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Police: Man shoots 7 in series of Chicago-area attacks
CHICAGO — A man killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings over roughly four hours that started on Chicago’s South Side and ended with his death in a shootout with police in a parking lot just north of the city. Investigators are trying to determine...
NHL embarks on season that will be like ’56 playoff games’
The NHL has started seasons of fewer than 82 games in January and played into the summer to award the Stanley Cup. Just not like this. When the puck drops on the regular season in five rinks Jan. 13, it will be the start of a 56-game sprint to the...
Parler squeezed as Trump seeks new online megaphone
President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol. But it remains to be seen how fast or where — if anywhere — on the internet he will be able to reach his followers. The far right-friendly Parler...
Trump legacy on race shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed in the final months of his presidency — and without a trace of irony — to have done more for Black Americans than anyone with the “possible exception” of Abraham Lincoln. He boasted that the African American unemployment rate dropped to record lows...
Brady outduels Heinicke, leads Buccaneers past Washington
LANDOVER, Md. — New team, same swashbuckling playoff success for Tom Brady. Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Saturday night for their first playoff victory since the 2002 season. Brady was critical of his...
Rams get better of division-rival Seahawks in 1st roundVideo
SEATTLE — A lot of Cam Akers churning yards on the ground and mostly a great defense has the Los Angeles Rams moving on in the NFC playoffs at the expense of the division-foe Seattle Seahawks. Akers rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, Darious Williams returned Russell Wilson’s interception...
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
BOSTON — One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion. Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much...
Lawmakers complete work on bills to limit Kentucky governor’s power
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a stinging rebuke of the Democratic governor’s response to COVID-19, Republican lawmakers on Saturday gave final passage to bills limiting his emergency powers to impose restrictions meant to contain the coronavirus. After months of fuming from the sidelines as Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear restricted some business...
Saints not taking underdog Bears for grantedVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Saints linebacker Demario Davis’ largely productive NFL career also has had its share of disappointing, teachable moments. Losing seasons with the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns helped Davis cherish recent postseason opportunities with New Orleans. And in the playoffs, Davis has experienced excruciating losses in each...
Dems’ momentum builds to impeach Trump; Pelosi hits rioters
WASHINGTON — Momentum built among Democrats on Saturday for a fresh and fast push to impeach President Donald Trump, even as the House speaker accused his backers who violently invaded the Capitol of choosing “their whiteness over democracy.” Nancy Pelosi’s remark came as Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., one of the...
Last second 3-pointer lifts No. 4 Texas over No. 14 West VirginiaVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Three years to the day since Texas coach Shaka Smart told his players Andrew Jones was diagnosed with leukemia, the junior guard put his latest stamp on what is turning into a special season for the Longhorns. Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift...
Allen leads Bills past Colts in AFC wild-card gameVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Quarterback Josh Allen and safety Micah Hyde teamed up to make the Buffalo Bills’ losing past history. Now do you Bill-ieve? In a season in which the Bills busted numerous slumps, Allen became Buffalo’s first starter in a quarter century to win a playoff game. And...
Suspect in McKeesport police shooting returned from West Virginia
PITTSBURGH — A man who police say was handcuffed when he allegedly shot a police officer three times with a gun police didn’t know he had before fleeing to West Virginia is back in Western Pennsylvania to face charges. The Allegheny County sheriff’s office said 22-year-old Koby Lee Francis of...
Maine marijuana shops report brisk business despite pandemic
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s rollout of legal marijuana sales has been muted compared with other states because of the coronavirus pandemic, but shops are reporting brisk business nonetheless. Maine wasn’t able to replicate the grand opening scenes that have followed the first sales in other states. But regulators reported more...
U.S. motions expand drug claims against Honduras president
NEW YORK — U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took bribes from drug traffickers and had the country’s armed forces protect a cocaine laboratory and shipments to the United States. The documents quote Hernández as saying he wanted to “‘shove the drugs right...
AP Explainer: Who has been charged in the deadly Capitol riot?
Dozens of people have already been arrested and prosecutors across the U.S. have vowed to bring to justice those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, sending lawmakers into hiding as they began their work to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia...
Georgia’s GOP governor under fire after U.S. Senate losses
ATLANTA — Even though he wasn’t on the ballot, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has been painfully bruised by the 2020 elections. In a state long dominated by Republicans, Democrats won Georgia’s electoral votes for president in November and two U.S. Senate seats in runoff elections Tuesday, defeating Kemp’s hand-picked Senate...
More arrests in Capitol riot as more video reveals brutality
Police charged more Capitol rioters on Saturday, including a man who carried off the House speaker’s lectern, as more graphic details of the insurrection emerged, revealing the violence and brutality of the mob that stormed a seat of American political power. A bloodied officer was crushed in a doorway screaming...
Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive covid-19 vaccinations
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their covid-19 vaccinations, royal officials said Saturday. Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old monarch and Philip, 99, received their jabs Saturday, joining some 1.5 million people in Britain who have been given a first...
Snow blizzard kills 4, brings much of Spain to standstill
MADRID — A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that had suspended all services as the snow kept falling on Saturday. The bodies of a...
Under Ryan Day, Ohio State’s offense and QBs have taken off
Much has been made of Alabama’s transformation from a dynasty built on Nick Saban’s lock-down defense to one powered by a prolific offense. No. 3 Ohio State, which faces top-ranked Alabama on Monday night in the national championship game, has undergone an offensive evolution of its own in recent years....
Browns get back 3 players off covid list to face Steelers
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns flew to Pittsburgh for the playoffs with some reinforcements — and missing some regulars. Top cornerback Denzel Ward stayed in Cleveland as he recovers from covid-19, leaving a massive hole in the Browns’ secondary as they get ready to face Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh...
Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. Transportation Minister Budi Karya...
Haley: Trump was ‘badly wrong’ in stoking crowd before riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, is among the latest from her party to denounce President Donald Trump’s comments stoking supporters to mount a violent assault on the Capitol. “He was badly wrong with his words,” Haley said Thursday...
Lawyers: Woman on U.S. death row not competent for execution
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the only woman on federal death row are asking a judge to halt her execution and arguing she isn’t competent and can’t be put to death. Lisa Montgomery’s lawyers filed a petition Friday in federal court in Indiana seeking to halt the execution, which is scheduled...
