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SPLC report: Hate groups in decline as views hit mainstream
The number of white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist groups across the U.S. fell for a third straight year in 2021, even as some groups were reinvigorated by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol last year and by the ongoing culture wars over the pandemic and school curriculums....
Analysis: NFL’s monitoring of betting must never fall short
The NFL spends multimillion dollars protecting the integrity of the game as it relates to gambling. Those expenditures paid off in the Calvin Ridley case. The Atlanta Falcons receiver has been suspended for at least a season by Commissioner Roger Goodell for betting on NFL games. While the league has...
Badgers’ Johnny Davis, Greg Gard take AP Big Ten top honors
Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Badgers’ Greg Gard is coach of the year. Davis won top honors over Iowa’s Keegan Murray on Tuesday, and both were unanimous picks for spots on the AP All-Big Ten team along...
Texas loses appeal over investigation of trans teen’s family
A Texas court on Wednesday tossed out the state’s appeal of an order preventing child welfare officials from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirming care the youth received. The Texas Court of Appeals dismissed Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal of the temporary order a judge issued...
Colorado elections clerk indicted in voting system breach
DENVER — A grand jury in Colorado has indicted a county election clerk who sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election, alleging she was part of a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology that is used across the country. Tina Peters, a Republican elected in 2018 to oversee elections...
Caps’ Ovechkin ties Jagr for 3rd on NHL career goals list
CALGARY, Alberta — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and moved into a tie for third place on the NHL’s career goals list, and Nic Dowd scored the go-ahead goal as the Washington Capitals rallied in the third period to beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday night. Ovechkin’s second goal, into...
U.S. man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn’t give an exact cause of death, saying only...
U.S. job openings near record, adding to price pressures
WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses posted a near-record level of open jobs in January, a trend that has pushed up worker’s pay and added to inflationary pressures in the U.S. Employers posted 11.3 million jobs at the end of January, down slightly from a record of 11.4 million in December, the...
Cowboys for Trump co-founder won’t seek reelection
SANTA FE, N.M. — Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin said Tuesday that he won’t run for reelection to southern New Mexico’s Otero County commission or seek other public office in the 2022 election cycle. As a crucial registration deadline passed, Griffin said he has lost faith in the political...
Stocks jump, oil dips in Wall Street’s latest dizzying swing
NEW YORK — Stocks are heading back up, and oil prices are easing Wednesday in the latest dizzying swings to hit Wall Street amid uncertainty about the war in Ukraine. The S&P 500 was 2% higher in early trading, following a four-day losing streak that had pulled it 13% below...
Prosecutor: Men planned to ‘hog-tie’ Michigan Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that the four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 recruited a militia and planned to break into the Democrat’s home, tie her up and take her away. The men also planned to blow up a...
4 dead when SUV hits freight train in suburban Chicago
HARVEY, Ill. — Four people died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit a moving freight train at a crossing and caught fire, an official said. The Dodge Durango struck the CSX train about 2 a.m. at a crossing on the east side of Harvey, a...
White House: Venezuela has freed 2 detained Americans
WASHINGTON — The Venezuelan government has freed two jailed Americans, including an oil executive imprisoned alongside colleagues for more than four years, as it seeks to improve relations with the Biden administration amid Russia’s war with Ukraine, the White House announced Tuesday night. Gustavo Cardenas was released following a secret...
BMW recalls vehicles for 3rd time due to engine fire risk
DETROIT — BMW is recalling more than 917,000 older cars and SUVs in the U.S. — most for a third time — to fix a problem that can cause engine compartment fires. The recall covers many 3 Series, 5 Series, 1 Series, X5, X3, and Z4 vehicles from the 2006...
VP Harris heads to Poland amid turbulence over jets for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Warsaw to thank Poland for taking in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion took an unexpected turn before she even left Washington. She’ll be parachuting into the middle of unexpected diplomatic turbulence over fighter jets. The Polish government on Tuesday...
Antarctic explorer Shackleton’s ship found after a century
LONDON — Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust says the vessel lies 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) below the surface of the Weddell Sea, about...
Philippines to proceed with deal to buy Russian helicopters
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government will proceed with a deal to purchase 17 military transport helicopters from Russia that was signed and partially paid for before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defense chief said Wednesday. The $249 million contract to acquire Mi-17 helicopters was signed in November and...
Israel’s president travels to Turkey as countries heal rift
ANKARA, Turkey — Israeli President Isaac Herzog travels to Turkey on Wednesday, becoming the first leader from Israel to visit in 14 years as the two countries move to turn a new page in their troubled relationship. Herzog is scheduled to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in...
Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people. The ground shook...
Wright State rallies past Northern Kentucky to win Horizon TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Calvin made a jumper from just inside the free-throw line with 10.5 seconds left to complete a late comeback from 16 points down to earn Wright State a 72-71 win over Northern Kentucky on Tuesday night to claim both the Horizon League championship and an automatic berth...
Delaware wins CAA tourney, gets first NCAA berth since 2014Video
WASHINGTON — Jyare Davis scored 18 points, Andrew Carr had 17 points and 12 rebounds for his second career double-double and fifth-seeded Delaware beat No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington, 59-55, on Tuesday night to claim the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship. Delaware (22-12) won its sixth conference tournament title, along...
McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi join exodus out of Russia
DETROIT — McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric — ubiquitous global brands and symbols of U.S. corporate might — all announced Tuesday they were temporarily suspending their business in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “Our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding...
Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun tourney, giving NCAA bid to Jacksonville StateVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville, 77-72, in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State. The Knights, in the second of a...
Hawaii to lift last U.S. state mask mandate by March 26
HONOLULU — The last statewide mask mandate in the U.S. will be lifted by March 26, Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday. No states will require masks indoors after 11:59 p.m. March 25. Hawaii is the last to drop the pandemic safety measure, with Oregon’s and Washington state’s indoor mask...
Ukraine war highlights internal divides in Mideast nations
BAGHDAD — In a neighborhood of Iraq’s capital, a gigantic poster of Vladimir Putin with the words, “We support Russia,” was up for few hours before a security force arrived and hurriedly took it down. Then came the security directive: All public displays of Putin’s pictures shall be banned. In...
