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Pitt’s skid hits 6 after OT loss to Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chaundee Brown scored eight points in overtime, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 35.1 seconds to play as Wake Forest beat Pitt, 78-76, on Tuesday night in a battle of teams attempting to end five-game losing streaks. Brown’s crucial shot gave the Demon Deacons a 77-74 lead. Xavier...
Sean McVay, Jared Goff begin shaking off Rams’ loss, focusing on futureVideo
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have plenty of offseason work to do. Thanks to their run to the Super Bowl, they have a relatively short amount of time to do it. Sean McVay professes to love few things more than his next challenge, and the coach already...
After 2 years of rancor, Trump to call for unity in address
WASHINGTON — After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in Washington during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, a message likely to ring hollow with Democrats determined to block his push for a border wall. Trump’s prime-time address comes...
Fledgling Alliance of American Football kicks off under some new rules
SAN DIEGO — When the fledgling Alliance of American Football held four exhibition games recently in San Antonio, something was missing. Kickoffs. “We were all looking around saying, ‘Does anyone miss kickoffs?’ The answer was, no, we did not miss them,” said Mike Pereira, the NFL’s former vice president of...
Trump to tap David Malpass, critic of World Bank, to lead it
WASHINGTON — The World Bank may be poised for a shake-up with President Trump planning to nominate David Malpass, who has been a critic of the bank, to lead the institution focused on global poverty. Malpass’ selection was confirmed by a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity...
Can Zac Taylor take long-suffering Bengals the next step?
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals liked Zac Taylor the first time they talked to him, but there was one overriding concern when they discussed offering him their head coaching job. He’s 35 with only a few games as a coordinator on his NFL resume. Would it be too much, too...
Model-actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer
NEW YORK — Actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer and is awaiting news on the treatment to follow as a result of having undergone two surgeries. The former Miss Universe said in an Instagram post Monday that doctors have “already removed a big area from the back of...
After 20 years police in 2 states link dead mother and son
Decades after the unidentified bodies of a woman and a 10-year-old boy were found in separate states beside a Southern interstate highway, investigators now say they were a mother and son and the boy’s father has confessed to killing them. The case was cracked thanks to an online DNA database,...
Ex-Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky gets new sentencing, loses request for new trial
HARRISBURG — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be re-sentenced for a 45-count child molestation conviction. The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years, but a Superior Court panel said...
Virginia’s highest office frozen as Ralph Northam weighs next move
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office put much of the business of governing on hold Tuesday as the Democrat privately weighed whether he can stay in the job despite the uproar over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page. Negotiations between the governor’s office and...
Fiat Chrysler recalls over 660K trucks; steering could fail
DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 660,000 heavy-duty trucks worldwide because a loose nut can cause a loss of steering control. The recall covers Ram 3500 pickups from 2013 through 2017, as well as 2500 pickups and 3500 Chassis cabs from 2014 through 2017. The company says it’s aware...
S&P 500 win streak marks 5th day on solid company earnings
Technology companies helped lead stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as strong earnings reports from several companies put investors in a buying mood. The rally, which briefly wavered around midday, extended the benchmark S&P 500 index’s winning streak to five days. Technology stocks, which have lagged the market in...
College student finds man in closet wearing her clothes
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A college student says she found a man in her closet wearing her clothes. The University of North Carolina-Greensboro student heard strange noises coming from her closet in her off-campus apartment on Saturday. The student told WFMY-TV she asked who was in there and was told “My...
Unblocking naked Venus: Facebook OKs museum nudes after all
Associated Press Eds: APNewsNow. With AP Photos from Monday, Feb. 4 GENEVA (AP) — It seems Facebook can be friends with a topless Venus after all. The social media giant said Tuesday it mistakenly blocked a museum in Switzerland from using images of two statues — a marble Venus and...
Lunar New Year allows U.S. companies to find prosperity too
As Asian-Americans across the U.S. mark the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, they can celebrate by eating Mickey Mouse-shaped tofu, sporting a pair of Year of the Pig-inspired Nike shoes and by snacking on pricey cupcakes. The delicacies and traditions that once made a generation of Asian-Americans feel foreign are...
Nomination of acting EPA head Andrew Wheeler moves to full Senate
WASHINGTON — Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler won a Senate committee’s approval of his appointment to the permanent post on Tuesday, along with praise from the panel’s Republicans for his work rolling back a series of Obama-era environmental measures. The 11-10 vote by the...
21 Savage’s English origins stun fans of the Atlanta rapper
LOS ANGELES — It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. The Grammy-nominated rapper and his music are so deeply associated with...
Philadelphia trolley crash injures more than 30
PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say a crash involving a trolley and a paratransit vehicle in Philadelphia resulted in injuries to more than 30 people, but the severity of injuries is unclear. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says the crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in west Philadelphia. SEPTA spokeswoman Heather...
Pope acknowledges priests, bishops have sexually abused nuns
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Francis said: “Should we do something more? Yes. Is there the...
Cops: Cleveland school kids get gummies likely laced with marijuana
CLEVELAND — Police in Ohio say gummy candies suspected of being laced with marijuana were given to some students at an elementary school. Cleveland police say they were called Monday to Anton Grdina Elementary School after some children were given the gummies by other children. Police say one boy said...
Schools, farms and voting machines in Gov. Wolf’s budget sights
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars more for schools in his budget proposal released Tuesday, as well as a sprinkling of money for new voting machines and programs to improve worker training and the agricultural sector. The Democrat is also seeking new college...
Trump squabbles with Democrats before speech on unity
WASHINGTON — The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before President Donald Trump was to call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York seems to have triggered the latest Trump...
Liam Neeson says he’s not racist, explains rage after attack
NEW YORK — Liam Neeson says violence breeds violence and bigotry breeds bigotry. The 66-year-old actor appeared Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” one day after he told an interviewer that he had violent thoughts about killing a black person after learning nearly 40 years ago that someone close to...
Ginsburg makes first public appearance since cancer surgery
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honor given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery in New York on Dec. 21. She missed arguments at the court in January, her...
Man dies after going into burning house to save dog
ORLAND, Maine — Investigators say a Maine man died when he returned to a burning house to get his dog. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the man escaped the fire with the rest of his family before going back inside Monday evening in the town of Orland....
