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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday became the first senior official from a European Union country to visit Belarus since the authoritarian Belarusian regime imposed a harsh crackdown on opposition in 2020. His trip came as the EU is expected to consider a new package of sanctions against Belarus. The EU has slapped an array of sanctions on the country already, both for the repression […]

Alabama is the new No. 1, rising to the top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years. Purdue’s loss to Northwestern last week caused a jumble at the top of the AP Top 25 and that helped the Crimson Tide. Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As a child welfare specialist for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma more than a decade ago, Juli Skinner saw firsthand the impact of the opioid crisis on Cherokee families. Parents who began using the powerful painkillers after a surgery or injury became hooked and were losing custody of their children, babies were being born addicted and young people who ended up in foster care were aging […]

NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Alabama is No. 1 in the men’s AP Top 25 basketball poll for the first time in 20 years; Houston, Purdue next. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

NEW YORK (AP) — A man drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, striking and injuring several pedestrians in New York City on Monday before police captured him following a chase. The truck sped through the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn before police stopped it near the entrance to a tunnel leading from Brooklyn to Manhattan, a law enforcement official said. Details were not immediately available. The official could not […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in a memorable Super Bowl that included plenty of big plays on and off the field. Here’s a look at some top moments from Sunday night’s game: CHIEFS WIN Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds remaining to lift the Chiefs to their 38-35 win over the Eagles. The Chiefs have won the Super […]

CHICAGO (AP) — So many returns for baseball this summer. Some happy, some not so much. Here are some dates to remember for the coming season: THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros: Jose Altuve and the Astros get another opportunity to celebrate the franchise’s second World Series championship when they host Tim Anderson and the White Sox on opening day. Houston beat Philadelphia in six games to […]

MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed Ukraine’s president for the nearly year-old Russian invasion, again placing himself at odds with Premier Giorgia Meloni’s staunch support for Kyiv. Berlusconi, whose party backs Meloni’s right-wing coalition government, is a long-time friend and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said the war in Ukraine “would have never happened” had Zelenskyy “ceased attacking the two autonomous republics of Donbass” […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A blast caused by a gas leak early Monday seriously injured two people and destroyed several homes under construction in a suburb of Canada’s capital, officials said. Emergency responders pulled two people from the wreckage in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans and brought them to a hospital where they were in serious but stable condition, Reid Purdy of the Ottawa Paramedic Service said. Three additional people […]