Associated Press stories, Page 1863
Alabama sheriff removes ‘thugshots’ Christmas tree post
MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff’s department has removed a photo of a Christmas tree adorned with what they called “thugshots” of people who have been arrested after criticism that it was demeaning and cruel. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Department deleted the photo from its Facebook page on Saturday, AL.com...
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time
The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus began eating away at her work hours and her paycheck. The Crawfords had no savings, mounting bills and...
NYC again reopens schools to in-person learning
NEW YORK — It’s back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning because of rising covid-19 cases. The nation’s largest public school system, which shut down in-person learning last month, on Monday brought back preschool students and children in...
Virginia Military Institute removing Confederate statue
LEXINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Military Institute began work Monday to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, an effort initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the school. A crew was inspecting the statue at the public military college in Lexington, poised to haul...
Chiefs rally to beat Broncos to clinch playoff berth
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are so dynamic offensively they sometimes don’t even know when they’ve scored a touchdown. They were fortunate one of those cases didn’t come back to bite them Sunday night. Patrick Mahomes threw for 318 yards and a score, Harrison Butker was perfect...
Seton Hall rallies, and rallies, to beat Penn State in OT
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sandro Mamukelashvili scored a career-high 30 points, Myles Cale scored 16 and Seton Hall beat Penn State, 98-92, in overtime on Sunday. The Pirates (2-3) led for just two-and-half minutes. Shavar Reynolds’ 3-pointer with 45 seconds left in the extra session gave Seton Hall a 93-91...
Trump cementing death penalty legacy up to Biden inaugural
CHICAGO — As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is ratcheting up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus cases in prisons, announcing plans for five starting Thursday and concluding just days before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. If the five go off...
The Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll odyssey, is soldVideo
NEW YORK — Bob Dylan has sold publishing rights to his catalog of more than 600 songs, one of the greatest treasures in popular music, to the Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. The catalog includes such modern standards as “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Tangled Up in Blue,”...
Vatican says pope will visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will make a pilgrimage to Iraq in March, pandemic conditions permitting, the Vatican said Monday, in announcing what would be the pontiff’s first trip aboard in more than a year. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni on Monday said Francis will make the March 5-8 visit, with...
Romania’s opposition Social Democrats win national election
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s opposition Social Democrats have taken a surprise lead over the governing National Liberals after a parliamentary election but appear less likely to emerge on top in what promises to be prolonged post-election wrangling to form a new coalition government. With 95% of ballots counted Monday, the...
Sinovac aims for 600 million dose capacity for covid vaccine
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese vaccine company Sinovac announced Monday that it is planning to complete a new facility to double its annual vaccine production capacity to 600 million doses by the end of the year, while also securing a $500 million investment in a boost to its covid-19 vaccine development...
Nobel ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirus
STOCKHOLM — The pomp and ceremony of the Nobel prize ceremonies have been reined in this year amid measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. There will be no glitzy banquet honoring winners in Stockholm or Oslo as the global pandemic curtails the usual celebrations. Instead, their achievements will...
Hundreds ill, 1 dead from unidentified disease in India
NEW DELHI — At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized because of an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday. The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven products. Since then, patients...
No. 11 West Virginia finishes strong, beats Georgetown, 80-71Video
WASHINGTON — Miles McBride scored 17 points, Derek Culver had 14 and No. 11 West Virginia finished fast to beat Georgetown, 80-71, on Sunday in the first meeting between the former Big East rivals since 2014. Culver, the leading scorer and rebounder for the Mountaineers (4-1), was limited to 18...
Biden picks California AG Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra, 62, will be the first Latino to head the...
Sheriff: Defiant New York City bar owner slams deputy with his car
NEW YORK — The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy with a car, authorities said. Danny Presti tried to drive away from his bar, Mac’s Public House, as deputies were...
Tua Tagovailoa throws for 296 yards as Dolphins beat Bengals in ugly gameVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa returned from a thumb injury that forced him to miss one game, throwing for a season-high 296 yards and a score to help the Miami Dolphins rally past the Cincinnati Bengals, 19-7, on Sunday in a game that included five ejections and a benches-clearing...
NFL Week 13 roundup: Derek Carr’s TD pass with 5 seconds left lifts Raiders past JetsVideo
Derek Carr threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Henry Ruggs III with 5 seconds left, lifting the Las Vegas Raiders to a wild 31-28 victory over the still-winless New York Jets on Sunday. The Jets took a 28-24 lead with 5:34 remaining on Ty Johnson’s 1-yard touchdown and the defense...
Baker Mayfield throws 4 TDs in 1st half as Browns hold off TitansVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns can do more than just run the ball, and the NFL’s longest active playoff drought is moving closer to an end after 18 seasons. Mayfield threw for a season-high 334 yards with all four of his touchdown passes in the first...
Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard downVideo
With a covid-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down. “The vaccine’s critical,” Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus...
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for covidVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the country. Giuliani was admitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, according to...
AP Top 25: No. 1 Tide runs poll streak to 210, 3rd-best ever
Alabama was No. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide were the unanimous No. 1 for the third straight week and the...
How phones can alert you to covid-19 exposure
More than 8.1 million people in the U.S. have turned their iPhones and Android devices into pandemic contact-tracing tools, but it hasn’t been of much use when their neighbors, classmates and coworkers aren’t on the same system. Apple and Google co-created “exposure notification” technology to alert phone users if they...
Double Dragons: SpaceX launches space station supplies
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a newer, bigger version of its Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first time the company has two capsules in orbit at the same time. The Dragon — packed with Christmas treats and presents — should reach the...
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. Audience members may be drawn to the production by the...
