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AP: Ron Francis nears deal as GM of Seattle’s NHL expansion team
SEATTLE — Seattle’s NHL expansion team is close to an agreement with Hockey Hall of Famer Ron Francis to become its first general manager, a person with direct knowledge told the Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the team had not made an announcement....
Prosecutors drop groping case against Kevin SpaceyVideo
BOSTON — Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016, more than a week after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defense says contains information that supports the actor’s claims of innocence. Spacey was...
Paul Goldschmidt’s homer sends Pirates to 5th loss in 6 games
ST. LOUIS — Paul Goldschmidt was looking for a single. He ended up getting a whole lot more. And it was more than the Pittsburgh Pirates could overcome. Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Michael Feliz in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pirates, 6-5...
Winners overlook rigged games’ lack of fairness, study finds
WASHINGTON — When it comes to fairness and privilege, a new study finds it really is not about how you play the game. It’s about whether you win or lose. A new experiment, played out as a card game, shows that even when the deck is literally stacked in people’s...
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person avoids prison
NEW YORK — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person’s lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery scandal that touched some of the biggest college basketball programs. U.S....
Driver suffers minor injuries when car slides under truck
UXBRIDGE, Mass. — Fire officials say they are amazed that a driver wasn’t seriously hurt when his vehicle slid under a tractor-trailer in Massachusetts. Authorities say the car was on Route 146 in Uxbridge on Tuesday when it hit something in the road and went airborne. The brakes didn’t work,...
Patient alleges assault by Philly hospital employee after surgery
PHILADELPHIA — A hospital employee is facing charges in what a patient alleges was a sexual assault in two different hospital rooms after her surgery earlier this year. WPVI—TV reports that 28-year-old Rose Tummarello alleges that a Jefferson University Hospital employee sexually assaulted her Jan. 29 following her nine-hour surgery....
‘Modern Family’ star to marry ‘Bachelorette’ star
LOS ANGELES — “Modern Family” actress Sarah Hyland and “Bachelorette” alum Wells Adams are engaged. Hyland, 28, and Adams, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce the news. Hyland posted a series of images of the couple’s special moment on a beach, including a picture of Adams down on...
Georgia beachgoers keep pilot whales from stranding on shore
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A state biologist says beachgoers in Georgia helped keep about 30 pilot whales from stranding themselves on the shore. Clay George with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says the whales showed up Tuesday afternoon off the beach at St. Simons Island. Three whales beached...
Steamy text message sparks marriage fraud investigation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A steamy text message at the most inopportune moment has sparked a federal marriage fraud trial in Rhode Island. The Boston Globe reports Prince Mark Boley, a Liberian man living in Providence, married Amanda Hames-Whitman in 2016. According to court documents, the two visited a U.S. Citizenship...
Nesting penguins can’t resist lure of New Zealand sushi shop
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Two little blue penguins just couldn’t stay away from a New Zealand sushi store, returning to nest there even after police had captured them and escorted them back to the ocean. Wellington police described them as “waddling vagrants,” while the store’s co-owner joked he had no...
City hopes ‘Baby Shark’ song will drive homeless from park
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping in a city park. West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post they’re trying to discourage...
Deputies: Florida man tied up wife’s lover, cut off penis, took it home
BELL, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man held his wife’s lover at gunpoint, cut off the man’s penis and fled with it. News outlets report 49-year-old Alex Bonilla was arrested hours later on charges including aggravated assault. The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office released a statement Tuesday that said Bonilla...
Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison
NEW YORK — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the...
Apple, Google continue inclusive push with new emojis
Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that of course include cute critters, but also expand the number of images of human diversity. The announcement coincides with Wednesday’s World Emoji Day. Apple Inc. is releasing new variants of its holding hands emoji that allow people to pick...
CHP helps reunite 250-pound tortoise with owners
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. — A 250-pound tortoise that wandered away from its home has been rescued after California Highway Patrol officers found it on the side of a road. And no, they didn’t arrest it for speeding. The CHP says it got a call about the big reptile Sunday evening....
Brosnahan, Chlumsky, Shalhoub reaction to their Emmy noms
LOS ANGELES — Stars react to Tuesday’s 71st Primetime Emmy Award nominations: ——— “I was watching it live on my phone. I was in a restaurant with some of my friends from high school. My manager and my mom were on the way. We were having breakfast together. … It...
Reports: Plane had engine trouble before landing on Ocean City beach
OCEAN CITY, Md. — Police in Maryland say the pilot of a small plane told them he was experiencing engine trouble before he made an emergency landing in the shallow ocean waters of a Maryland beach. News outlets quote Ocean City police as saying in a news release that 23-year-old...
Pirates score twice in the ninth, beat Cardinals 3-1
ST. LOUIS — Colin Moran wanted to hit the ball hard, and in the air, with two on in the ninth inning of a tied game. He didn’t, but it turned out well anyway. Moran drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored twice...
Judge formally bans citizenship question from 2020 census
NEW YORK — A federal judge formally banned the citizenship question from the 2020 census on Tuesday, days after President Trump announced his administration would no longer seek to add it. Judge Jesse Furman signed an order after New York State Attorney General Letitia James and the American Civil Liberties...
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
WASHINGTON — John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. During nearly 35 years on the court, Stevens stood for the freedom and dignity of individuals, be...
Epstein defense offers explanation for foreign passportVideo
NEW YORK — Defense attorneys told a court Tuesday that financier Jeffrey Epstein obtained a foreign passport decades ago out of fear that he might be kidnapped in the Middle East, seeking to allay concerns over the apparently phony travel document. Prosecutors have said the passport was under an alias....
Georgia leads growing SEC pack chasing powerhouse Alabama
HOOVER, Ala. — Kirby Smart talks about the Georgia taking “that next step.” Quarterback Jake Fromm wants the Bulldogs “to get over the hump.” In the SEC, that step — or hump — is beating Alabama. Georgia has pushed the Crimson Tide to the brink in a SEC championship game...
A divided House votes for resolution condemning Trump’s ‘racist’ remarks
WASHINGTON — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.” Two days after Trump tweeted that...
Tiger Woods tries to get up to speed for year’s final major at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods was on the practice range when the gates at the British Open opened Tuesday, and before long, he was on the tee and ready to go. He just didn’t go for very long. Woods played a full round at Royal Portrush when he arrived...
