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After questions and concerns, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are ready to go as a new era arrives 02/05/2026 09:27am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) ��� Will there be an Olympic spirit or will it seem like a bunch of individual world championships? Will a complicated transport network connecting far-flung venues run smoothly? Will crowds fill the arenas, rinks and stadiums despite sluggish advance ticket sales? Will Miller's fitness boosts recent runner-up South Africa at the T20 World Cup 02/05/2026 08:37am • A fitness clearance for veteran middle-order batter David Miller has boosted South Africa as it heads to the Twenty20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, attempting to improve on its runner-up finish in the last tournament. The 36-year-old Miller is one of the best finishers in world cricket and his l Israel���s first Olympic bobsled team heads to Italy in bid they have dubbed ���Shul Runnings��� 02/05/2026 08:15am • TEL AVIV (AP) ��� Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, Israel, it's bobsled time! A handful of diverse athletes ��� a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton ��� will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Gam Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto 02/05/2026 07:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico���s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through cryptocurrency from American cities to The detention of New Jersey kebab shop owners sparked change. Deportation still looms 02/05/2026 07:04am • COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (AP) ��� The shawarma, falafel wraps and baklava at Jersey Kebab are great, but many of its patrons are also there these days for a side of protest. A New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia has rallied around the restaurant's Turkish owners since federal officers detained the couple la What a Human Rights Watch report says about the economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia 02/05/2026 06:59am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Widespread backsliding on protections of basic rights is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams, a report by Human Rights Watch says. The report released Thursday says many governments in the region have grown more Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria in Lebanon show lingering post-Assad fears 02/05/2026 06:52am • HERMEL, Lebanon (AP) ��� A walled compound in Lebanon housing hundreds of people who fled their homes in Syria after the fall of Bashar Assad over a year ago has drawn allegations that the residents are Assad loyalists, which they deny. The attention on the compound in Hermel town highlights the sen Malaysia bans e-waste imports, vows to end illegal dumping 02/05/2026 05:49am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysia has announced an immediate and full ban on the importation of electronic waste, as the government vowed the country would not be a ���dumping ground��� for the world's waste. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said in a statement late Wednesday that all Americans are struggling to save emergency funds, according to new report 02/05/2026 05:02am • Does it feel like an emergency expense, like a hospital visit or pricey car repair, will leave you in financial doldrums? You're not alone. A new Bankrate survey shows around half of Americans have less emergency savings than they have in credit card debt. The survey showed around 44% of respo Marchand's shootout goal gives Panthers 5-4 win over Bruins 02/05/2026 01:42am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ��� Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of the shootout in his return to Florida���s lineup after missing two games to give the Panthers a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins, his former team, on Wednesday night. Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists for his second three-point Cavaliers rout Clippers 124-89 after Garland-Harden trade 02/05/2026 01:06am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points and had nine assists, Jaylon Tyson added 17 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Los Angeles Clippers 124-89 on Wednesday night, hours after the teams completed a trade of All-Stars. The Cavaliers sent guard Darius Garland to the Harry Brook's England ready for T20 World Cup after sweeping Sri Lanka 02/05/2026 12:25am • Better late than never. England didn't finalize its Twenty20 World Cup preparations until this week when it swept Sri Lanka 3-0, after its previous few series had been spoiled by wet weather. The home campaign against South Africa in September was drawn 1-1 after the decider at Nottingham was washed Jesse Jackson Jr. pitches redemption in bid for old House seat years after campaign fraud conviction 02/05/2026 12:05am • COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (AP) ��� As Jesse Jackson Jr. campaigns for his old U.S. House seat at Chicago-area churches, banquet halls and on Black radio shows, he often takes a moment to address the obvious matter hanging over his political comeback. The son of the civil rights icon tries to bring i Towns is bloodied and bandaged, Nuggets lose 2 injured starters in Knicks' double-OT win 02/04/2026 11:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Karl-Anthony Towns had a bandage over his right eye covering the stitches he needed to close a cut that sent blood streaming down his face and turned part of his white jersey red. ���That���s a battle scar,��� teammate Mitchell Robinson said. ���You���re fighting for your life out Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother's kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive 02/04/2026 11:51pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� NBC ���Today��� show host Savannah Guthrie sent a public message to her 84-year-old mother���s kidnapper on Wednesday saying that her family is ready to talk but wants proof that she is alive. Guthrie said in a recorded video posted on social media that her family has heard