Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff visits Avondale Elementary's 'Guys with Ties'

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Death Row inmate James Dennis Ford's life shaped by alcohol, loss before couple's murder
Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood after the brutal crime.
AFP
BP pledges strategic 'reset' as profit tumbles
Britain's BP on Tuesday said its annual net profit slumped 97 percent last year, as the struggling oil and gas giant pledged to "fundamentally reset" its strategy.Faced with lower oil and gas prices, Shell also reported a drop to its annual net profits for 2024 last month. ajb/bcp/lth
AFP
Gucci owner Kering's annual profit plunges
Gucci owner Kering reported a sharp drop in 2024 earnings on Tuesday, days after parting with its flagship brand's creative director in a bid to revive the struggling fashion house.Gucci parted ways with its creative director, Italian designer Sabato De Sarno, last week after a collaboration that lasted two years and failed to turn things around at the fashion label known for its handbags with the double G logo.
AFP
Trump signs orders for steel, aluminum tariffs to start March 12
US President Donald Trump signed executive orders to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from March 12, ramping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China.In an executive order released Monday, Trump said: "As of March 12, 2025, all imports of aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, EU countries, and the UK shall be subject to the additional ad valorem tariff."
AFP
Seoul says N. Korea has given Russia 200 long-range artillery pieces
North Korea has given Russia 200 long-range artillery pieces, a South Korean defence ministry official told AFP on Tuesday, as Moscow and Pyongyang deepen their military ties.The North has given Moscow "some 11,000 troops, missiles, 200 pieces of long-range artillery and a substantial amount of ammunition," the South Korean official said.
Associated Press
JD Vance rails against 'excessive regulation' of AI at Paris summit
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has told a Paris summit on artificial intelligence that the Trump administration will “ensure that AI systems developed in America are free from ideological bias,” and that the U.S. would “never restrict our citizens’ right to free speech.” PARIS (AP) — JD Vance is delivering a keynote speech on Tuesday, the final day of the Paris AI Summit, marking his first foreign trip since taking office as vice president. Vance's address is expected to challenge Europe’s regulatory approach to artificial intelligence and its moderation of content on Big Tech platforms, underscoring divergence between the United States and its allies on AI governance.
Reuters
Crypto exchange platform BestChange in the dark over Russia block
Circulating and advertising digital currencies is banned in Russia, although using cryptocurrency for international payments is now legal, as is cryptocurrency mining. "bestchange.ru has been restricted in Russia by Roskomnadzor," the platform said late on Monday in response to a request for comment.
AFP
World leaders seek elusive AI common ground at Paris summit
World leaders were set to hold formal talks in Paris on Tuesday on artificial intelligence (AI), seeking elusive common ground on a technology subject to a global race for promised economic benefits.Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief set to speak in Paris later Tuesday, responded to the reported offer with a dry "no thank you" on X. For France, Macron vowed Monday to blast through red tape to build AI infrastructure in his bid to keep Europe competitive.
AFP
EU leaders vow 'firm' response to US tariffs
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday to retaliate firmly against US President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports."I deeply regret the US decision to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminium exports," European Commission president von der Leyen said in a statement.
AFP
New Zealand rethinks opposition to deep-sea mining
New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday. "We're talking about this with our foreign affairs minister," he told AFP in an interview.
CNN
Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday,’ Trump says ahead of Vance-Zelensky meeting
US President Donald Trump has suggested Ukraine may fall under Russian control “someday,” as he called for the war-torn country to share its natural resources in exchange for US assistance.
Reuters
Analysis-U.S aid freeze risks handing influence to China in Beijing's backyard
After U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, which works to clear the countryside of deadly remnants of Washington's past wars in Southeast Asia, the group announced new funding - from China. Beijing has doubled its contributions over the past three years to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), which helps clear millions of unexploded munitions, said Heng Ratana, who leads the group. On Feb. 5, CMAC said it had received a pledge from Beijing to contribute $4.4 million - surpassing the $2 million donated by the U.S. last year.
Associated Press
Middle East latest: Hamas brushes off Trump and insists all parties must be committed to ceasefire
Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s threat that “all hell” will break out if it does not release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Saturday. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday that the dozens of hostages would only be returned if all parties remain committed to a ceasefire deal reached last month. Hamas has threatened to delay the next release of three Israeli hostages, due Saturday, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement, including by not allowing a surge of tents and shelters into the devastated territory.
CNN
Inside the GOP’s careful pushback to Musk’s DOGE effort
Congressional Republicans are publicly projecting that they’re in lockstep with the way President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are attempting to slash the federal workforce. But under the surface, some GOP lawmakers are growing concerned by the effort to usurp Congress’s control of the federal purse strings.
Yahoo Finance
The start of Trump 2.0 is not quite what Wall Street expected
Some big Wall Street firms are facing new complications that were not part of the plan when Donald Trump was elected in November.
Yahoo Finance
Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff plans could hit some US allies hard
Donald Trump's focus this week on reciprocal tariffs could upend US trading relationships around the globe, with some close allies likely to see an increase in duties.
Time
How Google Is Updating Its Products for the Trump Presidency
It’s not just Gulf of America on Google Maps. Users have also noticed changes to Google Calendar and Google Search.
Associated Press
Turkey detains 10 officials, widening a crackdown on Istanbul's opposition-held districts
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials of district municipalities in Istanbul over their alleged links to Kurdish militants, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, widening a crackdown on opposition-held districts in the city. The detainees include the deputy mayors of the districts of Kartal and Atasehir, along with eight district municipal council members, Anadolu reported. All suspects are members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
Reuters
Scholz, challenger Merz vow to shun extreme right as German election nears
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his likely successor, Friedrich Merz, promised no collaboration with the extreme right on Tuesday in speeches to parliament before national elections on February 23. "Never, really never will we make common cause with the extreme right," Scholz said, accusing Merz of breaking his word on the issue after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) backed his migration and security motion last month, breaking a long-held taboo on cooperation with the far-right. The AfD is polling in second place, ahead of the SPD, with Merz's CDU/CSU bloc on track to win the largest vote share.
TODAY
158 one-syllable boy names that are short and sweet
One-syllable boys names are short, sweet and to the point, whether it's for a middle name or a first. Options include Finn, Knox and Ace.

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