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Stocks shake off a wobbly start and finish slightly higher
Wall Street capped a wobbly day for stocks with modest gains Monday, nudging the major indexes further into record territory. The S&P 500 shrugged off an early slide and gained 0.2%. Consumer-oriented companies, banks and energy and communications stocks helped lift the market. Those gains were kept in check by...
Trump inaugural chair Tom Barrack: I’m ‘100% innocent’ in lobbying caseVideo
NEW YORK — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee pleaded not guilty Monday and said he was “100% innocent” of charges that he secretly lobbied the U.S. on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. Tom Barrack, 74, wearing a black mask to protect against coronavirus, appeared...
Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?
TOKYO — Will it be a success? A failure? Or none of the above? It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to assess the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks. The response will be twisted by dozens of parties with their own...
Mississippi sees big jump in covid-19 positive test resultsVideo
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi health officials reported Monday that the state is seeing its highest number of new covid-19 cases in months as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread. The state is also experiencing a sharp increase in the percentage of positive tests. “COVID-19 testing...
Biden: U.S combat mission in Iraq to conclude in 2021Video
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the end of the year, setting out a more precise timeline for American forces to formally step back in their fight against the Islamic State organization in Iraq. The plan to shift the...
Matthew Hoppe’s 1st goal lifts USA over Jamaica into Gold Cup semifinalsVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Matthew Hoppe scored his first international goal on a header in the 83rd minute and the United States beat Jamaica 1-0 Sunday night to reach the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Hoppe, making his second international appearance, nodded home a cross from Cristian Roldan from just...
Veterans Affairs mandates covid-19 vaccination for health care workersVideo
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get covid-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads across the nation and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a...
Dawn Staley feels no added pressure as 1st Black U.S. hoops coach
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Dawn Staley doesn’t feel any added pressure being the first Black head coach of the U.S. women’s basketball Olympic team. She has had to handle the pressure of representing her country with USA Basketball for more than two decades. At the Tokyo Games her focus is...
With eye on SEC, Oklahoma, Texas move toward leaving Big 12
Oklahoma and Texas took the first formal step Monday toward moving to the Southeastern Conference, notifying the Big 12 they would not be renewing an agreement that binds the league’s members through 2025. The schools sent out a joint statement that made no mention of the SEC and said “the...
NYC to require vaccines or weekly testing for city workers
NEW YORK — New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly covid-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The rule is expected to affect about 340,000 city employees, making the city...
States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge
OMAHA, Neb. — Several states scaled back their reporting of covid-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities. The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Nebraska, Iowa and...
At least 8 killed in 22-car pileup in Utah during sandstorm
KANOSH, Utah — A sandstorm caused a huge 22-vehicle pileup on a Utah highway that left eight people dead, including four children, authorities said. The crashes Sunday afternoon on Interstate 15 near the town of Kanosh came at the end of a holiday weekend for the state that often leads...
American Caeleb Dressel begins quest for 6 swimming golds; Aussie beats Katie Ledecky
TOKYO — Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming Monday, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position. Second place. Dressel led off an American victory in the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics, easing a bit of the U.S....
U.S. softball team beats Japan on walk-off home run
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Kelsey Stewart homered leading off the seventh inning, capping a late rally that gave the United States a 2-1 victory Monday over Japan to win the group stage at the Olympics and the right to bat last in the gold medal game. The U.S. trailed until Valerie...
NBC estimates 17 million in US saw opening of Tokyo OlympicsVideo
NEW YORK — An estimated 17 million people in the United States watched the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics held in a largely empty stadium, down 36% from the kickoff to the Rio de Janeiro Games five years ago. The 17 million includes people who watched the ceremony live...
Report: Deshaun Watson plans to report to Texans campVideo
HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson plans to report to Houston Texans training camp Sunday, a person familiar with his decision told the Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The person added that the...
Cameron Champ fends off heat to win 3M Open by 2 strokesVideo
BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under-par 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities....
1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses dies at 86
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86. Moses, who was widely referred to as Bob,...
Stephen Dodd wins Senior British Open with last-hole birdieVideo
SUNNINGDALE, England — Stephen Dodd birdied the final hole to win the Senior British Open by one stroke Sunday, holding off challenges from Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke to secure his first major title. The 55-year-old Welshman closed with a 2-under-par 68 at Sunningdale for a four-day total of...
SEC takeover: Expansion would just mean more power, wealthVideo
Barring a dramatic change of direction, Texas and Oklahoma are moving toward taking the Red River Rivalry to the SEC in a seismic shift that will have repercussions in college sports from coast to coast. According to multiple reports, the first and very significant formal step of the process could...
New trial ordered for York County man accused of murder, faked ATV crash
YORK — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man accused of killing his wife and then faking an all-terrain vehicle accident to cover up the slaying almost a decade ago. The state’s highest court ruled 5-2 Friday that 48-year-old Joseph Fitzpatrick III might not have...
Anastasija Zolotic earns U.S. its 1st gold in women’s taekwondoVideo
TOKYO — Anastasija Zolotic won the United States’ first gold medal in women’s taekwondo by beating Russian athlete Tatiana Minina, 25-17, on Sunday to claim the featherweight division title. The 18-year-old Zolotic lets out a primal scream as she pulls on her helmet before each round. The Largo, Fla., native...
Russians top Simone Biles, Americans in gymnastics qualifyingVideo
TOKYO — The trouble started early. A step out of bounds on floor exercise here. A short landing there. Over the course of two hours Sunday, the mistakes — some almost imperceptible, some laid bare for the world to see — kept piling up, chipping away at the aura USA...
Officials in Michigan county will return coronavirus bonuses
CORUNNA, Mich. — Elected officials in a conservative Michigan county who gave themselves bonuses of $65,000 with federal covid-19 relief aid said they will return the money following days of criticism. Shiawassee County commissioners acted after the prosecutor said the payments were illegal, The Argus-Press reported. The Michigan Constitution bars...
Service slated for New Jersey man killed outside Philadelphia cheesesteak shopVideo
PHILADELPHIA — A funeral service is scheduled Thursday for a New Jersey man shot outside a well-known Philadelphia cheesesteak shop last week over what witnesses said was a dispute over a parking space. David Padro, 23, of Camden, N.J., was shot shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday after an argument broke...
