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Stretch run of NBA season arrives, time for playoff push

The Associated Press There’s no NBA player who is a bigger fan of harness racing than Denver’s Nikola Jokic. He owns horses, goes to tracks whenever he can and even accepted one of his MVP awards while riding around at his farm in Serbia. He knows the stretch run often decides races. And the same holds true in the NBA, which is entering its stretch run. The All-Star break is over, games resume today and the defending champion Nuggets — along with a slew of other contenders — are hoping that this is the time when they can start hitting their best stride. Denver is coming ...

Bears QB Fields says he wants to stay in Chicago, tired of trade talk

The Associated Press CHICAGO — Bears quarterback Justin Fields said he wants to remain in Chicago and is tired of the trade talk surrounding him. Fields made his feelings clear during an episode of the “St. Brown Brothers” podcast that was released on Wednesday. The podcast is hosted by Bears receiver Equanimeous St. Brown and Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown. “Of course I want to stay,” Fields said. “I can’t see myself playing in another place. But if it was up to me, I would want to stay in Chicago. I love the city. The city’s lit. The fans there are great, and the ...

Biden wants people to know most of the money he’s seeking for Ukraine would be spent in the US

The Associated Press MESQUITE, Texas—At a bustling construction site outside of Dallas, there are hopes that Congress can finally pass nearly $95 billion in foreign aid including funding for Ukraine—because factory jobs in the United States depend on that money. Aerospace and defense company General Dynamics’ new factory in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite is expected to initially employ 150 people to produce munitions. Set to open in June, construction is nearing completion, with newly planted trees and shrubs already in place at the complex overlooking one of the area’s ...

Nikki Haley hasn’t yet won a GOP contest. But she’s vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump

The Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C.—There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley. Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump’s path to the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, are privately bracing for a blowout loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina on Saturday. And they cannot name a state where she is likely to beat Trump in the coming weeks. But in an emotional address on Tuesday, Haley declared, “I refuse to quit.” And in an interview, she vowed to stay in the fight ...

College Football Playoff approves 5-7 format, reduces spots for conference champions to 5

The Associated Press The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format. The move to decrease the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five was prompted by realignment and the disassembling of the Pac-12. An expected vote last month was delayed at the Pac-12’s request. The original plan for the 12-team format was to have the six highest-ranked conference champions, ...

Two men charged with murder in deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration

The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument, according to court documents released Tuesday. Missouri prosecutors said at a news conference that Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, Mo., and Dominic Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., have been charged with second-degree murder and several weapons counts in the shooting that left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured. Both men were shot during ...