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South Africa keeper credits backroom staff for his record performance in Africa Cup penalty shootout 02/04/2024 11:42am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams says preparation was key to his saving four of the five penalties he faced in a shootout to help the Bafana Bafana reach the Africa Cup of Nations semifinals. Williams’ saves against Cape Verde in their quarterfinal match on Sat DC earns failing grade at teaching financial literacy; Md., Va. score high 02/04/2024 05:00am • A new report card that ranks states on how well they teach personal finance skills has given D.C. schools a failing grade. The Nation's Report Card of Financial Literacy rates states based on money courses that teach students how to make money, invest cash, save for retirement and give charitable James, Lakers pull away for 113-105 win to end Knicks' nine-game winning streak 02/04/2024 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away down the stretch to beat New York 113-105 Saturday night, snapping the Knicks' nine-game winning streak. Austin Reaves had 22 points, D'Angelo Russell and Taurean Prince each scored 16, and Anthony Davis finished Fousseyni Traore scores season-high 24 points, No. 22 BYU beats West Virginia 86-73 02/03/2024 09:26pm • MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A healthy Fousseyni Traore is giving No. 22 BYU a big lift heading into the final month of the regular season. Traore had a season-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Cougars to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Traore, the team’s top return No. 16 Auburn uses big second half to rally from first-half deficit and top Mississippi 91-77 02/03/2024 09:20pm • OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl didn't like what he saw on the scoreboard late in the first half. His No. 16 Tigers were trailing by 13 points against Mississippi — but Pearl really liked what he saw on the faces of his players. “They never panicked, especially when it looked li Hodgson pleads with 'harsh' fans after Palace loss. Newcastle rallies for 4-4 draw against Luton 02/03/2024 03:30pm • LONDON (AP) — Roy Hodgson's position at Crystal Palace is looking increasingly shaky after another poor result and the latest display of anger and frustration from the club's fans on Saturday. A 4-1 loss at rival Brighton in the Premier League was made even worse by seeing star player Michael Oli Everton fights back late to draw 2-2 with Tottenham after Richarlison nets twice against former club 02/03/2024 10:05am • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Defender Jarrad Branthwaite headed home a stoppage-time equalizer as Everton salvaged a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday after Richarlison had scored twice against his former team. Richarlison looked to have boosted Tottenham's push for a top-four Q&A: Daisy Ridley on fighting the dark side and developing dark comedy 02/03/2024 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) — Daisy Ridley doesn’t want audiences to be misled by the title of her new film, “Sometimes I Think About Dying.” Her character, Fran, is, actually, quite funny. Fran is a woman content in her mostly solitary life, apart from her co-workers in her chatty office. But when an att Why Taylor Swift's globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized 02/02/2024 11:18pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For weeks, scrutiny over singer Taylor Swift’s travel in private jets has been bubbling up on social media, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions of carbon dioxide released with every flight. The megastar is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, o DaRon Holmes II scores 34 as No. 21 Dayton rallies past St. Bonaventure 76-71 02/02/2024 10:17pm • DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — DaRon Holmes II scored 25 of his 34 points in the second half, helping No. 21 Dayton rally past St. Bonaventure for a 76-71 victory on Friday night. Enoch Cheeks added 13 points as Dayton (18-3, 8-1 Atlantic 10) earned its second straight win since a 69-64 loss at Richmond last Lawsuit accuses DC property management company of discriminating against potential tenants 02/02/2024 09:00pm • Two Northwest D.C. apartment complexes discriminated against potential residents by having minimum credit score and income requirements and creating barriers for some people with criminal records and past evictions, according to a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court on Thursday. The lawsuit, fil Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in 'Rocky' movies and 'The Mandalorian,' dies 02/02/2024 08:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Monifa McKnight, Montgomery Co. Public Schools part ways 02/02/2024 05:04pm • Montgomery County Public Schools and Superintendent Monifa McKnight have parted ways. The Board of Education held a closed-door meeting Friday afternoon. Last week, McKnight said in a statement that Board of Education members indicated they wanted her to "step away" from her job as superin Kansas is poised to expand tax credit for helping disabled workers after debate over low pay 02/02/2024 01:50pm • Kansas is poised to expand an income tax credit for goods and services purchased from companies and nonprofits employing disabled workers, a year after a debate over how much the state should buck a national trend against paying those workers below the minimum wage. A bill approved by the Legislatu Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment 02/02/2024 12:23pm • LONDON (AP) — Eighty years ago in one of the most ingenious and audacious acts of defiance of World War II, 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German POW camp into a snowy forest. For most of the escapees, it ended tragically. Three made it to safety, but the others were recaptured and 50 of th