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Democrat Tom Suozzi wins New York race to succeed George Santos in Congress
Democrat Tom Suozzi has won a special election in New York for the U.S. House seat that was left vacant when Republican George Santos was expelled from Congress. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to retake a seat he held for three terms before giving it up to run, unsuccessfully, for...
1 person killed, 5 injured when vehicle crashes into emergency room in Austin, TexasVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room Tuesday, killing the driver and injuring five other people, including a child with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The car smashed into the lobby of the ER at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center shortly after 5:30 p.m., fire...
Column: 3 days of noise, hype in golf will be followed by Tiger Woods playing again
LOS ANGELES — Golf had three big events — not tournaments but events — over the past three days. They were about 400 miles (640 kilometers) apart. Their identity was loud noise and the hype to match. Who would have guessed the tamest of the lot would be LIV Golf?...
Duquesne goes cold down stretch, loses to No. 16 Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio — DaRon Holmes II had 24 points and 11 rebounds as No. 16 Dayton bounced back from an ugly loss and ran away from Duquesne, 75-59, on Tuesday night. Down by four with 6 minutes, 17 seconds left in the game, the Flyers went on a furious 22-2...
Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly suspended 5 games for cross check vs. Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly was suspended five games for cross-checking Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig in the final seconds of the teams’ game over the weekend. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension Tuesday after a virtual hearing with Rielly and team and union representatives. It...
Kyle Larson part of 0-for-Daytona 500 club
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — No one needs to remind Kyle Larson about his record at Daytona International Speedway. He’s frustratingly winless at the famed track, which is the only NASCAR venue at which he doesn’t even have a top-five finish. “I do believe that we are much, much better than...
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin released from hospital, has resumed his full duties
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday and has resumed his full duties, the Pentagon said. Austin, 70, has had ongoing health issues since undergoing surgery in December to treat prostate cancer. He was taken back to Walter Reed on...
Chicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year
CHICAGO — Chicago won’t renew its ShotSpotter contract and plans to stop using the controversial gunshot detection system later this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Tuesday. The system, which relies on an artificial intelligence algorithm and network of microphones to identify gunshots, has been criticized for inaccuracy, racial bias...
Jorge Soler agrees to $42M, 3-year deal with Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — Slugging free agent outfielder and designated hitter Jorge Soler has agreed to a $42 million, three-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal...
GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas — by 1 vote — over border managementVideo
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s...
New voice of Oakland A’s Jenny Cavnar to become 1st woman in MLB history to handle play-by-play
OAKLAND, Calif. — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California. The company made the announcement Tuesday. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history — set to be the voice for...
Fake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says
A fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020 presidential election, an official testified Tuesday during a preliminary hearing for six people facing forgery and other charges for allegedly serving as false electors. The “purported” Certificate of Votes didn’t match an official document signed by...
Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was awayVideo
NEW YORK — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years, waiting for someone to turn the lights back on. Yet it almost felt that way during Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show” Monday night. His signature moves — blunt satire,...
Chiefs coach Andy Reid already talking about preparations for next season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid is giving the rest of his staff about a week off after their Super Bowl victory parade through downtown Kansas City on Wednesday, then he expects everyone to be back in the building to begin working on next season. So much for...
In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’Video
OLNEY, England — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting...
Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fireVideo
PARIS — Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a milestone in its reconstruction. As the shell at the summit has been taken down in recent days, it has revealed the cathedral’s new spire for the first...
Pain, sweat and sandworms: In ‘Dune 2’ Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and the cast rise to the challengeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler were really looking forward to their fight. The actors had been training, separately, with a Kali instructor in Los Angeles to prepare for the climactic showdown between Paul Atreides and Feyd Rautha in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two. ” When they finally...
Movie Review: Dakota Johnson is fun enough, but ‘Madame Web’ is repetitive and messyVideo
There is a lot of pretty niche comic book mythology swirling around “Madame Web,” the inspiration for the newest of Sony’s “Spider-Man” spinoffs. This is a character who goes back to 1980 and whose powers of clairvoyance helped Peter Parker at some point. She’s elderly and blind and sits atop...
Does soon-to-be NCAA scoring leader Caitlin Clark need title to be among game’s best?
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark will soon be the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader in women’s basketball. That, in many minds, is enough to put the 22-year-old Iowa star among the greats of college basketball. But even after passing Kelsey Plum atop the NCAA women’s list and perhaps Pete Maravich on the men’s...
Flight attendants hold airport rallies to protest lack of new contracts, pay raises
Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines are picketing and holding rallies at 30 airports on Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises last year while they continue to work for wages...
Mental health emerges as a dividing line in abortion rights initiatives planned for state ballots
CHICAGO — The weeks after Kaniya Harris found out she was pregnant were among the hardest in her life. Final exams were fast approaching for the college junior. Her doctors told her she had an ovarian cyst, and the risk of ectopic pregnancy was high. The wait times for abortion...
A new exhibition aims to bring Yoko Ono’s art out of John Lennon’s shadow
LONDON — Before there was John and Yoko — and after — there was just Yoko Ono. The Japanese-American artist became a global celebrity through her marriage to John Lennon, her partner for more than a decade until his murder in 1980, as well as her collaborator on peace-protest “bed-ins”...
New Orleans’ Carnival season marks Fat Tuesday with celebrities and pretend monarchsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Festivities marking Mardi Gras, the climactic day of New Orleans’ Carnival season, hit full swing early Tuesday, with costumed revelers gathering on the narrow streets of the French Quarter and families and tourists lining major thoroughfares to watch parades. The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club handed...
Trio guides TCU to victory over West Virginia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jameer Nelson Jr., Emanuel Miller and Trevian Tennyson all finished with 14 points and TCU breezed to an 81-65 victory over West Virginia on Monday night. Jamie Dixon notched his 156th victory as coach of the Horned Frogs (17-7, 6-5 Big 12 Conference), moving into a...
Ukraine needs nearly $9 billion to rebuild its cultural sites and tourism industry, UN agency says
PARIS — Ukraine will need nearly $9 billion over the next decade to rebuild its cultural sites and tourism industry following Russia’s invasion and war, the United Nations’ cultural agency said Tuesday. UNESCO estimated that the country’s interlinked culture and tourism sector have lost over $19 billion in revenue during...
