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Family of man convicted of Lockerbie bombing can appeal
LONDON — Scotland’s criminal appeals body said Wednesday that the family of a Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over the town of Lockerbie can launch a posthumous appeal against his conviction. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission said the family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is...
AP source: MLB prefers teams flip sites if virus shuts parks
NEW YORK — If Major League Baseball can’t play in front of fans at a team’s home ballpark because of the virus outbreak, the sport’s first preference likely would be to switch games to the visiting team’s stadium if possible, a person familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press....
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a once-aspiring...
Nuclear waste cleanup efforts in Washington could be delayed
RICHLAND, Wash. — The Department of Energy has announced priority plans for environmental cleanup nationwide and indicates a slower process for the decommissioned nuclear site in Washington state, a report said. The focus at the Hanford Site will be to start treating waste at the $17 billion vitrification plant, but...
Bucks County confirms 1st cases of coronavirus, bumping Pennsylvania total to 16
Cases of the new coronavirus crept into a new county in Pennsylvania as Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania and at least a dozen other schools are moving classes online and St. Patrick’s Day parades in Philadelphia, Scranton and Pittsburgh were canceled. Bucks County, in suburban Philadelphia, confirmed its first...
U.S. consumer prices grew 0.1% in February as food costs rose
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices increased slightly last month, driven higher by more expensive food. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index ticked up 0.1% last month, matching its January increase. Prices rose 2.3% compared with a year earlier. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, prices...
Police shooting leads to tension, protests in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — A police shooting that wounded a suspect during a foot chase in Raleigh, N.C., sparked protests early Wednesday from hundreds who demanded answers and burned a flag outside the governor’s mansion. Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown said officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday evening reporting a man...
Russia passes bill allowing Putin to stay in power past 2024
MOSCOW — The Russian parliament approved a sweeping constitutional reform in the third and final reading Wednesday, a move that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024. The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, endorsed a set...
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrested on DWI charges in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested in Texas on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated after his wife called police to their house over an argument, according to court records released Tuesday. The Infowars founder was booked into an Austin jail shortly after midnight and released...
Store owner charged after homemade sanitizer burns youths
RIVER VALE, N.J. — A convenience store owner in New Jersey reacting to the coronavirus outbreak created and sold a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns, state and county law enforcement officials said. Authorities on Tuesday issued a summons charging Manisha Bharade, 47, of Wood-Ridge with endangering the...
No. 2 Gonzaga wins 8th WCC title with victory over Saint Mary’sVideo
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Drew Timme scored 17 points, Filip Petrusev had a double-double and No. 2 Gonzaga beat rival Saint Mary’s, 84-66, to reclaim the West Coast Conference tournament title Tuesday night. The top-seeded Zags (31-2) bounced back from a middling performance in the semifinals to win their eighth...
North Dakota State dismantles North Dakota for Summit crown, NCAA bidVideo
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Top-seeded North Dakota State led from start to finish and overwhelmed No. 6 North Dakota, 89-53, in the Summit League Tournament championship game Tuesday night and secured the automatic NCAA Tournament bid. NDSU’s leading scorer, Vinnie Shahid, led the Bison with 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting....
LA Opera finds harassment reports against Placido Domingo ‘credible’
SAN FRANCISCO — An investigation commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera into sexual harassment allegations against Plácido Domingo has found that the legendary tenor engaged in “inappropriate conduct” with multiple women over the three decades he held senior positions at the company, which he helped found and later led. Investigators...
Northern Kentucky repeats as Horizon champs, heads to NCAA TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Sharpe scored 16 points, and Jalen Tate added 14 on Tuesday, helping Northern Kentucky beat UIC, 71-62, to lock up its second straight Horizon League Tournament title and earn another trip to the NCAA Tournament. The second-seeded Norse (23-9) will make their third appearance in four seasons...
Hofstra returns to NCAA Tournament for first time since 2001Video
WASHINGTON — Senior guard Eli Pemberton scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half, and Hofstra came from behind to beat Northeastern, 70-61, on Tuesday night to win the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament and return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001. The top-seeded Pride...
Joe Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Bernie SandersVideo
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there, as well as in Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden’s path...
Slighted Justin Champagnie takes it out on Wake Forest; Pitt advances in ACC tourney
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Justin Champagnie felt snubbed after being left off the ACC’s All-Freshman team. So he decided to take it out on Wake Forest in the opening round of the conference tournament Tuesday, scoring a career-high 31 points to lead Pitt to a 81-72 victory over the Demon Deacons....
West Virginia delegate loses suit blaming bar for blindness
GARY, Ind. — The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled against a lawsuit filed by a West Virginia delegate over a 2006 parking lot brawl that left him blinded years before he was elected to office. The lawsuit said Cavanaugh’s Sports Bar & Eatery, near Gary, had an obligation to protect...
Penn State hoping to bounce back in Big Ten TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo thought he had seen everything during his 25-year tenure. Then came this season, in which three teams with six Big Ten losses shared the league’s regular-season crown and as many as 11 remain hopeful of making the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field. Izzo doesn’t...
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is turned away from polls, told he ‘wasn’t in the system’Video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mayor of Kansas City struggled to vote Tuesday in the Missouri presidential primary after a worker mistakenly entered his name in the system. Mayor Quinton Lucas, a Democrat, made a video about the importance of voting before he headed into his normal polling location, Mount...
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden cancel Ohio rallies over coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden abruptly canceled scheduled rallies Tuesday night in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus — as public health fears began transforming the 2020 race. Sanders had been planning to speak at a convention center in Cleveland as...
Dow surges 4.9% in another wild day on hopes for coronavirus aidVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks on Tuesday recouped most of their historic losses from the prior day as hopes rose, faded and then bloomed again on Wall Street that the U.S. government will try to cushion the economic pain from the coronavirus. The S&P 500 surged as much as 3.7% in...
Louisiana couple accused of stealing $1,000 worth of beer from Target
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana couple accused of swiping more than $1,000 worth of beer from the shelves of Target stores was arrested on theft charges Sunday, sheriff’s office records show. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies began investigating the beer burglaries last week, according to the agency. The couple...
Marilyn, soup cans, wigs feature in Warhol show at Tate in London
Images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe’s lips are on display in a new Andy Warhol show at London’s Tate Modern — alongside several of the artist’s wigs. The exhibition includes more than 100 works by the pop-art icon, including Coke bottles, Campbell’s soup cans and celebrities including Dolly Parton,...
Ohio toddler’s parents arrested, charged with murder in his death
YOUNSTOWN, Ohio — The parents of a 2-year-old boy who authorities said was beaten to death have been arrested and charged with murder and child endangering. Derek Carter Jr., 27, of Campbell and Sharday Bing Dixon, 33, of Struthers were arrested Monday in Youngstown by members of a U.S. Marshals...
