Associated Press stories, Page 975
1 trooper killed, 1 critically wounded in central Pennsylvania
MIFFLINTOWN — State police in Pennsylvania have identified the trooper killed and another trooper critically wounded in separate encounters Saturday with a gunman who attacked a state police barracks and was later shot and killed himself after a manhunt and a fierce gunbattle. Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr., 29, was killed...
Driver of Pirates bus to Milwaukee arrested on DUI charge
MILWAUKEE — A bus driver was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence while transporting the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee for their weekend series with the Brewers. Illinois State Police said the driver was traveling away from officers seeking to escort the bus on its trip...
Why Marty Walsh left the Biden administration to run the NHL players’ union
Marty Walsh wasn’t a man in a hurry to leave the Biden administration. Less than halfway through the president’s term, Walsh was in a comfortable spot in the Cabinet as labor secretary. Then he got a call about an interesting opportunity: running the NHL Players’ Association. The former mayor of...
Attorney General Garland keeps poker face as firestorm erupts after Trump charges
WASHINGTON — On his first day as attorney general, Merrick Garland pledged a return to what he called the “norms” of the Justice Department and said he would work to eliminate the perception of political interference. But in the two years since he took office, the former federal judge has...
Vegas Golden Knights and fans celebrate 1st NHL championship with parade and rally
LAS VEGAS — Thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans lined the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally in front of the team’s home arena to mark the city’s first NHL championship. For the team that played its first game as an expansion...
Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and 22 people hurt in suburban Chicago
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. — At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot that drew hundreds of people in suburban Chicago, authorities said. TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about 20 miles (32.1...
Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark share US Open lead with major champs on their heels
LOS ANGELES — Rickie Fowler only had 3½ feet left for par on what should have been his last shot Saturday in a U.S. Open round filled with far bigger moments. At stake was his first 54-hole lead in a major. Shockingly, he missed and slipped into a tie with...
Rickie Fowler, a fan favorite, takes center stage at U.S. Open
LOS ANGELES — A fan favorite. An underdog. A comeback story. All those storylines are in play this weekend at the U.S. Open. And, as luck would have it, they are all wrapped up in the same player: Rickie Fowler. One of the sport’s most popular personalities has been emerging...
U.S. Open in L.A. becomes quiet major with limited crowds, tough walk
LOS ANGELES — This U.S. Open is not to be mistaken as “Golf, But Louder” on so many levels. Mostly the loud part. Bringing the second-oldest championship in golf to Los Angeles Country Club — so exclusive that some Angelenos don’t know it’s there — always was going to come...
U.S. Open a fairly clean ride for Tom Kim on moving day
LOS ANGELES — Tom Kim’s last big plunge into the major-championship spotlight was a muddy mess. This one? Crisp and clean for a while, but stained by a rugged finish. The 20-year-old, who became a meme after his waist-high wade into the mud while looking for his ball at the...
Herta wins pole as repaved track produces eventful qualifying day at Road AmericaVideo
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — The venue that bills itself as “America’s National Park of Speed” is delivering faster times after its first repaving in nearly three decades. It’s also producing a bit more frustration. Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport earned the pole position for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Road...
Putin meets with African leaders in Russia to discuss Ukraine peace plan, but no visible progress
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no visible progress. The seven African leaders — the presidents of...
Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise
ATLANTA — Entering court using a walker, a doctor’s note clutched in his hand, 70-year-old Dana Williams, who suffers serious heart problems, hypertension and asthma, pleaded to delay eviction from his two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. Although sympathetic, the judge said state law required him to evict Williams and his 25-year-old...
Ray Lewis III, son of 2-time Super Bowl champ, dies of suspected overdose, police sayVideo
CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Ray Lewis III, the son of two-time Super Bowl champion Ray Lewis, has died, police said in an incident report detailing a suspected overdose. Lewis died Wednesday after officers were called to a central Florida home and found him unconscious in a bedroom, according to the Casselberry...
6 key points from the scathing report on Minneapolis police after George Floyd’s killing
The Justice Department on Friday issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of inadequate oversight and an unwieldy process for investigating complaints. The probe began in April 2021, a day after former officer Derek Chauvin, who...
Heat wave has U.S. South sweltering, from tornado-ravaged West Texas town to Florida beaches
Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday, and beachgoers fled a water spout that swept ashore on a Florida beach. Gov. Greg Abbott meanwhile visited Perryton in the Texas Panhandle,...
Collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia to reopen within 2 weeks, governor says
PHILADELPHIA — The collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will reopen within two weeks, Pennsylvania’s governor said Saturday, after joining President Joe Biden on a helicopter tour over the critical stretch of highway closed to East Coast traffic since last weekend. “We are getting it done here in Philly,”...
Sudan officials say airstrike kills 17, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum
CAIRO — An airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to control the country. The attack was one of the deadliest of the clashes in urban areas of Khartoum and elsewhere in...
NCAA committee recommends dropping marijuana from banned drug list for athletes
INDIANAPOLIS — An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization’s list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances. The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the...
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins steps down after arrest for DUI in Pittsburgh
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has resigned a day after his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving in the latest incident in a Hall of Fame career that imploded quickly. The university announced the resignation Saturday night. It came a month after the university suspended him for three games...
Rickie Fowler’s wild ride gives him 1-shot lead in U.S. Open
LOS ANGELES — Rickie Fowler was flamboyant as ever Friday in the U.S. Open, not so much with his attire as a golf game so wildly entertaining that he made only four pars in his 2-under-par 68 that gave him a share of the 36-hole record and a one-shot lead...
Dustin Johnson makes a crazy 8 at the US Open but crawls back into contentionVideo
LOS ANGELES — Dustin Johnson’s summary of the quadruple bogey he made that could be the difference between winning and losing the U.S. Open was succinct, matter-of-fact and, of course, ugly. “Chunked my bunker shot and then chunked the next one. Skulled the next one,” he said. “Everything that you...
Wyndham Clark gets a little help from a good friend for U.S. Open at LACCVideo
LOS ANGELES — Wyndham Clark felt so good about Los Angeles Country Club he thought he didn’t even need a practice round when he arrived this week for the U.S. Open. It has shown through 36 holes, with Clark opening with rounds of 64-67, right in contention going into the...
Biden urges tougher gun restrictions, 1 year after Uvalde, Texas, school massacre
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden made a passionate call for tougher gun restrictions Friday, celebrating the one-year anniversary of the first significant piece of federal firearms legislation in nearly three decades but declaring it was only an “important first step.” He urged voters to defeat lawmakers who resist....
Ukrainian president urges African leaders to press Putin on release of political prisoners
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to a group of African leaders to ask his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to free political prisoners from Crimea and beyond — saying it could be an important part of their trip to Russia on Saturday. Seven African leaders — presidents of...
