Associated Press stories, Page 2491
Lucy Lawless’ love of true crime leads to new TV showVideo
The next time you find yourself in a courtroom, look around. There’s a chance you might spot Lucy Lawless there, too. The actress is fascinated by trials and on days when she’s not working will often go to court as a member of the public. There you’ll find the onetime...
Aaron Sanchez, 3 other Astros pitchers combine on no-hitter
HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Sanchez looked like a reinvented pitcher in his Houston debut, throwing six stellar innings to start the Astros on a combined no-hitter Saturday night in their 9-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Sanchez was an All-Star in 2016 and led the American League in ERA, but...
Aliquippa’s Ty Law opens Hall of Fame door for Patriots’ dynastic defense
CANTON, Ohio — What a defensive backfield in gold jackets: Ty Law, Ed Reed and Champ Bailey. All three entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night, part of a class that also included former tight end Tony Gonzalez. “Fitting to be in here with Mr. Johnny Robinson...
2020 Dems back gun limits after El Paso mass shooting
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidates expressed outrage Saturday that mass shootings have become chillingly common nationwide and blamed the National Rifle Association and its congressional allies after a gunman opened fire at a shopping area near the Texas-Mexico border. “It’s not just today, it has happened several times this...
Chase Elliott looks for NASCAR repeat at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Chase Elliott is back at Watkins Glen International, where he won for the first time at NASCAR’s top level. Rest assured last year’s victory on the speedy road course in New York’s Finger Lakes region is not on his mind. “Everybody wants to talk about last...
2 United pilots held for alleged intoxication before flight
Police in Scotland say two pilots have been arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs before a scheduled flight to New Jersey. The flight, United Airlines 162 to Newark, New Jersey, was due to leave Glasgow Airport at 9 a.m. on Sunday. It was canceled...
56,000 cases put on fast-track in U.S. immigration courts
LOS ANGELES — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn’t pay. When her partner was shot soon afterward, they sold everything and fled north. Lopez was eight...
Romanian tourist dies in accident at Yosemite National Park
A Romanian tourist has died in a fall near a waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California. Authorities say 21-year-old Lucian Miu was scrambling on wet rocks below Bridalveil Fall on Wednesday when he fell about 20 feet. He died at a hospital. The Fresno Bee says two other people...
Vineyard fined $3.7M after bulldozing California wetland
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — California regulators say a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and winemaker has agreed to pay $3.76 million in penalties after his company bulldozed a protected wetland and filled in a stream bed to build a vineyard in Mendocino County. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports Saturday that...
Phillies sue to block Phanatic from becoming ‘free agent’
The Philadelphia Phillies have sued the New York company that created the Phanatic mascot to prevent the green furry fan favorite from becoming a free agent. In a complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the team alleged Harrison/Erickson threatened to terminate the Phillies’ rights to the Phanatic...
Texas governor: 20 dead in shooting at El Paso shopping complex
EL PASO, Texas — A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season Saturday, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured. Authorities were investigating the possibility the shooting was a hate crime, working...
Sprint car flips over fence after crash, kills spectator at Williams Grove Speedway
Authorities say a car flipped over the infield fence at a central Pennsylvania speedway and struck a track volunteer, killing him. The Cumberland County coroner’s office said two Sprint car drivers crashed into each other while rounding a turn at Williams Grove Speedway just before 9:30 p.m. Friday. Coroner Charles...
Impeachment summer? August town halls may decide next steps
WASHINGTON — Freshman Democratic Rep. Andy Kim came face to face with impeachment fervor at a town hall in New Jersey. “Do your job!” shouted one voter. Several states away, a woman held up a copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and told freshman Rep. Elissa Slotkin at a...
103-year-old ex-chemist to be honored for work on penicillin
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The story is family lore. In 1942, chemist Robert Walton, then in his late 20s, was drafted following the attacks on Pearl Harbor and boarded a bus in Rahway, New Jersey, for basic training at Fort Dix. His journey lasted only a few miles when FBI agents...
Slave descendants to spend night in cabins at North Carolina plantation
Descendants of slaves removed from Africa to clear swamps for a North Carolina plantation are holding a reunion at the site, with some spending the night in a reconstructed slave cabin. About 40 descendants of two slaves named Kofi and Sally planned to gather Saturday at the Somerset Place State...
Collapsing California cliff claims 3 lives along beach
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people. A 30-foot-long slab of the cliff plunged onto the sand near Grandview Beach north of San Diego. A KNSD-TV helicopter captured footage of beach chairs, towels,...
Freed from Swedish jail, rapper A$AP Rocky lands in US
LOS ANGELES — Nearly a month after he was arrested in Sweden, rapper A$AP Rocky returned to the United States as the verdict in an assault case against him and two other Americans looms. Los Angeles television stations reported the artist was among a group of people shown emerging from...
Franklin Regional grad Jackson finishes tied for 7th in Boys Junior PGA Championship
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jack Heath made a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-4 18th hole for an 8-under-par 62 and a one-stroke victory Friday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship. “I knew if it went in, I would most likely win, and it went in,” Heath said....
Police: Rookie Texas officer shoots at dog, kills woman
ARLINGTON, Texas — A rookie Texas police officer accidentally shot and killed a woman behind a shopping plaza when he fired repeatedly at a dog believed to be hers that was running at him, authorities said Friday. The officer in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, who was released from supervised...
Sheriff: S.C. inmate with 10 cellphone violations planned killing
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate serving a murder sentence who was also convicted of running a drug ring from behind bars on contraband cellphones orchestrated the killing of a woman from his cell last month, a sheriff said Friday. Michelle Dodge, 27, was kidnapped and shot in the...
Forest Service wants to trim habitat for sage grouse
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A U.S. Forest Service plan released Friday would reduce designated sage grouse habitat in Wyoming and Nevada while easing grazing rules intended to protect the ground-dwelling birds in five Western states. The plan would target 300 square miles now set aside for sage grouse in Wyoming and...
NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
NEW YORK — In a reckoning five years in the making, an administrative judge on Friday recommended firing a New York City police officer over the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose dying cries of “I can’t breathe” fueled a national debate over policing, race and the...
Ex-Pitt QB Nate Peterman, Glennon trying to earn green light from Raiders coach Gruden
NAPA, Calif. — As complex as his offense can be, Raiders coach Jon Gruden still gives quarterbacks the liberty to make whatever changes they want to make at the line of scrimmage. “But you have to earn your freedom,” Gruden said Friday. “You have to prove that you can recognize,...
States sue Trump administration over fuel economy penalties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Friday for the second time to block a planned reduction in the penalties automakers pay when they fail to meet fuel economy standards. Twelve states and the District of Columbia sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for replacing...
Phoenix police to record when officers point their guns
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department will train officers to track when they point their guns at people as the agency works to increase trust and transparency after a record number of shootings last year and national outrage over a cellphone video showing officers cursing and aiming guns at a...
