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Turner Sports expands rights deal with MLB through 2028
Turner Sports will continue broadcasting Major League Baseball after agreeing to an extension of rights through the 2028 season. The seven-year agreement will take effect in 2022 and includes a Tuesday night game as well as additional postseason games. It also includes expanded digital rights for Bleacher Report and other...
Crash drops Cleveland highway sign onto pickup; 1 person dead
CLEVELAND — A dump truck struck the base of a sign on a Cleveland highway during the morning commute Thursday, causing the sign to fall on a passing pickup truck and kill one person in the pickup, authorities said, The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 8:30...
Court convicts 12 over tennis-playing protest at Swiss bank
GENEVA — A Swiss appeals court on Thursday convicted a dozen environmental activists who took part in a rogue tennis match inside a Lausanne branch of Credit Suisse to protest the Swiss bank’s links to the petrochemicals sector. Overturning a lower court’s acquittal in January, the appeals court in Renens,...
Kenosha shooter’s defense portrays him as ‘American patriot’
The way lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse tell it, he wasn’t just a scared teenager acting in self-defense when he shot to death two Kenosha, Wisconsin, protesters. He was a courageous defender of liberty, a patriot exercising his right to bear arms amid rioting in the streets. “A 17-year-old citizen is...
Trump pays respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday morning, just two days before he announces his nominee to replace her on the high court. The president and first lady Melania Trump — both wearing masks — stood silently at the top...
Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears
The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this year’s most important presidential swing states. It also has another distinction as home to one of the worst-performing U.S. Postal Service districts in the country. In...
Chinese company says coronavirus vaccine ready by early 2021
BEIJING — A Chinese pharmaceutical company said Thursday the coronavirus vaccine it is developing should be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the United States. Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell CoronaVac in the United States...
3 accused of creating ‘man cave’ under Grand Central station
NEW YORK — Three railroad workers have been suspended for turning a storage room under New York’s Grand Central Terminal into an unauthorized “man cave” with a television, a refrigerator, a microwave and a futon couch, officials said Thursday. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority investigation found that managers at Metro-North Railroad...
Earthquake measuring 4.2 shakes Turkish megacity of Istanbul
ISTANBUL — An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.2 hit near Istanbul on Thursday, a Turkish government agency reported. There was no immediate report of damage or casualties. The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said the quake was centered in the Sea of Marmara, off the town of Marmaraereglisi. It struck at...
In Breonna Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice
“Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” became a rallying cry this summer, emblazoned on T-shirts worn by celebrities and sports stars while protesters filled the streets demanding police accountability. In the end, none of the officers were charged with Taylor’s killing, although one was indicted for shooting into a...
Trump-appointed judges under an election-year political lens
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson, a Trump administration appointee who bucked the president’s conservative base by blocking a Tennessee law that restricts mail-in voting, had an announcement to make before wrapping up his decision: it had nothing to do with politics. The declaration dropped as lower-court judges,...
Rejecting Trump, both parties’ leaders see orderly electionVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election drew swift blowback Thursday from both parties in Congress, and lawmakers were already turning to unprecedented steps to ensure he can’t ignore the vote of the people. Congressional leaders, including Senate...
As virus surges, critics say U.K. hasn’t learned from mistakes
LONDON — Britain bungled its response to the coronavirus the first time around. Now many scientists fear it’s about to do it again. The virus is on the rise once more in the U.K., which has recorded almost 42,000 COVID-19 deaths, with confirmed infections at their highest level since May....
Gigi Hadid welcomes baby girl with Zayn Malik
Model Gigi Hadid and her musician boyfriend Zayn Malik took to social media to celebrate the arrival of an infant girl, with dad saying he’s “grateful” and “thankful.” “To try put into words how I am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love I feel for this...
Vietnamese police to investigate condom recycling factory
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese police said they will investigate a factory that was found recycling about 320,000 used condoms for resale, local media reported Thursday. Following a tip from a local resident, Binh Duong provincial market inspectors over the weekend raided a factory near Ho Chi Minh City where they...
Jobless claims rise to 870,000 as backlogs cloud data
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted. The figure coincides with evidence that some newly...
What are ‘naked ballots’ and why they could determine the presidential election outcome in Pa.
HARRISBURG — Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren’t put in the proper envelope. The so-called naked ballots...
Annual John Lennon tribute, in 40th year, goes online
NEW YORK — Like many other events, an annual John Lennon tribute concert that takes place in his adopted city of New York on his Oct. 9 birthday has been forced online because of the coronavirus pandemic. There was no way it was being canceled, not on what would have...
This Date in Sports History: Sept. 24
1950 — Philadelphia’s Russ Craft has four interceptions to lead the Eagles in a 45-7 rout of the Chicago Cardinals. Chicago quarterback Jim Hardy sets an NFL record by throwing eight interceptions. 1953 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Rolando La Starza in the 11th round at the Polo Grounds in...
Stamkos scores, leaves, Lightning beat Stars 5-2 in Game 3Video
EDMONTON, Alberta — Steven Stamkos scored on his first shot since February, left with injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept dominating without him, blowing the Dallas Stars out of an empty arena with a 5-2 rout in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night to take...
Louisville police say 2 officers shot, wounded amid protestVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police say two officers have been shot amid protests in Louisville over a lack of charges in the Breonna Taylor case. Police say a suspect is in custody. Police Chief Robert Schroeder said one officer is alert and stable and the other officer is in surgery...
Baker Mayfield, Browns’ high-powered offense show early promise
CLEVELAND — Like a mother lion with her hungry cubs, Baker Mayfield has many mouths to feed. And just one football to share. When Mayfield looks around Cleveland’s offensive huddle, the Browns quarterback is surrounded by almost an embarrassment of offensive riches. There’s star wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and...
Stefon Diggs focuses on giving and receiving in 1st year with BillsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs is more interested in giving than receiving. Putting aside the AFC-leading numbers the Bills receiver has generated two weeks into his first season in Buffalo, Diggs shifted the focus by instead paying a compliment to quarterback Josh Allen. “If there’s anything I can say,...
NBA players say Breonna Taylor grand jury decision ‘not enough’Video
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron James sent the word to the Los Angeles Lakers in a group text Wednesday afternoon, and basketball suddenly seemed irrelevant. A grand jury in Kentucky finally had spoken. And James was letting his team know NBA players, who have spent months seeking justice for...
SEC football opens minus big crowds, tailgating, some starsVideo
SEC football games won’t have their normal scenes of packed stadiums and partying tailgaters. Gone, too, are some of the league’s best players, including LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and much-anticipated new Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman. In the season of covid-19, SEC teams finally open their 10-game league-only schedule Saturday....
