Associated Press stories, Page 2011
No roars at Augusta as Masters to be played without fans
The Masters, known as much for the roars as the raw beauty of Augusta National, will be on mute this year. The club decided Wednesday there will be no spectators. That means all three majors in this year of covid-19 will not have fans, and the silence figures to be...
Spring college football: When? How much? Who plays?
Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around. Conference commissioners and athletic directors called it a last resort. And when it looked like the...
NHLPA’s Donald Fehr buoyed by zero positive tests; ‘So far so good’
TORONTO — Zero players testing positive for covid-19 in the two weeks since NHL teams arrived at their two respective playoff hub cities. And a powerful opening night statement on social and racial justice issues made by the league and its players. Given the uncertainty professional hockey faced in placing...
Robin Lehner, Golden Knights shut down Blackhawks in opener
EDMONTON, Alberta — Robin Lehner had more trouble with one of his skates than he did with his former team. Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore and the Vegas Golden Knights took good care of their goaltender Tuesday night. Theodore and William Carrier scored 2:17 apart midway through the second period, Lehner...
Chargers’ Anthony Lynn reveals he had coronavirus on ‘Hard Knocks’
COSTA MESA, Calif. — It didn’t take long for “Hard Knocks: Los Angeles” to reveal its first major surprise of the season as Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he had coronavirus during the offseason. Lynn’s admission came less than five minutes into Tuesday’s season premiere of the show...
Feds get more time to weigh Boston Marathon bomber appeal
BOSTON — A federal appeals court has agreed to give prosecutors another month to decide their next step after the court tossed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week said prosecutors can have until Sept. 14 to file a petition asking...
Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart to join Country Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE — Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon are the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Announced by the Country Music Association on Wednesday, Williams will join his father, country legend Hank Williams Sr., in the Hall of Fame’s rotunda. DRUMROLL! We are honored...
Scottish leader says injuries reported after train derails
LONDON — Police and paramedics were responding Wednesday to a train derailment in northeast Scotland, and smoke could be seen rising from the site. The British Transport Police force said officers were called at 9:43 a.m. to the railway line near Stonehaven, about 100 miles northeast of Edinburgh, where a...
Over 1,000 detained in latest Belarus election protestsVideo
MINSK, Belarus — Police detained over 1,000 people in Belarus during the latest protests against the results of the country’s presidential election, officials said Wednesday. Rallies took place in 25 Belarusian cities on Tuesday and overnight, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova told the Associated Press. Thousands have demonstrated in the...
China blasts U.S. for Taiwan visit while virus spreads at homeVideo
BEIJING — A Chinese official lashed out at U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday for visiting Taiwan amid an ongoing pandemic back home, accusing him of putting politics ahead of the lives of the American people. The comments came a day after Azar accused China of...
Dillon Dube scores twice as Flames beat Stars in Game 1Video
EDMONTON, Alberta — Rasmus Andersson snapped a tie after Dillon Dube scored twice in the first period for the confident Calgary Flames, who beat the Dallas Stars, 3-2, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series Tuesday. “It feels good. You can feel the chemistry in the room...
Lightning outlast Blue Jackets in 5-OT series openerVideo
TORONTO — Brayden Point scored 10 minutes, 27 seconds into the fifth overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2, on Tuesday in the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history. Point scored from just above the left circle, beating Joonas Korpisalo after the goaltender made...
Bittersweet NASCAR promotion for Christopher Bell to Gibbs RacingVideo
The path to landing a NASCAR Cup Series ride with Joe Gibbs Racing was bumpy for Christopher Bell, who was hired for the coveted job after the team told Erik Jones he was being let go at the end of the season. The decision by Gibbs blindsided Jones, who thought...
Commentary: Collin Morikawa part of new generation of golfers ready to win bigVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Four blue dots painted on the edge of the 16th tee at Harding Park on the day after the PGA Championship were all that marked the spot where Collin Morikawa hit a drive that will be talked about for years. Four dots for the fourth round. The...
Indians keeping pitchers Mike Clevinger, Zach Plesac away after violationsVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians went a step further than just putting Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac into quarantine. They’ve been sent away from the team, and it’s not known when they’ll be back. Cleveland placed the two starting pitchers on the restricted list after the right-handers broke team rules...
Powerful storm leaves 2 dead, heavy crop damage in MidwestVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without electricity on Tuesday after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region a day earlier, causing widespread damage to millions of acres of crops and killing at least two people. The storm known as a derecho...
Video: Police tried to cuff 8-year-old boy at Florida schoolVideo
KEY WEST, Fla. — Civil rights lawyers sued the police and school district Tuesday in Key West over their treatment of an 8-year-old boy with special needs who was handcuffed, booked and briefly jailed on a felony battery charge after he was accused of punching a teacher who sought to...
AP sources: Man shot near White House had shouted threatsVideo
WASHINGTON — A man shot and wounded by a uniformed Secret Service officer, prompting President Donald Trump to be abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference, had been threatening to kill people near the White House, two officials familiar with the matter said Tuesday. But...
MLB gives Astros coach 20-game suspension, Laureano 6 for roles in brawlVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron received a 20-game suspension and a fine for his role in a benches-clearing brawl at Oakland, MLB announced Tuesday. Cintron’s suspension is the longest for an on-field transgression in 15 years, since Texas pitcher Kenny Rogers received 20 games for his...
Sesame Place theme park worker assaulted in mask disputeVideo
LANGHORNE — A teenage employee at a children’s theme park near Philadelphia was assaulted as a result of reminding a couple about the requirement to wear a mask over the weekend, authorities said. A man and woman assaulted the 17-year-old employee of Sesame Place shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, police...
Pennsylvania mayors appeal to Congress for federal aid
HARRISBURG — Mayors in Pennsylvania are challenging the state’s members of Congress to help them get direct budget aid from the federal government, warning that cities of all sizes face steep deficits and deep service cuts as a result of the coronavirus’ impact on the economy. With Washington in a...
Joe Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mateVideo
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump. “I...
New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy
NEW YORK — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility. The truth, according to the home, is far worse: 21 dead, most transported to hospitals before...
Puerto Rico governor sues elections commission in primary debacle
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Tuesday added new demands to conflicting proposals for rescuing the U.S. territory’s botched primary election, suing to insist on an election re-do at all polling centers that opened late — not just those where a lack of ballots kept people from...
Police look into claims that Indian army faked Kashmir gunbattle
SRINAGAR, India — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said Tuesday they are investigating allegations by three families that three of their relatives were killed by the military in a staged gunbattle and buried as unidentified militants. Police are taking “all necessary steps to ascertain facts” in the case, said Amritpal Singh,...
