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Brendan Flanigan has always been an interior designer, even before he could put words to it. He remembers gathering accessories in his parents' European arts and crafts home in Troy as a 5-year-old and arranging them on the mantle.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday banned state-funded travel to California in response to a similar ban California placed on travel to the Sooner State.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration appears ready to move ahead with its plan to remove protections for some of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street in midday trading Thursday as investors worried that a deadly virus outbreak in China could continue spreading and hurt the global economy.

MIAMI (AP) — The mother of rapper Kodak Black and a group of lawyers called a news conference to discuss what they claim is his mistreatment in a federal prison in Miami. But they discovered that just an hour earlier, the rapper had been put on a prison bus to federal facility in Kentucky, a thousand miles away.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit fell 10% as the railroad hauled 11% less freight.

NEW YORK (AP) — A ctress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from a witness stand Thursday, her voice quivering as she recounted a rape accusation she kept largely private for decades.

BANGKOK (AP) — World shares fell back Thursday as health authorities around the world rushed to monitor and contain a deadly virus outbreak in China and keep it from spreading globally.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The U.S. is talking up the prospects of tying up a trade deal with Britain this year and thinks it should be pretty straightforward to accomplish given how similar the two economies are.

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to the effort, stoking anti-American feelings that Tehran hopes to exploit to help realize the goal.

SEATTLE (AP) — Multiple people opened fire outside a McDonald's in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during the evening commute Wednesday, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said.

Some of the so-called true blue courts at the Australian Open were coated in red after a rain front that lashed Melbourne overnight pushed through a dust storm from the northwest and left its mark on the city and the tournament.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla — Omaha Beach has been installed as the favorite in a 12-horse field for Saturday's $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the final race of his career.

New York

LeBron James scored 19 of his 21 points to quickly cut into Kobe Bryant's shrinking lead over him for the No. 3 scoring spot in NBA history, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 100-92 on Wednesday night.

Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 28 points in his second game back following a five-game absence, after the Western Conference leaders were handed their worst loss of the season Monday in his return.

James' quiet second half left him with 33,599 points, 44 back of Bryant. Читать дальше...

Rankings and records reflect games through Tuesday's schedule.

Class AA

1. Shenendehowa (13-0, last week No. 1): The third-ranked Plainsmen added to their impressive resume with victories over state-ranked squads Our Lady of Lourdes (70-40) and Bishop Kearney (62-57).

2. Saratoga (11-1, LW No. 2): Dolly Cairns tallied 23 points and Natasha Chudy added 19 points as the Blue Streaks beat South Jefferson 71-33.

3. Niskayuna (11-1, LW No. 3): Junior center Olivia Olsen... Читать дальше...

Lawrence, Kan.

The Big 12 suspended four players from Kansas and Kansas State a combined 24 games Wednesday for their roles in a melee that spilled off the court and into a section of disabled seating in Allen Fieldhouse near the end of the third-ranked Jayhawks' win over the Wildcats.

Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa, who already was suspended indefinitely by Jayhawks coach Bill Self, was given a 12-game suspension by the league office. His teammate David McCormack was suspended two... Читать дальше...

Albany

Cameron Healy asked for the basketball, and he got it.

Healy, a sophomore for the University at Albany, usually has to be goaded into shooting, even though coach Will Brown puts no restraints on his sharpshooting guard.

"He came up to me and said, 'I want it,' " point guard Ahmad Clark said. "I said, 'I want you to score every time you get the ball.' We always get on him for not catching and shooting the ball and so efficiently."

That efficiency was on display... Читать дальше...

Aerosmith's drummer, Joey Kramer, is suing his bandmates because they won't let him play as the band is set to perform and be honored at Grammy events this week.

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — El teléfono del fundador de Amazon y propietario del Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, fue hackeado, en lo que parece ser un intento del príncipe heredero de Arabia Saudí para “influenciar, si no es que silenciar” el reporteo que el diario hace sobre el reino, dijeron el miércoles dos expertos de derechos humanos de la ONU.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia's crown prince to "influence, if not silence" the newspaper's reporting on the kingdom, two U.N. human rights experts said Wednesday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Rapper Juice WRLD died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS — For many Balkan women, making the dish is like a reflex. Its technique gets passed down from generation to generation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A push to pass first-in-the-nation California proposals to limit single-use plastic containers and other items drew support from actor Jeff Goldblum on Wednesday.

Boeing's new CEO said Wednesday that production of the 737 Max will resume this spring, months before the company expects federal regulators to certify the grounded plane to fly again.

Tom D'Ambrose — sax player, Shark, lover of music — was always attending shows, always texting and calling friends to tell them to get out and hear this band or that performer.