Associated Press stories, Page 1790
Chiefs coach Britt Reid in car crash injuring 2 young kids
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, son of head coach Andy Reid, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash late Thursday that injured two young children near the team’s training complex adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium. According to Kansas City, Mo., police, the crash occurred about 9...
Bucs’ Antonio Brown listed as questionable for Super BowlVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head into the Super Bowl on Sunday relatively healthy. The Chiefs ruled out left tackle Eric Fisher because of a torn Achilles tendon and linebacker Willie Gay Jr. with knee and ankle injuries, but neither of them was...
Super Bowl 55: Viewer’s guide for Sunday’s Bucs-Chiefs matchupVideo
Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks the biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks. Here are some things to know about the CBS coverage as well as Super Bowl-related programming on other networks: Super 21 for CBS This marks the 21st Super Bowl...
Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site
NEW YORK — Yankee Stadium was opened as a covid-19 mass vaccination site Friday by officials trying to boost inoculation rates in surrounding Bronx neighborhoods hard hit by the pandemic. The megasite is being restricted to residents of the New York City borough with the highest percentage of positive coronavirus...
Nickelodeon to have big presence in CBS Super Bowl coverage
There might eventually be a kids-focused broadcast of the Super Bowl. It won’t be happening this year. Nickelodeon will still have a noticeable presence during Sunday’s coverage on CBS. Following the success of Nick’s presentation of an NFL playoff contest last month, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said there were...
Pa. district attorney charged with sex assault vows to remain in office
TOWANDA — A Pennsylvania district attorney vowed Friday to remain in office while he fights sexual assault charges, maintaining his innocence and complaining that he was handcuffed and “paraded in front of television cameras” by the state attorney general. Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman, who took office a year...
College sports struggling to keep up with covid-19 variantsVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Playing college sports during the pandemic potentially has become more problematic as more contagious variants of the coronavirus start to show up across the U.S., including one that prompted Michigan to shut down its athletics department for two weeks. It was not clear this week how...
NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer is coming home to pitch for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner announced his decision on Friday in a two-minute video posted to his Twitter account that ended with him saying, “And I can’t wait Dodger fans.”...
Tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile
It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile. Frank Glaw, who was part of the international team of researchers that classified the...
Stocks rise on Wall Street, despite dismal jobs report
Stocks were moving higher in afternoon trading on Friday, despite the fact that Wall Street got a dismal jobs report for January that showed the U.S. economy remaining in dire straits due to the pandemic. Investors continue to hope that more help for the economy is on the way from...
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson top Pro Football Hall of Fame candidates
More than two decades ago, Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for a prestigious college award. Something called the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson, two of the most dominant players...
Oscar-winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
NEW YORK — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife,...
Gov. Wolf to sign $912M pandemic relief bill
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf will sign legislation approved Friday by lawmakers that carries over $900 million in pandemic-driven aid for hard-hit hospitality businesses, private schools and people struggling to pay rent or utility bills. Both chambers passed the bill unanimously Friday and Wolf’s office said he will sign it....
Kyle Rittenhouse fires attorney who helped raise his bail
MADISON, Wis. — An 18-year-old from Illinois who’s accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer fired a California attorney who had been soliciting money for his case. John Pierce, a Los Angeles lawyer, had been at the forefront of...
Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is running low on ganja. Heavy rains followed by an extended drought, an increase in local consumption and a drop in the number of marijuana farmers have caused a shortage in the island’s famed but largely illegal market that experts say is the worst they’ve seen....
Moscow’s jails overwhelmed with detained Navalny protesters
MOSCOW — The video, shot by a man detained in a Moscow protest, shows a group of people jammed into a police minibus. One of them says on the recording that they had already been held there for nine hours, with some forced to stand because of overcrowding and no...
Pentagon will deploy troops to assist covid-19 vaccine drive
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against covid-19, the White House said Friday. Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It means about 1,000 active duty military personnel...
Andy Reid, Bruce Arians bring stellar offensive systems to Super Bowl
Andy Reid came up in the West Coast offense, where the quarterback performs almost like an NBA point guard, using short passes that talented playmakers can turn into long gains. Bruce Arians’ offensive philosophy has relied on the mantra “no risk it, no biscuit,” as he wants quarterbacks to take...
Biden dogs to make appearance during Puppy BowlVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s dogs will make an appearance during the Puppy Bowl this weekend. The two German Shepherds, Champ and Major, will appear alongside first lady Jill Biden in a public service announcement focused on mask-wearing set to air during Puppy Bowl XVII. The event, which features a...
Virus outbreaks stoke tensions in some state capitols
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After only their first few weeks of work, tensions already are high among lawmakers meeting in-person at some state capitols — not because of testy debates over taxes, guns or abortion, but because of a disregard for coronavirus precautions. In Georgia, a Republican lawmaker recently was...
Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska tripsVideo
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022, which is expected to block trips from visiting Alaska this year. Transport Canada on Thursday announced the extension of the ban enacted because of the covid-19 pandemic. Canada blocked cruise ships of more than...
Police: 3 officers shot by suspect who is barricaded in home
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina say that three police officers have been shot and wounded by a suspect who is now barricaded in a home in the town of High Point. WGHP reports that the standoff began at 11:15 p.m. Thursday. High Point police Lt. Matt Truitt...
AP-NORC poll: Americans are split on Trump’s impeachment
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans say former President Donald Trump bears at least some blame for the Capitol insurrection, and about half say the Senate should vote to convict him at the end of his impeachment trial. That’s according to a survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...
As Serena, Nadal eye records at Australian Open, covid looms
Easy as it is to assemble a list of significant Australian Open story lines — from Rafael Nadal’s bid for a men’s-record 21st Grand Slam singles trophy to Serena Williams’ try for her 24th, from Novak Djokovic’s attempt to win a third consecutive title at Melbourne Park to Sofia Kenin’s...
U.S. employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%
WASHINGTON — U.S employers added just 49,000 jobs in January, a sign that that the viral pandemic retains a tight grip on the economy nearly a year after it triggered a painful recession. The tepid increase followed a decline of 227,000 jobs in December, the first loss since April. The...
