Associated Press stories, Page 1478
Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A bus carrying people home to North Macedonia from a tourist trip to Istanbul crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. Seven people were taken to hospitals for treatment. The accident happened around 2 a.m. North Macedonia’s chief...
Waukesha parade crash suspect’s bail raises questions
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The suspect in a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee that killed five people was free on $1,000 bail posted just two days before the deadly event, a fact that is leading to a review of what happened and renewed calls for giving judges more power to...
Ginkgo grew with dinosaurs, and is still worth growing
There are some trees whose showiness does not end once they’ve lost their leaves in autumn. Some trees have an attractive bony framework that is then revealed. Ginkgo tree, for instance. Leafless, a ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) tree, soft and green in summer, appears as if each main limb knows where...
U.S. to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the nation’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India and the United Kingdom. The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also...
This date in sports history: Nov. 23
1947 — Sammy Baugh throws six touchdown passes as the Washington Redskins beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 45-21. 1958 — Bobby Mitchell of the Cleveland Browns returns a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in a 28-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. 1968 — Houston scores 49 points in the...
Tom Brady tosses 2 TD passes, Bucs pull away from Giants
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants, 30-10, on Monday night. The Super Bowl champion Buccaneers (7-3) snapped a two-game losing streak as Brady avoided dropping three in a row for the first time since...
Citadel coach Duggar Baucom collapses at Duke, taken to hospital
DURHAM, N.C. — The Citadel coach Duggar Baucom was taken to a hospital after collapsing barely a minute into a game Monday night against No. 5 Duke. Baucom was helped off the floor by medical personnel and taken to Duke University Hospital, according to The Citadel, which played Pitt earlier...
Penn State ties program record with 15 3-pointers in win over CornellVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Seth Lundy scored 23 points, Sam Sessoms added 22 points and the duo combined to make 11 3-pointers to help Penn State beat Cornell, 85-74, on Monday night. Penn State tied a program record with 15 3-pointers, previously set against Purdue in 2000-01 and Hartford in 2008-09....
Analysis: Another late rally by Ravens, this time with backup QBVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — No matter who is at quarterback, the Baltimore Ravens are a tough team to put away in close games. This time it was Tyler Huntley, forced into action because Lamar Jackson was ill, who led Baltimore to a touchdown in the final minute Sunday for a...
David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez among newcomers to Hall of Fame ballotVideo
NEW YORK — David Ortiz, Ryan Howard, Tim Lincecum and Alex Rodriguez are among 13 first-time candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joining 17 holdovers. Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens make their 10th and final appearance on the BBWAA ballot...
Florida school massacre families settle lawsuit against FBI
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The families of most of those killed and wounded in the 2018 Florida high school massacre announced Monday have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the federal government over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack....
House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Alex Jones, Roger Stone among others
WASHINGTON — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as lawmakers deepened their probe of the rallies that preceded the deadly attack. The subpoenas include demands for documents...
Olympic Committee call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai raises more questionsVideo
A video call between the head of the International Olympic Committee and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose nearly three-week disappearance from public view sparked an outcry, was meant to reassure the world that she was safe — but instead has raised more questions. Concern grew in the past week...
Browns QB Baker Mayfield blames frustration, not boos for postgame conductVideo
CLEVELAND — Every bad throw, every body ache and every chance Baker Mayfield missed to put away the Lions pained him. The boos directed at Cleveland’s quarterback — from some hard-to-please fans at home — didn’t help. So when the final seconds ticked off in a 13-10 win that felt...
Duquesne snaps 4-game losing streak, defeats BradleyVideo
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Leon Ayers III scored 23 points as Duquesne beat Bradley, 78-70, on Monday. Tre Williams had 15 points and three blocks for Duquesne (2-4), which broke its four-game losing streak. Amir Spears added 14 points and Jackie Johnson III had 12 points. Terry Roberts had...
2 Fox News contributors quit, citing ‘irresponsible’ voicesVideo
NEW YORK — Two writers who have been paid contributors to Fox News Channel have resigned, citing Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge” documentary on last January’s U.S. Capitol insurrection as a last straw for them. Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, who put out a Substack newsletter on conservative news called The...
Probe finds ‘overwhelming evidence’ of misconduct by Andrew Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. — A legislative investigation released Monday found “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed women and that he ordered state workers to help produce his book on pandemic leadership during work hours. The report also found that Cuomo’s staff “substantially revised” a state health department report...
Gonzaga, UCLA hold down top spots in AP basketball poll ahead of showdownVideo
Gonzaga and UCLA continued their hold on the top two spots in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll Monday, setting the stage for their highly anticipated showdown this week, while Purdue and Duke barged their way into the top five. The Bulldogs (4-0) had an easy week with...
Analysis: Bengals halt skid with confidence-building win over RaidersVideo
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals lost the first game after the bye week in each of the past five seasons. That provided a little extra motivation for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. The Bengals (6-4) did enough things right and wore down the slumping Raiders (5-5) in the...
Hedge fund Alden in hunt for another big newspaper chain
Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs, has offered to buy the local newspaper chain Lee Enterprises for about $141 million. In a news release Monday, Alden said it sent Lee’s board a letter with the...
3 teens arrested in shooting at suburban Denver high school
AURORA, Colo. — Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper reported Monday. A television station quoted the city’s police chief as saying that gang involvement was suspected....
How covid shots for kids help prevent dangerous new variants
Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against covid-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. “Love thy neighbor is something that we really do believe, and we want to be good community members...
A late afternoon slump leaves major indexes mostly lower
A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with stocks mostly lower Monday, as a late-afternoon burst of selling derailed the market from another all-time high. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% after having been up as much as 1% earlier in the day and on pace to eclipse the...
Police: Wisconsin parade-crash suspect was in a domestic disturbance
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes earlier, Waukesha’s police chief said Monday. Police Chief Dan Thompson said that there...
Official: More than 90% of fed workers got shots by deadline
WASHINGTON — More than 90% of federal workers received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President Joe Biden. Biden announced in September that more than 3.5 million federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no with option to get regularly tested instead,...
