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Stocks close lower as Wall Street watches Ukraine tensions
Stocks on Wall Street shed early gains and closed broadly lower Monday as the United States moved to close its embassy in Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the thousands of Russian troops that have been amassing on the border. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% after having been down as much...
Police: Louisville mayoral candidate unharmed in shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Democratic mayoral candidate in Kentucky’s largest city said he is “shaken but safe” after a man stormed his campaign headquarters Monday morning and fired a weapon point-blank at him. Craig Greenberg, who is running for mayor of Louisville, said he was at his campaign office with...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger endorses overlapping election investigators
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators, a plan that will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit. Raffensperger made the announcement Monday as he also called on Georgia leaders to do more...
Judge tosses George Zimmerman’s lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s parents
ORLANDO, Fla. — A judge in Florida has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had filed against the parents of Trayvon Martin, the teen he fatally shot almost a decade ago in a case that drew international attention about race and gun violence. Judge...
Judge dismisses Palin libel lawsuit against New York Times
NEW YORK — A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff made the ruling...
Ex-lawmaker Margo Davidson fined over campaign law violations
HARRISBURG — A former Democratic state lawmaker who pleaded guilty to theft and campaign finance violations in December was fined $150 on Monday by a county judge in Harrisburg. Margo Davidson, who had represented a Delaware County district in the state House before she resigned after being charged last year,...
Official: Justin Trudeau to use emergency powers across CanadaVideo
OTTAWA, Ontario — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers across all of Canada to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s covid-19 restrictions, a senior government official said Monday. The prime minister met virtually with...
Sliver of hope: Kremlin sees a diplomatic path on Ukraine
MOSCOW — The Kremlin signaled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbor within days as the U.S. and European allies increasingly fear. Questions remain about Russian President...
Gonzaga back at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Wyoming enters poll
Gonzaga keeps finding its way back to the top of the The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The Zags reclaimed the No. 1 ranking Monday for a third stint this season atop the AP Top 25, moving up one spot to swap places with Auburn after the Tigers fell...
Investigated Colorado clerk wants to run state’s elections
A Colorado official who repeats former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential contest and is under investigation for alleged election security breaches announced Monday she is running to be her state’s top elections officer. Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, whom a judge suspended from overseeing last year’s election...
Iowa State hits women’s AP Top 25 milestone; South Carolina No. 1
Iowa State has reached its best ranking in 20 years in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll while South Carolina remained the unanimous choice at No. 1. Iowa State (21-3) moved up three spots to sixth on Monday — its highest mark since the 2002 season — and has a...
Oh baby! Rams’ Jefferson wins Super Bowl, welcomes a son
LOS ANGELES — Van Jefferson won the Super Bowl on Sunday, and it wasn’t even the best part of his weekend. The Rams receiver welcomed a newborn son hours after Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. Jefferson’s wife, Samaria, attended the Super Bowl, but left on a stretcher during...
Ohio mayor quits after saying ice shanties may bring prostitution
HUDSON, Ohio — The mayor who suggested that allowing ice fishing shanties on a lake could lead to prostitution resigned Monday after days of being mocked and drawing national attention to the city. Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert said in his resignation letter that his comments at a City Council meeting...
Corruption trial opens for ex-Goldman banker in 1MDB scandal
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors told a jury Monday that a former Goldman Sachs executive pocketed $35 million in “secret kickbacks” in the multibillion-dollar ransacking of a Malaysian state investment fund, accusing the banker of playing a “crucial” role in the massive money laundering and bribery scheme. Roger Ng also...
Tripwire for real war? Cyber’s fuzzy rules of engagement
BOSTON — President Joe Biden couldn’t have been more blunt about the risks of cyberattacks spinning out of control. “If we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence,” he told...
Dr. Deborah Birx, covid adviser under Trump, has a book deal
NEW YORK — Dr. Deborah Birx has a memoir coming out this spring that will focus on her contentious time as White House coronavirus task force coordinator in the administration of President Donald Trump. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Monday that Birx’s “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of...
Cooper Kupp caps triple crown season with Super Bowl MVP
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — When Cooper Kupp walked off the Super Bowl field three years ago with an injured knee that didn’t allow him to play, he said he had a vision of coming back and winning the MVP. “It was as clear as day,” Kupp said. “I turned around before...
Explainer: Competing for ‘another’ country is nothing new
BEIJING — U.S.-born athletes have taken center stage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality-switching. Eileen Gu, the prodigious — and, depending on who you ask, prodigal — freestyle skier who chose to compete for her mother’s native China over...
Spiked Champagne in Bavarian bar leaves 1 dead, 8 sick
BERLIN — One man died and eight other people were hospitalized in serious condition after unknowingly drinking Champagne spiked with Ecstasy at a bar in Bavaria, German prosecutors said Monday. The man who died was 52, and the others were between 33 and 52, police told the German news agency...
Prince Charles’ wife Camilla tests positive for covid
LONDON — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for covid-19 four days after her husband, Prince Charles, was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the couple’s office said Monday. Clarence House said Camilla was self-isolating. Charles has been isolating since he tested positive on Thursday, but Camilla had...
Woman killed by man who followed her into NYC apartment
NEW YORK — A woman was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan apartment by a man who followed her from the street into her building, authorities said. Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was found fatally wounded in her bathtub at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The suspected killer was...
Trevor Noah to headline White House correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON — Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will be the featured entertainer for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 30. It will be the first time the event, usually held annually, will take place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. “Trevor...
Democrats eye key governors’ races as backstop against GOP
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers was in a familiar spot earlier this month when Republican legislators sent him a bill that would have banned anti-racist teachings in schools. For the 66th time since taking office in 2019, he pulled out his veto pen. The rejection was the latest reminder of the...
What to know about Super Bowl 56, from Cooper Kupp to Eminem
From a thrilling late touchdown drive that gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals, to Eminem taking a knee and Meadow Soprano driving an electric Chevy, here’s what happened Sunday at Super Bowl 56. HERE’S WHY THE RAMS WON THE SUPER BOWL: Down 20-16, the Rams went on...
Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75
Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died. He was 75. Reitman died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. “Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband,...
