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Democrats seeking to compel in-person election security briefingsVideo
WASHINGTON — Racing the political clock, frustrated Democrats on Sunday searched for a way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election. The director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said most briefings on what the administration knows about...
A’s announce positive covid-19 test, game vs. Astros postponedVideo
HOUSTON — A member of the Oakland Athletics organization tested positive for the coronavirus, causing MLB to postpone the team’s game Sunday against the Houston Astros. The finale of the A’s three-game series at Minute Maid Park was called off less than four hours before the scheduled first pitch. The...
AP source: Jaguars trading Ngakoue to Vikings for 2 picks
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Disgruntled pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue is headed north, far away from Jacksonville. A person familiar with the trade says the Jaguars have agreed to send Ngakoue to the Minnesota Vikings for a second-round draft pick in 2021 and a conditional fifth-rounder in 2022. The person spoke to The...
Arkansas sheriff quits after racist rant goes viral
DEWITT, Ark. — The sheriff of an Arkansas Delta county resigned Friday under pressure after a recording of a man identified as him delivering a racist rant went viral. Arkansas County Sheriff Todd Wright resigned at the request of the county’s Quorum Court after the Pine Bluff Commercial reported a...
ABC to air ‘Black Panther’ as tribute to Chadwick Boseman
NEW YORK — ABC will air “Black Panther” commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to Chadwick Boseman. The film will be followed by an ABC News Special, “Chadwick Bosmeman: A Tribute for a King.” Disney said the special “will celebrate Boseman’s storied life, legacy and career” and “shine a light...
Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars
WASHINGTON — During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, who ultimately got the job. Instead, in what Democrats call a breach of protocol and blatant cronyism,...
Protester killed in Portland as mayor, Trump trade blameVideo
PORTLAND, Ore. — A man who was fatally shot after supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with left-wing protesters on the streets of Portland, Oregon, was a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, its founder said Sunday. Joey Gibson, head of the group based in Washington state, told The...
William Byron wins at Daytona to reach Cup Series playoffs, knocks out Jimmie Johnson
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron snaked his way through a smoky crash late Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway and narrowly avoided another melee a few laps later. Those moves got him to victory lane for the first time in his young NASCAR Cup Series career and back in...
Robin Lehner gets another shutout, Golden Knights blank Canucks
EDMONTON, Alberta — Robin Lehner stopped 32 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks, 3-0, in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series Saturday night. Alex Tuch, got his seventh goal of the postseason, and Mark Stone and Zack Whitecloud also scored to help Vegas take...
College football kicks off covid-19 style in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With masks, social distancing and mostly empty stands, the college football season kicked off covid-19 style. Austin Peay and Central Arkansas, two teams fresh from FCS playoff appearances, took the stage at Cramton Bowl Saturday night in the Guardian Kickoff Classic. The Bears won 24-17 but college...
This date in sports history: Aug. 30
1905 — Ty Cobb made his major league debut, hitting a double off Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders in the Tigers’ 5-3 victory. 1910 — Tom Hughes of the New York Yankees pitched a no-hitter for 91/3 innings before giving up a single to Harry Niles of the...
Islanders rally to beat Flyers, take series leadVideo
TORONTO — Matt Martin and Leo Komarov scored in the second period as the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1, on Saturday night, taking a 2-1 lead in their conference semifinal series. Anders Lee also scored, and Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves to rebound after a...
Pitt, Rams star Aaron Donald wants to see fans at new SoFi Stadium
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Aaron Donald thinks the NFL ought to figure out a way to get some fans into more of its massive stadiums this fall — at a proper social distance, of course. The Los Angeles Rams’ All-Pro defensive tackle participated in the team’s second fan-free scrimmage at brand-new...
Ondrej Palat helps Lightning take commanding series lead over BruinsVideo
TORONTO — Well-rounded winger Ondrej Palat is scoring, reigning MVP Nikita Kucherov is defending and the Tampa Bay Lightning have taken over their series against the Boston Bruins. Palat scored two goals to give him four in the past three games, Kucherov was part of a strong defensive effort in...
U.S. Open marks return to Grand Slam tennisVideo
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...
Dustin Johnson, Matsuyama tied for lead at tough Olympia FieldsVideo
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Dustin Johnson is 21 shots worse to par than he was a week ago and still looks to be the player to beat. Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama survived another demanding day at Olympia Fields, both scratching out 1-under-par 69s that felt better than it looked to...
Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip
LAKE CHARLES, La. — President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura on a post-Republican National Convention trip that allowed him to use the trappings of his office to try to project empathy and leadership. His stops, first in Louisiana and later in Texas,...
‘A time to pick up:’ Hurricane-hurt Louisiana begins cleanup
CAMERON PARISH, La. — Residents in southwestern Louisiana embarked Saturday on the epic task of clearing away felled trees, ripped-off roofs and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the state. The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths, with more than half...
‘7 bullets, 7 days’: Protesters march for Jacob Blake in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. — Roughly a thousand people gathered Saturday in Kenosha for a march and rally against police violence, about a week after an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back and left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. Marchers chanted “No justice, no peace!” and “Seven bullets, seven days” —...
Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins
LAKE CHARLES, La. — The destructive storm surge has receded, and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. The U.S....
2 soldiers killed in Black Hawk training crash in California
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Two soldiers were killed and three were injured when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training exercise off Southern California’s coast, the Defense Department said Saturday. Staff Sgt. Vincent P. Marketta, 33, of Brick, New Jersey, and Sgt. Tyler M. Shelton, 22, of San Bernardino,...
Shiite Muslims mark holy day of mourning in virus’ shadow
Shiite Muslims are observing the solemn holy day of Ashoura that they typically mark with large, mournful gatherings, in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. Ashoura commemorates the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq with the army...
Nurses on NY’s front lines call for minimum staffing ratios
ALBANY, N.Y. — Nurses on the front lines of New York’s covid-19 pandemic are calling for the state to enact minimum staffing standards ahead of another wave of infections. Health care industry leaders, though, warn that passing such a law would saddle facilities with billions of dollars in extra costs...
Activists see disparate police tactics amid Kenosha protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — Police officers in Kenosha were on alert after days of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake by one of their colleagues, and they’d recently gotten a tip about “suspicious vehicles” from out of state. So, after watching a group of people fill cans at a gas...
Census, like Post Office, politicized in election year
ORLANDO, Fla. — The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020. Unlike the department charged with delivering mail, however, the U.S. Census Bureau has been here before. It has found itself targeted by politicians repeatedly since it conducted its first...
