Associated Press stories, Page 1407
Super Bowl has 101 million TV viewers, up from 2021
NEW YORK — An estimated 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl over the Cincinnati Bengals on NBC and Telemundo, up from 2021 and capping a stirring playoff schedule for the NFL. Last year’s game had a television audience of 95.2 million, the lowest since...
Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set
LOS ANGELES — The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers for wrongful death, their attorneys said Tuesday. Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name...
Mexico scientist pleads guilty to spying for Russia in Miami
MIAMI — A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of being co-opted by Russian agents into surveilling a U.S. government informant residing in Miami. Hector Cabrera Fuentes was arrested in 2020 at Miami International Airport as...
Prince Andrew to settle sex abuse case, donate to charity
NEW YORK — Britain’s Prince Andrew has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who said she was sexually trafficked to the British royal by the financier Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17. The deal described in a court filing Tuesday in New York avoids a trial that...
Lawyers: Sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew settled
NEW YORK — Britain’s Prince Andrew has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who said she was sexually trafficked to the British royal by the financier Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17. The deal described in a court filing Tuesday in New York avoids a trial that...
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker RemingtonVideo
HARTFORD, Conn. — The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, their attorney said Tuesday. The case was watched...
Kamila Valieva skates into 1st place after Olympic short program
BEIJING — Kamila Valieva skated off the Olympic ice with the lead in the women’s short program and tears in her eyes. They were not tears of joy. The enormous pressure and scrutiny on the 15-year-old Russian dynamo, who is at the center of the latest Olympic doping scandal, appeared...
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes to host Oscars
LOS ANGELES — After three years without a host, the Oscars are making up for lost time with three hosts for this year’s awards: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes are set to host the 94th Academy Awards, producer Will Packer said Tuesday. Reports say that each actor will...
Man accused of lifting $25K dinosaur claw at Tucson gem show
TUCSON, Ariz. — A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a fossilized dinosaur claw valued at $25,000 from a vendor in Tucson last month and then trying to resell it, according to authorities. The claw was stolen Jan. 30 from a vendor at the city’s annual Gem and Mineral...
Stocks gain ground, oil prices fall as Ukraine tensions ease
NEW YORK — Technology companies led a rebound for stocks Tuesday on Wall Street as investors welcomed signs that tensions might ease over the Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border. The S&P 500 rose 1.6%. The gain snapped a three-day losing streak and nearly made up for all of its...
Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic could skip French Open, Wimbledon
LONDON — If forced to choose, Novak Djokovic said he would skip the French Open and Wimbledon, foregoing the chance to overtake Rafael Nadal’s record haul of 21 Grand Slams titles, rather than get vaccinated against covid-19. And the No. 1-ranked tennis player is also still smarting about being deported...
U.S. faces Canada again in women’s hockey for Olympic gold
BEIJING — American assistant captain Hilary Knight calls it “a beautiful rivalry.” Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin sums it up as “very fun.” Don’t be fooled by the pleasantries. One of international sports’ fiercest and longest-running grudge matches will play out for the second time at the Beijing Olympics, with the...
Erie area man identified as person fatally shot by N.Y. trooper
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York state police have identified the man who was fatally shot by a trooper in Buffalo as 38-year-old James Huber of North East, Pa., an Erie suburb. The shooting of Huber by Trooper Anthony Nigro on Saturday is under investigation by the state’s attorney general, Letitia...
Louisville council candidate accused of trying to kill would-be mayor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A candidate for Louisville’s metro council stands charged with attempted murder, accused of opening fire on a mayoral candidate whose shirt was grazed by a bullet in his campaign headquarters, police said Tuesday. Quintez Brown, 21, also faces four counts of wanton endangerment, Louisville police spokesman Aaron...
Biden: U.S. has not verified claim of Russia troop withdrawalVideo
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West as his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine. But U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia’s claim and that an invasion was still a distinct...
West Virginina men surrender lead, lose to Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Markquis Nowell scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, Mark Smith notched his seventh double-double and Kansas State rallied to beat West Virginia, 78-73, on Monday night. Nowell sank 7 of 11 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and...
Plane with 8 aboard crashes off North Carolina; 1 body found
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — A small plane carrying eight people crashed into the ocean off North Carolina’s Outer Banks and left behind multiple debris fields where crews searched for the missing passengers, the Coast Guard said. One body has so far been recovered and identified, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck...
Eichel to make debut for Golden Knights on WednesdayVideo
LAS VEGAS — Jack Eichel will make his debut with the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, playing for the first time since being acquired from Buffalo and since he became the first NHL player to undergo artificial disk replacement surgery on his neck in November. “I’m sure there will be...
Former colleague: Ex-Angels employee saw Tyler Skaggs do drugs
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing the opioids that contributed to Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death told a colleague he watched the Angels pitcher do drugs the night before he was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room, according to testimony Monday. Eric...
West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 yearsVideo
The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 — about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest...
Season of change: NASCAR’s Next Gen car arrives for 2022Video
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson balanced a car seat on a suitcase while the thick strap from another bag pulled tight around his neck. Both his kids were spinning on the metal stanchions outside LAX, and Larson couldn’t find the bus to the rental cars. “Just what a champion...
Popcorn toss key in trial of 2014 Florida theater shooting
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The role of a tossed bag of movie popcorn played a central part Monday as a trial opened for a retired Florida police captain who fatally shot a man in a theater eight years ago. The question isn’t whether Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson...
Snowboarders say judging an issue at Olympic big air, too
BEIJING — Red Gerard, the happy-go-lucky American snowboarder who famously overslept the morning he won gold in Pyeongchang, never thought he’d be the one slamming the scoring at an Olympic competition. “I never cared about any of this, and all of a sudden, I find myself caring,” the 21-year-old said....
Mazars accounting firm: Trump financial statements aren’t reliable
NEW YORK — The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York’s attorney general said they regularly misstated the value of assets....
Analysis: Built to win now, Rams deliver a Super Bowl titleVideo
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Built to win now, the Los Angeles Rams delivered a shiny, new trophy for Tinseltown. Pressure? What pressure? Matthew Stafford tossed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp with 1 minute, 25 seconds remaining and the Rams rallied to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, to win the...
