Associated Press stories, Page 854
Duquesne fends off furious rally by St. Francis (Pa.), stays unbeaten in NEC
PITTSBURGH — Taj Butts punched in a short run for a touchdown in opening minutes of the fourth quarter and Duquesne survived a furious comeback by St. Francis (Pa.) to earn a 38-35 Northeast Conference win on Saturday. Down 38-14 with under 12 minutes left in the game, the Red...
Detroit synagogue president fatally stabbed outside her home
DETROIT — A Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, police said. The motive wasn’t known. Emergency medical personnel declared the woman, identified in a statement from Mayor Mike Duggan as Samantha Woll, dead at the scene, Cpl. Dan Donakowski said. “While at the scene,...
Blaney is back on track after disqualification, then reversal. NASCAR playoffs resume at HomesteadVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Ryan Blaney has experienced a range of emotions since last Sunday, from disappointment to relief. The No. 12 Team Penske driver was disqualified after the opening race of the Round of 8 in NASCAR’s playoffs because of an alleged illegal front shock on his Ford. But NASCAR...
Harrison has TD catch, No. 3 Buckeyes defense steps up big in 20-12 win over No. 7 Penn StateVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — All-American Marvin Harrison Jr. made the difference for No. 3 Ohio State in a pivotal Big Ten matchup, and the snarling Buckeyes’ defense took care of the rest. Harrison made 11 catches for 162 yards and a late touchdown as Ohio State beat No. 7 Penn State,...
‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare likely to fuel record attendance at New Mexico’s Trinity atomic bomb test site
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — Thousands of visitors are expected to descend Saturday on the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated, with officials preparing for a record turnout amid ongoing fanfare surrounding Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, ” Oppenheimer.” Trinity Site, a designated National...
Donald Trump is dominating the GOP primary and settling into a new role: Defendant
NEW YORK — After turns as a real estate magnate, a New York tabloid mainstay, a reality TV star and president of the United States, Donald Trump is settling into a new role: defendant. The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination spent two days this week in a Manhattan courtroom...
Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference is facing boycotts after he publicly suggested Israel was committing war crimes. Company bosses have vowed never to hire members...
Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping
WASHINGTON — For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions. The lack of faith extends beyond Congress, with...
Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board. The idea came up late last month, after Ukraine assistance was stripped...
Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Just 20 trucks were...
Alek Thomas, Gabriel Moreno lift Diamondbacks in Game 4
PHOENIX — Alek Thomas hit a tying, two-run homer in a three-run eighth inning, Gabriel Moreno followed with a go-ahead single and the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-5 victory on Friday night that tied the NL Championship Series at two games apiece. Arizona trailed 5-2 before...
Bryan Abreu, Dusty Baker, Adolis Garcia ejected after brawl
ARLINGTON, Texas — Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu and manager Dusty Baker were ejected from Game 5 of the AL Championship series after the reliever hit the Texas Rangers’ Adolis Garcia with a pitch in the eighth inning Friday, triggering benches to clear two innings after the slugger’s go-ahead home...
Andre Iguodala, 4-time NBA champion with Warriors, retires
SAN FRANCISCO — Andre Iguodala, a four-time champion with the Golden State Warriors during a 19-year NBA career, is retiring. “It’s just the right time,” the 39-year-old Iguodala told Andscape on Friday in a telephone interview. “Time started to get limited for me, and I didn’t want to put anything...
Altuve hits go-ahead homer in 9th, Astros take 3-2 lead over Rangers in ALCS after benches clearVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros, after getting into another bench-clearing scuffle with the Texas Rangers, rallied for a 5-4 victory in a wild and testy Game 5 of the AL Championship Series on Friday. After winning all three...
Long lines at pump unlikely, but Middle East crisis could disrupt oil supplies, raise prices
WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. But don’t expect a repeat of the catastrophic price hikes and long lines at the gasoline pump, experts say. The Israel-Hamas...
Broncos’ Jerry Jeudy vents over feuds, losses and his slow start
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jerry Jeudy had a lot to get off his chest this week: his dust-up with Steve Smith, the constant trade speculation, his lack of production and the Denver Broncos’ incessant losing. Jeudy pranced and preened in a squabble with Smith, the former Carolina Panthers star receiver and...
Jaguars build leads and close out games; Now time to end 2nd-half lulls
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are building double-digit leads and closing out games regularly this season, a combination that’s led to a four-game winning streak and their best start since 2007. Impressive, no doubt. But what’s happening in between has coach Doug Pederson a little concerned. Pederson would like...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson expected to start vs. Colts after missing 2 gamesVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson’s official status for Sunday’s game at Indianapolis is questionable. Nothing looked uncertain about Cleveland’s quarterback Friday. Watson fired passes with his usual velocity during his second straight practice, and he is expected to start when the Browns visit the Colts. He has missed two games...
Bears QB Justin Fields expected to avoid thumb surgery; Tyson Bagent to start vs. RaidersVideo
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Bears quarterback Justin Fields is not expected to need surgery for his dislocated right thumb, coach Matt Eberflus said Friday. As expected, Fields was ruled out for Sunday’s game against the visiting Las Vegas Raiders (3-3). Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent will start for Chicago (1-5). It...
Spirit Airlines cancels dozens of flights to inspect some planes; disruptions will last days
Spirit Airlines canceled about 100 flights Friday after pulling some planes out of service for inspections, and the airline expects the disruptions to last several days. Spirit did not describe the nature of the inspections and did not respond when asked for further information, but the Federal Aviation Administration said...
French intelligence: Palestinian rocket, not Israeli airstrike, likely caused Gaza hospital blast
PARIS — An assessment by French military intelligence indicates the most likely cause of the deadly explosion at Gaza City’s al-Ahli hospital was a Palestinian rocket that carried an explosive charge of about 11 pounds and possibly misfired, a senior French military official said Friday. Several rockets in the arsenal...
Israel: 2 Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who had been held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the roughly 200 people the group abducted from Israel during its Oct. 7 rampage. Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old...
No. 2 Michigan suspends staffer after sign-stealing investigation start
No. 2 Michigan announced Friday it suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals of Wolverines opponents. Athletic director Warde Manuel issued a one-sentence statement saying analytics assistant Connor Stalions had been suspended with pay pending the...
Violent threats from Virginia to Texas disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians
ARLINGTON, Va. — For more than 20 years, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has held its annual banquet at the Marriott Crystal Gateway hotel in Crystal City, Va., just outside the nation’s capital, according to CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad. Sporadic protests and angry phone calls targeting the Muslim civil...
Judge temporarily lifts narrow gag order on Trump in 2020 election case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan temporarily lifted her narrow gag order in Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington on Friday to give lawyers time to file more briefs on the matter. Chutkan made that ruling shortly after Trump’s lawyers urged the judge to pause the gag order while...
