PHILADELPHIA — A car hit and injured three pedestrians in a crowd of people that was leaving the Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Sunday night, police said. Read More

BOGOTA, Colombia — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner. Read More

Vaccination rates against dangerous childhood infections like measles and polio continue to fall nationwide

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The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. Read More

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb_ 2-8 include “Saturday Night Live” actor Cecily Strong, singer Shakira and TV chef Ina Garten, the “Barefoot Contessa.”

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The White House is claiming victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner

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OSWIECIM, Poland — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend. Read More

• All-Stars move teams as free agency looms
• Storm receive draft picks in three-team trade

Kelsey Plum is headed to the Los Angeles Sparks as part of a three-way trade that will send Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces, according to a person familiar with the deal.

The Sparks traded the No 2 pick in this year’s draft and Li Yueru to the Seattle Storm, who will also get a 2026 first-round pick from the Aces. Los Angeles receive the No 9 pick in the 2025 draft and a 2026 second-round pick from Seattle in return. The Aces got the 13th pick in the 2025 draft from the Sparks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday night because no official deal has been announced.

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• Opener hits 108 off 42 balls to chase target of 183
• Hobart’s win is the team’s first ever BBL title

An inspired Mitchell Owen has produced the innings of his career, thrashing a mighty century to rout the Sydney Thunder and deliver the Hobart Hurricanes a maiden Big Bash League title.

Owen struck 108 in 42 balls, including the competition’s equal-fastest century on Monday night as the Hurricanes delighted a capacity crowd at Bellerive Oval.

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A car hit and injured three pedestrians in a crowd of people that was leaving the Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Sunday night, police said.

Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire

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Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell starring in the wedding comedy “You’re Cordially Invited” and The Weeknd's album “Hurry Up Tomorrow” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

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The future of TikTok is still up in the air despite Trump’s intervention last week

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he'd like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to "just clean out" the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate. Read More

President Donald Trump hasn't been shy about sharing his thoughts since taking office, and he added a 20-minute Q&A with reporters aboard Air Force One to the mix Saturday night. He held forth on everything from the colour of the presidential plane to the fate of TikTok, Greenland and Canada. Read More

California, New York and other states resist by expanding healthcare and education and limiting detention centers

As Donald Trump tightens the nation’s immigration policies, lawmakers in Democrat-led states are proposing new measures that could erect legal obstacles for federal immigration officials and help immigrants lacking legal status avoid deportation.

The resistance efforts in California, New York and other states are a counterpoint to the many Republican-led states advancing measures to aid Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, highlighting a national divide.

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The ship wasn’t damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said

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Israel accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the order of hostages it has released, stopping thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday

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Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister

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About 70 people, including patients, believed to have been killed in attack blamed on rebel Rapid Support Forces

About 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the head of the World Health Organization has said, the latest in a series of attacks as the African nation’s civil war has escalated in recent days.

The attack on the Saudi teaching maternal hospital was blamed by local officials on the rebel Rapid Support Forces, a group that has recently faced apparent battlefield losses to the Sudanese military and allied forces under the command of army chief Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan.

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Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA director William Burns. It was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of president Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John Ratcliffe, who was sworn in as director on Thursday.

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. Read More

ROME (AP) -- Italy's highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More

TEL AVIV — The Hamas terrorist group on Friday published the names of four hostages it said it would release the following day as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Read More