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‘We’re working on it:’ Pope’s covid advisers and the mask
ROME — Pope Francis’ decision to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed, with some concern, by the commission of Vatican experts he appointed to help chart the Catholic Church’s path through the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath. The Rev. Augusto Zampini, one of the key members of the pope’s...
Par 3 Contest out, ‘College GameDay’ in at different Masters
The Par 3 Contest is out at the spectator-free Masters in November. ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in. Augusta National announced Tuesday more changes to a Masters tournament that will be unlike any of the previous 83. The most unusual of all is ESPN’s popular college football pregame show taking place...
Trump trade policy: 4 years of high drama, limited results
President Donald Trump spent four years upending seven decades of American trade policy. In what became his defining economic act, Trump launched a trade war with China. On another front, he taxed the steel and aluminum of U.S. allies. And he terrified America’s own corporations by threatening to wreck $1.4...
Judge: U.S. can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after...
Chorus of artists tell Trump to stop using their music
From the beloved opening lines of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” to the rousing, children’s-choir conclusion of the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies have been filled with classic songs whose authors and their heirs loudly reject him and his politics. It’s become a...
Lost interviews hold new Bob Dylan insights
For nearly half a century, they were blowin’ in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of the 1971 interviews with the late American blues artist Tony Glover — and letters the two friends exchanged — have surfaced at a Boston auction...
Consumer confidence dips to 100.9 as virus spreads in US
U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in October as a new wave of coronavirus cases appeared across the country. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to a reading of 100.9, from 101.8 in September, but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels. This month’s moderate decline follows...
More than 3 million in Pennsylvania apply for mail-in ballots
HARRISBURG — A week ahead of the Nov. 3 election, applications in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania for mail-in or absentee ballots exceeded 3 million, with Tuesday the last day to request one and legal wrangling creating uncertainty over the deadline to receive them. State data shows that, of...
Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others, police and a hospital spokesman said. The bombing happened as a prominent religious scholar during a...
Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest
WASHINGTON — One week until Election Day, Joe Biden is going on offense, heading Tuesday to Georgia — which hasn’t backed a Democrat for president since 1992 — and pushing into other territory where President Donald Trump was once expected to easily repeat his wins from four years ago. The...
Worst place, worst time: Trump faces coronavirus spike in Midwest
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump can ill afford to lose. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency. A college history professor who last cast a ballot for a Democrat...
Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aimVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves for yet another tropical weather strike Tuesday as Tropical Storm Zeta took aim at southeast Louisiana, fraying the nerves of evacuees from earlier storms and raising concerns in New Orleans about the low-lying city’s antiquated drainage pump system. Zeta,...
Hong Kong arrests 3 activists under national security law
HONG KONG — Three members of a former student group advocating independence for Hong Kong were arrested Tuesday under the city’s new national security law on suspicion of publishing content inciting secession on social media platforms. The three include former Studentlocalism leader Tony Chung and former members William Chan and...
Rams defense dominates Bears
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Rams could tell Leonard Floyd was playing with an uncommon fury against his old team, and the rest of the Los Angeles defense followed his lead. By the time the Rams were done with the Chicago Bears on Monday night, Floyd had two sacks and the...
This date in sports history: Oct. 27Video
1967 — New Mexico tight end Emilio Vallez catches 17 passes for 257 yards to tie an NCAA record in a 75-12 rout of UTEP. 1973 — Four players rush for more than 100 yards as Alabama sets three NCAA records during a 77-6 romp of Virginia Tech. Alabama sets...
Supreme Court won’t extend Wisconsin’s absentee ballot deadline
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day. In a 5-3 order, the justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up...
Philadelphia police shooting of Black man sparks unrestVideo
PHILADELPHIA —Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent protests that police said injured 30 officers and led to dozens of arrests. The shooting occurred before 4 p.m. Monday as officers responded to a report of...
100,000 in Southern California to evacuate as blaze growsVideo
LOS ANGELES — Fast-moving wildfires forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful wind across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. A smoky fire exploded...
NASCAR’s Cup playoff at misty Texas put on hold another dayVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas was pushed back another day without drivers completing any laps Monday. Eight hours after the race was scheduled to resume on a misty day with temperatures in the low 40s, NASCAR postponed it and decided to try again...
Scientists remove 98 ‘murder hornets’ in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. — Workers from the state Department of Agriculture managed to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States without suffering any stings or other injuries, the agency said Monday. The nest, located in Whatcom County near the Canadian border, created concern because the...
Injuries and strife plague Bengals’ defense despite Burrow’s strong playVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Cincinnati Bengals defense is in disarray, on the field and off. Multiple injuries to key personnel and an inability to shut the door on teams are glaring reasons the Bengals keep losing close games and are stuck at 1-5-1 as another dismal season approaches the midway...
Latest loss reveals just how deep Patriots’ problems runVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots were hoping the problems that surfaced during their Week 6 loss to Denver were an aberration, a momentary setback rooted in the outbreak of coronavirus in their locker room and the lack of practice time that followed. It turns out their issues might run much...
Man charged in burning of ballot drop box in Boston
BOSTON — A man was charged with setting a Boston ballot drop box on fire and damaging dozens of ballots, police said Monday. Worldy Armand, a 39-year-old Boston resident, was taken into custody late Sunday, hours after he started a fire inside a drop box outside the Boston Public Library...
Rested Ravens gear up for showdown with unbeaten SteelersVideo
Coming off an unusual bye week that included daily covid-19 testing, a stay-safe directive and the addition of sack specialist Yannick Ngakoue, the Baltimore Ravens turned their attention toward Sunday’s AFC North showdown with the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore’s bye came a week earlier than scheduled after the pandemic forced...
Browns take first steps without injured Odell BeckhamVideo
CLEVELAND — The Browns finally had figured out how to best use Odell Beckham Jr.’s unique skills. They’re back at the drawing board now in Cleveland. Beckham won’t be a distraction or a weapon for quarterback Baker Mayfield for the rest of 2020 — at least. His season is over,...
