Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be self-incriminating. Maxwell was to be questioned during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she’s serving...
NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports flight that killed all 12 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick’s front door in Charlotte, N.C. France, terminally ill at the time, was the chairman of NASCAR, the stock car racing...
Kicker, punter come up big for Seahawks in a Super Bowl devoid of early touchdowns
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — During a defensive struggle in the first half, the Seattle Seahawks got the consistency and cushion they needed — from their kicker. Jason Myers connected on a Super Bowl-record five field goals, scoring the first 12 points of the game to help the Seahawks pull away...
JD Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting U.S. president or vice president has visited before
YEREVAN, Armenia — Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday — a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before — as the Trump administration looks to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan. The vice president and his...
Patriots’ Drake Maye had pain-relieving injection in shoulder before 3 turnovers in Super Bowl loss
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Drake Maye was a dependable and steadying force for the New England Patriots this season. The second-year quarterback never got the chance to be that when his team needed him most in the Super Bowl. Maye was the NFL’s most accurate passer during the regular season...
U.S. coach Mike Sullivan is tight-lipped early about his plan at the Olympics
MILAN — Mike Sullivan wanted his players to get their blood moving, break out a sweat and adjust to a new time zone with most of them fresh off flying across the Atlantic Ocean. He did not want anyone to read much else in to the first U.S. practice at...
A record 13 skiers, climbers and hikers died in Italian mountains over the past week
MILAN — A record 13 backcountry skiers, climbers and hikers have died in the Italian mountains over the past week, rescuers said Monday, including 10 in avalanches triggered by an exceptionally unstable snowpack, as Winter Olympic competitions got underway. Fresh snowfall during recent storms and wind-swept snowcaps on weak internal...
Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
WASHINGTON — Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Not in recent U.S. memory has...
New video footage released from day of the fatal Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday, with city officials saying they had redacted the most graphic, violent images to avoid harming victims and “maintain the trust we have built in our...
Why some women choose Galentines over Valentines. And how they might celebrate
Christie O’Sullivan of Trinity, Florida, has spent 21 Valentine’s Days with her husband, but her favorite celebration was one spent with a girlfriend before she got married. They took the day off work, got massages, and went out for cocktails and a fancy dinner. “For me, it was 10 out...
How to protect a loved one when choosing a nursing home or assisted living facility
NEW YORK — Sometimes it’s a fall that brings a broken hip and a loss of mobility. Or memory problems that bubble into danger. Or the death of the partner who was relied upon for care. The need to move to a nursing home, assisted living facility or another type...
Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in downhill crash at Winter Olympics, in stable condition at hospitalVideo
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn’s defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by...
Migrants languish in U.S. detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits
MIAMI — Felipe Hernandez Espinosa spent 45 days at ” Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration holding center in Florida where detainees have reported worms in their food, toilets that don’t flush and overflowing sewage. Mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere. For the past five months, the 34-year-old asylum-seeker has been at...
Seahawks ride their ‘Dark Side’ defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass...
Seahawks ride ‘Dark Side’ defense to Super Bowl rout of Patriots
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots, 29-13, on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass...
Super Bowl ads try to overcome tough times with health, caring and the usual laughsVideo
At a difficult time for America, Super Bowl advertisers ask viewers to take care of themselves and others — and maybe even crack a smile. Ring shows how neighbors can use their doorbell cameras to find lost pets. A Budweiser Clydesdale protects a bald eagle chick from the rain. Novartis...
Bad Bunny brings Gaga, Martin and Puerto Rican pride to Super Bowl as Green Day, Puth play pregameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Stars have been front-and-center at Super Bowl 60, with Chris Pratt and Jon Bon Jovi introducing the teams, a series of soaring pre-game performances and a much-anticipated halftime show from Bad Bunny. Highlights from Levi’s Stadium include Blue Ivy Carter leaping in an end zone before...
How aggressive free agency led Patriots, Seahawks to Super Bowl
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Winning the headlines during free agency in March doesn’t typically lead to success in January and February in the NFL. This season, that hasn’t been the case. Two of the most aggressive teams during the free agency period last offseason ended up in the Super Bowl,...
Falcons face new questions about James Pearce’s future with the team as pass-rush leader faces chargesVideo
ATLANTA — Following the arrest of James Pearce Jr. on Saturday night, the Atlanta Falcons face troubling questions about the standout rookie’s immediate and long-term future with the team. For at least the 2026 season, Pearce’s status could be jeopardized by serious legal problems. Pearce was arrested near Miami after...
Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missingVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing in Arizona. Savannah Guthrie solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was...
No. 13 Texas Tech beats West Virginia to snap 2-game losing streak
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — JT Toppin had 22 points and nine rebounds, and No. 13 Texas Tech broke a two-game losing skid with a 70-63 victory over West Virginia on Sunday. Donovan Atwell added 15 points for the Red Raiders (17-6, 7-3 Big 12), and Christian Anderson had 13 points and...
Penn State men lose to Southern Cal in final second
UNIVERSITY PARK — Alijah Arenas scored 11 of his 24 points in the final four minutes, including the go-ahead basket with 0.7 seconds left, to help Southern Cal beat Penn State, 77-75, on Sunday. Freddie Dilione V made a layup for Penn State that tied it 75-75 with 12 seconds...
‘Melania’ falls steeply and ‘Send Help’ holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
NEW YORK — Hollywood largely ceded attention to football over a slow box-office weekend, with the survival thriller “Send Help” repeating as No. 1 in ticket sales and the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” falling sharply in its second weekend. Super Bowl weekend is typically one of the lowest attended moviegoing...
U.S .Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump
MILAN — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home. It was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at...
‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top U.S. health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for...
