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Russia: A plane with Ukrainian POWs crashes, killing all aboard, accuses Kyiv of downing it

The Associated Press A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap. Russia offered no evidence and Ukraine didn’t immediately confirm or deny it. Video of the crash on social media from the Belgorod border region of Russia showed a plane falling from the sky in a snowy, rural area, and a huge ball of fire erupting where it apparently hit the ground. The Associated Press couldn’t confirm who was ...

Harbaugh leaves Michigan, back in NFL with Chargers

The Associated Press COSTA MESA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national championship since 1997. Harbaugh signed a five-year deal, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Chargers did not announce the terms. Harbaugh made the highly anticipated decision to go back to the NFL after a second interview and resume his ...

Lions’ Goff is going home to face 49ers in NFC title game

The Associated Press ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Jared Goff is California cool, staying easy breezy in good times and bad. The veteran quarterback, who is from the San Francisco Bay Area, has led the Detroit Lions to the most success they’ve had in generations with two playoff victories in one postseason for the first time since winning the 1957 NFL title. And yet, he has refused to get too emotionally high about that feat. Goff also would not get too low — at least publicly — when the Lions won just three games in his debut season with them in 2021 and followed up the next ...

AP source: Rivers finalizing deal to take over as Bucks coach

The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Doc Rivers is finalizing a deal to take over as the Milwaukee Bucks coach a day after the firing of Adrian Griffin, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Rivers and the Bucks were still negotiating on Wednesday, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no contract had been completed. ESPN, where Rivers has worked this season an analyst, reported that Rivers has agreed to a deal in principle. ESPN’s public relations department released a statement on social media ...

Trump rides to New Hampshire win on support from GOP base

The Associated Press WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support from New Hampshire Republicans in his primary victory Tuesday, with even most backers of rival Nikki Haley acknowledging the GOP belongs to him. Yet as Trump’s hold on securing the party’s nomination tightened, AP VoteCast found that some voters express concerns that he is too extreme to compete in the November general election. Some also worry about his legal peril in a trio of pending criminal trials. Haley, a former South Carolina governor and a U.N. ambassador under Trump, performed ...

Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s NATO membership

The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. Lawmakers ratified Sweden’s accession protocol 287 to 55, with ruling party members saying the Nordic country’s tougher stance on Kurdish militants was key to winning approval. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also previously has linked the ratification to Turkey’s desire to buy fighter jets from the U.S. The ratification comes into effect after its publication in the ...