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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel joined the American men's hockey players in the locker room Sunday for a rowdy celebration ofwinning the gold medalin the Winter Olympics.

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While he was in Milan, the U.S. Secret Serviceshot and killed an armed manwho had driven into Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Florida. Hours later, around the time the game against Canada was headed into overtime, Patel posted on X that the FBI was "dedicating all necessary resources in the investigation."

Videos shared on social media showed a pumped-up Patel drinking beer from a bottle and spraying the rest around the locker room. After one of the players draped his gold medal around Patel's neck, he joined the players as they jumped up and down.

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"There was a threat at the president's residence at MAL, Americans in Mexico are facing major threats by cartel members, Nancy Guthrie is still missing, and our FBI Director thinks he's a frat bro?!," Xochitl Hinojosa, the spokeswoman for former Attorney General Merrick Garland said on X.

Patel responded to the criticism by posting that he was "extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys."

The FBI director had defended his official trip to Italy by saying he was going to meet with Italian law enforcement officials and Americans helping to provide security at the Olympics. He posted pictures this week of his visit to the Milan Joint Operations Center, which he said was charged with protecting the security of American athletes and all those who traveled to Milan for the Winter Games. He also posted a photo of his meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Italy.

Nick Boyd registered game highs of 27 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds and Nolan Winter scored 18 points to lift No. 24 Wisconsin to an 84-71 victory against visiting Iowa on Sunday in Madison, Wis.

Wisconsin (19-8, 11-5 Big Ten) won for the third time in four games while shooting 53.8%. That included a 10-for-24 effort from long range. Austin Rapp connected on 4-of-5 attempts from deep to finish with 14 points.

Bennett Stirtz paced Iowa with 23 points as the Hawkeyes lost for the third time in four games.

Wisconsin made five of its first eight shots in the second half while seizing momentum with an 11-0 run over 2:33 in which four different Badgers scored.

Iowa (19-8, 9-7) drew within three points on a Stirtz layup with 6:15 to go but Wisconsin pulled away with a 10-0 spurt over the next two-plus minutes. Rapp hit two treys during the surge and Boyd punctuated it with a layup that put the Badgers ahead by 13.

Boyd finished one rebound shy of a triple-double. His 10 assists marked a career high. John Blackwell had 13 points for the Badgers.

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Iowa shot 47.5% and had four scorers in double figures. Alvaro Folgueiras and Tate Sage contributed 11 points each while Tavion Banks added 10.

Cam Manyawu grabbed seven rebounds for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa took a 41-40 lead into halftime behind 12 points from Stirtz and a 56% showing from the floor. The Hawkeyes surrendered the first points of the game on a Winter dunk before responding with an alley-oop from Kael Combs to Banks that sparked them to a fast start.

Stirtz drilled a 3-pointer at the 15:02 mark to give Iowa its largest lead at 17-8. Wisconsin, which shot 53.6% before the break, regrouped as Boyd (15 points) and Winter (14) led the way.

Rapp hit a pair of 3s to help Wisconsin dig out of its early hole. Rapp missed Tuesday's loss at Ohio State with an illness.

The Hawkeyes and Badgers shot a combined 11-for-26 from long range in the first half while committing just seven collective turnovers.

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NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Children across parts of the U.S. Northeast will stay home on Monday as a powerful winter storm forced school closures and pushed offices and transit systems onto emergency schedules, with officials across the ‌region warning of heavy snow, strong winds and dangerous travel conditions.

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The storm has already snarled travel along the East Coast from ‌Washington to New England, with airlines canceling thousands of flights and officials urging people to stay off the roads. Winter weather in the Northeast may also slow the ​processing, transport and delivery of mail and packages, the U.S. Postal Service said.

New York City, the nation's largest school district, ordered all public school buildings closed for a traditional snow day, with no remote instruction and all after-school programs canceled.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and ordered non-essential vehicles off city roads from Sunday night to noon Monday, saying plows and emergency crews needed the streets clear as snowfall intensified. ‌The city is under its first blizzard warning ⁠since 2017.

City offices will close for in-person services, and non-essential municipal employees may work remotely. "I'm urging every New Yorker to please stay home," Mamdani said.

REGIONAL EMERGENCIES

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she had activated 100 National ⁠Guard members to assist in Long Island, New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley - areas expected to bear the brunt of the heavy snow and coastal winds. The storm also forced closure of the U.N. headquarters complex in Manhattan on Monday.

Parts of the Northeast could see up to two ​feet of ​snow and wind gusts could reach 70 mph, raising the risk of ​falling trees and power outages, according to the Department ‌of Homeland Security.

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In an update on Sunday, the agency said despite its ongoing funding lapse, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster‑response work continues uninterrupted, including staff travel, emergency operations, and critical assistance for people affected by active disasters, with life safety and property protection remaining top priorities.

Last week, Reuters reported that President Donald Trump's administration had ordered FEMA to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-affected areas around the country while the DHS is shut down.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declared an emergency and told state workers to stay home. Connecticut ‌barred commercial vehicles from limited-access highways Sunday evening, exempting only emergency and essential ​deliveries.

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a statewide emergency effective noon Sunday and urged ​residents to take the storm seriously. "People need to take ​this very seriously," she told CNN.

TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS

Air travel was among the earliest casualties. Flight-tracking site FlightAware showed more ‌than 5,000 flights already canceled for Monday. Aviation analytics firm ​Cirium said more than 25,000 flights ​were scheduled to depart from the United States on Monday, with cancellations also rising for Tuesday, especially at major Northeast airports.

NJ TRANSIT suspended bus, light rail and Access Link service Sunday evening and halted statewide rail service by Sunday night, with operations ​resuming only when conditions allow.

In New England, the ‌Rhode Island Public Transit Authority said it would suspend all service — including its RIde paratransit program — from Sunday night ​through Monday and would announce plans to resume service only when conditions improve.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh in Chicago; ​Additional reporting by Tatiana Bautzer in New York; editing by Diane Craft)

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BEIJING/HONG KONG/SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - China is making a "full assessment" of the U.S. Supreme Court's tariff ruling and has urged Washington to lift "unilateral tariff measures" on its trading partners, warning that fighting between the two ‌countries is "harmful".

The comments from China's Commerce Ministry on Monday came days after the highest U.S. court dealt President Donald Trump a stinging ‌defeat by striking down many of the tariffs he has used in a global trade war, including some against rival China.

Within hours of the ruling, Trump said he would impose ​a new 10% duty on U.S. imports from all countries starting on Tuesday, only then to lift it to 15% in a move that seemed to surprise some of his own officials.

"U.S. unilateral tariffs ... violate international trade rules and U.S. domestic law, and are not in the interests of any party," the Chinese ministry said.

"Cooperation between China and the United States is beneficial to both sides, but fighting is harmful," it added.

Trade and tariffs are expected to dominate the ‌agenda for both China and the U.S. ahead of ⁠a highly anticipated visit by Trump to China in late March and early April - when he will meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Trump's planned new levies are grounded in a separate but untested law, known as Section 122, that ⁠allows tariffs up to 15% but requires congressional approval to extend them after 150 days. No president has previously invoked Section 122, and its use could lead to further legal challenges.

"China will continue to pay close attention to this and firmly safeguard its interests," the Commerce Ministry said.

Gao Lingyun, a research fellow at the Chinese ​Academy ​of Social Sciences, was cited by state-run Global Times as saying the U.S. tariff ​decisions are "highly arbitrary" and were being wielded as a "political weapon."

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"Tariff ‌policy should be based on rigorous assessment, not political preference," he was quoted as saying.

The U.S. court's ruling invalidated a number of tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on Asian export powerhouses from China and South Korea to Japan and Taiwan, the world's largest chipmaker and a key player in tech supply chains.

UNCERTAINTY LOOMS AMID NEW GLOBAL TARIFFS

South Korea said it would continue to consult with the U.S. to maintain a "balance of interests" between the two countries, while its industry minister said there was concern among officals across industries, including cars, batteries and chips.

"The public and private sector need ‌to work together to secure Korean companies' export competitiveness and diversify their markets," Industry ​Minister Kim Jung-kwan said on Monday.

India said it had delayed plans to send a trade ​delegation to Washington this week to finalise an interim trade deal, ​chiefly because of fresh tariff uncertainty out of the U.S., according to a source in its trade ministry.

U.S. tariffs on ‌Indian goods were set to be cut to 18%, while ​India agreed to buy U.S. items ​worth $500 billion over five years, ranging from energy supplies to aircraft and parts, precious metals and technology products.

In Europe, meanwhile, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned of business risks, saying companies want predictability, not legal battles. She said any new tariff plans must be clearly ​defined to avoid further challenges and ensure they ‌comply with the U.S. Constitution.

"To sort of shake it up again is going to bring about disruptions," Lagarde said on CBS' "Face the ​Nation".

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen, James Pomfret and Ryan Woo in Beijing and Hong Kong; Manoj Kumar in India; Hyunjoo Jin ​in South Korea; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree, Christian Schmollinger and Michael Perry)

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd had 13 points and four steals in her final regular-season game at Gampel Pavilion as top-ranked UConn tied a program record by forcing 39 turnovers in an 81-38 victory over Providence on Sunday, extending the Huskies' winning streak to 45 games.

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KK Arnold finished with eight points, eight assists, and a season-high seven steals. Sarah Strong had 13 points in 13 minutes for the Huskies (29-0, 18-0 Big East), who have won 56 consecutive conference regular season games.

UConn had a season-high 26 steals, the seventh time this season that UConn had at least 20 steals.

Princess Moody led Providence 14-15 (7-11) with 11 points and Payton Dunbar had nine points.

UConn missed its first seven shots, but had 10 steals in the first quarter as the Huskies used an 18-0 run to take a 21-5 lead heading into the second quarter. UConn added a 10-0 run in the second quarter as the Huskies rolled to their 40th consecutive win over Providence, 33 of those victories have been by at least 25 points. The Huskies led 40-14 at halftime. The 14 points allowed in the first half matched the fewest surrendered by the Huskies this season.

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UConn honored seniors Ice Brady,Caroline Ducharme, Azzi Fudd, Ayanna Patterson and Serah Williams after the game in the final regular-season game at Gampel Pavilion this season.Brady missed the gameafter undergoing season-ending knee surgery. The Huskies will play Georgetown in Hartford on Thursday, and are likely to play two NCAA tournament games at Gampel and as many as three Big East tournament games at Mohegan Sun Arena.

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Providence: Plays at Creighton on Thursday.

UConn: Hosts Georgetown on Thursday.

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MILAN — They gathered on the ice, two dozen of the best hockey players the United States has ever produced, all of them with wide smiles on their faces and gold medals around their necks having justbeaten Canada 2-1 in an overtime thriller. They carried the American flag with them, but they carried something else, too: a Team USA jersey emblazoned with the No. 13 on the back, the name of Johnny Gaudreau embroidered along the shoulders.

It felt good to have a jersey for Gaudreau,who died in a shocking traffic accident 18 months ago, out there in the team's finest moment. But it didn't feel quite right.

And then Matthew Tkachuk and Zach Werenski went to the stands and hoisted up Gaudreau's two oldest children, Noa and Johnny Jr., and brought them out onto the ice. In that perfect moment, all of American hockey smiled through tears.

"To have Johnny and Noa out there," Dylan Larkin said afterward, "it just felt right."

Johnny Gaudreau was one of the best hockey players of his generation, a prolific scorer, seven-time All-Star and member of the NHL's Quarter Century Team. On the night of Aug. 29, 2024, he and his brother Matthew were riding bikes near Oldmans Township, N.J. It had been a good day; they were in town for their sister Katie's wedding the next day. But around 8 p.m., the two were struck by a car making an illegal pass. The brothers were pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver was charged with vehicular homicide.

Gaudreau's death devastated the hockey world, including so many members of Team USA. "We miss him on the ice dearly," Brady Tkachuk said. "He would have been on this team."

Throughout its international competitions over the past two years, Team USA has brought along a Gaudreau jersey as motivation, inspiration and comfort. The No. 13 jersey hung in American locker rooms during the 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2025 IIHF World Championships, a testament to Gaudreau's love of international hockey.

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Just prior to the start of the Olympics, Gaudreau's family released a statement noting just how much he would have loved to be a part of these Games.

"In that final summer, John was training harder than ever, with his dad, pushing himself to be in the best shape of his life," the family wrote in a statement. "He was determined to earn his spot on that Olympic roster. While it breaks our hearts that John won't be there to live out that dream, we know he will be so very present with Team USA and all of his close friends competing throughout these games."

Larkin said that maybe the Gaudreau brothers were here in some way after all, helping Team USA on a spiritual level. "Somehow," he said while laughing, "they put a spell around our net where the puck didn't go in."

Members of the Gaudreau family, including Johnny's widow Meredith, parents Guy and Jane, and 10-month-old son Carter, have attended the past two United States hockey games. Cameras captured them in the crowd Sunday in tearful celebration.

"He's touched everybody on the ice, everybody in Team USA's lives," Brady Tkachuk said. "We just wanted to show the Gaudreau family our support. He was so near and dear to a lot of us."

"We miss him and we love him and we love his family," Larkin said. "We can't wait to celebrate with them."

"He's had a big impact on a lot of guys in our room. A lot of guys grew up with him, played with him, spent a lot of time with him," Team USA captain Auston Matthews said, adding that the jersey was "just a subtle reminder that him and his brother, they're with us in spirit."

Nothing will replace Johnny and Matt Goudreau in the lives of all who loved them. But thanks to Team USA, his children will have a treasured memory honoring their father. And thanks to the gold-medal win, his memory will live on as long as there's American hockey.

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Minnesota Vikingswide receiverRondale Mooredied yesterdayat 25 years old. The NFL world continues to react to his death as the investigation continues in Floyd County, Indiana.

Current and former NFL players have paid tribute to the former Purdue Boilermakers andArizona Cardinalswideout. Maxx Crosby, Hollywood Brown, J.J. Watt and Raheem Mostert were among the many topost to social media in Moore's honor.

One former player shared his insight criticizing the league for its handling of mental health issues in players.

"Imma keep it a stack.. I don't care, I'm retired I'll say what I want,"former defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko wrote on X. "These NFL teams come out here and post these mental health awareness posts talking about they care about players 'don't be afraid to reach out' etc. All they care about is what you bring to the table when it's game day. Most players don't wanna get help inside the building of an NFL organization because they know you'll get looked at differently. You go to a staff member tell em you struggling watch how different they start treating and looking at you. I seen it first hand."

Fehoko went undrafted in 2020 out of LSU but played for five years in the NFL. He spent the 2020 through 2022 seasons with theLos Angeles Chargersbefore a two-year stint with thePittsburgh Steelers.

"I'll start believing they care about player health when the Owner, GM, & head coach treat everyone on that roster the same from the franchise QB to the janitor," he wrote. "Until then don't tell me they care cause they posted some hotline number when (expletive) like this happens."

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Fehoko finished his statement by encouraging players to reach out to him if they're struggling.

"I'm here for any of my brothers that just wanna talk and shoot the (expletive). I love y'all. I care about y'all. I'm here for y'all."

Fehoko similarly spoke out after the death ofDallas Cowboysdefensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland.

Kneeland, 24,died by suicidein Frisco, Texas last November.

"Sometimes as a man especially in the football world we're afraid of being judged or looked at weak,"Fehoko wrote in response on X. "Make it mandatory to have a sit down with guys cause most of em won't take the initiative."

Moore's cause of death remains under investigation at time of publishing.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Former NFL player critical of teams, league after Rondale Moore death