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Survey: 7 in 10 U.S. Olympic hopefuls favor postponementVideo
DENVER — Nearly seven in 10 U.S. Olympic hopefuls say they don’t think the Tokyo Games will be fair if they are held in July, prompting leaders of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to conclude “it’s more clear than ever that the path toward postponement is the most promising.”...
Cowboys’ Travis Frederick retires, cites play after nerve disorderVideo
Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick is retiring from the NFL at 29, the 2016 All-Pro saying he “could no longer perform at my highest level” after returning from a neurological disorder that sidelined him for a season. Frederick made the announcement on Twitter on Monday, a surprising development for a...
Blue and yellow again: LA Rams unveil logos, color schemeVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams unveiled a brand-new logo and some familiar new colors ahead of a milestone season. The Rams’ primary colors are royal blue and yellow again after the franchise’s rebranding announcement, which was made Monday with rather less fanfare than the team originally hoped because...
Patriots release all-time leading scorer Stephen GostkowskiVideo
BOSTON — The New England Patriots said goodbye Monday to another longtime staple of their two-decade run of championships, releasing kicker and franchise leading scorer Stephen Gostkowski. The three-time Super Bowl champion has spent his entire 14-year career in New England. Drafted in 2006, Gostkowski long ago passed Adam Vinatieri...
Pitt product Dion Lewis agrees to terms with GiantsVideo
The New York Giants reached agreements on one-year contracts with running back Dion Lewis (Pitt) and wide receiver Corey Coleman. Lewis spent the past two seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He was released earlier this month in a salary-cap move. Playing behind Derrick Henry, he carried 54 times for 209...
All signs point to Tokyo Olympics being postponedVideo
IOC members, national Olympic committees and athletes all were racing toward the same conclusion Monday: The Tokyo Olympics are not going to take place this summer. Craig Reedie, a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee, told the Associated Press everyone can see where things are headed, with the coronavirus...
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam cancels school year, orders some businesses closed
RICHMOND — Virginia public schools will remain closed for the rest of the current school year and certain types of businesses, like bowling alleys, salons, gyms and theaters, must close in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday. Northam’s order would not apply to businesses deemed essential,...
States can bar insanity defense, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can prevent criminal defendants from pleading insanity without violating their constitutional rights. The decision could prompt states across the country to toughen standards for defendants who wish to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The justices’ 6-3 decision came in...
Source: Redskins acquire QB Kyle Allen from PanthersVideo
WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins have traded for a quarterback coach Ron Rivera is plenty familiar with. Just not that one. Washington on Monday acquired Kyle Allen from the Carolina Panthers, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of...
Man gets 25 years for trying to bomb Oklahoma bank
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison after being convicted of trying to blow up an Oklahoma City bank with a massive vehicle bomb, according to federal prosecutors. Jerry Drake Varnell, 26, of Sayre was sentenced in federal court in Oklahoma City. When...
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley named AP women’s coach of the yearVideo
Dawn Staley helped guide South Carolina to No. 1 and has earned coach of the year honors from the Associated Press for the first time. The veteran Gamecocks coach received 20 votes from the national media panel that selects the Top 25 poll each week. “It’s a great feeling. It’s...
Reports: Panthers agree to terms with XFL standout QB P.J. WalkerVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person familiar with the situation said the Panthers agreed to terms on contracts with former XFL quarterback P.J. Walker of the Houston Roughnecks and former Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the moves...
Former Tom Brady backup Brian Hoyer agrees to deal with PatriotsVideo
BOSTON — Brian Hoyer is returning to the New England Patriots for a third time. The veteran quarterback has agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.05 million. Hoyer was released by Indianapolis on Saturday. In Hoyer, the Patriots add a veteran quarterback who is familiar with their system. It is...
Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is AP women’s player of the yearVideo
Sabrina Ionescu capped off a unprecedented college career by entering an exclusive club. Oregon’s star guard was a unanimous choice Monday as the Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year, receiving all 30 votes from the national media panel that selects the Top 25 each week during the season....
UEFA formally postpones Champions League final amid shutdownVideo
NYON, Switzerland — UEFA formally postponed the Champions League final Monday — an inevitable move with European soccer in total shutdown and four Round of 16 games yet to be completed. The final was scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul before the spreading coronavirus pandemic forced the four remaining second-leg...
South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown over coronavirus
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa, Africa’s most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the measures in...
Italy records smaller increase in virus cases for 2nd dayVideo
ROME — Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said while cautioning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with the world’s second-biggest caseload. Data released by Italy’s Civil Protection agency on Monday showed...
Prosecutors: Woman should owe $28M for defrauding investorsVideo
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Israeli woman should be ordered to pay $28 million in restitution to thousands of investors who were defrauded in a scheme she orchestrated. Lee Elbaz, 38, was sentenced in December to 22 years in prison, but U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang hasn’t...
UN chief urges immediate global cease-fire to fight covid-19Video
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for an immediate cease-fire in conflicts around the world to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The U.N. chief said: “It is time to put armed conflict on lock-down and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” Guterres said the world...
North Carolina wins court piracy case over Blackbeard’s shipVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided unanimously Monday with North Carolina in a copyright fight with a company that has documented the salvage of the pirate Blackbeard’s ship off the state’s coast. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court that the company’s copyright infringement lawsuit, which she called “a modern...
Supreme Court last chance for Trump to block Twitter criticsVideo
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump will have to go to the U.S. Supreme Court if he wants to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected by a 7-2 vote his lawyers’ request for all of the court’s active judges...
Attacks in Libya kill 5 despite calls for pause in fighting
At least five civilians were killed, including two members of the same family, by heavy shelling in Libya’s capital of Tripoli on Monday, officials in the U.N.-backed government said, despite increased international pressure to halt fighting over coronavirus concerns. Mortar shells launched by Libya’s eastern-based forces struck houses in Tripoli’s...
Klobuchar says husband hospitalized with coronavirusVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday that her husband, John Besser, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The former Democratic presidential candidate said in a statement that Besser began feeling sick when she was in Minnesota and he was in Washington, D.C., and he immediately quarantined himself. She...
Merkel negative in 1st virus test; more to be doneVideo
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman says the German leader has tested negative for the new coronavirus. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told news agency dpa on Monday that “further tests will be conducted in the coming days.” Merkel went into quarantine at home on Sunday evening after being informed that a...
PG&E pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in wildfireVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric said Monday it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 fire in Northern California that killed 84 people and decimated three towns. The utility said in a statement it will also admit to a single count...
