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Hornqvist has 2 goals, assist and Pens top Red Wings 5-1

By DAN SCIFO | February 16, 2020

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patric Hornqvist had two goals and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Sunday.Hornqvist has 14 goals this season. Sidney Crosby scored his 11th of the season, Kris Letang added his 14th on the...

Denmark arrests 27 people on suspected cocaine smuggling

By Associated Press | February 16, 2020

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Danish police say they have arrested 27 people for suspected drug smuggling after finding some 100 kilograms of cocaine on a Bahamas-registered cargo vessel plying Danish waters.Copenhagen police said Sunday in a statement that...

Boyfriend of British TV presenter heartbroken by her death

By PAN PYLAS | February 16, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The boyfriend of Caroline Flack, the former British TV host for the controversial reality show “Love Island,” said Sunday that his “heart is broken" at her death as criticism mounted over her treatment by some British media.British...

Clark guides Albany to 66-60 victory over Maine

February 16, 2020

ORONO, Maine (AP) — Ahmad Clark finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Albany held off Maine 66-60 on Sunday.Clark sank 7 of 12 shots from the floor, including 4 of 8 from 3-point range, and all five of his free throws for the...

US secretary of state visits Senegal to start Africa tour

February 16, 2020

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is working to determine what level of American military forces is needed in West Africa to counter the rise of extremist violence in the region.Speaking at the end...

Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters

By BILL BARROW and TOM FOREMAN Jr. | February 16, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For I.S. Leevy Johnson, the Democrats’ search for a challenger to take on President Donald Trump is personal.“There is what I call an ‘ABT mood’ in the black community: Anybody but Trump,” said the 77-year-old who was...

North Macedonia parliament dissolved ahead of early election

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES | February 16, 2020

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament was dissolved on Sunday, ahead of an early election.The April 12 election is taking place eight months before the normal expiration of the parliament's four-year term.All major political...

Home quarantine for travelers buys time as new virus spreads

By CARLA K. JOHNSON | February 16, 2020

On his return from China last week, Dr. Ian Lipkin quarantined himself in his basement. His wife now puts his food on the stairs. He’s run out of things to watch on Netflix. At odd hours, he walks in New York's Central Park, keeping 10 feet away from...

Illinois man, 80, set for release in 1960 triple-killing

February 16, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — An 80-year-old man is set to be released from an Illinois prison this week, nearly six decades after he was sentenced to life for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park.Chester...

Stop and frisk gets renewed attention in Bloomberg candidacy

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JENNIFER PELTZ | February 16, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — David Ourlicht was a college student, walking down a street near campus, when he became one of millions of New Yorkers swept up in the era of stop and frisk.A police officer accosted Ourlicht, deeming suspicious a bulge in his jacket....

California to apologize for internment of Japanese Americans

By CUNEYT DIL | February 16, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Les Ouchida was born an American just outside California's capital city, but his citizenship mattered little after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war. Based solely on their Japanese ancestry, the 5-year-old...

Wales bears the brunt as Storm Dennis hammers Britain

By PAN PYLAS | February 16, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Storm Dennis hammered Britain Sunday, bringing a month's worth of rain in just 48 hours to parts of South Wales, which bore the brunt of the country's second severe storm inside a week.Rivers across Britain burst their banks and a number...