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Trae Young scores 37 as Hawks end 2-game skid with 127-121 win over short-handed 76ers 02/09/2024 10:36pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trae Young scored 37 points and hit several key shots in the fourth quarter as the Atlanta Hawks held on to beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 127-121 on Friday night. Onyeke Okongwu added 21 points and Saddiq Bey had 16 points and 11 rebounds as Atlanta snapped a two-gam Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island; no major damage reported 02/09/2024 07:53pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves and cutting power in a nearby town but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. The earthquake, which didn't cause a Stock market today: Wall Street waltzes past its latest milestone as S&P 500 closes above 5,000 02/09/2024 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record, milestone and winning week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5,000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for the index, which closed its 14th winning we Takeaways from the special counsel's report on Biden's handling of classified documents 02/09/2024 01:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Special Counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released his long-awaited report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, and it’s not great news for the president on multiple fronts. The report concludes that no criminal charges against Biden are warranted, a key diff Finnish carrier Finnair is asking passengers to voluntarily weigh themselves before boarding flights 02/09/2024 04:54am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Almost everything that gets onto a commercial plane — fuel, checked-in baggage, cargo and meals — is weighed. For passengers and their cabin bags, most airlines use average data. But Finland's national carrier Finnair said Friday that it started asking passengers thi Stock market today: Tokyo hits 30-year high, with many Asian markets shut for Lunar New Year holiday 02/08/2024 11:57pm • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday as Tokyo’s benchmark momentarily touched a 34-year high, while many regional markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% to 37,029.91, slipping back from earlier gains. Investors were encouraged b NFL Awards Live Updates | Lamar Jackson nearly unanimous for second AP NFL MVP award 02/08/2024 11:16pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Live updates from the “NFL Honors” awards show, where the Associated Press NFL MVP, Coach of the Year and more will be revealed: AP NFL Most Valuable Player: Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson was a near-unanimous choice for his second AP NFL Most Valuable Player award. Baltimore’s Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report that questioned his memory, handling of docs 02/08/2024 10:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not w Questions to Ask an Endocrinologist 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Why you might see an endocrinologistIf you're having heart issues, you may want to see a cardiologist. Serious digestive pain may warrant an appointment with a gastroenterologist.But what kind of health issue would prompt you to see an endocrinologist?While cardiologists and gastroenterologists spec 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy Now 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Meta Platforms Inc. (ticker: META), once known as Facebook, has emerged as one of Wall Street's most remarkable comeback stories in recent years. Following a challenging pivot to the metaverse and a bearish market throughout 2022, Meta experienced a dramatic revival. On Feb. 1, the company unveiled California governor to send prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime 02/08/2024 06:49pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California's governor announced plans Thursday to send prosecutors to Oakland in his latest move to crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have drawn national attention. Gov. Gavin Newsom days earlier said he wo Former NBA player and Survivor contestant Scot Pollard waits in hospital for heart transplant 02/08/2024 01:14pm • BOSTON (AP) — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard’s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that is made more difficult by the fact so few don Russian election officials reject antiwar politician's bid to oppose Putin in next month's vote 02/08/2024 11:18am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Antiwar politician Boris Nadezhdin was rejected Thursday as a candidate in next month’s presidential balloting by Russian election authorities, a strong signal from the Kremlin that it won't tolerate any public opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. The move by the Centra Oyez, oyez, oyez: A listener's guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot 02/08/2024 06:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The justices will wrestle with whether a pro NFL Players Association president says plastic was not placed on UNLV fields where 49ers practice 02/07/2024 09:58pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — JC Tretter, president of the NFL Players Association, said Wednesday that plastic was supposed to be placed on top of UNLV's practice fields but was never installed. “I don’t know how that doesn’t happen," Tretter said. The NFL placed natural grass on top of the Rebels