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Japan Cabinet OKs record military budget to speed up strike capability, eases lethal arms export ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a hefty 16% increase in military spending next year and eased its postwar ban on lethal weapons exports, underscoring a shift away from the country’s self-defense-only principle.The moves came as Japan accelerates the deployment of long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea while Japanese troops increasingly work with allies and take on more offensive roles. In a latest step under a new security strategy that Japan adopted a year ago, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government also allowed the export of weapons and components made in Japan under foreign licenses to the licensing nations. The controversial move is the first major revision of Japan’s arms export ban since an earlier easing in 2014. “In taking the action, we hope to contribute to defend a free and open international order based on the rule of law and to achieve the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region,” Kishida told report...

Kane scores twice, again in shootout as Red Wings end 4-game skid with 7-6 win over Flyers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane had two goals during Detroit’s five-goal first period and also scored during the shootout as the Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal in the third period after the Red Wings squandered a 5-1 lead and the Flyers briefly pulled ahead 6-5.Daniel Sprong, J.T. Compher and Shayne Gostisbehere also scored for Detroit while Alex DeBrincat had three assists, including the 200th of his career. Detroit goaltender James Reimer stopped 37 shots.Philadelphia tied it at 5-5 on Scott Laughton’s goal in the third. Bobby Brink, Sean Couturier, Morgan Frost, Garnet Hathaway and Owen Tippett also scored for Philadelphia. Carter Hart made 31 saves.OILERS 4, RANGERS 3NEW YORK (AP) — Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Edmonton’s four-goal third period, helping the Oilers beat New York.Zach Hyman and Evander Kane scored 1:08 apart early in the th...

Julien scores 19 as Louisiana downs Rice 84-67

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Kobe Julien had 19 points in Louisiana’s 84-67 win against Rice on Friday night.Julien added five rebounds for the Ragin’ Cajuns (7-5). Blake Butler scored 15 points while shooting 4 for 8 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. Hosana Kitenge shot 6 of 11 from the field to finish with 12 points.Keanu Dawes finished with 18 points and seven rebounds for the Owls (6-7). Max Fiedler added 18 points for Rice. Travis Evee also put up 11 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Kane scores 2 regulation goals, another in shootout in Red Wings’ 7-6 win over Flyers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane had two goals during Detroit’s five-goal first period and also scored during the shootout as the Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.Dylan Larkin scored the tying goal in regulation after the Red Wings squandered a four-goal lead.Daniel Sprong, J.T. Compher and Shayne Gostisbehere also scored for Detroit while Alex DeBrincat had three assists, including the 200th of his career.Detroit goaltender James Reimer stopped 37 shots.Lucas Raymond also scored in the shootout, while the Flyers misfired on their two attempts.“This is big for confidence. We really just needed to get a win,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “There were obviously some discouraging moments where we had coverage mistakes and unfortunately every coverage mistake is going in right now.”Philadelphia, which trailed 5-1 after the first period, tied it at 5-5 on Scott Laughton’s goal in the third. Bobby Brin...

Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod help Oilers rally for 4-3 win over Rangers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Edmonton’s four-goal third period, helping the Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday night.Zach Hyman and Evander Kane scored 1:08 apart early in the third to get the Oilers’ comeback started for their second straight win after losing three straight. Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots.Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist for New York, which had won three straight. Blake Wheeler and Will Cuylle also scored, and Chris Kreider had two assists.Jonathan Quick finished with 24 saves while taking his first regulation loss of the season after a 9-0-1 start.The Oilers trailed 1-0 until a four-goal flurry over a 6:45 span in the third.Hyman tied it at 3:07. He got the puck back from Mattias Ekholm on a give-and-go, and then moved it from his forehand to his backhand before putting it past Quick for his team-leading 19th of the season.Kane then put the Oilers ahead at 4:15 when he knocked in his own reboun...

Israel-Hamas war’s staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

Israeli soldiers carry the flagged covered coffin of Sergeant Lavi Ghasi as family and friends follow during his funeral in Modiin, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Ghasi ,19, was killed during the Israeli military's ground operation in the Gaza Strip. while the army is battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)(AP/Ariel Schalit) Israeli soldiers carry the flagged covered coffin of Sergeant Lavi Ghasi as family and friends follow during his funeral in Modiin, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Ghasi ,19, was killed during the Israeli military's ground operation in the Gaza Strip. while the army is battling Palestinian militants in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel...

Austin Peay defeats Ohio 71-67

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Demarcus Sharp scored 21 points as Austin Peay beat Ohio 71-67 on Friday night.Sharp was 8 of 15 shooting and 5 of 8 from the free throw line for the Governors (7-7). Isaac Haney scored 14 points while going 4 of 8 from the floor, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and 5 for 7 from the line, and added five rebounds. Dezi Jones had 11 points and was 5 of 10 shooting).The Bobcats (6-5) were led in scoring by Shereef Mitchell, who finished with 14 points. Elmore James added 13 points and eight rebounds for Ohio. AJ Clayton also put up 12 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Dog stolen from Franktown fire station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

​FRANKTOWN, Colo. (KDVR) — Firefighters in Franktown say their fire station canine was stolen from inside the building.They say the 12-week-old border collie, named Tuff, was taken from a crate inside Station 183 on Thursday."I'm stressing myself out, thinking of all I can do," resident firefighter Clayton Weldon said. ‘Babe, call 911, I just got shot’: Bullet barely misses sleeping kids, hits Aurora mom “Just to take somebody’s dog, right before Christmas. I'd just love to have my dog here, back home for Christmas," Weldon said.A reward is being offered. If you have any information, you are urged to contact the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

‘Die Hard,’ laugh harder at one-man parody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

British actor Darrel Bailey does a great German accent. This was a problem.While Bailey was rehearsing to perform “Yippee Ki Yay” — a one-person retelling of “Die Hard” — he kept crushing his German accent. Only Alan Rickman himself doesn’t actually do all that well with the accent of legendary villain Hans Gruber (note: I acknowledge there is vigorous debate around this subject).“There’s a joke very early on in the show about how Alan Rickman’s accent isn’t very good, how it’s very English,” Bailey told the Herald from London. “I struggled trying to nail down a bad German accent. Mine was too good. I have a good frame of reference because I have good German friends. But the director at the time was like, ‘Too German, make it more posh English.’”Eventually Bailey mastered along with the dozen of other voices he invented for “Yippee Ki Yay,” Dec. 27 to 31 at the Huntington Theatre. And the dozens of mannerisms. And the character ticks. And how to fight a teddy bear.If you celebrate e...

King: Why haven’t candidates embraced AI?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:12 GMT

Memo to presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump:Assuming one of you will be elected president of the United States next year, many computer scientists believe you should be addressing what you think about artificial intelligence and how you plan to deal with the surge in this technology, which will break over the nation in the next president’s term.Gentlemen, this matter is urgent, yet only a little has been heard from either of you who are seeking the highest office. President Biden did sign a first attempt at guidelines for AI, but he and Trump have been quiet on its transformative impact.Indeed, the political class has been silent, preoccupied as it is with old and — against what will happen — irrelevant issues. Congress has been as silent as Biden and Trump. There are two congressional AI caucuses, but they have been concerned with minor issues, like AI in political advertising.The AI tsunami is rolling in, and the political class is at play, unaware that it is about ...