Associated Press stories, Page 2421
Texas officer charged with murder, resigns after shooting black womanVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — A white Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door was charged with murder on Monday after resigning from the force. Aaron Dean, 34, was booked...
Yankees plan to go all relievers in ALCS Game 4 vs. AstrosVideo
NEW YORK — The Yankees and Astros plan all-bullpen games from the start in Game 4 of the AL Championship Series in a sign of the times. With the best-of-seven series tied 1-1, New York’s Luis Severino starts Game 3 on Tuesday against Gerrit Cole. Masahiro Tanaka began the opener...
Kevin Smith crafts his ‘real big cinematic gravestone’Video
LOS ANGELES — Twenty-five years after “Clerks,” Kevin Smith says he’s crafted his “real big cinematic gravestone.” The 49-year-old writer-director-actor said a major heart attack in February 2018 prompted him to rewrite his script for “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” to make a more personal statement about fatherhood and aging...
Ex-National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifying to CongressVideo
WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill,...
Trump orders Turkey sanctions; U.S. scrambles for Syria exitVideo
WASHINGTON — Targeting Turkey’s economy, President Donald Trump announced sanctions Monday aimed at restraining the Turks’ assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria — an assault Turkey began after Trump announced he was moving U.S. troops out of the way. Meanwhile, the Americans were scrambling for Syria’s exits, a...
Jayme Closs: 1 year after abduction, I’m feeling stronger
BARRON, Wis. — The Wisconsin girl whose parents were fatally shot before she was kidnapped and held captive for 88 days before escaping from her abductor said she’s feeling stronger every day and is thankful for the kindness and concern expressed to her from people all over the country in...
Firefighters finishing containment of California wildfiresVideo
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters are dousing remaining smoldering areas from a destructive wildfire that raged along the northern edge of Los Angeles last week. The Los Angeles Fire Department says containment of the approximately 12-square-mile fire is at 43% Monday. Updated assessments lowered the number of destroyed structures to 17...
Construction platform fails, leaving worker dangling in air
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Authorities say two workers on a construction platform in New Jersey were rescued after it failed and left one worker briefly dangling by his safety rope in midair. No injuries were reported Monday morning. The platform holding the workers was about six floors up when it...
Dangerous search on for 1 missing after New Orleans hotel collapse
Rescue workers and search dogs moved gingerly through a dangerously unstable, partially collapsed hotel in New Orleans on Monday in a risky search for the only person still missing after the structure partially collapsed . Two people are known to have died in the Saturday disaster and more than 20...
Texas officer faces questions after killing woman at home
FORT WORTH, Texas — A white police officer who fatally shot a 28-year-old black woman inside her Texas home was set to be interviewed by investigators Monday as questions and outrage grow over the shooting. The Fort Worth Police Department said officers responded about 2:25 a.m. Saturday after a neighbor...
Landscaper killed when mower slides into Pa. creek, overturns
Authorities say the co-owner of a landscaping company died when his mower slid into a creek and overturned while he was working at a retirement community in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Cornwall police say 66-year-old Ralph Schreiber was cutting grass with a zero-turn mower when the accident occurred Saturday at the...
White House: Trump to watch violent parody, ‘condemns it’
WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday President Donald Trump “strongly condemns” a graphically violent parody video that depicts a likeness of him shooting and stabbing his opponents and members of the news media. The parody was shown at a meeting of Trump supporters at his Miami resort. Journalists covering...
Economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM — The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” Banerjee and Duflo are both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and have authored several books together, while Kremer is at Harvard...
China’s trade with U.S. shrinks again in September
BEIJING — China’s trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. Exports to the United States, China’s biggest foreign market, fell 21.9% to $36.5 billion, a deterioration from August’s 16% decline, customs data...
Japan looks for missing as typhoon kills as many as 48Video
HOYASU, Japan — Rescue crews in Japan dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday as they looked for those missing from a typhoon that left as many as 48 people dead and caused serious damage in central and northern Japan. Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents of rain and strong...
Carlos Correa lifts Astros past Yankees with HR in 11thVideo
HOUSTON — Carlos Correa hit a leadoff home run in the 11th inning, and the Houston Astros won a battle of the bullpens, beating the New York Yankees, 3-2, on Sunday night to tie the AL Championship Series at one game apiece. The slumping Correa, who earlier hit an RBI...
Drab and boring? Not these laundry rooms
Doing laundry is a relatively boring task. But it doesn’t have to be done in a drab, boring room. With a few strategic changes, even a small laundry room can become a space that’s appealing to be in and can double as a room for other activities too. “Laundry rooms...
N.Y. Times: Violent parody video shown at Trump resort
WASHINGTON — A graphically violent parody video, shown at a meeting of President Donald Trump’s supporters at his Miami resort, depicted a likeness of the president shooting and stabbing his opponents and members of the news media in a church, The New York Times reported Sunday. In the video, Trump’s...
Ambassador Gordon Sondland to testify no quid pro quo assurance was Trump’sVideo
WASHINGTON — A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him, according to a person familiar with his coming testimony in the...
Police: No evidence of shooting after Florida mall lockdown
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Reports of possible shots fired at an upscale Florida mall sent alarmed shoppers running and triggered a lockdown that dragged on for hours Sunday, a police chief said, adding a SWAT team’s search of the complex found no immediate evidence of any shooting. One person was...
6 victims at hospital as a result of shooting in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Police say six people ranging in ages from 14 to 27 have been hit by gunfire in a shooting in north Philadelphia. A Philadelphia police news release says six victims were taken to Temple University Hospital after 911 calls of a shooting came in at about 5:24 p.m....
Nationals send Strasburg to mound to try to take stranglehold on NLCS vs. Cardinals
WASHINGTON — Thanks to superb pitching, the countdown is on to the Washington Nationals’ first World Series appearance in franchise history. Up 2-0 on the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series after near no-hitters from Anibal Sanchez and Max Scherzer, the Nationals turn to historically strong playoff pitcher...
Kurds look to Syria for protection after U.S. signals pulloutVideo
AKCAKALE, Turkey — Syria’s Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed Sunday to help them fend off Turkey’s invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening chaos. The shift could lead to...
New Hampshire church shooting suspect is stepson of cleric killed Oct. 1
PELHAM, N.H. — The man charged with wounding a clergyman and a bride during a wedding at a New Hampshire church is the stepson of a minister from the same church who was killed earlier this month, a state prosecutor said Sunday. Dale Holloway, 37, is the stepson of 60-year-old...
Rain forces NASCAR to postpone Talladega raceVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — William Byron and his fellow playoff contenders are getting an extra day of suspense at Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR postponed the final two race stages until Monday after rain forced a halt moments after Byron won the first stage Sunday. It’s the middle race of Round 2 in...
