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Bye Big 12, hello SEC: Texas, Oklahoma party as conference move becomes officialVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma finally got the chance to celebrate its long-awaited move to the SEC. As the switch from the Big 12 became official Monday, the school finally was letting loose. Festivities started Sunday night and stretched to events statewide Monday. There were pep rallies in Norman on Monday...
Trump seeks to set aside New York hush money verdict hours after Supreme Court ruling
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for later this month. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday and...
U.S. women’s soccer in transition heading into Olympics as other teams look to pounce
The signs that the U.S. national team’s dominance was slipping started to emerge back at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States was vying to become the first team to win an Olympic gold medal after winning a Women’s World Cup. But the team stumbled along the way. The U.S. lost...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum agrees to record-setting deal
Jayson Tatum is the newest member of the NBA’s $300 million club. The Boston Celtics star agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension to remain with the reigning NBA champions, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Monday. The new pact will begin with...
After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of lawVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is seeking to put the focus squarely onto Donald Trump following his uneven debate performance last week. Speaking Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity from prosecution to Trump and other presidents, Biden said the high court’s ruling had undermined the rule...
Animal rescuers save more than 100 dolphins during mass stranding event around Cape Cod
WELLFLEET, Mass. — Animal rescuers were able to coax more than 100 dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod over the weekend after about 125 of the Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded. An estimated 13 dolphins died and one had to be euthanized, according to the International Fund for...
NHL reinstates Bowman, Quenneville after being banned for their role in Blackhawks assault scandalVideo
The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were punished in the fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. “For more than the...
Klay Thompson leaving Warriors for Mavericks
DALLAS — Klay Thompson has taken off his Golden State jersey for the last time. And the Warriors say they’re going to retire it to commemorate his time with them. Thompson is moving on from the Warriors, with the four-time league champion agreeing to join the Western Conference champion Dallas...
Josef Newgarden dreams of Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 double
LEBANON, Tenn. — Back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden has a driving dream he still harbors, even knowing that challenges with schedules and sponsors make it likely impossible to ever achieve. Newgarden not only wants to drive a stock car someday, he wants to do The Double. Yes, the Indianapolis...
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey stands by Biden, says he’s competent to serve a second term as president
SCRANTON — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Monday that President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office, standing by his close ally in the critical battleground state following a disastrous debate performance that’s prompting some national Democrats to question...
Bland wins rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on 4th playoff hole for his second straight senior majorVideo
NEWPORT, R.I. — Richard Bland shot a 4-under-par 66 in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open — catching leader Hiroyuki Fujita after rain postponed the finish to Monday morning — and then banging a chip shot off the pin to beat him on the fourth playoff hole and...
Naomi Osaka wins at Wimbledon for the 1st time in 6 years; Coco Gauff moves on, too
WIMBLEDON, England — Naomi Osaka had not won a match at Wimbledon in six years. Hadn’t even played there in five. Grass courts never were her favorite surface. Twelve months ago at this time, Osaka was off the tour while becoming a mother — her daughter, Shai, turns 1 on...
Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court. The ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals puts...
3 killed, 2 injured in shooting near University of Cincinnati campus, police say
CINCINNATI — Three people were shot and killed and two were wounded near the University of Cincinnati campus early Monday, police said. Two people were taken into custody, including one of the wounded. Police who were in the area heard multiple gunshots and then found four males who had been...
Campus carry weapons law debuts in West Virginia, joins 11 other states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — People with concealed carry permits can possess firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses under a state law that debuted Monday. Institutions of higher learning can implement exceptions to the law, which bans the open carry of a firearm on campus. Similar legislation has passed...
Ownership group of NBA champion Boston Celtics is putting team up for saleVideo
BOSTON — The ownership group that controls the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics intends to sell all its shares of the team. In a statement released Monday, Boston Basketball Partners LLC said it intends to sell the majority of its shares in 2024 or early 2025. The balance of its...
Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Boston police officer boyfriend’s death
DEDHAM, Mass. — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime...
Judge calls Jeffrey Epstein ‘most infamous pedophile in American history’ as he releases transcripts
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge released Monday afternoon the transcripts of a 2006 grand jury investigation that looked into sex trafficking and rape allegations made against the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The judge’s release of the approximately 150 pages came as a surprise as he had...
What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said Monday that former presidents are shielded from prosecution...
Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt chargesVideo
DANBURY, Conn. — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. Bannon arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut,...
House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House’s effort to withhold the materials from...
Supreme Court gives Trump some immunity, sends case back to lower courtVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president...
Supreme Court keeps hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to regulate social media platforms
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The justices returned the cases to lower courts in challenges from trade associations for the companies....
Supreme Court rules for North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulations
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies. The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of a truck stop in North Dakota that wants to sue over a regulation on...
Simone Biles secures 3rd trip to the Olympics after breezing to victory at U.S. trials
MINNEAPOLIS — Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics. So are some of her friends. The gymnastics superstar earned a third trip to her sport’s biggest stage by cruising to victory at the U.S. Olympic trials on Sunday night, posting a two-day all-around total of 117.225 to clinch the...
