ionescu’s gets 24th triple-double, No. 3 Oregon tops Arizona

February 8, 2020

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The opponent was Arizona, so of course Sabrina Ionescu was up to the challenge and earned her NCAA record 24th triple-double.The Oregon senior scored 15 points to go with 11 rebounds and 10 assists to reach double figures in all...

Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him

By ANDREW SELSKY | February 8, 2020

BEND, Ore. (AP) — In 2018, the Republican party's candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump's environmental stance and said he didn't want to be linked to divisive national figures.Knute Buehler...

Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment

By DEB RIECHMANN, COLLEEN LONG, and NANCY BENAC | February 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachment hearings. The president took retribution...

Court fight over lost dog survives after dog’s owner dies

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | February 8, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a legal fight over a lost dog could continue in Mississippi, even after the dog's owner has died.The dispute is over a German shepherd named Max who jumped out a window and escaped from his...

New Delhi votes with Modi’s popularity on the line

By ASHOK SHARMA and AIJAZ HUSSAIN | February 8, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) — Residents of India's capital voted Saturday in a crucial state election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party sought to regain power after a 22-year gap and major victories in a national vote.About 57% of...

Turkmenistan president’s son appointed minister

February 8, 2020

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's autocratic president has named his only son to head the country's newly established ministry for construction and industry.The appointment that was announced Saturday in the government's newspaper Neitralny...

‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus

By DAKE KANG, NOEL SICHALWE, and CARA ANNA | February 8, 2020

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A doctor tending to those patients has stopped coming to work, and health...

Oregon State tops Arizona State 64-62 on shot at buzzer

By GARY HOROWITZ | February 8, 2020

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Talk about ideal timing.On a play that Oregon State worked on in practice before Friday’s game against Arizona State, Mikayla Pivec received an inbounds pass from under the Beavers’ basket from Aleah Goodman and hit a 10-foot...

China scrambles to keep cities in virus lockdown fed

By JOE McDONALD | February 8, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The manager of the Wushang Mart in Wuhan, the locked-down city at the heart of China’s virus outbreak, says its shelves are loaded with 50% more vegetables and other food than usual to reassure jittery customers.Communist leaders are...

Jazz snap 5-game skid, rally to beat Trail Blazers 117-114

By JOHN COON | February 8, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic had 27 points and Donovan Mitchell scored a go-ahead layup with 19.5 seconds left as the Utah Jazz overcame a 42-point performance by Damian Lillard and beat the Portland Trail Blazers 117-114 on Friday night.Mike...

Key takeaways from Democratic debate in New Hampshire

By HUNTER WOODALL and NICHOLAS RICCARDI | February 7, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Three days before the critical New Hampshire Primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated, with many of them fighting to survive in the race to challenge President Donald Trump.Here are some key takeaways.MAYOR PETE...

NH campaigns expected to shift into overdrive after debate

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and HUNTER WOODALL | February 7, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The final stretch before the New Hampshire primary is typically a frenetic period for White House hopefuls eager to make their mark early in the nomination process. But with just a few days left before the next contest, the scene...