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Hurricane Ida devastation lingers in Louisiana 1 month later
IRONTON, La. — The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvant’s home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and snake-infested marsh grass. Nearby houses are disconnected from their foundations, a refrigerator is lodged sideways in a tree, and dozens of...
NCAA to start using ‘March Madness’ for women’s tournament
The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will start using “March Madness” in marketing and branding beginning this season. Using the phrase, which has been associated with the men’s tournament for years, was one of the recommendations stemming from an external review of gender equity issues of the tournaments. The report released...
For CFP to expand by 2024, plans need approval in 4 months
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The college sports leaders who run the College Football Playoff have about four months to come to an agreement on a new format if expansion is to be implemented for the 2024 season. If they can’t get it done by then, any change to the way major...
U.S. says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct
BILLINGS, Mont. — Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government is declaring them extinct. It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they’ve...
U.K. officer accused of citing covid to detain slaying victim
LONDON — A prosecutor argued Wednesday that a serving London police officer handcuffed a woman on the pretext of breaking covid-19 lockdown rules before he kidnapped and killed her. Wayne Couzens, 48, appeared at London’s Central Criminal Court charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, who...
6 arrested at Greek school protest backed by far-right group
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Police in northern Greece have arrested six people and detained at least 40 others following clashes involving youths backed by an extreme right-wing political group. The youths entered a vocational high school and hurled gasoline bombs, flares and rocks at a rival gathering organized by left-wing university...
Gang clash at Ecuador prison kills 30 inmates and injures 47
QUITO, Ecuador — A battle between prison gangs in the coastal city of Guayaquil killed 30 inmates and injured 47, according to Ecuadorian officials. Police Commander Fabian Bustos told reporters that a police and military operation had regained control of the prison after five hours. He said several weapons had...
Capitol Police chief sees rising threats
WASHINGTON — The newly installed chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says the force, still struggling six months after an insurrection that left its officers battled, bloodied and bruised, “cannot afford to be complacent.” The risk to lawmakers is higher than ever. And the threat from lone-wolf attackers is only...
Boxing great Manny Pacquiao announces retirement
MANILA, Philippines — Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is officially hanging up his gloves. The eight-division world champion and Philippines senator on Wednesday announced his retirement from the ring. “As I hang up my boxing gloves, I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people for supporting Manny...
Alabama Gov. Ivey defends use of coronavirus funds for prisons
MONTGOMERY — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her state’s plan to use pandemic relief funds to build new prisons —saying the $400 million expenditure is both allowed and needed — while a legislative committee swiftly advanced the construction plan. Ivey issued a response to U.S. House Judiciary Committee...
Bengals’ Joe Burrow, Jaguars’ Urban Meyer set to meet again, this time in the NFLVideo
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow didn’t play much in three years under Urban Meyer at Ohio State. But there is still much mutual respect and admiration, so much so that Meyer, as a rookie NFL coach, went to Burrow for advice last spring about how to handle his new quarterback, top...
No. 7 Cincinnati gets back to work for No. 9 Notre Dame
CINCINNATI — Luke Fickell understands that idle weeks can come in handy during a grueling college football season. He’s just not sure that the week off enjoyed by his Cincinnati players came at the best time. The No. 7 Bearcats were off last week after improving to 3-0 by coming...
Doug Ferguson: Uncertain future for Europe’s Ryder Cup teamVideo
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Ian Poulter is never short on emotion in the Ryder Cup, usually with his eyes as big as golf balls. This was different. He crouched with his head bowed for the longest time on the side of the 16th green at Whistling Straits after winning a match...
Pfizer vaccine for children may not be available until November
WASHINGTON — Pfizer has submitted research to the Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its covid-19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November. The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5...
Struggles and surprises so far among Big 12 quarterbacksVideo
There have been boos in Oklahoma and frustration in Iowa. And down in Texas, a gigantic new scoreboard is lighting up like an old pinball machine. Much of the quarterback play in the Big 12 so far this season is not what anyone expected. The league’s best are struggling, while...
Washington state man who sexually exploited teens sentenced to 20 years
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. — A southwest Washington man who pleaded guilty in a scheme in which he enticed and pressured teens into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Joshua Punt, of Ridgefield, pleaded guilty in April in U.S. District Court in...
Mask opt-out bill for students clears Pennsylvania Senate committee
A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers started making good on their pledge to counter the governor’s statewide mask mandate. The legislation would hand the ultimate decision on masking...
Several Big Ten coaches searching for answers at quarterbackVideo
Illinois coach Bret Bielema needed one word to answer whether he considered changing quarterbacks last weekend. No. The most oft-repeated question in football has made a resounding resurgence around the Big Ten after another weekend filled with less than stellar quarterback play. “We will internally name a starting quarterback Tuesday...
Spike in bond yields spooks investors, deflates tech stocks
Technology companies led a broad slide in stocks Tuesday on Wall Street, deepening the market’s September swoon. The S&P 500 fell 2%, its worst drop since May. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2.8%, its biggest drop since March. Decliners outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange 4 to 1. The...
Tampa Bay, New England abuzz as Tom Brady prepares to returnVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It has been 633 days since Tom Brady played an NFL game in New England. He trudged off the field Jan. 4, 2020, after a playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans, a rare loser in the place he helped to hoist six Super Bowl championship banners. But...
Massachusetts sheriff proposes using jail to house people with opioid addiction
BOSTON — A Massachusetts sheriff has proposed turning a part of his jail into a treatment center to help ease the drug use and homelessness in an area of Boston hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins last week said he wants to house up to...
John Lennon cassette tape fetches $58,240 at Danish auction
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A cassette tape with a 33-minute audio recording of John Lennon being interviewed by four Danish teenagers 51 years ago as well as an apparently unpublished song by the late Beatle fetched $58,240 at a Denmark auction Tuesday. The tape, recorded on Jan. 5, 1970, chiefly consists...
Biden nominates 9 candidates for federal prosecutor posts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominations, announced by the White House on Tuesday, are expected to run the federal prosecutors’...
Disney World opened 50 years ago; these workers never left
Applying to be one of the first workers at Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for his life: he picked a room where prospective hotel workers were being hired. Chuck Milam got a tip about a job opening from a...
Employer vaccine mandates convert some workers, but not all
NEW YORK — Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against covid-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. Even before President Joe Biden’s Sept....
