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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 21 of his 30 points in the first half as the Minnesota Timberwolves used a dominant second quarter to cruise to a 138-116 win against the short-handed Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.

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Edwards led seven Minnesota players scoring in double figures, pushing the Timberwolves to a commanding win after a pair of disappointing losses to New Orleans and the Los Angeles Clippers. Julius Randle has 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for Minnesota, which had lost three of four.

A game without much intensity changed early in the fourth when Atlanta's Mouhamed Gueye appeared to trip up Wolves center Naz Reid. The two came together in an altercation that included a crowd of people trying to break up the two players. Both players were ejected.

Newcomer Ayo Dosunmu, playing his second game after being acquired in a trade from Chicago, had 21 points off the bench as Minnesota led by as many as 31.

CJ McCollum had 38 points for the Hawks, who have lost four of five and were playing without Jalen Johnson (left knee inflammation), Dyson Daniels (right ankle inflammation) and newly acquired Jonathan Kuminga (left knee bone bruise).

Johnson was just named the Eastern Conference player of the week for the second time this season. Kuminga hasn't played since the trade from Golden State for Kristaps Porzingis.

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McCollum had 18 of his points in the first quarter, but Minnesota used a 40-18 run from the end of the first to midway through the second for a 79-52 advantage. Atlanta got no closer than 16 the rest of the way.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks against his former team.

Hawks: Play at Charlotte on Wednesday.

Timberwolves: Host Portland on Wednesday.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid and Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye were ejected Monday night after an altercation early in the fourth quarterof Minnesota's 138-116 win.

Gueye appeared to trip Reid, who got up and immediately got in the face of Gueye, setting off a scuffle. Players, coaches and arena staff tried to separate the two, but the pushing and shoving continued and Atlanta center Jock Landale fell to the floor in the fracas. At one point, Reid threatened a punch, but no punches were thrown.

Gueye was called for a foul on the play and, after a lengthy review, both players were ejected with double technical fouls.

Landale had scratches on his neck from the altercation, but stayed in the game.

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Reid left the game with seven points and six rebounds as Minnesota recovered after a pair of disappointing losses to New Orleans and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Gueye had 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Hawks.

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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers will have their local television broadcasts produced and distributed by Major League Baseball this season.

The Tigers' partnership with MLB, announced Monday, is unique because it also includes the Detroit Red Wings. Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, which owns both franchises, will handle the broadcast production duties for hockey, while MLB assists with production distribution, beginning next season.

Red Wings games are expected to be carried on FanDuel Sports Detroit through the end of the season. However, the 13 NBA and seven NHL teams that have their games on FanDuel networks have been preparing for a worst-case scenario.

Main Street's 15 owned and operated networks under the FanDuel banner are on the verge of insolvency and going out of business if a new majority owner or investors are not found.

"Given recent uncertainty throughout the regional sports broadcasting industry, we recognize the importance of providing fans with a consistent, year-round outlet to watch Tigers baseball and Red Wings hockey," Ryan Gustafson, president and CEO of Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, said in a statement. "We have two of the top-rated broadcasts in our respective sports and remain focused on listening to fans about what matters most to them. What we've heard includes making sure our games are available throughout the market, providing a reliable streaming product, and producing a broadcast that's informative and entertaining in all the right ways. This is a great path forward in those areas, allowing us to provide a great experience for fans throughout our local market."

MLB will produce broadcasts for at least 14 teams this season. It also added the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals during the offseason.

Nine clubs, including the Tigers,terminated their dealslast month after the Main Street Sports Group, which operates the regional FanDuel Sports Network stations, did not make scheduled rights payments.

The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels still have not made a decision about local coverage plans.

MLB has touted expanded market reach when it takes over production of teams due to a combination of being on local cable systems, satellite and direct-to-consumer streaming.

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Authorities in Georgia asked for the public's assistance on Monday, Feb. 9, after two inmates facing violent crime chargesescaped from jailover the weekend.

Two inmates escaped custody from the Sumter County Jail at around 9:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Feb. 8, according to theSumter County Sheriff's Office. The Sumter County Jail is located in Americus, Georgia, a small city about 139 miles south of Atlanta.

The inmates, identified as Ricky Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, were being held on multiple charges, including murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery, according to the sheriff's office. The escape prompted a widespread search involving multiple law enforcement agencies, and authorities released a be on the lookout,or BOLO, alert for the inmates on the morning of Monday, Feb. 9.

Authorities did not immediately release details on how the inmates escaped, but Sheriff Eric Bryant told local television stationWALBthat investigators were "still following up on different things that we're finding inside the building."

The sheriff added that it appears that there was "some type of mechanical failure with the locking system" at the facility, according to WALB.

During a news conference on Monday, Feb. 9, Albany Police Chief Michael Persley said the inmates were spotted in a stolen vehicle by license plate cameras, WALB reported. One of the inmates has family and other potential contacts in Albany, Georgia, a city about 38 miles south of Americus, Persley said.

It was unclear if escaped inmates were still in the area. Authorities have asked anyone with information on the inmates and their whereabouts to call 911 or contact the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office and the Albany Police Department did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's requests for comment on Monday, Feb. 9.

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Escaped inmates were arrested in connection with separate shootings

The sheriff's office described Martin as 5 feet, 4 inches in height and weighing about 120 pounds, with "un-twisted dreads."

Holmes was described as about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 155 pounds, "with un-twisted dreads, and multiple tattoos on his face and neck, including a '$' sign, a broken heart, and 'Baby Kay' over his right eye," according to the sheriff's office.

Martin was booked into the Sumter County Jail in February 2025 after he was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery, according to theGeorgia Bureau of Investigation. He was arrested in connection with a shooting in Americus that left two dead and another injured.

At the time, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said local police responded to a shooting on Feb. 8, 2025, and discovered multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Peyton Brielle Roberts, 5, died after being transported to the hospital, while a 19-year-old, later identified as Jotavis Roshon Leverette, died from his injuries at a hospital.

Holmes was arrested in May 2025 and transported to the Sumter County Jail, according to theAmericus Police Department. He was accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Amon Kevone Harvey in April 2025,WALBreported at the time.

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Recent jailbreaks across the United States

The escape in Georgia comes afterthree inmates fled from a county jaileast of Atlanta in December. The three inmates, including one charged with murder, were captured about a day after their escape.

Earlier that month,another Georgia inmateescaped from custody at a hospital and used ride-hailing services, including an Uber ride, to evade sheriff's deputies. The inmate, identified as Timothy Shane, 52, was captured after about three days in Covington, Georgia, a small city outside Atlanta, authorities said.

On Dec. 19, authoritiesarrested the last of three inmateswhoescaped from a Louisiana jailin early December by removing mortar and concrete blocks from a degraded part of a wall.

In June 2025, aformer Arkansas police chief, convicted murderer and rapistGrant Hardin, was recaptured after a 12-day manhunt. Hardin had escaped from prison disguised as a guard and made it only a mile from the facility before he was found.

Earlier in the year,10 inmatesbrazenly escaped from aNew Orleans jail. Authorities said the inmates fled through a hole in a cell wall after ripping away a toilet and sink unit on the morning of May 16, 2025.

Most of the escapees werecaught in the weeks after, and since then, multiple people have beencharged with helping the inmates escape or stay on the run. The final inmate wasrecaptured Oct. 8in Atlanta, nearly five months after the escape.

Contributing: Jeanine Santucci and N'dea Yancey-Bragg

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Georgia authorities are searching for 2 inmates who escaped from jail

Monday isa big dayin the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga ofthe Jeffrey Epstein files.

That's because we could begin to learn more about the Justice Department'scontroversial redactions, when lawmakers have an opportunity to review theunredactedfiles.

One prominent House Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, said Monday afternoon that he had reviewed the unredacted documents and saw "tons of completely unnecessary redactions."

"I saw the names of lots of people who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons," Raskin said.

As millions of documents have trickled out and been sorted through, one of the major subplots is what DOJ chose to redact. Its redaction decisions in many caseswent well beyondwhat the legislation passed by Congress called for.

Perhaps no redactions have garnered more attention than the suspected co-conspirators who are described in internal Justice Department documents and others who exchanged eyebrow-raising emails with Epstein.

The latter instances include emails that read as if people were evaluating and even scouting women or girls for Epstein. In other cases, they reference questionable behavior.

The redactions have raised concerns among Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, who led the charge on the bill that forced the Trump administration to release the Epstein files. They've also raised concerns among Epstein's survivors. Onetold CNNthat DOJ was "shielding predators." Another said DOJ has "protected the Epstein class with blanket redactions."

But on Monday, lawmakers, including Massie and Khanna, will have the chance to evaluate the redactions and possibly raise any concerns when the Justice Department begins allowing themto review the unredacted files.

CNNwrote about some of these emailslast week. The Justice Department suggested any such redactions were women or girls who might have been victims at one point.

"In many instances, as it has been well documented publicly, those who were originally victims became participants and co-conspirators," a DOJ official told CNN. "We did not redact any names of men, only female victims." FBI and law enforcement names were also redacted, the DOJ official said.

So which documents are at issue? Below are some noteworthy examples.

'Your littlest girl was a little naughty'

In a2014 email, a sender whose name is redacted emails Epstein: "Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty."

'I found at least 3 very good young poor …'

In a2018 email, a redacted sender emails Epstein: "I found at least 3 very good young poor but we was so tired."

The sender then suggests the subject of the email was women or girls: "Meet this one, not the beauty queen but we both likes her a lot."

'She is like Lolita from Nabokov , femme miniature :)'

In a2017 email, a redacted sender emails Epstein, "I met [REDACTED] today. She is like Lolita from Nabokov , femme miniature :) So now I should send you her type of candidates only ?"

"Femme miniature" in French literally translates to small woman. "Lolita from Nabokov" refers to Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel about a middle-aged man who falls in love with a 12-year-old girl and sexually abuses her. (Epstein's airplane has often been dubbed the "Lolita Express" because of allegations that it was used to exploit girls.)

The draft indictment

Some of the biggest news to come out of the latest document dump was that we finally laid eyes ona draft indictmentof Epstein from the 2000s, before he escaped with a sweetheart deal.

The draft indictment is particularly notable because it includes three co-conspirators that prosecutors apparently considered charging. The co-conspirators are described as being employed by Epstein, but their names are redacted.

A chart with other suspects redacted

The documents also includea chart, apparently from law enforcement, that shows Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and his longtime assistant Lesley Groff (whose first name is misspelled as "Leslie"). Groff's lawyer told CNN his client had no comment.

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But redacted are three employees and a "girlfriend" of Epstein's whom authorities thought might be recruiting for Epstein and in some cases otherwise participating in crimes.

It says of one of them: "Unknown if she was directly responsible for recruiting girls but at least 10 girls state she is the direct point of contact for scheduling his massage appointments."

Other such charts featuresimilar redactions.

Sending Epstein details of women and their appearances

In a2017 email, a redacted person emails Epstein detailed information about women to be considered for an unspecified opportunity.

One is described as wanting "the job badly. But not as pretty as other applicants." Another is labeled "not very young but beautiful and diligent, well educated and simple, not ambitious."

'And this one is (i think) totally your girl.'

In oneextended 2015 email exchangebetween Epstein and a redacted interlocutor, Epstein asks, "any friends for jeffrey while you are recovering?"

The person responds by citing a close friend described as "Sweet girl. 20y. American." (Epstein responds that the person looks like the sender, suggesting the email included a photo.) The person later cites someone else: "She's australian, super cool, 23y, lot of fun ;)) (dark hair girl at picture) ."

The person later adds: "I'm always think about you when I'm meeting new girls." And then: "And this one is (i think) totally your girl. … Just medsaged her to check up."

'I loved the torture video'

In a2009 email, Epstein writes a brief email to a redacted recipient that includes the words, "where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video."

'New Brazilian just arrived, sexy and cute, 19yo'

In a2013 email, a redacted sender from a modeling agency writes to Epstein: "New Brazilian just arrived, sexy and cute, 19yo." The email appears to come with images attached. (CNN has reached out to the modeling agency.)

In other versions of the same email released by DOJ, the sender's affiliation with themodeling agency is redacted. Some versions of the email also included an "=" sign in place of the "1" – the files include many documents with "=" in place of characters – leading some to believe the email described a 9-year old. Butit did not.

'I just saw the most beautiful little girl on Madison with long soft blonde hair'

In a2014 email, a redacted sender emails Epstein: "I can't take it anymore!!!!!!! I just saw the most beautiful little girl on Madison with long soft blonde hair."

'My favorite from Lithuania, [REDACTED], 19.'

In a2018 email, a redacted sender writes an email that includes an image, but which appears as a broken image in the file that was released.

"My favorite from Lithuania, [REDACTED], 19. Will meet when I am there," the sender says.

Epstein responds: "full name instagram?"

A photo of a woman in a SpaceX shirt

In a 2013 email, a redacted person sends Epstein an email with no text but that includes a photo of a female posing while wearing a SpaceX shirt. The person's face is blocked out.

An email about 14- and 15-year-old girls and 'reproductive age'

In a2015 email, a redacted sender emails Epstein about teenage girls.

"the key are the 14 to 15 year old girls—i am a sexual pervert because i say they are now of a reproductive age?" the sender says.

The sender adds: "being called a sexual pervert is no fun. less so if you have served time for the crime. as i have not—they are calling me one merely for not urging your death by beheading."

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