Associated Press stories, Page 2501
Coverage will offer different perspectives on NFL Draft
George Grande had no idea what ESPN was about to create when he anchored the first telecast of the NFL Draft in 1980. “We didn’t know who or how many people would be watching,” Grande said. “For us, it gave us a link to the NFL. It helped our coverage...
Police: California motorist said he drove into people, did not say why
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — A California motorist told investigators Wednesday that he deliberately drove into a crosswalk in a quiet Silicon Valley suburb, hitting seven people and injuring eight, but did not say why. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, was being held on eight counts of attempted murder as four of the...
Mike Mayock takes center stage for 1st draft as Raiders GM
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Mike Mayock is used to being under the spotlight on NFL Draft weekend. As the lead analyst at NFL Network, Mayock spent so many hours on the air each draft for more than a decade analyzing prospects and critiquing picks made by the 32 teams that he...
Ravens sign Justin Tucker, Marshal Yanda to extensions
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — With an eye toward the future, Baltimore Ravens first-year general manager Eric DeCosta provided contract extensions to kicker Justin Tucker and guard Marshal Yanda. Tucker signed a four-year extension through 2023, and Yanda added a year to a contract set to expire after the upcoming season....
DA declines to charge Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill in domestic violence case
OLATHE, Kan. — A county prosecutor declined to charge Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill with a crime Wednesday in a domestic incident that involved his fiancee and their 3-year-old child. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe acknowledged “we believe a crime has occurred, however, the evidence in this...
U.S. measles cases hit highest mark in 25 yearsVideo
NEW YORK — Measles in the United States has climbed to its highest level in 25 years, closing in on 700 cases this year in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. “This is alarming,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert. Not...
Iowa TE tandem likely to go in 1st round of NFL DraftVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Talk about a culture change. Not long ago, drafting a tight end in the first round was taboo for NFL teams. On Thursday night, two might go high, and they come from the same school. T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant of Iowa are projected to go early,...
Former Reading mayor Vaughn Spencer gets 8 years in prison for corruption schemeVideo
PHILADELPHIA — A former Pennsylvania mayor was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for trading city contracts for campaign contributions in a pay-to-play investigation that’s resulted in the convictions of more than a dozen people, including another mayor. “I let ambition take over, and I’m truly sorry,” a tearful...
Former DHS head Kirstjen Nielsen took up cyber despite White House aversionVideo
WASHINGTON — A top White House official told Kirstjen Nielsen, then Homeland Security secretary, not to bring up election security with President Trump, steering her away from discussing a critical national security threat with a president who bristles at suggestions that Russian interference contributed to his 2016 victory, according to...
In Mexico, migrants turn to ‘The Beast’ after highway raids
IXTEPEC, Mexico — The train known as “The Beast” is once again rumbling through the night loaded with people headed toward the U.S. border after a raid on a migrant caravan threatened to end the practice of massive highway marches through Mexico. A long freight train loaded with about 300...
U.S. WWII bomb detonated in Germany, causing widespread damage
The controlled detonation of an American World War II bomb in the southern German city of Regensburg has still caused widespread damage to nearby houses. Some 4,500 residents had to be evacuated from the area before experts performed the detonation. A spokeswoman for the Bavarian city, Dagmar Obermeier-Kundel, said the...
2020 Democrats confronting debate over letting felons vote
Democratic presidential contenders are facing a new debate over whether criminals in prison, even notorious ones like the Boston Marathon bomber, should be able to win back their right to vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says they should and that voting is “inherent to our democracy — yes, even for...
The Cranberries, still in mourning, return for the last timeVideo
NEW YORK — Whether there would be a final Cranberries’ album hinged on what was on a hard drive on the other side of the world. Last spring the surviving members of the Irish band began combing through unfinished vocals that singer Dolores O’Riordan sent to Ireland before her death...
Cop, teacher, others accused of trying to lure teens for sex
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A New Jersey police officer and a New York City high school teacher are among 16 men who allegedly tried to set up sexual encounters with people they thought were teenage boys and girls. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced the arrests Wednesday. They were made...
Nora Roberts sues Brazilian author, cites ‘multi-plagiarism’
NEW YORK — Best-selling novelist Nora Roberts is suing a Brazilian writer for copyright infringement, alleging that Cristiane Serruya has committed “multi-plagiarism” on a “rare and scandalous” level. In papers filed Wednesday morning in Rio de Janeiro, where Serruya lives, Roberts called her romance books “a literary patchwork, piecing together...
FBI joins investigation after car plows into 8 California pedestrians
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The FBI is assisting California officials in the investigation of a motorist who appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight, authorities said Wednesday. Prentice Danner, a spokesman for the FBI’s field office in San Francisco, said the Sunnyvale Police Department is the lead...
Japan apologizes for forcibly sterilizing people, vows compensation
TOKYO — Japan’s government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to “prevent the birth of poor-quality descendants,” and promised to pay them compensation. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga offered “sincere remorse and a heartfelt apology”...
An upbeat Kim arrives in Russia, ready for Putin summit
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his khaki-green armored train in far-eastern Russia on Wednesday, smiling and upbeat ahead of a much-anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked global diplomacy over Kim’s nuclear program. Dressed in a black coat and a...
Sting on Las Vegas residency, new album and Juice WRLD
NEW YORK — Sin City? More like Sting City. Grammy-winning superstar Sting is heading to Las Vegas to launch a residency next year. Sixteen performances of “Sting: My Songs” will take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning May 22, 2020. Shows are also planned for June, August and...
Cars underwater at Dallas airport after heavy rains in Texas
DALLAS — Dozens of vehicles parked at a Dallas airport are underwater after heavy rains moved across much of Texas and brought flash-flood warnings and high-water rescues. Water pooled Wednesday outside the terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport. Some vehicles parked in an underground parking garage were almost completely covered,...
Landslide win for lesbian former police chief as Tampa mayor
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa’s openly gay former police chief has been elected its mayor in a landslide victory. Voters elected 59-year-old Jane Castor in a runoff against 76-year-old retired banker and philanthropist David Stratz. Castor said her victory with more than 73% of the 53,144 votes cast on Tuesday sends...
Egypt court sentences 2 monks to death for abbot’s killing
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced two monks to death for killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo last year. The Damanhur Criminal Court, north of Cairo, announced the verdict Wednesday for two defrocked monks identified as Isaiah and Faltaous. They can appeal. The two were...
UN: No screen time for babies; only 1 hour for kids under 5
LONDON — The World Health Organization has issued its first-ever guidance for how much screen time that children under five should get: not very much. The U.N. health agency said Wednesday that children under 1 should not have any screen time while those under five should not spend more than...
Trump’s threat to go to court on impeachment defies ruling
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’ll go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court “if the partisan Dems” ever try to impeach him. But Trump’s strategy could run into a roadblock: the high court itself, which said in 1993 that the framers of the Constitution didn’t intend for the...
Pa. woman killed when she falls into meat grinder at work
MUNCY, Pa. — Authorities say a woman was killed when she fell into a meat grinder at a processing plant in northern Pennsylvania. It’s not clear what caused the accident at the Economy Locker Storage Company in Muncy. The Lycoming County coroner’s office says 35-year-old Jill Greninger apparently fell around...
