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Post Malone to headline Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
You can ring in the New Year with Post Malone: The rap-pop star will perform at “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” in New York City on Dec. 31. Dick Clark Productions announced Tuesday that K-pop group BTS, country singer Sam Hunt and singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette...
Drew Brees sets NFL all-time TD mark as Saints rout ColtsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees became the NFL’s all-time leader in touchdown passes, throwing for four scores to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 34-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. The scoring strike that broke Peyton Manning’s record of 539 career touchdown passes came in the...
Judge sets Michael Flynn sentencing, rejects defense arguments
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday scheduled a sentencing hearing for next month for Michael Flynn after rejecting arguments from the former Trump administration national security adviser that prosecutors had withheld evidence favorable to his case. The order from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington pushes the case...
3 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the SouthVideo
Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep South on Monday, authorities said. One person was reported killed in a suspected tornado strike on a Louisiana...
Sheriff fires North Carolina school resource officer who slammed studentVideo
HENDERSON, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff said Monday that he has fired a school resource officer seen on surveillance video violently slamming a middle school student to the ground twice and then dragging the boy off camera. Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame issued a statement Monday that the deputy...
Chiefs sign veteran pass-rusher Terrell Suggs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs claimed veteran pass rusher Terrell Suggs off waivers Monday, filling a massive hole at defensive end after losing Alex Okafor to a torn pectoral muscle a day earlier against the Denver Broncos. The 37-year-old Suggs spent the first 16 years of his...
‘Funky season’ provides Jets early evaluating for 2020
NEW YORK — Jonotthan Harrison entered training camp as the New York Jets’ center, eager to establish himself as a reliable starter. It all changed in a snap in early August when Ryan Kalil was lured out of retirement — sending Harrison to his familiar backup role. That is, until...
Spending deal would end two-decade freeze on gun research
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal on a government spending bill would for the first time in two decades provide money for federal research on gun safety. A law adopted in the 1990’s has effectively blocked such research and prohibits federal agencies from engaging in advocacy on gun-related issues. The spending...
Penn State LB Micah Parsons, Pitt DL Jaylen Twyman on AP All-America teamVideo
Penn State sophomore linebacker Micah Parsons was named first-team Associated Press All-America on Monday. Parsons has a team-best 85 tackles, including 10 for loss. He previously earned Big Ten Linebacker of the Year and was a finalist for the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker. The last Penn State...
Penn State moves into AP Top 25 for 1st time since 1996Video
The Penn State men’s basketball team checked in at No. 23 in the AP Top 25 on Monday for the program’s first poll appearance in more than two decades. The Nittany Lions (9-2) hadn’t appeared in the AP poll since being ranked 18th in March 1996. Before that season, Penn...
Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in JanuaryVideo
Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air. The Chicago-based company said production would halt at its plant with 12,000 employees in Renton, Wash.,...
Coyotes acquire Taylor Hall from Devils for picks, prospects
The Arizona Coyotes are looking to end their lengthy playoff drought by adding a player desperate to get back to the postseason himself. Arizona acquired standout winger Taylor Hall from the New Jersey Devils on Monday for three prospects and two draft picks. The Coyotes will try to end their...
‘Obamacare’ sign-up deadline is extended following glitches
WASHINGTON — People will get more time to sign up for “Obamacare” health insurance, the Trump administration announced Monday, following a spate of computer glitches over the weekend. The new HealthCare.gov deadline is 3 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a statement....
NFL suspends Seahawks WR Josh Gordon indefinitelyVideo
RENTON, Wash. — The troubles that have followed Josh Gordon throughout his career continued Monday as the Seahawks wide receiver was suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating the league’s drug policy again. Gordon tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and “substances of abuse,” the league said in a statement. Gordon...
Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of former Formula 1 chief, robbed of $66M in jewelry from London home
LONDON — London police are investigating the theft of a large cache of “high value jewelry” reported stolen from the palatial home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone. The Sun newspaper said the stolen jewelry was worth about $66 million and included precious...
WWII allies, Germany mark 75 years since Battle of the BulgeVideo
BASTOGNE, Belgium — Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in World War II — the Battle of the Bulge, which stopped Adolf Hitler’s last-ditch offensive to turn the tide of the war. At dawn on...
Policymakers order review of Pennsylvania juvenile justice system
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania policymakers announced a task force Monday that will take a broad look at the state’s juvenile justice system in hopes of improving the results it produces. Legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf announced formation of the group at a Capitol news conference, giving it nearly a...
In Afghanistan, Sen. Lindsey Graham says U.S. troop drawdown coming
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that President Donald Trump will announce an American troop drawdown this week, which could begin before the end of the year. Speaking from the Afghan capital of Kabul, Graham said the president could reduce troop numbers to 8,600, down from the...
Across India, opposition building against citizenship lawVideo
NEW DELHI — Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in...
75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium — As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery — filled with bodies, some headless, some limbless, blood seeping from the vehicles onto the roads that the U.S. soldiers had given their lives...
La Salle University women’s soccer team on probation after hazing probe
PHILADELPHIA — La Salle University has placed its women’s soccer team on disciplinary probation through the end of next year — including restrictions on competition for the spring season — following an investigation that revealed what it called “nonviolent power-differential hazing.” The Philadelphia university said no action was taken against...
Feds seize almost 370 pounds of cocaine headed to Canada
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Federal agents seized almost 370 pounds of cocaine that was hidden in a truck preparing to enter Canada at Vermont’s Derby Line border crossing, a court documents say. The cocaine, packed in 142 brick-shaped packages, was found by agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the...
Design-friendly holiday gifts sure to be loved
Home decor accessories can make great hostess gifts or holiday gifts, but how do you choose something you know the recipient will want? Unless you’re sure of someone’s personal style, it can be hard to choose larger things like vases or candlesticks, says New York-based interior designer Jenny Dina Kirschner....
Larry Fitzgerald’s future again hot topic after Cardinals’ final home game of 2019
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Larry Fitzgerald wandered the field after the Arizona Cardinals ended a six-game losing streak, searching for hugs and handshakes. He went through what seemed like half the Cleveland Browns sideline, stopping to share a laugh or a pat on the back and posing for a few photos....
Democrats seek John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney for impeachment trialVideo
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are proposing a weekslong Senate impeachment trial seeking testimony from four new witnesses including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney over President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, according to a detailed outlined released Sunday. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York proposed the structure for a “fair...
