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WVU students get probation for covid violations
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Seventeen West Virginia University students have been placed on probation for conduct violations related to the coronavirus pandemic. The Office of Student Conduct made the decision following hearings for the students, the university said Wednesday in a statement. An additional 15 students will undergo similar hearings and...
Russia announces preliminary probe into Navalny’s illness
MOSCOW — Russian police on Thursday announced a preliminary probe into the circumstances of the sudden illness of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who fell into a coma last week following a suspected poisoning and amid growing pressure from Western officials to investigate. According to a statement released Thursday by a...
GOP Convention takeaways: Pence pounces while crises swirl
WASHINGTON — Republicans proceeded with the third night of their national convention, but many Americans — particularly those in the path of Hurricane Laura — were focused on more immediate concerns. Here are some key takeaways: Pence takes on attack role The attack role often assigned to vice presidential candidates...
Black GOP House candidate praises Trump in convention speech
SALT LAKE CITY — A Black conservative running for Congress in Utah declared at the Republican National Convention that America needs more leaders like President Donald Trump who stand by their principles, won’t compromise and “will stand up to the lawlessness supported by the radical left.” Republican Burgess Owens on...
Lightning crank up power play, rout Bruins in Game 3
TORONTO — Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachez and Alex Killorn scored power-play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 rout of the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their second-round NHL playoff series. Killorn added a second goal and Yanni Gourde, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov...
17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during unrest in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. — A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, about 15 miles from Kenosha, was taken into...
Covid-19 cases push N.C. State-Virginia Tech game back 2 weeksVideo
N.C. State’s season-opener at Virginia Tech was postponed for two weeks Wednesday because of a cluster of covid-19 cases among Wolfpack athletes. The delay comes two days after N.C. State paused all athletic activities. The school didn’t specify which programs were impacted when it announced a cluster of 27 positive...
3 MLB games postponed, several players sit out in wake of Wisconsin shootingVideo
MILWAUKEE — Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in San Diego...
Laura slams Louisiana coast with fierce wind, surging seaVideo
LAKE ARTHUR, La. — Hurricane Laura is headed toward Arkansas, where an unusual tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the state. The storm is hitting during the state’s first week back at public school since March. Many schools in the southern half of Arkansas opted to cancel...
Only Native American on federal death row executed
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The only Native American on federal death row was put to death Wednesday, despite objections from many Navajo leaders who had urged President Donald Trump to halt the execution on the grounds it would violate tribal culture and sovereignty. With the execution of Lezmond Mitchell for...
Turbulent reality collides with GOP convention plans
WASHINGTON — Turbulent reality is clashing with the smooth, steady image Republicans are hoping to paint of President Donald Trump and his leadership on the third night of the GOP’s convention. A potentially catastrophic hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast, wildfires have ravaged huge areas of California, protests...
Top-seeded Flyers even series, beat Islanders in overtimeVideo
TORONTO — Phillippe Myers scored 2 minutes, 40 seconds into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The Islanders overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit, with Jean-Gabriel Pageau getting the tying goal with...
Woods faces a new, stern test to get to FedEx Cup finaleVideo
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Tiger Woods at Olympia Fields brought concerns about the state of his game. That was the case 17 years ago going into the U.S. Open. Never mind that Woods was the defending champion. He had gone all of four tournaments without winning. At that stage in...
Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander arrested while searching for missing fatherVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander was jailed Wednesday on a charge of misdemeanor battery after deputies say he beat up a man shortly after returning to Florida to help search for his missing father. Alexander, 26, and another man, 28-year-old Evins Clement, were arrested by Collier...
NBA, other sports leagues call off games amid social injustice boycott
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Making their strongest statement yet in the fight against racial injustice, players from six NBA teams decided not to play postseason games Wednesday in a boycott that quickly reverberated across other professional leagues. Also called off were some games in Major League Baseball, Major League...
Unusual MLB season creates ‘really unique’ trade deadlineVideo
MILWAUKEE — The unusual circumstances surrounding the abbreviated baseball season are creating plenty of questions for teams looking to upgrade their rosters before Monday’s trade deadline. The expanded playoff format reduces the number of teams eager to write off the season and make moves aimed at the future. The lack...
Justice Department seeks data about covid-19 nursing home deaths from Pa., 3 other states
The Justice Department is seeking data about “orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents,” sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Officials say Wednesday that the Justice Department’s civil rights division is evaluating whether to...
Chief: Still trying to learn how ‘dead’ woman was found alive at funeral home
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A suburban Detroit fire chief said Wednesday that he still can’t explain why a 20-year-old woman declared dead at her home was discovered alive hours later at a funeral home. An emergency medical crew did not “detect signs of life,” despite immediately attempting to revive Timesha Beauchamp...
Today in sports history: Aug. 27Video
1884 — Richard Sears beats Howard Taylor, 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2, to win his fourth straight U.S. men’s national tennis championship. 1903 — Britain’s Hugh Doherty is the first non-American to win the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships with a, 6-0, 6-3, 10-8, victory over...
Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane
LaFITTE, Louisiana — Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled inland from an approaching storm deemed “unsurvivable” by forecasters, heeding warnings from leaders in two states, but leaving some without help as available space in hotels and shelters filled quickly. Evacuees arrived as far as Ennis, Texas, a city south of...
Moscow announces advanced trials for new covid-19 vaccine
MOSCOW — The mayor of Moscow invited residents Wednesday to join trials of a coronavirus vaccine that Russia approved for use earlier this month, in what officials described as a breakthrough on par with the Soviet Union’s launch of the world’s first satellite in 1957. The world’s first vaccine against...
Brandy emerges from her cocoon, conquers her demons on ‘B7’Video
When Brandy began crafting her newest album nearly three years ago, her intent was both benevolent and selfish. She wanted to give R&B fans the timeless music she’s been synonymous with, while also gain liberation from emotional bondage. She achieved her goal with “B7” — but she wasn’t prepared for...
U.S. Open 2020: Year unlike any other, Slam unlike any other
In a year unlike any other, get ready for a U.S. Open unlike any other. “There was definitely a point where, in the beginning, I was like: There is no way these tournaments can even happen,” Serena Williams said about playing amid a pandemic. Professional tennis returned recently from a...
Plea agreement of ex-N.C. state Rep. David Lewis accepted
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge on Wednesday accepted the guilty plea of a longtime North Carolina state lawmaker who acknowledged conducting a scheme to funnel campaign dollars to his ailing farm. David Lewis, 49, who until last week was a chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee, appeared before...
More blowout profit from tech companies push S&P 500 higher
More blowout profit reports from big tech companies are pushing the S&P 500 toward another record Wednesday. The benchmark index was up 0.8% in afternoon trading, even though most of the stocks within it were falling. Technology stocks accounted for the lion’s share of the gains, outweighing losses in health...
