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Democrats eye Supreme Court pick to revive 2022 prospects
Democrats stung by a series of election year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters hope they’ll be buoyed by the prospect that President Joe Biden will name the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer’s pending retirement, confirmed by numerous sources...
Former Pitt guard Xavier Johnson leads Indiana past Penn StateVideo
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Pitt point guard Xavier Johnson had 19 points, Race Thompson added 18 and Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 13 of his 15 in the first half to help Indiana cruise to a 74-57 win over Penn State on Wednesday night. Johnson shot 7 of 12 from the field...
Setback to Oklahoma puts West Virginia’s losing streak at 4 gamesVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tanner Groves scored 21 points, brother Jacob Groves added 12 and Oklahoma rolled to a 72-62 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Oklahoma (13-7, 3-5 Big 12) ended a four-game skid while West Virginia (13-6, 2-5) stretched its losing streak to four. It was Jacob Groves’...
Magistrate orders Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes jailed until trial
PLANO, Texas — The founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group must remain behind bars until he goes on trial on sedition charges arising from last year’s assault on the U.S. Capitol, a federal magistrate ruled Wednesday. Stewart Rhodes had been jailed sincehis Jan. 13 arrest on...
Spot in Australian Open semifinals gives Rafael Nadal shot at historyVideo
Even before he hit his first ball at this year’s Australian Open, Rafael Nadal knew he had an open door to set the men’s record for most career Grand Slam singles titles. So far he hasn’t let it close. Nadal plays Matteo Berrettini in one semifinal Friday at Melbourne Park,...
Former Pitt lineman Brian O’Neill among Pro Bowl injury replacementsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Harold Landry and Minnesota Vikings right tackle Brian O’Neill were selected as injury replacements for the Pro Bowl. The Titans and Vikings made the announcements Wednesday. Landry is replacing Joey Bosa (Los Angeles Chargers), and O’Neill is replacing Tristan Wirfs (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)....
Amy Schneider’s 40-game ‘Jeopardy!’ winning streak ends with loss to librarianVideo
LOS ANGELES — One word made all the difference Wednesday on “Jeopardy!” Champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak on the quiz show is over, snapped by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money. Schneider’s success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who’s...
California lab hits milestone on long road to fusion power
With 192 lasers and temperatures more than three times hotter than the center of the sun, scientists hit — at least for a fraction of a second — a key milestone on the long road toward nearly pollution-free fusion energy. Researchers at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore...
Stocks fall, yields rise after Fed signals rate hike ‘soon’
An early rally on Wall Street gave way to a broad slide for stocks and a surge in bond yields Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled it plans to begin raising interest rates “soon” to fight a spike in inflation that the central bank says is probably getting worse. The...
Hospital patient without covid vaccine denied heart transplant
MENDON, Mass. — A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man’s family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against covid-19, saying most transplant programs around the country set similar requirements to improve patients’ chances of survival. The family of D.J. Ferguson said in...
Louisville parts ways with men’s basketball coach Chris MackVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Chris Mack is out as Louisville men’s basketball coach after he and the school agreed to part ways. Assistant Mike Pegues has been named interim coach for the remainder of the Cardinals’ season. The agreement was announced Wednesday following a special joint meeting of the school’s Board...
Gun rights group sues California city over liability law
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A gun rights group and a gun owner have filed a lawsuit against a California city for a newly passed ordinance requiring citizens to obtain firearm liability insurance and pay an annual fee. The National Association for Gun Rights and gun owner Mark Sikes sued San...
Spotify says it will grant Neil Young’s request to remove music
NEW YORK — Neil Young’s music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star’s protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading covid misinformation. Spotify, in a statement on Wednesday, said that it regretted Young’s decision, “but...
QAnon follower who attacked police at Capitol on Jan. 6 gets prison
A man who identified himself as a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory was sentenced on Wednesday to three years and eight months in prison for assaulting police officers at the Capitol during last year’s riot. Nicholas Languerand called himself a patriot, but the judge who sentenced him said the...
Meet Methuselah, the oldest living aquarium fish
SAN FRANCISCO — Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In the Bible, Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather and was said to have lived to be 969 years old. Methuselah the fish...
Democrats walk out of hearing with Florida’s surgeon generalVideo
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo moved closer to Senate confirmation Wednesday after a tense hearing where Democrats accused the state’s top doctor of evading questions on his coronavirus policies and stormed out before casting their votes. Ladapo, appointed in September by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has drawn...
Pro-ivermectin Kansas doctor-lawmaker under investigation
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas doctor-lawmaker who has prescribed a parasitic worm treatment for covid-19 symptoms acknowledged Wednesday that the state medical board has been investigating him since the summer of 2020. Conservative Republican state Sen. Mark Steffen disclosed the Kansas Board of Health Arts’ investigation of him during a...
Feds accuse Texas man of selling gun used to take synagogue hostages
DALLAS — A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month before being fatally shot by the FBI, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Henry “Michael” Williams, 32,...
Covid-19 hospitalizations set record in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia set a pandemic record Wednesday for the number of residents hospitalized for the coronavirus. Covid-19 daily hospitalizations hit 1,043, breaking the mark of 1,012 set on Sept. 24, according to state health figures. The number of virus patients in the hospital has increased 52% over...
Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. The council directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles, change zoning laws to make drilling illegal and study...
Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first Supreme Court pick. Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice...
Traded cryptocurrency in 2021? Here’s how to approach taxes
Professionals have a major piece of advice for those who traded cryptocurrency for the first time last year: Take your tax prep seriously. The IRS has been zooming in on cryptocurrency reporting with increasing interest in recent years. And the last thing you want is to lose money and time...
Picasso heirs launch digital art piece to ride ‘crypto’ wave
GENEVA — Pablo, meet Crypto. Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into 21st-century commerce by selling 1,010 digital art pieces of one of his ceramic works that has never before been seen publicly — riding a fad for “crypto” assets that have taken the art...
Explainer: Who are the kids trapped in Syria prison attack?
BEIRUT — A distressing series of voice notes sent by an injured Australian teenager from a prison in northeast Syria underscores the plight of thousands of forgotten children who remain trapped in overcrowded detention facilities in Syria and Iraq. Hundreds of minors are believed to be holed up in Gweiran...
AP source: Vikings hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as GM
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings have hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their general manager, according to a person with knowledge of the process, taking an innovative turn by bringing in an analytics expert from Cleveland’s front office who once worked on Wall Street. The person spoke to The Associated Press on...
