Associated Press stories, Page 1097
Sam Hartman throws 3 TDs, Wake Forest wins Gasparilla Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. — Sam Hartman completed 23 of 36 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns in what was expected to be his final game with Wake Forest, a 27-17 win over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday night. The redshirt junior now will look at entering the NFL...
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones ordered to take paternity test
DALLAS — A judge ordered Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 26-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father. A Texas judge issued the order for genetic testing Thursday in a paternity case brought by Alexandra...
Alex Ovechkin scores twice, passes Gordie Howe for 2nd in NHL history
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin has passed Gordie Howe for second on the NHL career goals list. Ovechkin scored his 801st goal during the first period of the Washington Capitals’ game against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. He received a drop pass from Dylan Strome at the top of the...
Tune’s TD throw completes Houston’s rally past La-LafayetteVideo
SHREVEPORT, La. — Clayton Tune connected with Nathaniel Dell for a 12-yard touchdown with 20 seconds remaining, and Houston rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 23-16, in the Independence Bowl on Friday. The TD pass was Tune’s third of the game and 40th of the season, tying him...
Flight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do
Thousands of travelers were stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a massive storm snarled travel in the U.S. and Canada ahead of the holidays. As of Friday afternoon, more than 4,800 flights into or out of U.S. airports had been canceled, according...
House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers raced to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201. It...
Rams’ Aaron Donald unlikely to return this season, McVay says
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Aaron Donald is unlikely to return to the Los Angeles Rams’ defense this season. Donald will miss his fourth straight game with a high ankle sprain Sunday when the Rams (4-10) host the Denver Broncos. Coach Sean McVay admitted Friday that his seven-time All-Pro lineman and...
Judge kept FTX execs’ plea deals secret to get founder to U.S.
NEW YORK — A judge agreed to a request by prosecutors to keep it secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s executive associates had turned against him so that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur would agree not to fight extradition from the Bahamas to the United States, according to transcripts of plea deals...
U.S. officials: Covid, bomb cyclone won’t slow Santa’s travelsVideo
The U.S. military agency known for tracking Santa Claus as he delivers presents on Christmas Eve doesn’t expect covid-19 or the “bomb cyclone” hitting North America to affect Saint Nick’s global travels. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is responsible for monitoring and defending the skies above North America....
Bloody property disputes a dark side of Mexico real estate
MEXICO CITY — A grisly pre-Christmas killing of two young men and their uncle at an early 1900s house in Mexico City cast attention on the dark side of the capital’s booming real estate market, fed by a lack of legal documents and gangs that illegally seize properties. Actor Andrés...
Ukraine president back in Kyiv; Russia keeps up attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to his nation’s capital Friday following his wartime visit to the United States, saying his forces are “working toward victory” even as Russia warned that there would be no end to the war until it achieved...
Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars continue playoff push, outclass JetsVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Trevor Lawrence was in a celebratory mood, decked out in an ugly Christmas sweater while acknowledging it wasn’t exactly the prettiest performance he and his Jacksonville Jaguars have had during their playoff surge. It was plenty good enough, though. The Jags’ 19-3 victory over an embarrassed...
Air Force beats Baylor in chilly Armed Forces Bowl
FORT WORTH, Texas — Haaziq Daniels had a short scoring run and threw a touchdown pass in Air Force’s 30-15 victory over Baylor on Thursday night in cold conditions in the Armed Forces Bowl. The game kicked off with a temperature of 13 degrees and a wind chill of minus-4...
Jan. 6 panel releases report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’
WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president...
Arizona lawyers: Kari Lake election loss lawsuit lacks merit
PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional misconduct on Election Day at her two-day trial challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor’s race, lawyers for the state said Thursday. Lake also never established her claim that printer problems at...
Kedrian Johnson, West Virginia hold off Stony Brook
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kedrian Johnson scored 18 points, and West Virginia turned back persistent Stony Brook, 75-64, on Thursday night. The Mountaineers (10-2) only led 28-24 at the half. After building a 19-point lead in the second half, WVU allowed the Seawolves (4-9) within nine with more than 2 1/2...
White House: Russia’s Wagner received arms from North Korea
WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday that the Wagner Group, a private Russian military company, has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian troops in Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said U.S....
Pickett nearly gets triple-double as Penn State tops QuinnipiacVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Jalen Pickett finished an assist shy of a triple-double, and Penn State defeated Quinnipiac, 77-68, on Thursday. Moving the game time up by four hours because of weather didn’t affect Pickett, who is the only player in the country averaging 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists....
Have a safe trip: Oregon trains magic mushroom facilitators
DAMASCUS, Ore. — At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down, masks covering their eyes and listening to serene music. They are among the first crop of students being trained how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin, as Oregon prepares to...
Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of covid-19 vaccines
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the covid-19 vaccines, the court announced Thursday. The Republican governor, who is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, earlier this month called for...
Rep.-elect George Santos says he’ll address questions
NEW YORK — A newly elected New York Republican whose life story has come under question since his election to the U.S. House of Representatives said Thursday that he plans to respond to the concerns. In a statement on Twitter, Rep.-elect George Santos said, “I have my story to tell...
Baltimore star Lamar Jackson to miss 3rd straight gameVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson will miss a third straight game when the Baltimore Ravens host the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. Jackson was ruled out Thursday because of a knee injury. He was hurt in a win over Denver on Dec. 4. The Ravens have split two road games...
Explainer: Why are baseball teams spending so much money?Video
Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa and Trea Turner combined for almost $1 billion in contracts. Xander Bogaerts, Jacob deGrom, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Rodón, Brandon Nimmo and Willson Contreras added up to another billion. And that’s just nine players. Just one lucrative slice of baseball’s December spending spree. What a difference a...
Senate passes $1.7 trillion bill to fund goverment, aid UkraineVideo
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another significant round of military and economic aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dramatic address to a joint meeting of Congress. The bill, which runs for...
Scientists reveal secrets of frog transparency
WASHINGTON — Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report Thursday in the journal Science. During the day, these nocturnal frogs sleep by hanging underneath tree leaves. Their...
