MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of minority Serbs in Kosovo on Monday protested a ban on the use of the Serbian currenc y in areas where they live, an issue that is proviking the latest crisis in relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday launched a task force aimed at addressing the “systemic” problem of mishandling classified information during presidential transitions, days after a Justice Department special counsel’s sharply critical report said he had done just that. The Presidential Records Transition Task Force will study past transitions to determine best practices for safeguarding classified information from …

The first decision that needs to be made on Valentine’s Day is: Eat in or go out? Since you are checking out this article and recipe, I‘m thinking that you (like me!) are of the stay-home-and-cook persuasion. So the next decision is a more involved one – what to make? Something special but not complicated. A meal that traps you …

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 91. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 84. Singer Irma Thomas is 83. Actor Jess Walton (“The Young and the Restless”) is 78. Singer Dennis DeYoung (Styx) is 77. Actor Cybill Shepherd is 74. Singer Randy Crawford is 72. Actor John Travolta …

TESALÓNICA, Grecia (AP) — Expertos antiexplosivos en el norte de Grecia desactivaron un paquete-bomba que había sido enviado al despacho de una jueza, informó la policía. La jueza en Tesalónica consideró sospechoso el paquete y no lo abrió, sino que llamó a la policía del tribunal que evacuó el edificio. Había pocos miembros del público en el tribunal en ese …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school boys basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Record Pts Prv Class AAAA 1. Spring Mills (10) 18-0 100 1 2. Morgantown 18-1 90 2 3. Martinsburg 12-4 80 4 4. George Washington 12-5 69 3 5. Bridgeport 15-2 56 6 6. Wheeling Park 12-5 50 5 …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For the San Francisco 49ers, another season came a frustrating finish with an inevitable question: What if? What if the Niners hadn’t botched a punt return to set up a touchdown for Kansas City? What if San Francisco could have converted a third down and run down the clock for a game-winning field goal at the …

ROME (AP) — Despite their rocky start, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appeared to have hit it off as they held their first meeting Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. The Vatican said the two men met for an hour and 10 minutes, an unusually long audience …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Najmul Hossain Shanto has been appointed captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in all three formats for one year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said Monday. Shanto replaces Shakib Al Hasan, who has been suffering from a vision problem caused by an issue with the retina of his left eye. “We discussed about captaincy at length…after the …

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday. Marthe Kirima, the minister for family and gender, said in a statement that children are still being recruited as fighters, spies, messengers, cooks and even used as sex …

2024 At Las Vegas_61,629. San Francisco 0 10 0 9 3—22 Kansas City 0 3 10 6 6—25 Winning coach_Andy Reid Most Valuable Player_Patrick Mahomes ___ 2023 At Glendale, Ariz._67,827. Kansas City 7 7 7 17—38 Philadelphia 7 17 3 8—35 Winning coach_Andy Reid Most Valuable Player_Patrick Mahomes ___ 2022 At Inglewood, Calif_70,048. L.A. Rams 7 6 3 7—23 Cincinnati …

“Kylian in Paris! Kylian in Paris, Kylian, in Paris. Extend your deal, Mbappé!” The message delivered to France’s biggest soccer star by PSG fans could not have been more clear. The World Cup winner responded to the chants with a smile, waived to the supporters and put his hand on his heart as he left his team’s training ground on …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stacey Stauch has one question on her mind as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to celebrate their third Super Bowl title in five seasons with a parade. “We’re all wondering: Will Taylor show up?” the paralegal said during a trip to the Chiefs-bedecked Union Station, where Wednesday’s parade will end. Joining Stauch was her 11-year-old …

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has filled two legislative seats, one of them empty for months as she sought and awaited a state Supreme Court opinion on legislator conflicts of interest. Last fall, Noem had asked the high court to weigh in on legislator conflicts of interests related to state contracts after a state senator resigned her seat and agreed …

ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pink sandstone spires decorated with deities and the pious soar above what was once a barren patch of desert between Abu Dhabi and Dubai — now the site of the first stone-constructed Hindu temple in the Middle East. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals how far the United Arab Emirates has come in …