Associated Press stories, Page 1093
Reports: Raiders place franchise tag on RB Josh JacobsVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — Josh Jacobs, who led the NFL in rushing last season, received the franchise tag from the Las Vegas Raiders, a person familiar with the situation said Monday. NFL Network first reported the Raiders’ decision. Jacobs would make $10.1 million next season under the franchise tag. The sides...
Paul Manafort, U.S. government settle civil case for $3.15 million
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. When the civil case was filed in April 2022, prosecutors alleged that Manafort had failed to...
Toblerone drops iconic design due to rules on ‘Swissness’
GENEVA — The makers of Toblerone are stripping images of Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn and the Swiss flag from the packaging of the milk-chocolate treat as they move some production to Slovakia. Mondelez International of Deerfield, Ill., which owns the Swiss-born brand, said Monday that it’s in the process of adapting...
NFL reinstates Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley after gambling suspensionVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The NFL reinstated suspended receiver Calvin Ridley on Monday, clearing the way for him to join his new team in Jacksonville. The league said Ridley, who had been suspended indefinitely since March 2022 for violating the NFL’s gambling policy, is eligible to participate in all team activities...
Wall Street holds steady ahead of a potentially big weekVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks were mixed in quiet trading Monday as Wall Street stays in a holding pattern ahead of a potentially big week. The S&P 500 rose 2.78 points, or 0.1%, to 4,048.42 after coming off its first winning week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Zelenskyy vows not to retreat from Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
CHASIV YAR, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives. Less than a week ago, an adviser to Zelenskyy said the...
Dozens charged with terrorism in Atlanta ‘Cop City’ protestVideo
ATLANTA — More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens of young people in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January. The area has become...
Feds: Florida woman funded lavish lifestyle with stolen covid money
BOSTON — A Florida woman — who authorities say chartered a private jet to fly her cross-country with some of the more than $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds that she fraudulently obtained by using stolen identities — pleaded guilty Monday, federal prosecutors said. Danielle Miller, 32, of Miami,...
Tesla price cuts: Flagging demand or tactic to boost sales?
DETROIT — In explaining why Tesla keeps cutting prices on its electric vehicles, the auto industry is pretty much divided into two camps. On one side are analysts who see an aggressive move by the leading manufacturer of EVs to gobble up sales and market share from its competitors just...
Maple Leafs’ Ryan O’Reilly out at least 10 games with broken fingerVideo
NEWARK, N.J. — Toronto Maple Leafs center Ryan O’Reilly will be out of action for at least 10 games because of a broken finger. O’Reilly, 32, is going on long-term injured reserve, coach Sheldon Keefe said Monday. He won’t be eligible to return until Toronto’s game March 29 against Florida...
Review: Atwood explores grief in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’
“Old Babes in the Wood” by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday) Comprised of 15 “stories” (applying that term loosely), the heart of Margaret Atwood’s new collection features seven vignettes from the lives of characters named Tig and Nell. Canadians, like the author, these two seem to have had a great life together...
Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
CUTLER BAY, Fla. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida on Monday to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up. “I hope that this street naming will also serve as a testament to what is...
Ex-Raider Ruggs’ felony DUI case stalled by fight over judge
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge will again be asked to decide which justice of the peace should handle a preliminary hearing in the case against former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, who is accused of killing a woman in drunken car crash in 2021. Las Vegas...
Florida bill would force bloggers to register with state
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican lawmaker in Florida wants bloggers who write about elected officials to register with the state, raising concern among First Amendment groups who are calling the proposal unconstitutional. The bill, filed by Sen. Jason Brodeur of Lake Mary, would require bloggers to file periodic reports with...
‘Dilbert,’ Scott Adams draw ire from fellow cartoonists
NEW YORK — Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, with one artist even using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced cartoon now dropped by newspapers nationwide. Darrin Bell is transforming his strip “Candorville” — which usually features young Black and...
Ex-Raider Derek Carr agrees to 4-year contract with Saints
NEW ORLEANS — Former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has agreed to a four-year contract with the New Orleans Saints, and a person familiar with the situation said the deal could be worth up to $150 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press about the contract’s value on condition of...
Houston, UCLA, Kansas top latest AP Top 25; Duke back in, Pitt falls out
UCLA is surging, both toward the postseason and in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. While Houston was No. 1 for a third straight week in Monday’s poll, the Bruins rose two spots to No. 2 for their highest ranking of the season. UCLA (27-4) has won its last...
Review: Novel ‘Ruthy Ramirez’ flips true crime on its head
“What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez” by Claire Jimenez (Grand Central) If true crime is your guilty pleasure, you absolutely must find out what happened to Ruthy Ramirez. One cold November day in 1996, 13-year-old Ruthy doesn’t come home from track practice after school. Over a decade later, a woman who...
Twitter glitches as links, logins fail
Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches Monday for a time being as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others. The company, which has experienced an uptick instability and bugs in recent months after Elon Musk cut its staff sharply, said...
Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen in December 2024Video
PARIS — The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday. The cathedral’s iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze,...
No one hurt when 2 United flights touch at Boston airport
BOSTON — Two flights scheduled to depart from Boston Logan International Airport on Monday morning made contact with each other near the gate area, federal aviation and airport officials said. United Airlines Flight 515 was being pushed back from the gate by a tow tug when its right wing struck...
Many kids are struggling in school. Do their parents know?
BOSTON — Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in school. She found out only with help from somebody who knows the Boston school system better than she does. Her son, J. Ryan Mathurin, wasn’t always comfortable pronouncing words in English. But Joseph, a Haitian immigrant...
Netflix making live-action ‘One Piece’ from popular manga
TOKYO — Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that’s both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations. Chronicling the coming-of-age adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate with a...
Proposed rule clarifies grocery meat labels
Shoppers could soon find it easier to tell if those grocery store steaks or pork chops were really “Made in the USA.” Federal agriculture officials on Monday released new requirements that would allow labels on meat, poultry or eggs to use that phrase — or “Product of USA” — only...
Virginia DOC says execution audio tapes should remain secret
RICHMOND, Va. — On a 1989 audio recording crackling with static, an inmate is barely audible as he offers his last words before he is executed in Virginia’s electric chair. “I would like to express that what is about to take place … is a murder,” Alton Waye — who...
