The two sides of Yemen's civil war have agreed to a long-delayed, large-scale prisoner swap plan, the United Nations said Sunday. Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young sank a deep half-court shot before halftime during the 2020 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night at the United Center in Chicago. Search and rescue volunteers in Colorado recovered the bodies of two snowmobilers on Sunday who were killed over the weekend in an avalanche, officials said. As players from around the league continue to criticize MLB's handling of the Houston Astros, commissioner Rob Manfred defended his punishment of the organization for stealing signs. Former Toronto Blue Jays star shortstop Tony Fernandez has died at the age of 57. Five Democratic candidates have qualified for upcoming debates in Nevada and South Carolina as the Democratic National Committee released qualifications for the Feb. 25 debate in Charleston. A group of former Justice Department employees called on Attorney General William Barr to resign Sunday, citing his handling of the sentencing of President Donald Trump's associate Roger Stone. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the NBA All-Star Game MVP award was permanently named after late Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. edged Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon in a remarkable slam dunk contest that needed two tiebreaker dunks. Thousands of Nevada Democrats took part in early voting for the state's caucuses on Saturday amid long lines and other complications at some voting locations. Marcus Randle El, 33, was arrested in connection with the deaths of Seairaha Winchester, 30, of Joliet, Ill., and Brittany McAdory, 28, of Janesville, Wisc., police said. The Daytona 500 in Florida caps several days of racing and racing activities from February 13-16, 2020. Benny Gantz, chairman of Israel's Blue and White party, said Sunday he will form a government with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Arab parties after the upcoming elections. Family film "Sonic the Hedgehog" is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $57 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday. Following the arrival of damaging winds across Britain, the powerful punch from Storm Dennis will spread south and eastward across northern Europe. Pop music icon Elton John cut short his New Zealand concert Sunday because he is suffering from walking pneumonia. One person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Connecticut, police said Sunday. Caroline Flack's boyfriend Lewis Burton and former employer ITV are grieving the television personality's death from apparent suicide this weekend. Oscar-winning "Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson announced on Instagram that she has finished work on the Aretha Franklin biopic, "Respect." The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 1,670 Sunday as evacuations began overnight from a cruise ship that had been quarantined in Japan with 356 confirmed cases of the infection. The 62nd running of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla., was postponed because of rain, putting a damper on a race day that included President Donald Trump taking a spin around the track in his limousine. Just as many storms have done this winter, a new system will track from the Plains into the Great Lakes and northern New England early this week and produce another swath of snow. U.S. soldiers who suffer a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury are more likely to suffer other mental health woes than those with other serious injuries, a new study finds. Singer The Weeknd turns 30 and singer Ava Max turns 27, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 16. |
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