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Stephen Curry vs. Sabrina Ionescu is an All-Star matchup that was a long time coming 02/14/2024 06:00am • She's the player with the best 3-point contest performance in NBA or WNBA history. He's made more 3-pointers than anyone who's ever played at the highest level. Sabrina Ionescu. Stephen Curry. She's one of his favorites and led the WNBA in 3-pointers made last season. He's one of her idols and is th New Orleans bids another joyous 'Fat Tuesday' farewell to Carnival season 02/13/2024 05:13pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans bade a typically joyous goodbye to Carnival season Tuesday with Mardi Gras parades, street parties and what amounted to a massive outdoor costume festival around the bars and restaurants in the French Quarter. Revelers in capes, wigs, spandex and feathers danced in NASCAR starts season with fresh new champion and off-track revenue sharing dispute 02/13/2024 01:14pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR launches its new season with rivals attempting to dethrone Team Penske after two years atop the Cup Series while an off-track battle over revenue sharing threatens to overshadow the competition. Teams report to Daytona International Speedway this week for Sunday's Is the deal to build Wizards, Capitals arena in Alexandria falling apart? Here’s where things stand — and what the key players are saying 02/12/2024 05:22pm • A deal that would move the Washington Wizards and Capitals to a new arena in Alexandria continues to take heat with Monumental Sports and Entertainment jumping to address concerns from both D.C.’s mayor and Virginia Senate Democrats Monday. It comes days after a positive signal for the proposal New NATO member Finland elects a president set to keep up hard line on neighboring Russia 02/12/2024 10:20am • HELSINKI (AP) — Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has narrowly won a runoff vote to become Finland's next president, who will steer security policy that includes integrating the new NATO member into the alliance at a time of concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The final tally from Sunda Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? 02/11/2024 09:05pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms. It's all in good fun but it's also a bit of a “plastics disaster,� They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival. She insists she's a missionary 02/11/2024 06:07pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Standing 9 feet tall, Raquel Potí regularly graces the front pages of Brazilian magazines and newspapers, and on Saturday the artist donned a lavish feathered costume and lacquered her body in gold glitter. At one point she charged the length of the street party, sweeping he China takes titles in artistic swimming and diving to complete dominant 1st week at aquatics worlds 02/10/2024 04:45pm • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — China finished a dominant first week at the World Aquatics Championships with more titles in artistic swimming and diving Saturday to top the medal table with 16 golds out of 29. Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu retained their world title in the artistic mixed duet free event and Yang Republicans have a plan to take the Senate. A hard-right Montana lawmaker could crash the party 02/10/2024 02:12pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans gathered in a hotel ballroom this weekend aiming to unite ahead of the 2024 election and defeat three-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Yet before the party even got underway it was crashed by conservative U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, who jumped in Trump tells NRA members 'no one will lay a finger on your firearms' if he returns to the White House 02/09/2024 09:34pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms" if he returns to the White House, and bragged that during his time as president he “did nothing” to curb guns. “During my four y Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans 02/09/2024 08:01pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing out hand-decorated bras. The krewe of “Bosom Buddies & Breast Friends” is on Anger over Messi's absence in Hong Kong game spreads: Argentina friendly in mainland China canceled 02/09/2024 07:40pm • HONG KONG (AP) — An Argentina soccer friendly in China next month was canceled on Friday in more fallout from Lionel Messi failing to play in a club exhibition match in Hong Kong. World Cup champion Argentina, captained by Messi, last month scheduled a tour of China during the international break Amazon Prime Video will carry an NFL playoff game next season, AP sources say 02/09/2024 05:31pm • Amazon Prime Video will carry an NFL postseason game next season, people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Associated Press. The three people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Friday because neither the league nor the streaming platform has made the announcement. The Wall Street Jou Diggins wins 15-kilometer World Cup event before tour reaches her home state of Minnesota 02/09/2024 04:02pm • CANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Jessie Diggins won a 15-kilometer World Cup skiing event Friday, a week before the tour makes a stop in her home state of Minnesota. Diggins’ time of 40 minutes, 26 seconds gave her a 2.6-second edge over runner-up Delphine Claudel of France for her fifth victory of the s Lunar New Year festivities shut down streets in downtown DC this weekend 02/09/2024 11:39am • The annual Chinese Lunar New Year parade will be taking over D.C.'s Chinatown Sunday, shutting down some major streets downtown. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) is putting on the event, which will start at 1:45 p.m. Revelers will be celebrating the Year of the Dragon as a r