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NATIONAL
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ICE's purchases for big detention centers are marked by secrecy, frustrating towns
SUMMARY: At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers. Communities are objecting to mass detentions and raising concerns that the facilities could strain water supplies and other services while reducing local tax revenue. In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased space for detainees. That's led to shock and frustration even in areas that have backed President Donald Trump. This is happening as public support for ICE and Trump's immigration crackdown sags.
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ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals
SUMMARY: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is encountering some pushback as it undertakes a $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn’t telling them anything until after it has purchased space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouses owners are refusing to sell. For example, after the town of Merrillville, Indiana, raised concerns about ICE touring a newly constructed warehouse, the owner sent a letter stating it isn’t negotiating with federal officials for the property. And in Mississippi, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker said the government agreed to look elsewhere after local officials opposed a possible detention center in the town of Byhalia.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationDetentionStealthExpansionGlancendLdWritethru/a4a71226409cd9fedc9aa5de5ec90654/text___
Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
SUMMARY: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect. The full court voted 12-6 to lift a block placed on the law that a lower court first issued in 2024. In the opinion released Friday, the court said it was too early to make a judgment call on the constitutionality of the law. But the six judges who voted against the decision wrote a series of dissents, some saying that the law exposes children to government-endorsed religion in a place they are required to be, presenting a clear constitutional burden.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTenCommandmentsLouisianathLdWritethru/b7f8f93c4f05426fe73b29225f0a27cf/text___
A mom wrote a book to help her kids process their dad's death. Now she's on trial for his killing
SUMMARY: Utah mom Kouri Richins is set to go on trial after being arrested and charged with her husband's death. She self-published a children’s book on grief called “Are You With Me?” after her husband died in 2022. She told a local TV station that writing it helped her and her three sons cope with the loss. Weeks later, she was shockingly arrested and charged with murder in her husband’s death. Richins has vehemently denied the allegations. Her lawyers hope to convince a jury that she is telling the truth when her trial begins Monday in Park City.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSKouriRichinsMurderTrialOverview/fb8c485bf705e7bb2c57a4f038ad76a4/text___
Officials work to lower risk of deadly slides to recover bodies of California avalanche victims
SUMMARY: Officials are working to lower the risks of more deadly slides in the area where an avalanche struck in California’s Sierra Nevada. The work on Friday is meant to make it possible for crews to safely recover the bodies of the people killed. Avalanche mitigation work is designed to intentionally release unstable snowpack to reduce the risk when rescue crews go in. Brutal weather and the threat of more avalanches have kept crews from safely recovering the bodies of the eight people killed and another still missing from Tuesday’s avalanche. The Nevada County Sheriff’s office says the work relies on using water to break up snow.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCaliforniaAvalanchethLdWritethru/8a9728f6a7a18049d8da32e8f895b6c1/text___
All truckers and bus drivers will be required to take commercial driver's license tests in English
SUMMARY: All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Earlier this week, the Transportation Department said 557 driving schools should close because they failed to meet basic safety standards. The department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCommercialDriversLicensesthLdWritethru/3a87cd0c83e5e563b1445454418e8f59/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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US military airlifts small reactor as Trump pushes to quickly deploy nuclear power
SUMMARY: The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is potential for the U.S. to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use. The nearly 700-mile flight transported a 5-megawatt microreactor — without nuclear fuel. Officials say it could help meet skyrocketing demand for power from artificial intelligence and data centers, as well for use by the military. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials traveled with the privately built reactor. Skeptics warn that nuclear energy poses risks and say microreactors may not be safe or feasible and have not proved they can meet demand for a reasonable price.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpNuclearReactorstLdWritethru/9b4bf19cfc38560ca14cf652fa9a3806/text___
White House dinner closes a turbulent week for governors in Washington
SUMMARY: On Saturday, governors gather for the annual National Governors Association dinner after a tense week. President Donald Trump has mocked the group’s leaders and initially blocked Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and Gov. Jared Polis from a White House working meeting. He reversed course late. The meeting then ended early after Trump reacted to a Supreme Court ruling Friday that strikes down his tariff policy. Dozens of Democrats had threatened to boycott the dinner Saturday if members of their party were blocked from the working meeting. But even after Moore’s attendance, some said they still wouldn’t show up Saturday.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpGovernors/58d6381ed18334e8c35af35ef2ce4122/text___
US military strikes another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 3
SUMMARY: The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” It said Friday's strike killed three people. A video linked to the post shows a boat floating in the water before bursting into flames. Friday’s attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 148 people in at least 43 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpCartelsstLdWritethru/8b782da00d98e49ede8bba05c2a75ce8/text___
What happens next after the Supreme Court slapped down Trump's tariffs
SUMMARY: There’s little that Donald Trump has cherished more in his second term than tariffs, a symbol of his imperious approach to the presidency. He has raised and lowered them at will, rewriting the rules of global commerce and daring anyone to stop him. Now that may be over, the victim of a stunning rebuke from the Supreme Court on Friday. Trump called the ruling “ridiculous” and said he is looking for other laws to keep tariffs in place. Democrats say the decision proves Trump broke the law. Polling from AP-NORC finds that most adults oppose tariffs and expect higher prices because of them.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpTariffPoliticsthLdWritethru/b8b6d5d44ebb3640a88f7202754cb361/text___
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, sparking fierce pushback and vow of new levies
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says he's imposing a temporary global tariff of 10% after his far-reaching tariff regimen was struck down by the Supreme Court. The court handed him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. Trump says he’s “absolutely ashamed” of justices who voted to strike down his tariffs, calling the decision “deeply disappointing.” Friday's 6-3 decision centers on tariffs he unilaterally imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs levied on nearly every other country. Trump has called the case one of the most important in U.S. history. The new tariffs would come under a law that restricts them to 150 days.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSupremeCourtTariffsthLdWritethru/0485fcda30a7310501123e4931dba3f9/text___
Trump warns he's considering limited strikes as Iranian diplomat says proposed deal is imminent
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump's remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington. The tensions between the longtime adversaries have ramped up as the Trump administration pushes for concessions from Iran and has built up the largest U.S. military presence in the Middle East in decades.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSUnitedStatesIranrdLdWritethru/07e2cc542d1d13ec6f0b873d69b4eede/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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Ukraine strikes a key industrial site deep inside Russia
SUMMARY: Ukraine forces have struck a major missile factory deep inside Russia as Moscow kept up heavy drone attacks on Ukraine. On Saturday, officials in Russia’s Udmurt Republics said the attack wounded 11 people. Hours later, Ukraine’s General Staff said it used Ukrainian-made FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missiles against the Votkinsk Plant. Unofficial Russian Telegram channels also pointed to that site. Russia also suspended flights at airports in and near the region. Ukraine also reported a strike on a gas plant in Samara, Russia.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/bdbce412526d3f9b32bedb8092cd642f/text___
Hundreds march in Lyon to protest far-right activist's killing as Macron urges calm
SUMMARY: About 3,000 people have joined a far-right march in the French city of Lyon after a 23-year-old nationalist activist died from a beating last week. On Saturday, President Emmanuel Macron urged calm and called for respect and responsibility as police closely monitored events. Prosecutors have charged seven suspects after a clash between far-left and far-right supporters near a student meeting. Macron said he plans a government review of violent activist groups linked to political parties. He said no political violence is legitimate. The death also sparked a fierce political backlash, with critics blaming a far-left party and its leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who condemns the violence.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUFranceStudentKilledthLdWritethru/84620fcc1c5c6a3f810b1df5e9aa5362/text___
Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon kill 8 Hezbollah members, officials say
SUMMARY: Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members. Officials from the militant group say eight of their fighters were killed in the strike near the village of Rayak in eastern Lebanon, including three local officials. The officials spoke on Saturday. An AP team saw a three-story building with its top floor destroyed. The Israeli military says it hit Hezbollah missile units at command centers in the Baalbek area. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the strikes killed 10 people — including two foreigners — and wounded 24, including three children.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLLebanonIsraelstLdWritethru/aef46db4ff11786e9404748cdb7dd81e/text___
Hungary says it will block a key EU loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resume
SUMMARY: Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline. On Friday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó blamed Ukraine for the halt and called it “blackmail.” Oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia have been disrupted since Jan. 27, after Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline. Hungary and Slovakia accuse Ukraine of delaying the restart, without evidence. Hungary has also stopped sending diesel to Ukraine. The standoff highlights Hungary’s continued reliance on Russian energy, and its repeated threats to veto EU support for Kyiv.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUHungaryUkraineOil/83ee301ec3f84fb823f936d49067c0f9/text___
The British royal family faces its worst crisis in generations
SUMMARY: The British royal family sought to carry on with their normal duties in the hours after the former Prince Andrew was arrested. The king attended the first day of London Fashion Week. Queen Camilla attended a lunchtime concert, and Princess Anne visited a prison. The decision to continue their usual activities was more than just an example of British stoicism in the face of the monarchy’s biggest crisis in almost a century. It was the opening act of the House of Windsor’s fight for survival as the arrest of the former Prince Andrew threatens to undermine public backing of the monarchy.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainEpsteinRoyalCrisisstLdWritethru/1d1991e841adb7d94fcd0e60989fcad0/text___
In war-weary Kyiv, wounded Ukrainian veterans turn epic poetry into living testimony
SUMMARY: War veterans with severe injuries from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have taken the stage in Kyiv in an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s “Eneida.” It's a Ukrainian reimagining of Virgil’s “Aeneid.” The amateur troupe spent nearly a year preparing for the play's premiere this week at the National Academic Molodyy Theatre. The production, adapted by director Olha Semioshkina, blends epic poetry with the actors’ personal wartime stories, humor and resilience. Despite air raid warnings and blackouts, the premiere ended with a standing ovation and a message to the country's veterans: Come out, live, and don’t close yourself off.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarVeteransTheaterndLdWritethru/8c9587ce1ee41e9e523eca975e10b5e5/text___
Utah’s Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn congressional map with Democratic-leaning district
SUMMARY: Utah’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Republican lawmakers and left in place a congressional map that gives Democrats a high chance of picking up one of the state’s four Republican-held U.S. House seats in the fall. In the order on Friday, the court explained that they do not have “jurisdiction over Legislative Defendants’ appeal.” The lawmakers had appealed a decision in November in which a Utah judge adopted a congressional map, creating a Democratic-leaning district over one poised to protect all four of the state’s U.S. House seats held by Republicans.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressionalMapUtah/52f3aec22e64b8d5f7b470f95ae22599/text___
Ramadan's first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank. The Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem's Old City, took place for the first time since a shaky ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect in October. Israel restricted the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the West Bank to 10,000 on Friday, and only allowed men over 55 and women over 50 as well as children up to 12. It has imposed similar restrictions in the past, citing security concerns.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsRamadanrdLdWritethru/4682bd12bdd173d6153e71bacf7ba807/text___
5 European nations pledge millions to use Ukrainian know-how to make cheap drone defenses
SUMMARY: Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. On Friday, France, Poland, Germany, the UK, and Italy signed an agreement tied to a program known as LEAP. The goal is to spot and stop low-cost drones without burning through expensive missiles and fighter jets. Poland points to a September 2025 incident when Russian drones entered its airspace and NATO used costly jets. EU officials say Europe is boosting defense as US criticism of NATO raises anxiety about long-term security.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUEuropePolandDronesstLdWritethru/b00f5c80c312a6b97dcad40a8692db86/text___
Police search former Prince Andrew's home a day after his arrest
SUMMARY: Police have searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after the former prince was held in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office. In another blow for the former Prince Andrew, the British government is considering formally removing him from the line of succession to the crown. His arrest is linked to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and marked one of the most tumultuous days in the modern history of Britain’s royal family. The former Prince Andrew is back at his new home on the Sandringham estate, King Charles III’s private retreat. Police have concluded their search there but are still searching Royal Lodge, his 30-room former home near Windsor Castle.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainEpsteinAndrewthLdWritethru/61ea3c437680b8341e623e4d9efa47b8/text___
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BUSINESS
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Murky outlook for businesses after tariff ruling prompts countermoves by Trump
SUMMARY: Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The Trump administration says its tariffs help boost American manufacturers and reduce the trade gap. But many U.S. businesses have had to raise prices and adjust in other ways to offset higher costs spurred by the tariffs. It remains to be seen how much relief businesses and consumers will actually get from Friday’s ruling. Within hours of the court’s decision, Trump pledged to sign an executive order imposing a 10% tariff on all imports that would last 150 days.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSupremeCourtTariffsBusinessesndLdWritethru/596a1adfee90975c018ca292f7e918f8/text___
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Now comes the hard work of issuing refunds
SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What is going to happen to the money the government has already collected in import taxes that have now been declared unlawful? Companies have been lining up for refunds ahead of the court’s decision. But consumers, hoping for a refund on higher prices they paid when companies passed along the cost of the tariffs, are unlikely to be compensated. And the way forward is unclear and could prove chaotic.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpTariffsRefundsstLdWritethru/b7e9fe351468a1f31974fb27a4e4d44a/text___
Wall Street keeps calm after the Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs
SUMMARY: Wall Street kept calm after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and stocks ticked higher. The S&P 500 added 0.7% Friday. It had been flipping between small gains and losses before the court’s ruling, following discouraging reports showing slowing growth for the U.S. economy and faster inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%. Trading was tentative across markets after the ruling and after Trump pledged to put tariffs on other countries using other avenues. Treasury yields largely held steady in the bond market.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/9e92f1913a1b97aa49f674fda96f0b65/text___
US economic growth weaker than thought in fourth quarter with government shutdown, consumer pullback
SUMMARY: U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending. The figures point to what could be a more modest pace of growth in the coming quarters, as consumers take on more debt and cut back on saving to maintain their spending. Business investment, outside data centers and other equipment dedicated to artificial intelligence, grew at only a moderate pace. Still, a measure of underlying growth that focuses on consumer and business spending was mostly solid, economists said. The sharp slowdown in government outlays because of the shutdown shaved a full percentage point from growth.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEconomyGDPrdLdWritethru/0e5caca783b93eaf2231496e3e0f54f3/text___
Trump has other tariff options after Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is dealing with a major legal defeat Friday after the Supreme Court struck down many of the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth. The truth, though, is that Trump still has options to keep taxing imports aggressively even though the justices ruled against him. He can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term and can reach for others, including one that dates back to the Great Depression. Trump had warned an adverse ruling by the Supreme Court would leave the United States “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status.’’
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpTariffsOtherOptionsstLdWritethru/a3e43fe91fa8335eac383921bed55f7e/text___
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Netflix releases a posthumous interview with Eric Dane after his death from ALS
SUMMARY: Eric Dane shared his thoughts about his life and a final message for his daughters in a new episode of a Netflix series called “Famous Last Words.” The actor died on Thursday, less than one year after he announced an ALS diagnosis. “Famous Last Words” is adapted from a Danish show where a person is interviewed in secret and the footage is not released until after their death. The Netflix version is hosted by Brad Falchuk. This is the second episode of “Famous Last Words.” The first was with primatologist Jane Goodall who died in October. That interview is also available on Netflix.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APENTTVEricDaneNetflixInterviewstLdWritethru/6e7746c4d192f0b23ea7d57addb5f05e/text___
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Nathan MacKinnon scores late as Canada beats Finland to reach the Olympic gold-medal game
SUMMARY: Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left to help Canada survive another scare at the Olympics, rallying to beat Finland 3-2 in the semifinals and advance to the men’s gold-medal game. Shea Theodore tied it just past the midway point of the third period after Sam Reinhart started the comeback from down two goals. Canada will face either the U.S. or Slovakia in the final on Sunday. Sidney Crosby did not play against Finland, but Canada has not ruled its captain out of returning.
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Norway wins its 17th gold medal, breaking record for most golds won in a single Winter Olympics
SUMMARY: Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics. Norway had set the record at the 2022 Beijing Olympics with 16 gold medals. Dale-Skjevdal was followed by teammate Sturla Holm Laegreid, who won silver. Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, who missed four on the day, passed German biathlete Philipp Horn on the trails to the finish for a bronze, 25.6 seconds behind Dale-Skjevdal.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APOLYBIAMensMassStartrdLdWritethru/8d64eaeceeaf2d94e36df59d8d204639/text___
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