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Car hits crowd at German carnival; several injured
BERLIN — A car drove into a crowd at Carnival procession in a German town on Monday, injuring several people, police said. A large number of police are at the scene in Volkmarsen, about 175 miles southwest of Berlin, and the driver was arrested, Northern Hesse police said. Local media...
Canadian police move to clear indigenous protest in Ontario
TORONTO — Canadian police moved on Monday to clear an indigenous rail blockade in Ontario that has crippled freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three weeks. Ontario Provincial Police arrested some protesters on Tyendinaga Mohawk territory near Belleville, Ontario, east of Toronto. Demonstrators have...
Weinstein jury back to work with signs of split over chargesVideo
NEW YORK — Jurors at Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial are set to resume deliberations Monday after signaling they are at odds on the top charges in the closely watched #MeToo case. The jury sent a note to Judge James Burke at the end of a fourth day...
Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraudVideo
PARIS — He was the front-runner to be president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed. The trial formally began Monday in the presence...
Virus pushes beyond Asia, taking aim at Europe, Mideast
SEOUL, South Korea — The new virus took aim at a broadening swath of the globe Monday, with officials in Europe and the Middle East scrambling to limit the spread of an outbreak that showed signs of stabilizing at its Chinese epicenter but posed new threats far beyond. Worldwide, the...
U.S. sets out case for extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
LONDON — The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on Monday, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder is not a free-speech champion but an “ordinary” criminal who put many lives at risk with his secret-spilling. U.S. authorities want to try Assange on espionage...
India pours on the pageantry with colorful welcome for Trump
AHMEDABAD, INDIA — Basking in adulation from a massive, colorful crowd, President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished each other with praise Monday in a reaffirmation of U.S.-India ties as the subcontinent poured on the pageantry in a joyful welcome for the U.S. president. Trump capped his...
Ryan Newman suffered head injury, no internal injuries in crashVideo
LAS VEGAS — Ryan Newman said he suffered a head injury in his crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 but did not disclose details in a statement from the driver read before Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “I was fortunate to avoid any internal organ...
Phanatic mascot gets new look as Phillies, creators tangleVideo
CLEARWATER, Fla. — He’s 42 years old, a little out of shape and clearly no spring chicken. But there’s no one more popular on the field for the Philadelphia Phillies than the Phanatic. Which is why all eyes at the ballpark were on the furry mascot Sunday for the big...
6 killed in wrong-way crash on Georgia interstate
MIDWAY, Ga. — Six people, including three children, were killed early Sunday in a head-on collision on a Georgia interstate, authorities said. The crash happened early Sunday morning on Interstate 95, Liberty County sheriff’s officials said. Officers received reports of a white Lexus traveling southbound in a northbound lane of...
Capitals acquire Ilya Kovalchuk from Canadiens for 3rd-rounderVideo
WASHINGTON — The Capitals on Sunday acquired winger Ilya Kovalchuk from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2020 third-round pick. Washington made the move to get another top-nine forward hours after its second victory in eight games. Montreal will retain 50% of Kovalchuk’s $700,000 salary and cap hit. The 36-year-old Kovalchuk...
Israel strikes Gaza, Syria after Palestinian rockets attacks
JERUSALEM — The Israel military said early Monday that it struck Palestinian militants targets in Gaza and Syria in response to rockets fired toward southern Israel on Sunday evening, hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. The...
Patrick Reed shows his moxie and wins Mexico ChampionshipVideo
MEXICO CITY — Patrick Reed made it hard for anyone to question his moxie. A week that began with Brooks Koepka saying he thought Reed cheated when he was penalized for swiping sand in the Bahamas ended with Reed delivering clutch moments down the stretch Sunday to win the Mexico...
Joey Logano wins Las Vegas NASCAR event for 2nd straight yearVideo
LAS VEGAS — The adjustments to a major offseason overhaul at Team Penske continued Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where miscommunication between Joey Logano and his new crew chief led to a botched final pit stop. Logano still wound up in victory lane for the second year in a...
Robert Morris men close gap late, still lose to Fairleigh DickinsonVideo
TEANECK, N.J. — Jahlil Jenkins had 20 points as Fairleigh Dickinson edged Robert Morris, 75-70, on Sunday. Elyjah Williams had 17 points and seven rebounds for Fairleigh Dickinson (9-18, 7-9 Northeast Conference). Brandon Powell added 15 points and six rebounds, and Xzavier Malone-Key scored 12. Dante Treacy scored a career-high...
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to face off against U.S. authorities at extradition hearing
LONDON — The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London courthouse, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of classified military documents. A judge at Woolwich Crown Court will begin hearing arguments from lawyers for U.S. authorities, who...
2nd person in days killed by Mardi Gras float in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year’s Carnival season, authorities said. The man was fatally injured Saturday evening as the...
Penn State students raise more than $11 million in annual dance marathonVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Hundreds of Penn State students have raised almost $11.7 million dollars for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The $11,696,942.38 total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest...
Michigan sexual misconduct claims eerily similar to Ohio State caseVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When Michigan announced last week allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct by a sports doctor were under investigation, former wrestler Mike DiSabato was stunned by the parallels to an abuse scandal at his alma mater, Ohio State. The accusations by several people against Dr. Robert E. Anderson...
Tyson Fury gives boxing something to sing aboutVideo
LAS VEGAS — The world has never seen a heavyweight champion like Tyson Fury, the British behemoth who gave Deontay Wilder a beat down to win the heavyweight title and then celebrated by leading fans in a chorus of “American Pie” from the ring at the MGM Grand hotel. He...
Alarms raised on reliability, security of pricey ballot-marking voting machines
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. voters will cast ballots this year on devices that look and feel like the discredited paperless voting machines they once used, yet leave a paper record of the vote. But computer security experts are warning that these so-called ballot-marking devices still pose too much of...
Man drives Jeep off 6-story roof of Los Angeles-area garage
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A man drove his Jeep off the the sixth floor of a Los Angeles-area parking garage early Sunday and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. When officers arrived shortly after midnight, they found the destroyed vehicle up against a McDonald’s restaurant across...
Trump expresses optimism for U.S. peace deal with Taliban
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he’s ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America’s longest war. “Time to come home,” he said. “They want to stop. You know, they’ve been fighting a long time. They’re tough people. We’re...
B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
NEW YORK — Barbara “B.” Smith, one of the nation’s top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age 70 after battling early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Smith’s family announced on social media...
No. 9 Penn State falls to Indiana for 2nd straight lossVideo
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a game full of wild swings, Indiana boxed out No. 9 Penn State. The Hoosiers let a 19-point first-half lead disappear, fell behind by six and then rallied for a 68-60 victory Sunday. It was the second straight loss for the Nittany Lions (20-7, 10-6 Big...
