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• LSU Wins 1st NCAA Title, Mulkey's 4th, Beating Clark, Iowa

  02-04-2023 23:57
  
  LSU won its first basketball title in school history, overcoming Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 in the national championship game
  
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• LSU Wins 1st NCAA Championship, Beating Clark and Iowa

  02-04-2023 23:57
  
  LSU won its first basketball title in school history, overcoming Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 in the national championship game
  
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• Taiwan Strengthens Ties With Guatemala Following Honduras Rupture

  02-04-2023 23:56
  
  By Sofia MenchuGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen completed a three-day trip to Guatemala on Sunday where she offered more...
  
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• Man Dies, Nephew Wounded in Seattle Shooting

  02-04-2023 23:55
  Police in Seattle say a man died and his 9-year-old nephew was hospitalized following a shooting there on Saturday
  
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• Grass Fire Near Small New Mexico Community Mostly Contained

  02-04-2023 23:40
  Authorities are asking residents in the small community of Echo Ridge to evacuate Sunday as a precaution due to a grass fire south of Moriarty in central New Mexico
  
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• Evacuations After Grass Fire Grows Near New Mexico Community

  02-04-2023 23:40
  Authorities are asking residents in the small community of Echo Ridge to evacuate due to a grass fire south of Moriarty in central New Mexico
  
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• Transfer Portal Lifts UConn, San Diego State to NCAA Final

  02-04-2023 23:27
  
  Both Connecticut and San Diego State used an offseason of work in the transfer portal to bolster teams that have reached the NCAA title game
  
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• Man, 34, Suspected in Fatal Los Angeles Parking Lot Shooting

  02-04-2023 23:07
  
  Authorities say a 34-year-old man could face a murder charge in connection with a weekend shooting outside a Los Angeles shopping center that killed on person and wounded three others
  
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• Russia to Put Nukes Near Belarus' Western Border, Envoy Says

  02-04-2023 23:04
  
  Russia's ambassador to Belarus says that Moscow will deploy tactical nuclear weapons close to Belarus’ border with NATO neighbors
  
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• Factbox-Finland's Outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin

  02-04-2023 23:02
  
  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Here is a profile of Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin, whose left-wing Social Democrats lost a parliamentary...
  
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• LSU's 59 1st-Half Points Set NCAA Women's Title Game Record

  02-04-2023 22:59
  
  Jasmine Carson banked in a 3-pointer to end the highest-scoring half ever in a women’s NCAA Tournament championship game
  
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• Twitter Strips The New York Times of Verification, But Then Elon Musk Makes It Even Worse for Fake News Company

  02-04-2023 22:52
  
  Twitter has finally caught up with the times.
  In a splashy move Saturday that was as important for its symbolism as it was for its technical consequences, the social media giant under the ownership of Elon Musk stripped The New York Times of its coveted verification checkmark, reducing the reach of the Times’ poisonous tweets that already carry more influence than the “paper of record” deserves.
  Then Musk tweeted a gloriously justified insult, adding to the technological injury
  
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• Winners of the London Stage 2023 Olivier Awards

  02-04-2023 22:51
  
  Winners of the 2023 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include: “My Neighbor Totoro,” which won six prizes including best new comedy and best director
  
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• Montenegro's Ex-Economy Minister Jakov Milatovic Declares Victory in Run-Off Presidential Vote

  02-04-2023 22:49
  
  PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's former Economy Minister Jakov Milatovic declared victory in a presidential election run-off on Sunday, ahead of...
  
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• Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Take Acting Gold at Olivier Awards

  02-04-2023 22:49
  
  Screen stars Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer have won prizes at London’s Olivier Awards for their first-ever West End stage roles
  
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• About 25 Train Cars Derail in Montana, No Injuries Reported

  02-04-2023 22:42
  Authorities say about 25 train cars have derailed in northwestern Montana
  
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• About 25 Railroad Cars Derail in Montana but No One Injured

  02-04-2023 22:42
  Authorities say about 25 railroad cars have derailed in northwestern Montana but there are no injuries or evacuations
  
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• Justice Dept Has More Evidence of Possible Trump Obstruction in Documents Probe -WaPo

  02-04-2023 22:39
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed new evidence indicating possible obstruction by former President Donald...
  
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• Stanton Goes Deep, Judge Also Backs Brito as Yanks Blank SF

  02-04-2023 22:38
  
  Giancarlo Stanton smashed a titanic home run, Aaron Judge also went deep and Jhony Brito won his major league debut as the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0
  
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• Venezuela Arrests Nine CVG Officials Over Corruption Probe

  02-04-2023 22:33
  
  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities have taken nine officials from state-owned metals conglomerate Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) -...
  
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• Explosions Heard Near Mezzah Airport in Syrian Capital - Witnesses

  02-04-2023 22:26
  AMMAN (Reuters) - A car bomb caused the large blasts heard in the Mezzah suburb area near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media said on...
  
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• Car Blast in Syrian Capital Hits Mezzah Suburb

  02-04-2023 22:26
  AMMAN (Reuters) - A car bomb caused the large blasts heard in the Mezzah suburb area west of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media said...
  
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• Democratic Congressman Announces 'Serious' Health Diagnosis, Will Be Absent for Several Weeks

  02-04-2023 22:24
  
  A congressman from Michigan is facing cancer surgery but vows to return to the House.
  Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee announced his diagnosis in a message to his constituents.
  “A few weeks ago, after consulting with my doctors, I scheduled what I thought was a preventive scan for a swollen lymph node. The results, it turns out, were more significant,” Kildee said in a statement on his website.
  “After additional testing, I’ve been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serio
  
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• Top Dem Consultant and Pollster Spills the Beans on Clintons, Obama During Interview with Tucker Carlson

  02-04-2023 22:12
  
  One of the Clinton’s top consultants and pollsters, Doug Schoen, recently appeared on Fox News star Tucker Carlson’s program to unpack his 40-year career working to get the Clintons and Obamas elected and revealed why Hillary didn’t win the White House and why he discounts Barack Obama’s entire presidency.
  During his visit with Carlson on “Tucker Carlson Today,” Schoen spoke of the lessons he thinks should be learned from his close work with the Clinton and Ob
  
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• Sex Abuse Case Against Ex-Alaska Attorney General Thrown Out

  02-04-2023 22:12
  A judge has dismissed a sex abuse case against former acting Alaska Attorney General Clyde “Ed” Sniffen, citing the statute of limitations in place when the alleged abused happened over 30 years ago
  
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• Factbox-Petteri Orpo, Finland's Likely Next Prime Minister

  02-04-2023 22:01
  
  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Here is a profile of Finland's conservative National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo, who said he would have the first...
  
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• This Is How Trump Could Land Behind Bars for 30 Days Even Before He Has a Trial

  02-04-2023 21:58
  
  Former President Donald Trump could be hit with a choice of either keeping quiet about the charges against him or spending some time in jail.
  Trump’s legal team expects that Trump will be hit with a gag order from state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, sitting in Manhattan, as part of the legal proceedings against him now that he has been indicted.
  “The Trump legal team now thinks that the Manhattan judge will take the unprecedented step of silencing the presidential frontrunner w
  
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• MacKenzie Gore Quiets Braves, Wins Nationals Debut 4-1

  02-04-2023 21:55
  
  MacKenzie Gore made his regular-season debut for the Nationals and limited the Braves to one run across 5 1/3 innings in Washington’s 4-1 win over Atlanta
  
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• Israel Says It Downs Aircraft That Appeared to Come From Syria

  02-04-2023 21:54
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli army said it downed an unidentified aircraft on Sunday that appeared to have crossed into its territory from...
  
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• Finland's Right-Wing National Coalition Party Claims Election Victory

  02-04-2023 21:50
  
  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's right-wing opposition National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo on Sunday claimed victory in the Nordic country's...
  
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• Jared Kushner Strongly Defends Trump as He Breaks Silence on Indictment

  02-04-2023 21:29
  
  Former President Donald Trump received a strong show of support from his son-in-law Jared Kushner on Friday.
  Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, said the indictment against Trump “shows obviously the fear that the Democrats have of Trump and the political strength that he has.”
  “As an American, it’s very troubling to me to see the leader of the opposition party be indicted,” Kushner said during a speech at the Future Investment Initiative summ
  
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• Potter Fired by Chelsea After 6 Months in Charge

  02-04-2023 21:27
  
  Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer windows
  
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• Potter Fired After 6 Months as Chelsea's Gamble Backfires

  02-04-2023 21:27
  
  Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer windows
  
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• Graham Potter Fired by Chelsea After Rocky 6 Months as Coach

  02-04-2023 21:27
  
  Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer windows
  
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• Asa Hutchinson Joins Race for Republican Nomination

  02-04-2023 21:19
  
  The former Arkansas governor has unabashedly declared that former President Donald Trump should not be running for another term and said that Trump should not run if he were indicted.
  
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• Augusta National Has Sunday Unlike Any Other at Masters

  02-04-2023 21:16
  
  The Sunday before Masters week is unlike any other major
  
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• Donald Trump Has Big Plans for His Mugshot Once It Is Taken: Report

  02-04-2023 21:13
  
  New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump on trumped-up charges last Thursday sent shockwaves throughout America.
  Fox News reports that Trump is scheduled to arrive at the Centre Street courthouse in New York City on Tuesday morning for processing ahead of his 2:15 p.m. arraignment. He expected to plead not guilty to all charges stemming from the alleged hush money payments made on his behalf to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
  
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• San Francisco Residents Could Be Missing Mail After Robbery

  02-04-2023 21:07
  Authorities say thousands of San Francisco residents may be missing mail after a postal carrier was robbed last month of keys to boxes used to store incoming and outgoing letters and packages
  
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• Kenyan Opposition Leader Odinga Suspends Anti-Government Protests

  02-04-2023 21:03
  
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Sunday he was suspending anti-government protests and was ready for talks after...
  
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• Teacher Charged With Stalking Chicago Mayor

  02-04-2023 20:59
  Prosecutors are accusing a Chicago Public Schools teacher of stalking Mayor Lori Lightfoot
  
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• Springs Pitches 6 Hitless Innings, Greene Singles in 7th

  02-04-2023 20:59
  
  Tampa Bay’s Jeffrey Springs was pulled after six hitless innings, and Riley Greene got the Detroit Tigers’ first hit with an infield single off Colin Poche in the seventh
  
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• Medvedev Beats Sinner in Straight Sets for Miami Open Title

  02-04-2023 20:59
  
  Daniil Medvedev captured his fourth ATP title of the year, beating Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 for the Miami Open men’s singles title and to move to 6-0 in their career matchup
  
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• Journalist Assaulted While Covering Political Sign Vandalism

  02-04-2023 20:40
  A journalist has been assaulted and had his phone stolen while working on a story about vandalism of political campaign signs
  
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• Newgarden Holds off O'Ward for Back-To-Back Wins at Texas

  02-04-2023 20:36
  
  Josef Newgarden won at Texas Motor Speedway for the second consecutive year when a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle with Pato O’Ward came to a sudden halt by a crash behind them
  
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• Montenegro's Ex-Economy Minister Milatovic Leads in Presidential Run-Off - Pollster

  02-04-2023 20:36
  
  PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's ex-economy minister Jakov Milatovic secured 60.1% of votes in a presidential election run-off on Sunday,...
  
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• Tesla sales again fall short of production

  02-04-2023 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla reported a modest 4% rise in sales in the first quarter compared to the final three months of last year, despite a series of price cuts on its lower priced vehicles and talk by CEO Elon Musk about strong demand at those lower prices.
  
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• Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Situation in Bakhmut 'Especially Hot'

  02-04-2023 20:25
  
  (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the military situation around the city of Bakhmut, besieged by Russian...
  
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• Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Situation 'Especially Hot' in Bakhmut

  02-04-2023 20:25
  
  By Nick Starkov and Ronald PopeskiKYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the military situation was "...
  
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• US Sees OPEC+ Output Cuts as Unadvisable

  02-04-2023 20:15
  
  (Reuters) - The Biden administration said the surprise oil output cuts announced on Sunday by Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ countries were not...
  
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• Manchin: Americans want a 'reasonable, responsible middle'

  02-04-2023 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin declined to say Sunday whether he would run on a centrist presidential ticket but the moderate West Virginia Democrat said Americans were sick of the political division in the country.
  
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