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NFL losing reputation for boring trade deadlines
The NFL is losing its reputation for boring trade deadlines. Jalen Ramsey, Marcus Peters, Emmanuel Sanders, Mohamed Sanu, Michael Bennett and Quandre Diggs already have changed teams in the past two weeks, and several more established players could be on the move before Tuesday’s deadline. Not long ago, it was...
Penn State handles Michigan State; Freiermuth catches 3 TD passes
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Pat Freiermuth scored the game’s first two touchdowns. Turned out that was all No. 6 Penn State really needed against Michigan State’s anemic offense. Freiermuth and the Nittany Lions would add more points later, and unbeaten Penn State beat the Spartans, 28-7, on Saturday. Sean Clifford...
Ex-Trump aide wants judge to decide on impeachment testimony
WASHINGTON — An ex-White House adviser who’s supposed to testify before House impeachment investigators on Monday has asked a federal court whether he should comply with a subpoena or follow President Trump’s directive against cooperating in what he dubs a “scam.” After getting a subpoena Friday, former deputy national security...
Kansas State deals blow to Oklahoma’s CFP hopes
MANHATTAN, Kan. — There was never a moment of uncertainty on Kansas State’s sideline when fifth-ranked Oklahoma raced to an early lead or when the wounded Sooners began to mount a frantic fourth-quarter comeback. There might have been just a bit when they recovered an onside kick. “It was a...
Chase Elliott deals with engine failure, Hamlin takes pole at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Chase Elliott had one plan after his engine failed in the opening minutes of practice for the playoff race Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. “It’s pretty simple: We need to try to win,” NASCAR’s most popular driver said. The engine made by Hendrick Motorsports failed just five laps...
Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female leaders
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic proposal that would upend centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. The majority of 180 bishops from nine Amazonian countries also called for...
Australian serial killer Ivan Milat dies in prison at 74
SYDNEY — Ivan Milat, whose grisly serial killings of young backpackers horrified Australians in the early ’90s, died in a Sydney prison on Sunday, prison authorities said. He was 74. He had been in custody since 1994 and was diagnosed in early 2019 with esophageal and stomach cancer. Milat died...
Mexicans parade as fancy skeletons ahead of Day of the Dead
MEXICO CITY — Mexicans are hitting the streets in the capital dressed as elegant skeletons as the country’s Day of the Dead festivities extend in scope and popularity. Thousands of revelers gathered at the foot of Mexico City’s Angel of Independence statue Saturday, wearing costumes and face paint to imitate...
Bill could usher Pennsylvania elections into new era
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lives in a cave when it comes to modern elections, critics say, but fast-tracked legislation that was quietly negotiated behind closed doors could usher in some advancement. The bill, should it pass, didn’t come easily: Partisan jockeying, 11th-hour blowups and brinksmanship dogged what could be the most...
Dutch inventor unveils device to scoop plastic out of rivers
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into rivers, too, using a new floating device to catch garbage before it reaches the seas. The 25-year-old university dropout founded The Ocean Cleanup to develop and deploy...
New evacuations, power outages near California wildfireVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday, and the state’s largest utility announced power shut-offs for an estimated 2.35 million people due to forecasts of severe winds and extreme fire danger. Two previous electricity shut-offs in recent weeks...
Separatists clash with police in Barcelona after huge rallyVideo
BARCELONA, Spain — Police and violent protesters in Spain’s restive Catalonia region clashed Saturday after a massive rally in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid. The flare-up in violence came after a week of tense calm without major incidents...
Critics gear up for response to lease sale in Arctic refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Opponents of oil drilling in America’s largest wildlife refuge have a message for oil drillers and the people who finance them: Don’t become the company known for the demise of America’s polar bears. The Department of the Interior hopes to conduct a lease sale in the Arctic...
Scandal brings election risk for rising Democratic star
AGUA DULCE, Calif. — California U.S. Rep. Katie Hill has apologized to friends and supporters for engaging in an affair with a campaign staffer, but Susan Slates still feels let down by the 32-year-old Democrat who arrived in Congress just this year. Slates is a beauty salon owner in Hill’s...
Trump intends to uphold tradition of presidents and baseball
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s plan to attend Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday will continue a rich tradition of intertwining the American presidency with America’s pastime. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s limousine drove onto to the field ahead of the 1933 World Series, the last time the nation’s...
Hong Kong bans posting of police officers’ personal details
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities have won a temporary court order banning anyone from posting personal details or photos of police officers online, in their latest effort to clamp down on the city’s protest movement. The government said Saturday that the High Court granted the Department of Justice’s request...
More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck
LONDON — More Vietnamese families came forward Saturday with information that their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in southeastern England. British police had initially said they believed the victims were Chinese but have acknowledged this is a “developing picture.”...
Medication lockers help Miami’s homeless living with HIV
MIAMI — Ivette Naida says keeping tabs on her HIV medication can be a daunting task. Naida lives underneath a Miami highway overpass with several other homeless men and women. She has no safe place to keep her belongings. HIV-positive people who live on the streets are less likely to...
ERA activists are eyeing a win in Virginia. Is now the time?
RICHMOND, Va. — As Carol Jenkins sees it, a nearly 100-year push to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is closer to reality now than it’s ever been. That’s why there’s a “tremendous effort” underway to elect supporters of the long-stalled gender equality measure in Virginia’s elections...
Astros strike back with World Series Game 3 victory vs. NationalsVideo
WASHINGTON — The World Series finally showed up back in Washington, 86 years later — and, sparked by José Altuve, the Houston Astros finally showed up in this World Series. Altuve doubled twice and scored both times, Zack Greinke repeatedly worked out of trouble and the Astros showed they were...
South Dakota inmate on death row loses 2 appeals in 1 day
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A convicted killer in South Dakota who is scheduled to be executed early next month for the fatal stabbing of a young doughnut shop worker lost two appeals on Friday. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a request by Charles Russell Rhines, 63, to...
Pentagon hands Microsoft $10B ‘war cloud’ deal, snubs Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract , snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose participation drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals. Bidding for the huge project, known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, pitted leading tech titans Microsoft, Amazon,...
Firefighters race to control blazes before winds roar back
LOS ANGELES — Howling winds that fueled destructive wildfires across California began to die down Friday, but residents in the northern part of the state braced for another round of power outages aimed at preventing what are expected to be the strongest gusts in years from sparking more blazes this...
Russian woman who infiltrated US politics out of prison
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A tantalizing chapter in Russia’s efforts to collect intelligence on American politics came to a close on Friday as a woman who worked as a covert agent was released from prison to be returned to her home country. Maria Butina, a gun rights activist who sought to...
President Trump takes victory lap on criminal justice reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When President Donald Trump talks about how his policies are helping African Americans, he almost always mentions a new law that has allowed thousands of non-violent offenders to gain early release from federal prison. He made the pitch again Friday at a criminal justice conference in South...
