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Texans roar past Bills for overtime win in wild-card roundVideo
HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in regulation and then led the winning drive in overtime as the Texans added another comeback to Houston playoff history by rallying from a double-digit second-half deficit for a 22-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the...
‘Cinderella story’ as Tulane rallies to beat Southern Mississippi in Armed Forces BowlVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Justin McMillan won two state championships playing for a Texas high school about 35 miles away from where he played his last game for Tulane. Both of his parents served in the Army. The Armed Forces Bowl provided a storybook finish for his college career. McMillan,...
Saints recall tension, tears in Vikings’ last playoff visitVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Ten years ago, when the Minnesota Vikings last visited New Orleans in the playoffs, Saints punter Thomas Morstead wasn’t prepared for what he saw. “I remember after the game was over, I didn’t expect it to be as emotional as it was. I found my family and...
Robert Morris beats Merrimack, improves to 2-0 in Northeast Conference
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Josh Williams hit 5 of 7 3-pointers and scored 17 points, and Robert Morris defeated Merrimack, 69-58, on Saturday. AJ Bramah added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Colonials (6-9, 2-0 Northeast Conference), who had five players score in double figures. Jalen Hawkins chipped in...
Azubuike leads No. 3 Kansas to 60-53 win over No. 16 West VirginiaVideo
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self knew he would need his toughest bunch on the floor to muscle up against West Virginia. All three showed up. Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds while outplaying Mountaineers big man Oscar Tshiebwe in the second half, Devon Dotson and Marcus...
Pressure nothing new for Eagles as they prepare for SeattleVideo
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have been playing must-win games for a month to get to this point. Now, it’s win or go home. The Eagles (9-7) will host the Seattle Seahawks (11-5) in an NFC wild-card playoff game Sunday after winning four straight games to secure their second division...
McGowan, Arquette reflect as Weinstein trial approaches
NEW YORK — Rose McGowan doesn’t plan be in the courtroom when Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial starts in the coming week. One of Weinstein’s most prominent accusers, McGowan says the trauma the fallen Hollywood mogul caused her is so great she couldn’t bear the pain of it. But Rosanna Arquette,...
No. 21 Penn State topples No. 23 Iowa in PhiladelphiaVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Izaiah Brockington scored 23 points to lead No. 21 Penn State to its fifth straight win, 89-86 over No. 23 Iowa on Saturday at the Palestra. Luka Garza scored 34 points for the Hawkeyes (10-4, 1-2 Big Ten), but he missed three crucial free throws down the stretch...
Rockets fired after day of mourning for slain Iranian leader
BAGHDAD — Thousands took to the streets of Baghdad for the funeral procession of Iran’s top general Saturday after he was killed in a U.S. airstrike, as the region braced for the Islamic Republic to fulfill its vows of revenge. The day of mourning in the Iraqi capital ended Saturday...
Mississippi says two inmates escaped from troubled prison
Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that has left at least five inmates dead in the past week. Gov. Phil Bryant on Saturday said via Twitter that he has directed “the use of all necessary assets...
More US troops deploy to Mideast amid tensions with Iran
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, told The...
Woman accused of using Muslim student’s hijab to attack her
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for a woman accused of trying to choke a Muslim student with her headscarf and then harassing her by stripping down at a train station in Portland, Oregon. Jasmine Renee Campbell, 23, has been indicted on hate crime, attempted strangulation, harassment...
Chicago mom charged with killing sons in stabbing, high-rise plunge
CHICAGO — A 20-year-old Chicago woman faces murder charges after police say she killed two of her young sons, leaving one in a bathtub and throwing another from an 11th-floor apartment window before jumping herself. Aleah Newell of Chicago was charged with two counts of murder for the death of...
Woman sues TripAdvisor after falling off runaway camel
DEDHAM, Mass. — A woman is suing TripAdvisor after a runaway camel tossed her to the ground during a tour in Morocco. Breanne Ayala, 24, is accusing Massachusetts-based TripAdvisor and its subsidiary Viator of negligence and breach of contract for failing to ensure the camel tour company was operating safely,...
Survivor of boat disaster: ‘Sleeping to swimming’ in minutes
JUNEAU, Alaska — A survivor of an Alaska crab boat sinking that left five fellow fishermen missing said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming” in minutes as rough seas and ice battered their vessel on New Year’s Eve. “On the 31st, we just started listing really hard on the...
Amid clergy abuse, survivors of color remain in shadows
The Samples were a black Chicago family, with six children and few resources. The priest helped them with tuition, clothes, bills. He offered the promise of opportunities — a better life. He also abused all the children. They told no one. They were afraid of not being believed and of...
Man left drugs, gun in designer bags at Louisiana convenience store
GALLIANO, La. — Louisiana authorities are perplexed over why a man left apparent designer bags holding drugs, a gun, cash and a digital scale in a convenience store. The man went into the store early Thursday and put the Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags on a chair, according to a...
Man leaps off Atlanta bridge in mistaken belief cops are chasing himVideo
ATLANTA — A driver who mistakenly thought Atlanta police were chasing him as they pursued a different speeding motorist crashed his car and jumped 40 feet (12 meters) off a highway bridge to escape. The driver survived the jump early Thursday and ran into a wooded area. On Friday, Davaughn...
Court grants order to keep Texas baby on life support
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas appeals court on Friday agreed to delay a judge’s ruling that would have allowed a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for an 11-month-old girl who doctors say is in pain and will not get better. The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth ordered...
From Pitt to DiCaprio, stars turn out for AFI Awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — From Leonardo DiCaprio to Brad Pitt, some of Hollywood’s brightest stars came together to relax and sip wine in a room where everyone ended up walking away a winner at the American Film Institute Awards on Friday. The annual AFI invite-only luncheon honored 11 films and...
Christians cheer Trump in Miami as he says Soleimani’s ‘bloody rampage’ is over
MIAMI — Speaking from a campaign rally at a West Miami-Dade County megachurch, President Donald Trump declared to a cheering audience of thousands that Iran’s top general was dead, and said a “major attack” against the U.S. had been stopped. Trump, in some of his first public comments about the...
Mississippi prison chief says 4 of 5 killings done by gangs
Mississippi’s outgoing prisons chief said Friday that at least some of the five killings of inmates since Sunday stem from gang violence, as guards struggle to maintain control of restive inmates. “These are trying times for the Mississippi Department of Corrections,” Commissioner Pelicia Hall said in a statement hours after...
Q&A: How climate change, other factors stoke Australia fires
Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say. And these fires are so extreme that they are triggering their own thunderstorms. Here are a few questions and answers about the science behind the Australian wildfires that so far have...
Nathan Rourke, Ohio beat Nevada in Famous Idaho Potato BowlVideo
BOISE, Idaho — Nathan Rourke accounted for 241 yards and ran for a touchdown to help Ohio beat Nevada, 30-21, on Friday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Ohio (7-6) rebounded from a 1-3 start for its fifth straight winning season under coach Frank Solich. The 75-year-old former Nebraska coach...
Spotlight on J.J. Watt in return for Texans playoff game against BillsVideo
HOUSTON — J.J. Watt was a rookie in the 2011 playoffs when his spectacular performance against the Cincinnati Bengals led the Houston Texans to the first postseason win in franchise history. The spotlight will be on Watt again Saturday, when he’ll return to the field a little more than two...
