Associated Press stories, Page 1406
A stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in U.S.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The arrest of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and the images that followed — a leader shackled and paraded before the cameras like a common criminal — were a stunning reversal for a man who for years seemed impervious to growing allegations of corruption. While president...
Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38
PETROPOLIS, Brazil — The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78, Gov. Claudio Castro said Wednesday afternoon. The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge Tuesday, and Castro said almost 400 people were left homeless....
Slovakia stuns U.S. in shootout, Americans out of Olympics
BEIJING — The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead. Marek Hrivik scored with 43.7 seconds left in regulation, Peter Cehlarik had the winner and Slovakia beat the U.S., 3-2, in a shootout Wednesday to knock the...
Biden orders release of Trump White House logs to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is ordering the release of Trump White House visitor logs to the House committee investigating the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, once more rejecting former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege. The committee has sought a trove of data from the National Archives, including...
Alex Hall leads gold, silver U.S. finish in Olympic ski slopestyle eventVideo
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Freestyler skier Alex Hall led a 1-2 American finish in the men’s Olympic slopestyle competition on Wednesday with a trick on his first run where he stopped his rotation midair and turned in the other direction before softly landing. Hall’s opening run drew a score of 90.01,...
Allison Gollust, Jeff Zucker’s secret relationship at CNN, resigns after investigation
LOS ANGELES — Allison Gollust, the CNN executive whose relationship with Jeff Zucker led to his resignation as the cable network’s president, is leaving after an internal inquiry found violations of news standards, parent company WarnerMedia said. Gollust’s resignation Tuesday followed the conclusion of an investigation concerning ex-anchor Chris Cuomo...
U.S. approves new headlights that won’t blind oncoming drivers
DETROIT — Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this. U.S. highway safety regulators are about to allow new high-tech headlights that can automatically tailor beams so they focus on dark areas of the road and don’t create...
Popular, productive ‘Mr. National’ Ryan Zimmerman retiresVideo
Known to many as Mr. National, Ryan Zimmerman was there for it all with the baseball club in D.C. The first draft pick in Washington Nationals history, and the public face of the franchise, he lived through 100-loss seasons, playoff heartache and, finally, a World Series championship. And now, at...
Lundy leads Penn State past No. 19 Michigan State 62-58Video
STATE COLLEGE — Seth Lundy hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1 minute, 37 seconds remaining and finished with 17 points as Penn State beat No. 19 Michigan State, 62-58, on Tuesday night. John Harrar had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and Jalen Pickett added 10 points for the Nittany Lions...
Slowed by hamstring, James Harden to make 76ers debut Feb 25Video
CAMDEN, N.J. — James Harden has an MVP and several scoring titles on his mantle — and now he’s ready to add a championship trophy. Harden was introduced by the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday after last week’s blockbuster trade that sent disgruntled guard Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets. Asked...
Brad Keselowski trying to honor late dad at Daytona 500Video
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski climbed out of his battered race car at the end of last year’s Daytona 500, yanked off one glove and threw it at the smoking heap of steel and sheet metal. He did the same with the other glove before pulling off his helmet,...
No bats, no balls, no fans: Pitchers, catchers don’t reportVideo
Max Scherzer won’t be starting spring training workouts Wednesday in the warmth of New York Mets camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Marcus Stroman won’t be shaking off rust amid the cactus at the Chicago Cubs complex in Mesa, Ariz. No crack of bats or thwacks of balls popping into...
Disney World: No more masks indoors for vaccinated visitors
ORLANDO, Fla. — Starting this week, the masks are coming off for vaccinated visitors to Walt Disney World in Florida. The theme park resort announced Tuesday that face coverings will be optional for fully-vaccinated visitors in all indoor and outdoor locations, with one exception. Face masks still will be needed...
Abortion ban after 15 weeks passed by West Virginia House
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Republican-dominated West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortion after 15 weeks, a piece of legislation almost identical to the Mississippi law currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court’s ruling in the Mississippi abortion case could lead...
P.J. O’Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74
NEW YORK — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74. O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin....
Sen. Doug Mastriano, seeking GOP governor nomination, issued Jan. 6 subpoenaVideo
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state senator who was in regular communication with Donald Trump as the then-president sought to reverse his 2020 election loss, and was outside the U.S. Capitol the afternoon of the Jan. 6 rioting, was subpoenaed Tuesday by the congressional committee looking into the insurrection. Sen. Doug...
New York girl missing since 2019 found hidden under staircase
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — A young girl reported missing in 2019 was found hidden under a staircase by officers searching a home in New York’s Hudson Valley, police said Tuesday. The child was found in good health Monday night in a Saugerties home about 130 miles east of Cayuga Heights, where...
Massachusetts preschool closes, apologizes after blackface activityVideo
NEWTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts Montessori preschool has shut down and apologized after a classroom full of toddlers painted black faces on paper plates and held them up to their own faces as a celebration of Black History Month. ICKids in Newton in a statement posted on Facebook and on...
Texas Longhorns are No. 1 as college baseball season begins
When he was coach at Texas, Augie Garrido often would say the minimum expectation for the Longhorns was to reach the College World Series every year. And he was only half-joking. Those expectations extend well beyond the program’s passionate fan base this year. With almost all the pieces back from...
U.S. women’s figure skaters struggle at Olympic short programVideo
BEIJING — Three U.S. women advanced to the free skate but struggled to break into medal contention in an event that has been overshadowed by the latest Russian doping scandal. The dominant Russians had three of the top four spots, and Alysa Liu was the only American breaking into the...
U.S. to face Slovakia in Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinalsVideo
BEIJING — Miroslav and Michaela Knies will have big smiles on their faces when their son Matt plays for the United States against Slovakia at the Olympics. The quarterfinal matchup Wednesday is also special for Matt Knies, a University of Minnesota forward who has strong ties to his parents’ birth...
Crashed plane carried 4 teens who’d been on hunting trip in North CarolinaVideo
Four teenagers and four adults returning from a hunting trip were on board a small plane that crashed off the coast of North Carolina over the weekend, authorities announced Tuesday. One body has been pulled from the Atlantic Ocean by search crews combing the area and there is no indication...
Doug Ferguson: The good noise and the bad noise on the PGA TourVideo
LOS ANGELES — Four days in the Arizona desert, particularly the weekend of the Phoenix Open, provided a clear reminder of what the PGA Tour has needed. A sport best performed in silence is most entertaining when there is noise, as long as it’s the right kind of noise. For...
Kremlin critic Navalny faces new trial, this time in prison
MOSCOW — A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny opened Tuesday at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term, a further step in a yearlong, multi-pronged crackdown on Russia’s most ardent Kremlin critic, his allies and other dissenting voices. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s longtime foe,...
Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times
NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. A judge had already declared that if the...
