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Pennsylvania Senate advances bill to overhaul probation system
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that is designed to reduce the number of people on probation and in jail, by limiting the length of probation and preventing people from being sent back to jail for minor violations. The bill passed on a 45-4 vote and now...
Pierre-Luc Dubois acquired by Kings in sign-and-trade deal with JetsVideo
The Los Angeles Kings acquired Pierre-Luc Dubois in a major sign-and-trade deal with the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. The 25-year-old center was a restricted free agent but told the Jets this month that he didn’t plan on re-signing with them. Dubois agreed to an eight-year extension worth $8.5 million annually...
NASCAR great Jimmie Johnson’s in-laws found shot to death in OklahomaVideo
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Police in Muskogee, Okla., confirmed Tuesday they are investigating the shooting deaths of three relatives of seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday at a home in Muskogee, located...
Kevin Hayes traded from Flyers to Blues for 6th-round pick in 2024Video
PHILADELPHIA — The St. Louis Blues acquired center Kevin Hayes from the Philadelphia Flyers for a sixth-round pick in the 2024 draft. The teams announced the trade Tuesday, the day before the first round of the draft. The Flyers are retaining half of Hayes’ $7.14 million salary cap hit for...
Pennsylvania state trooper killed in ambush lauded as a hero during funeral service
ERIE — A Pennsylvania state trooper who was shot and killed earlier this month when he went to work on his day off after learning his barracks had been attacked by an armed man was laid to rest Tuesday during a funeral where the state’s governor and his colleagues lauded...
History says highly touted rookie tight ends don’t always make a major impact right awayVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — This rookie class of tight ends will have to buck history if they are going to leave an impression on the field. Tight end arguably is the toughest position for rookies to make huge contributions. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, who played tight end in the...
Free-agent RB Leonard Fournette says his car caught fire on freewayVideo
NFL running back Leonard Fournette appears to have avoided injury after his car caught fire while he was driving on a freeway. Fournette posted a video to Instagram on Tuesday where he showed his burned vehicle on the side of the highway. Fournette doesn’t speak in the video, which shows...
Actor Julian Sands died while hiking on California mountain, authorities confirm
LOS ANGELES — Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and 90s including “A Room With a View” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after he disappeared while hiking, authorities said Tuesday. An investigation confirmed that...
Ivanka Trump dismissed from New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit against her fatherVideo
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court dismissed Ivanka Trump on Tuesday from a wide-ranging fraud lawsuit brought against her father and his company last year by the state’s attorney general. The civil lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused former President Donald Trump of padding...
More than $200 billion in covid-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says
WASHINGTON — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large covid-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years. The numbers issued Tuesday by the...
FBI, Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says
WASHINGTON — The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol, according to the chairman of a Senate panel that on Tuesday released a report on the intelligence failures ahead of...
Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the U.S.Video
CHICAGO — Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. In Minnesota, a record 23rd air quality alert was issued Tuesday through late Wednesday night...
Ryan Seacrest to take over ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after Pat Sajak retires
LOS ANGELES — The category? “Proper Name.” The answer? Ryan Seacrest, who will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year. Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multiyear deal to host the long-running game show starting with Season 42....
Georgia elections official to speak to federal prosecutors probing Trump’s efforts to undo 2020 loss
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is scheduled to speak to federal prosecutors from the office of special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a rambling phone call on Jan. 2, 2021,...
NHL, players unveil inclusion coalition they hope will help make hockey more diverse and welcoming
The NHL and NHLPA are launching a new inclusion committee made up of current and former men’s and women’s players, with minority and LGBTQ+ representation, aimed at diversifying hockey and making the sport more welcoming. The NHL Player Inclusion Coalition unveiled Tuesday is the latest step in a process started...
A wall painting found in Pompeii doesn’t depict Italy’s iconic dish
MILAN — A still-life fresco discovered recently in the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it’s not, experts at the archaeological site said Tuesday. They noted that key ingredients needed to make Italy’s iconic dish — tomatoes and mozzarella — were not available when the fresco was painted...
Wagner ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear
TALLINN, Estonia — When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three months ago, his neighbors in the village east of Moscow were terrified. Three years ago, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to a long prison term but was freed after volunteering to fight with the...
Column: So many candidates for the U.S. team, so few Ryder Cup spots
Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson still has time on his side, just not as much. He also keeps getting more candidates for his U.S. team, which isn’t making the job any easier. And it’s no longer about Brooks Koepka or anyone else from LIV Golf. “There’s still a lot of...
Paul McCartney’s rediscovered photos show Beatlemania from the insideVideo
LONDON — Is there really a new way to look at The Beatles, one of the most filmed and photographed bands in history? Yes, says Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, which is providing a fresh perspective with an exhibition of band’s-eye-view images that Paul McCartney captured as the group shot to...
Jay Johnson made all the right moves to quickly build LSU into a national champion again
OMAHA, Neb. — Jay Johnson was a West Coast guy and doing just fine coaching at Arizona when the opportunity to take over at LSU presented itself. The Tigers were long established as college baseball bluebloods, and Johnson would have been lying if he said he wasn’t at least interested...
Defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, 2-time winner Tadej Pogacar meet for next chapter of rivalry
One rider, two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, was so strong at the start of the season that he was compared to the great Eddy Merckx before an injury stopped his seemingly unstoppable rise. The other, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, dethroned Pogacar last year and arrives in top form...
Players returning from LIV Golf is part of Saudis’ agreement with PGA Tour
The PGA Tour and European tour have agreed to work with Saudi backers of LIV Golf to decide how defectors to the rival league can return and what kind of punishment they should face, according to a framework agreement obtained by The Associated Press. The agreement also said the for-profit...
Victims confront Colorado Springs gay nightclub killer, calling shooter a monster and a coward
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — One-by-one, nearly two dozen victims stood in a courtroom to confront the person who pleaded guilty to murdering five people and injuring 17 others in an attack last year on a nightclub that served as a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs. Some cried,...
Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state court on Tuesday rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state’s broad mail-in voting law that has become a GOP target following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. It is the latest of several refusals by a state...
Ford cutting several hundred white-collar jobs to reduce cost amid transition to electric cars
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. is going through another round of white-collar job cuts as the company continues to reduce costs amid a transition to electric vehicles. The company confirmed Tuesday that it was starting to notify several hundred engineers and other salaried employees that their jobs are being...
