Associated Press stories, Page 2422
NFL Week 6 review: Watson, Hyde lead Texans over ChiefsVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Deshaun Watson threw for 280 yards and a touchdown while running for two more, outdueling Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes in a matchup of former first-round picks and leading the Houston Texans to a 31-24 victory over Kansas City on Sunday. Carlos Hyde added 116 yards rushing...
Russell Wilson rallies Seahawks past mistake-prone Mayfield, Browns
CLEVELAND — As rap music thumped from the large sound-system speakers sitting atop lockers at one end of the room, several Seattle players stood on their chairs and danced. This was their party. On the road, the Seahawks make themselves at home. Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes and ran...
Lamar Jackson runs, passes Ravens past winless BengalsVideo
BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson rambled, shimmied and passed his way through the winless Bengals, who were rendered powerless against the versatile and seemingly indestructible Baltimore quarterback. Jackson ran for a career-high 152 yards and a touchdown, threw for 236 yards and guided the Ravens past hapless Cincinnati 23-17 on Sunday....
AP Top 25: LSU jumps to No. 2; Penn State up to No. 7; Georgia drops to No. 10
NEW YORK — LSU moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the 29th time and putting the Tigers behind No. 1 Alabama less than a month before the rivals meet in Tuscaloosa. The...
10-year-old dies after being ejected from festival ride
BRIDGETON, N.J. — A 10-year-old girl died after plunging from an amusement park ride at a harvest festival in southern New Jersey over the weekend, authorities said. Troopers were called to the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival in Cumberland County after the girl was “ejected” from a Wisdom Super Sizzler “Extreme”...
Family seeks answers after police kill Texas woman at home
FORT WORTH, Texas — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her own home in Texas didn’t have time to perceive a threat before shooting her, an attorney for the woman’s family said. “You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun, gun,’” attorney Lee Merritt said after...
Simone Biles sets all-time medal record at gymnastics worlds
STUTTGART, Germany — Everyone counts Simone Biles’ medals except Simone Biles. Winning her 24th and 25th world championship medals in beam and floor Sunday put the United States gymnast top of the all-time medal charts for the championships. Biles won five gold medals this week. If she can repeat that...
What’s next in the impeachment inquiry as Congress returns
WASHINGTON — Congress is returning from a two-week recess on Tuesday, but some lawmakers barely left Washington. Three House committees investigating impeachment worked through the break, issuing multiple subpoenas and holding depositions with State Department officials relevant to the inquiry . Democrats are investigating President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine...
Hunter Biden to step down from Chinese board
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden announced on Sunday that he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on behalf of any foreign-owned companies should his father win the presidency. Biden,...
Defense Secretary Esper says Trump orders U.S. troops to leave northern Syria
WASHINGTON — Amid growing chaos in Syria, President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the country’s north to avoid a bloody conflict between Turkey and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters that “gets worse by the hour,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday. Esper, who spoke in two TV...
‘No human is limited’: Eliud Kipchoge runs sub-2 hour marathon
VIENNA — Roger Bannister, 1954. Neil Armstrong, 1969. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday. So when Olympic champion Kipchoge broke the barrier, the question arose as to where to...
Louisiana’s Democratic governor forced into runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ quest for a second term as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor will stretch another month, as voters in his crimson state denied him a primary win Saturday and sent him to a runoff election. The Democratic incumbent was unable to...
Utility: All power has been restored to Northern California
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says all power has been restored to the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state’s largest utility switched it off this week in an effort to prevent wildfires. The company announced on Twitter on Saturday night all of the estimated...
No. 10 Penn State holds off No. 17 Iowa to stay unbeaten
IOWA CITY, Iowa — On the road against one of the best defenses in America, 10th-ranked Penn State won the turnover battle and converted on third downs to survive yet another tough trip to Iowa. Noah Cain ran for a 5-yard touchdown with 5 minutes, 17 seconds left, and Penn...
Yankees win Game 1 of ALCS behind Tanaka’s masterful outing, Torres’ bat
HOUSTON — Gleyber Torres kept up his October surge with a homer and five RBIs, Masahiro Tanaka polished his playoff resume and the New York Yankees blanked the Houston Astros, 7-0, on Saturday night in the AL Championship Series opener. With so much attention focused on the Astros aces, Tanaka...
Scherzer flirts with no-hitter as Nationals take 2-0 NLCS lead on Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Max Scherzer was strength and fire. Anibal Sanchez was artistry and deception. Two different styles, two absolute gems for the Washington Nationals. Scherzer followed Sanchez’s near no-hitter with a try of his own, and the stingy Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, on Saturday for a...
Report: Angels PR employee supplied Tyler Skaggs with opioidsVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels said they don’t know whether a longtime public relations official had been providing drugs to late pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as detailed in a report Saturday on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.” Eric Kay, a 24-year employee of the Angels’ PR department, told the Drug...
West Virginia QB Austin Kendall hurt early in loss to Iowa StateVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Breece Hall might have given Iowa State the dependable option at running back the Cyclones have been looking for since star David Montgomery left. The freshman rushed for 132 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Iowa State to a 38-14 victory over West Virginia on Saturday...
CeeDee Lamb, No. 6 Oklahoma top No. 11 Texas in Red River rivalryVideo
DALLAS — Jalen Hurts tried the Golden Hat on for size and gave a half-hearted “horns down” sign in a group photo with the cheerleaders while celebrating the way Kyler Murray couldn’t in the Red River rivalry a year ago. Now the Oklahoma quarterback will try to get the Sooners...
South Carolina shocks No. 3 Georgia in 2OT after missed field goal
ATHENS, Ga. — Jake Fromm knew better than to blame Georgia’s first loss on Rodrigo Blankenship’s missed 42-yard field goal that ended the game. It was four turnovers — on the usually rock-solid Fromm’s three interceptions and lost fumble — that put a big dent in the Bulldogs’ championship hopes....
Manufacturers’ drivers being urged to work together at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The first loser at Talladega Superspeedway better not have been hung out to dry in the closing laps by a teammate. And in the case of Sunday’s race, teammates will have a far wider definition. Manufacturers have taken steps to mandate their drivers work together to ensure...
Mack Truck workers in Pa., 2 other states to strike
MACUNGIE — The union representing thousands of workers at Mack Truck plants in Pennsylvania and elsewhere has announced plans to go on strike this weekend. The United Automobile Workers Union Local 677 said on its website that the Mack Truck council voted Thursday night to begin a walkout at 11:59...
Authorities: 3 deaths tied to Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES — Three people have died at the scene of Southern California wildfires this week, authorities said Saturday, as firefighters aided by diminishing winds beat back a blaze on the edge of Los Angeles that damaged or destroyed more than 30 structures and sent a blanket of smoke across...
California governor signs fur sales, circus performance bans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Under the first-in-the-nation fur law, residents will no longer be able to sell or make clothing, shoes or...
Iranian official says oil tanker attack won’t go unpunished
TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian security official said Saturday that an attack on one of the country’s oil tankers won’t go unpunished, the official IRNA news agency reported. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said a day after two missiles struck the Iranian tanker Sabiti as...
