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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday replaced for the third time in under a year the commander of a key Ukrainian military formation responsible for defending the eastern hub of Pokrovsk that’s under increased risk of falling to Russian forces. Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said he put Ukraine’s new commander of ground forces, Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, in charge of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group, whose area […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley dashed 60 yards for a touchdown on Philadelphia’s first play and finished with 118 yards and three scores, Jalen Hurts rushed for three TDs and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl with a 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday. Hurts and the Eagles are in the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons, and this time Barkley is along for […]

PARIS (AP) — Sacai, Japan’s biggest fashion powerhouse, brought the wild side to Paris Fashion Week with Sunday’s collection that reimagined childhood nostalgia through a lens of cutting-edge design. Inspired by the 1963 children’s picture book “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, Chitose Abe delivered a playful, untamed vision that blended beastly textures with her trademark precision, resulting in a spectacle both bold and innovative. The show leaned […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s latest honor comes from the country’s public libraries. On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Everett’s “James” was this year’s winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 cash award. Kevin Fedarko’s “A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon” was chosen for nonfiction. Everett’s acclaimed reworking of Mark Twain’s […]

Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory over visiting Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill. Starting for 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight game due to mononucleosis, freshman center Morez Johnson Jr. recorded 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Fighting Illini (14-6, 6-4) built a 22-point halftime lead on […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. said on Sunday that the agreement between Lebanon and Israel would remain in effect until Feb. 18, after Israel said on Friday it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline set out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that halted last year’s war with Hezbollah. “The arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until February […]

After he helped guide Ohio State to a national championship, Jim Knowles is finalizing a deal with Penn State to become the highest paid defensive coordinator in college football, ESPN reported Sunday. Knowles is set to make $3.1 million per season on a three-year deal to join the staff of Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin. Knowles is getting a raise of $900,000 per season over the deal he had […]

(Reuters) – Perplexity AI revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance, CNBC reported on Sunday. The proposal, to create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S., would now also allow for the U.S. government to own up to 50% of the new company upon a future initial public offering, CNBC said. (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang) Brought to you by […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The TV host known as “Dr. Phil” embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump’s deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week. Phil McGraw, known as “Dr. Phil” for the eponymous American television series focused on mental health, followed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and other federal […]