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Police: Newly found blood sample solves 1988 homicide in Michigan
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Police said they solved the murder of a Battle Creek woman more than 30 years later, after a newly discovered blood sample connected a man to the fatal stabbing. But no charges will be filed because Roger Plato was killed in 1988, three days before Gayle...
John Chaney, Temple’s commanding basketball coach, dies at age 89
PHILADELPHIA — John Chaney, one of the nation’s leading Black coaches and a commanding figure during a Hall of Fame basketball career at Temple, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the university Friday. Chaney led Temple to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances over 24 seasons, including five...
Checked by reality, some QAnon supporters seek a way out
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ceally Smith spent a year down the rabbit hole of QAnon, devoting more and more time to researching and discussing the conspiracy theory online. Eventually it consumed her, and she wanted out. She broke up with the boyfriend who recruited her into the movement, took six months...
Fauci sees covid vaccination for kids by late spring or the summer
WASHINGTON — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus. “Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer we will have...
33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks exec and son of billionaire gets covid vaccine early
Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, received the coronavirus vaccine this week at a senior living center in Milwaukee despite not being part of a group currently eligible for the shots in Wisconsin. Lasry told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he “just got lucky”...
Ken Griffey Jr. hired as MLB senior adviser for youth development
NEW YORK — Ken Griffey Jr. has been hired as a senior adviser to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. The Hall of Fame outfielder will work in baseball operations and on youth baseball development. He is tasked with improving diversity at amateur levels, Major League Baseball said Friday, Griffey will work...
Constitutional ban on medical and recreational pot advances in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — A proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent the legalization of marijuana in Idaho moved forward Friday as lawmakers in the conservative state try to halt the increasing acceptance of the drug nationwide. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted to send the joint resolution that bans all psychoactive...
Putin signs extension of last Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years....
Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus — including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico...
U.S. extends temporary residency for thousands from Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States extended the temporary legal residency status Friday for nearly 7,000 people from Syria because of the country’s civil war. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske said Friday that temporary protected status would be extended for 18 months. It was set to expire on...
Hungary 1st in EU to approve Chinese covid-19 vaccine
Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the first country in the European Union to do so. The decision followed a government decree Thursday that streamlined Hungary’s vaccine approval procedure. Any vaccine that has been administered to at least...
AstraZeneca covid vaccine authorized for all adults by European Union
BERLIN — Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European Medicines Agency licensed the vaccine to be used in people 18 and over, though concerns had been raised...
GameStop soars again; Wall Street bends under the pressure
NEW YORK — Stocks were broadly higher in afternoon trading Tuesday, but shares of closely watched companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment were falling sharply. The S&P 500 rose 1.8% with each of its 11 sectors making gains. Banks and and a mix of companies that rely on direct consumer...
South Africa OKs limited use of parasite drug as covid treatment
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is allowing the limited use of a medicine to treat covid-19 even though regulators acknowledge there’s not enough evidence that it works or is safe for this purpose. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority this week announced the drug ivermectin could be used in exceptional...
NFL’s revenue dip in pandemic significant, but not crippling
New York Giants co-owner John Mara could have been speaking for all in the tight-lipped world of NFL finances by saying his club’s pandemic-induced losses in revenue have been substantial but not crippling. The biggest positive in this season of covid-19 might not be measurable: the value of finishing on...
Japan prime minister says he’s determined to hold Olympics
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, despite growing uncertainty as coronavirus cases rise at home, renewed his determination Friday to host the postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer as a symbol of human victory over the pandemic. Suga, speaking from Tokyo at a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum,...
Johnson & Johnson’s 1-dose shot prevents covid-19, but less than some others
Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against covid-19 with just one shot — not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. J&J said Friday that in the U.S. and seven other countries, the single-shot vaccine was...
Moscow court mulls house arrest for Navalny’s allies
A Moscow court on Friday considered a request to put several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest as authorities work to stymie more protests over the anti-corruption investigator’s jailing. Navalny’s supporters are calling for rallies on Sunday to demand his freedom. Tens of thousands of people...
This date in sports history: Jan. 29Video
1950 — In an Associated Press poll of sports writers and broadcasters, Jack Dempsey is voted the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. Dempsey received 251 votes to 104 for Joe Louis. 1963 — Eleven players and six officials are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jim...
WHO team to begin face-to-face meetings with China expertsVideo
WUHAN, China — World Health Organization experts are to begin face-to-face meetings with their Chinese counterparts Friday in the central city of Wuhan at the start of the team’s long-awaited fact-finding mission into the origins of the coronavirus. Those meetings should be followed by the first field visits in and...
Oregon health workers stuck in snow give other drivers vaccineVideo
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a covid-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired. Josephine County Public Health said on Facebook that the “impromptu vaccine clinic” took place after...
Patrick Reed, Alex Noren beat rain to take 1st-round lead in Farmers
SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed birdied his first three holes and finished with a bogey-free 8-under-par 64 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Alex Noren after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, Noren and Scottie Scheffler — who was one stroke back — played...
Tim Donaghy, disgraced ex-NBA ref, turns to wrestlingVideo
Tim Donaghy already brought the sort of crooked, scripted outcomes professional wrestling loves to the NBA — and lost his job and went to jail. His newest employer, Major League Wrestling, thrives on those sort of shenanigans. The fix is in! That’s just fine this time around for MLW and...
Novavax covid-19 vaccine works, but less so against variants
Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its covid-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as well — against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa. The announcement comes amid...
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dies at 96Video
NEW YORK — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s death...
