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NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan's 19-year-old daughter is fighting cancer 01/11/2024 03:25pm • The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Isabella Strahan appeared on a prerecorded videotape segment sitting next to her father while discussing her diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a cancerous brai Parity, the portal and NIL all driving a new era for college basketball and how teams are ranked 01/11/2024 02:50pm • The 2023 NCAA Tournament was unlike any other, a parade of firsts winding down the road to Houston. None of the No. 1 seeds made it to the Elite Eight for the first time since seeding began in 1979. Not a single top-three team reached the Final Four for the first time ever; instead, the semifinals w Pro Picks: NFL's wild-card weekend filled with reunions and rematches 01/11/2024 02:35pm • Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for upcoming games. For all previous Pro Picks, head here. ___ Matthew Stafford vs. the Lions. Mike McCarthy vs. the Packers. Tyreek Hill vs. the Chiefs. The NFL’s wild-card weekend is all about reunions and some Pakistan says the IMF executive board approved release of $700 million of $3B bailout 01/11/2024 02:08pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund's executive board approved Thursday the release of $700 million of a $3 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan, the finance ministry said. The bailout is meant to enable Pakistan to emerge from one of the worst economic crises in its history. In Guyana rejects quest for US military base as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens 01/11/2024 02:04pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Thursday that Guyana’s government has reassured neighboring Venezuela there is no plan for the U.S. to establish a military base in the South American country and that it has not made a formal request for one. Nandlall spoke Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/11/2024 01:24pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Bills host Steelers in AFC wild-card matchup of surging teams 01/11/2024 01:11pm • PITTSBURGH (10-7) at BUFFALO (11-6) Sunday 1 p.m. EST, CBS OPENING LINE: Bills by 10, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Steelers 10-7; Bills 7-10 SERIES RECORD: Steelers lead 17-12. LAST MEETING: Bills beat Steelers 38-3 in Orchard Park, New York, on Oct. 9, 2022. LAST WEEK: Steel Gambia's soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen flying to tournament 01/11/2024 12:03pm • SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — A plane carrying Gambia's national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia's capital Banjul aft Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan but no damage is reported 01/11/2024 06:37am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages, Pakistani officials and the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quak Iran identifies alleged bomb-maker behind last week's IS twin suicide attack that killed dozens 01/11/2024 04:49am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence ministry on Thursday identified a top suspect, described as ringleader and bomb-maker, in the twin suicide bombings last week claimed by the Islamic State group as the death toll from the attack rose to at least 94, state media reported. The Jan. 3 attack, US brings resources, support and information to tech startups and emerging companies at CES 01/11/2024 04:16am • History tells us that nine different cities have played host to the U.S. government since 1774, including Philadelphia, New York, Annapolis and Baltimore, prior to the establishment of its permanent home here in Washington, D.C.in 1800. But thanks to CES, you can now add Las Vegas, Nevada, to th Speaker Johnson is facing conservative pushback over the spending deal he struck with Democrats 01/11/2024 12:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the spending deal he reached with Democrats, one thing quickly became clear: many GOP lawmakers weren't buying it. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio left early, saying he'd had enough. “I’m n What we know about 'Fito,' Ecuador’s notorious gang leader who went missing from prison 01/11/2024 12:07am • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and slayings, was discovered missing from his prison cell where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking. Macías began ser Chris Christie ends his Republican presidential bid, criticizing his rivals on his way out 01/10/2024 11:41pm • WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday suspended his Republican presidential bid just days before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, ceding to growing pressure to drop out of the race from those desperate to deny Donald Trump a glidepath to the nomination. Addressing su Haley and DeSantis tear into each other's records in a hostile head-to-head Republican debate 01/10/2024 11:19pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In their most hostile encounter yet, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis attacked each other early and often in Wednesday's Republican primary debate rather than focus on Donald Trump, the absent front-runner, as both tried to demonstrate they were the strongest alternative to the