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Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrantsVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign. All eyes will be on Chief Justice John Roberts when the court hears arguments Tuesday. Roberts...
High risk dams pose upstream danger for many Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians living downstream may not often think about what could happen if something goes wrong with one of the state’s many dams, but threats to life and property are scattered along the state’s 86,000 miles of streams and rivers. “Our infrastructure in Pennsylvania is old — we’re an...
Other runners come forward after former teen star makes abuse allegations
Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley,...
Myreon Jones leads Penn State men’s basketball team past Wagner
STATE COLLEGE — Pat Chambers believes Penn State can be one of the best defensive teams in the country. Two games in, the Nittany Lions appear to be headed in that direction. Myreon Jones scored 14 points, and Penn State pulled away from Wagner, 91-64, on Saturday. Lamar Stevens added...
LSU snaps losing streak against Alabama behind Burrow’s big game
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Joe Burrow passed for 393 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 1 LSU snapped an eight-game losing streak to No. 2 Alabama with a 46-41 victory Saturday. The Tigers (9-0, 5-0 SEC, No. 2 CFP) are no longer second fiddle in the SEC West — and maybe...
West Virginia no match for Texas Tech as losing streak hits 5 gamesVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Texas Tech quarterback Jett Duffey continues to give West Virginia fits. The junior moved the offense at will in the first half, and the Red Raiders used a fast start to beat West Virginia, 38-17, on Saturday, handing the Mountaineers their fifth straight loss. Duffey threw for...
Robert Morris men outclassed on road at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Mike Brey liked what he saw at both ends of the court, and particularly in light of how young this college basketball season is. “This is what, 20 home openers?” Brey said of his time as Notre Dame coach following Saturday’s 92-57 blowout victory over Robert...
Despite fires, California wine is doing just fine – for now
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine. For now. Despite a late October blaze that raged through one of the world’s...
John Bolton has book deal, publishing officials say
NEW YORK — Former national security adviser John Bolton has a book deal, The Associated Press has learned. The hawkish Bolton departed in September because of numerous foreign policy disagreements with President Donald Trump. He reached a deal over the past few weeks with Simon & Schuster, according to three...
Funeral held for last victim of Mexico border killings
COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico — Family and friends said goodbye Saturday to the last victim of a cartel ambush that killed nine American women and children from a Mormon community in northern Mexico where cartels have disrupted an otherwise peaceful, rural existence. In the attack Monday, Christina Langford Johnson jumped out...
2 suspects in custody in Atlanta college student’s death
ATLANTA — A day after a missing Clark Atlanta University student was found dead in a Georgia park, police have arrested the victim’s roommate and the roommate’s boyfriend. Atlanta police on Saturday arrested 21-year-old Jordyn Jones and Jones’ boyfriend, 21-year-old Barron Brantley, each on charges of malice murder in the...
Minnesota holds off Penn State in battle of unbeatens
MINNEAPOLIS — The progress made by Minnesota in coach P.J. Fleck’s third season was met by natural skepticism outside the long-languishing program, with even the most ardent fans in full prove-it mode for this game of unbeaten teams against Penn State. From start to finish, the Gophers matched the moment....
Pot or not? Busts highlight growing confusion over hemp
NEW YORK — The CBD craze is leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused. The extract that’s been showing up in everything from candy to coffee is legally derived from hemp plants, which look and smell an awful lot like that other cannabis — marijuana. They’re so...
All eyes on Texas governor as calls grow to halt execution
AUSTIN, Texas — In his five years as Texas’ governor, Republican Greg Abbott has overseen the execution of nearly 50 prisoners while only once sparing a condemned man’s life, after a victims’ family asked him to do so. But Abbott — who has proudly referred to the death penalty as...
Harris, Warren compete for support from black female voters
Kamala Harris got a much needed boost this week when the California senator picked up the endorsement of Higher Heights, the country’s largest political organization aimed at electing black women. But Elizabeth Warren would not be outdone. A day after Harris’ announcement, the Massachusetts senator won the backing of more...
Complaint: ‘Jane Doe’ beaten, burned, discarded in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — A woman known for two decades simply as “Jane Doe” after her battered remains were found on the edge of a Wisconsin cornfield was a cognitively impaired 23-year-old who sought help from a nurse now accused of “barbaric brutality” and charged in her death, investigators who worked the...
10 hospitalized from Oklahoma facility after flu shot mix-up
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Ten people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were apparently accidentally injected with what’s believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Emergency responders were called Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, about 40 miles...
Remembering heroes: Reenactors recreate slave uprising
LaPLACE, La. — To the beat of drums and the clip clop of horses’ hooves, the crowd of African Americans dressed in period costume marched down a street Friday in southeastern Louisiana, recreating the start of what became the largest slave uprising in U.S. history. Across the street, Claudine Ory,...
Police: Dad, daughter kidnapped woman, dumped her in desert
LOS ANGELES — A father and a daughter kidnapped a woman from a Las Vegas suburb and brought her to his house in Southern California, holding her captive for a week, raping her and then leaving her for dead in the desert, authorities said Friday. Stanley Alfred Lawton, 54, and...
Memphis star freshman James Wiseman has temporary restraining order to playVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The feel-good season for No. 14 Memphis plunged into uncertainty Friday after the school said second-year coach and former NBA star Penny Hardaway gave more than $11,000 to the family of top prospect James Wiseman, who got a court order allowing him to play while the school...
Intentional cautions take spotlight in NASCAR playoffsVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin thought he was the favorite to win NASCAR’s championship but now finds himself in danger of not even making it to the title round. Chase Elliott is fairly certain he has backed himself into such a hole that his only chance at a championship is...
WVU faces Texas Tech to try to salvage disappointing season
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Texas Tech and West Virginia have lumbered through sour seasons under first-year coaches. One of them will get a sorely needed boost and end a losing streak when the Red Raiders (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) and Mountaineers (3-5, 1-4) meet Saturday. The winner will prop up fading...
LSU, Alabama set for another epic showdown of No. 1 vs. No. 2
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama and LSU are ready for another 1 vs. 2 November get-together. It took eight years, seismic offensive shifts and two Heisman Trophy-contending quarterbacks, but they’re back for another massive meeting between the nation’s two top-ranked teams in the AP poll. No. 1 LSU (8-0, 4-0 SEC,...
Penn State vs. Minnesota has plenty of implications for Big Ten, CFP
MINNEAPOLIS — The college football spotlight this weekend has been aimed at Alabama, where LSU’s visit will mark the first regular-season meeting of the top two teams in the Associated Press poll since those same teams played eight years ago. There is quite the undercard on the schedule, too. Another...
Trump pushes back on reports U.S. will remove China tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed a Chinese official’s assertion that his administration has agreed to roll back some of the higher tariffs it’s imposed on Chinese goods. The Chinese official said Thursday that the two sides had agreed to a phased cancellation of their tariff hikes as...
