Associated Press stories, Page 27
Pitt back in AP Top 25 poll, joins pack of 5 ranked ACC teams
Oregon returned to the top five of The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday, five Atlantic Coast Conference teams were ranked for the second time this season and Georgia Tech took the biggest fall after its second loss in three games. Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M remained...
In Geneva, U.S., Ukraine officials report progress on ending Russia’s war but offer few specificsVideo
GENEVA — Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they’d made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details after discussing the American proposal to achieve peace that has sparked concerns among many of Washington’s European allies that the plan is too conciliatory to Moscow. U.S. Secretary of...
Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on climate action and high levels of debt, issues directly affecting the developing world. They have also sought to position themselves as economic partners with much to offer in sectors...
Israel targets senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon — Israel’s military says it has killed senior Hezbollah militant Haytham Tabtabai in its strike in Beirut on Sunday. The military in a statement described Tabtabai as the Iran-backed militant group’s chief of staff. Hezbollah did not immediately comment. Tabtabai had led Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Unit. In...
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape
ABUJA, Nigeria — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as the pope called for the immediate release of those still missing. The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and...
U.S. ski star Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom of Olympic season
GURGL, Austria — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin is heading into her home races in Colorado next weekend as the overall World Cup leader on a two-event winning streak. Shiffrin dominated another slalom Sunday as she made it two convincing wins from two races in the discipline to start the...
UAB football player accused of stabbing 2 teammates before game
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach Alex Mortensen said at the postgame...
UAB football player accused of stabbing 2 teammates before gameVideo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach Alex Mortensen said at the postgame...
Joe Flacco to start for Bengals vs. Patriots as Joe Burrow remains on IR with turf toe injury
CINCINNATI — Joe Flacco will make one more start at quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals after Joe Burrow was not activated to the roster for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots. Burrow was listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report after taking first-team snaps this week as he continues...
Kaytron Allen breaks Penn State’s career rushing record as Lions roll past Nebraska
UNIVERSITY PARK — Kaytron Allen ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns, and Penn State’s defense played its best game of the season to keep the Nittany Lions’ bowl hopes alive with a 37-10 win over Nebraska on Saturday night. Allen, who racked up 181 yards rushing in last week’s...
Vaaks, Providence lead all of second half and beat Penn State 77-65
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Stefan Vaaks scored 15 points, Jason Edwards scored 14 points and Providence took control in the second half to beat Penn State, 77-65, on Saturday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase. Jaylin Sellers added 13 points, and Oswin Ehrunmwunse scored 11 points for Providence (4-2). In...
Matt Clark’s game-winning field goal gives Duquesne victory over Robert MorrisVideo
Tyler Riddell threw for two touchdowns, and Matt Clark made a game-winning 42-yard field goal as time expired to give Duquesne a 20-17 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday to end the regular season. Riddell hit Joey Isabella for a 71-yard touchdown on the Dukes’ opening drive, then found Garrett...
JFK’s granddaughter reveals terminal cancer diagnosis, criticizes cousin RFK Jr.
Former President John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter disclosed Saturday that she has terminal cancer, writing in an essay in “The New Yorker” that one of her doctors said she might live for about another year. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, wrote that she was...
Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at Joint Base Andrews
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’s enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews — adding a site long known as the “president’s golf course” to his long and still- growing list of construction projects. The president took an aerial...
Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. The internal committee ruled that the university didn’t follow proper procedures and didn’t...
Scientists push back as Trump and RFK Jr. promote false links between vaccines and autism
The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to follow “gold standard” science. Scientists say the problem is that they are often doing just the opposite by relying...
Fire on Los Angeles container ship prompts shelter-in-place order for nearby communities
LOS ANGELES — A fire that broke out aboard a Los Angeles container ship on Friday continued to burn overnight, prompting a shelter in place order for surrounding communities over concerns about hazardous materials within the ship’s cargo. All 23 crew members of the ship were accounted for and there...
Israel launches new strikes in Gaza against Hamas in ceasefire’s latest test
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children. Similar waves of strikes...
Ukraine’s allies push back on U.S. peace plan seen as favoring Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a U.S. peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed Ukrainians “will always defend” their home. A Ukrainian delegation, bolstered by representatives...
Joe Burrow questionable to make return from toe injury against the Patriots
CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, well ahead of schedule in his comeback from a turf toe injury that required surgery, is questionable for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots. “I think Joe has done everything he can to put himself in a position to get back,” coach Zac...
49ers void more than $26 million from Brandon Aiyuk’s contract, AP source says
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk has had the guaranteed money in his contract for next season voided after failing to participate in meetings and other team activities. A person familiar with the move confirmed that the team earlier this year voided the more than $26...
West Virginia men drop close game to Clemson in Charleston Classic
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Carter Welling scored 11 of his 13 points in the last four minutes of the game for Clemson in a 70-67 come-from-behind win over West Virginia on Friday night in the Charleston Classic. Welling made his first 3-pointer with 3 minutes, 11 seconds to go to get...
Dak Prescott is replacing Tony Romo again — this time in record book for Cowboys QBs
FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott never gave Tony Romo his job back when he took over as the starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys nine years ago. Now Prescott is on the verge of breaking Romo’s franchise record for passing yards, and the touchdown mark should follow either late this...
Josh Allen’s inconsistencies persist in loss at Houston
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — As the injuries, turnovers and losses continue mounting in Buffalo, Josh Allen and the Bills are running out of bodies and answers to address their deficiencies. The reality of it seemed summed up during a 23-19 loss to Houston on Thursday night. It was early in...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she didn’t want...
