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Today in History: January 3, Alaska becomes the 49th state

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2024. There are 363 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.On this date:In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.In 1861, more than two weeks before Georgia seceded from the Union, the state militia seized Fort Pulaski at the order of Gov. Joseph E. Brown. The Delaware House and Senate voted to oppose secession from the Union.In 1868, the Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan’s emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the United States was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.In 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald — the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy — died in a Dallas hospital.In 1977, Apple...

Caitlin Clark hits long 3-pointer at the buzzer, scores 40 as No. 4 Iowa beats Michigan State 76-73

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark knew her shot at the buzzer was going in, even though she launched it from the Hawkeyes logo near midcourt. So did her coach.“Caitlin has ice in her veins,” Iowa’s Lisa Bluder said. “Everybody knows it.”Clark proved it again with her long 3-pointer as time expired, giving her 40 points and the No. 4 Hawkeyes a 76-73 victory over Michigan State on Tuesday night.Clark, the nation’s leading scorer, was 14 of 34 from the field and went more than 14 minutes without a point in a stretch in the second and third quarters. The Hawkeyes were able to get her the ball in the final seconds — though a long way from the basket — as Clark took the pass from Hannah Stuelke and hit from 30 feet as the buzzer sounded.“Honestly, when it left my hand, I knew it was going in,” Clark said. The Hawkeyes (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) extended their winning streak to 11 games behind Clark and Stuelke, who had 15 points.Michigan State (11-3, 1-2) had tied the game at 73 ...

Broome leads No. 25 Auburn to 88-68 win over Penn with 24 points, 12 boards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Johni Broome had 24 points and 12 rebounds and nearly matched his season total for 3-pointers in leading No. 25 Auburn to an 88-68 victory over Penn on Tuesday night.The Tigers (11-2) built a 51-32 halftime lead and won their sixth straight game, one day after entering the Top 25 for the first time this season.Chad Baker-Mazara had a season-high 16 points and K.D. Johnson scored 13, both off the bench. Denver Jones finished with 12 points. The 6-foot-10 Broome, who was 4 of 22 from 3-point range coming into the game, went 3 for 4 and made a pair in the first three minutes. He shot 9 of 10 from the field overall.Sam Brown went 4 of 6 on 3-pointers and led Penn (8-7) with 20 points. Tyler Perkins had 13 points and eight rebounds.Penn leading scorer Clark Slajchert is out with an ankle injury sustained early in the game against Houston.The Quakers cut a 19-point halftime deficit to 57-48 on a 3-pointer by Niklas Polonowski six minutes into the second half. The comeb...

France beats Italy to progress to a United Cup quarterfinal showdown with Norway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Garcia and Adrian Mannarino led France past Italy on Wednesday and into the United Cup quarterfinals. Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets in the men’s singles before Garcia beat Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the women’s singles to give France an unassailable 2-0 lead ahead of the mixed doubles, and top spot in Group D.France will play its quarterfinal against Group F winner Norway on Thursday at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney. Greece faces Canada later Wednesday in Sydney to conclude Group B. Greece, which had to make do without Stefanos Tsitsipas in its opening match against Chile, must beat Canada to have any chance of making the quarterfinals. A win for Canada will see it advance as group winner.Later Wednesday in Perth, Poland plays China in the first of the quarterfinals, before Serbia — led by top-ranked Novak Djokovic — faces Australia in the night session.Djokovic has been bothered by a wrist injury during the tournament but fou...

Arrest made in New Year’s Day hotel shooting death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

An 18-year-old D.C. man has been arrested and charged with the killing of 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds, who was shot to death at a New Year’s party at a Friendship Heights hotel.D.C. police have arrested Jelani Cousin, of Northeast, and charged him with second degree murder while armed.“I’m glad that … he was arrested and … now [we] just wait for the judicial system to convict him and get all of the details and make sure whoever is responsible … if it’s not just him — somebody else or whatever — is convicted and we get justice,” Hinds’ mother, Tiffany Falden of Clinton, Maryland, told WTOP.Police said the shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 1. Hinds was found inside a seventh floor room at the Embassy Suites Hotel in the 4300 block of Military Road NW.Eighteen-year-old Ashlei Hinds graduated earlier in 2023 as an honors student from Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. (Courtesy Tiffany Falden)Falden had just spoken to her...

Guhle, Harris lead the way as Canadiens cool off Stars 4-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Kaiden Guhle and Jordan Harris added to Montreal’s NHL-leading 30 goals from defensemen and Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Canadiens held off the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night.Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Cole Caufield also scored for the Canadiens, who ended a three-game losing streak and went 3-3-1 in a season-long seven-game road stretch.Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist while Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who had a six-game home winning streak snapped. Scott Wedgewood made 14 saves.Dallas pulled Wedgewood with more than six minutes left trailing 4-1. Johnston and Robertson scored 6-on-5 goals at 16:12 and 18:00. Johnston’s goal ended a 16-game goal drought.“They’re going to put up a fight to the end,” Harris said of Dallas, which trails first-place Winnipeg by two points in the Central Division. “As our team gets more experienced, we’ll learn to finish out those games better.”Dallas, coming off an eight-go...

Trump appeals Maine decision deeming him ineligible to run for president

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

Former President Donald Trump has appealed the Maine secretary of state’s decision that he is ineligible to run for president because he engaged in an insurrection, the first step in his court fight to remain on the ballot in the state.Trump’s legal team filed the appeal in state court on Tuesday, just five days after Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, plunged the state into an intensifying national dispute over whether the Constitution bars Trump from returning to the White House.That dispute likely will ultimately be resolved by the Supreme Court, and Trump is expected in the coming days to file a separate appeal there in hopes of reversing a Colorado ruling that deemed him ineligible.In Maine, however, he must first proceed through the state court system. His appeal on Tuesday did not break much new ground from the arguments his legal team has made in other court cases and hearings across the country. The filing argues that the secretary of s...

Del Cerro residents have one week to fight for or against proposed church in area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Residents in Del Cerro have a week to raise concerns about a potential mega church project planned in the area. Now, people both for and against the project are being asked to write to city leaders ahead of a vote that could give the project the green light. There's been constant back and forth over the planting of this church, and now, its fate lies in the hands of the San Diego City Council ahead of a final vote one week from Tuesday at 2 p.m. on Jan. 9. It's a matter resident Mike Livingston has rallied against for the past five years once learning a spot meant for homes might be a new larger church with plans for a 900-seat sanctuary, 12 classrooms and 350 parking spots if given the green light. “It really grew to be about 60,000 square feet and all concrete, and a two-story parking garage…we just kind of went, ‘no, wait a minute?" Livingston said. El Cajon police release documentary on homeless crisis in San Diego County The proposal, coined as "The Light Projec...

South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the neck

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police on Wednesday raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him hospitalized in an intensive care unit, officials said.The assault occurred when Lee was passing through a throng of journalists after visiting the proposed site of a new airport in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday. The attacker, posing as a supporter, approached Lee asking for his autograph before he took out a 18-centimeter (7-inch) knife to attack him.After receiving emergency treatment in Busan, Lee was transported by a helicopter to the Seoul National University Hospital for surgery. Cho Jeong-sik, the party’s secretary general, said Wednesday the two-hour surgery was successful and that Lee remained in the hospital’s intensive care unit for recovery. Police and emergency officials earlier said Lee was conscious after the attack and wasn’t in critical condition.The suspect ...

In 2024, Shapiro faces calls for billions for schools, a presidential election and wary lawmakers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:24 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In 2024, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro could face a more complicated sophomore year in charge of Pennsylvania after his first year brought a highway collapse, a budget stalemate and friction with allies and adversaries as he navigated the battleground state’s political divides.He is under pressure to respond to a court ruling that Pennsylvania’s system of public school funding unconstitutionally discriminates against poorer districts.His administration must also oversee a presidential election that, four years ago, was marred by a barrage of right-wing conspiracy theories, Donald Trump-allied efforts in court to overturn it and threats against election administrators.And Shapiro, viewed nationally as a rising political star, must navigate the nation’s only politically divided legislature in which allies and adversaries alike are wary of him.In his first year in office, Shapiro showed himself to be a low-key operator who took a hands-off approa...