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Olympic struggles continue for skier Mikaela ShiffrinVideo
BEIJING — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin’s second race at the Beijing Games was over even more quickly than her first. The 26-year-old American skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom Wednesday and was out of the event, just like that. That was...
U.S. speedskater Casey Dawson hits Olympic ice after round-the-world dashVideo
BEIJING — Casey Dawson’s around-the-world dash to the Beijing Olympics got him to the starting line in time for the 1,500 meters. Delayed for days in the United States by covid-19, the speedskater’s journey of 20-plus hours began in his hometown of Park City, Utah. He flew across the U.S....
Sacking QBs has always been passion for Bengals’ Trey HendricksonVideo
Trey Hendrickson was once a touchdown-catching tight end in high school, a big-bodied target who was tough to take down. Demolishing quarterbacks, though, just always felt better than spiking footballs. You see, pass rushing is a passion for the Cincinnati Bengals defensive end. And opposing offenses are the unfortunate recipients...
Patriots rehire former Giants coach Joe Judge as assistant
FOXBOROUGH, Mas. — The Patriots are bringing back Joe Judge as an offensive assistant less than a month after he was fired as head coach of the Giants. Judge, who served as an assistant in New England for eight seasons, rejoins coach Bill Belichick’s coaching staff after going 10-23 over...
Pacers deal All-Star Sabonis to Kings in 6-player trade
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers will look completely different when they return home later this week while Sacramento Kings are getting a All-Star. The two teams agreed to a six-player trade Tuesday that will send star forward Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento and emerging point guard Tyrese Haliburton to the Pacers,...
House OKs bill easing budget strains on Postal Service
WASHINGTON — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday. The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower mail...
Italy beats Norway to win Olympic gold in mixed curlingVideo
BEIJING — At 6-foot-6 — nearly 2 meters tall — Amos Mosaner already towers over most of his curling competitors. Put him on the top step of the Olympic medals podium, and he is an even more imposing figure in the sport. Mosaner and Stefania Constantini won the mixed doubles...
Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers apologizes for cursing at Democrat over masksVideo
WASHINGTON — A senior Republican lawmaker apologized late Tuesday for using an expletive when Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked him to put his mask on while in the Capitol. The confrontation was just the latest dust-up in the House over mask-wearing, which many Republicans have refused to do. Earlier Tuesday,...
Journalist who spoke to Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai says doubts about her freedom remainVideo
BEIJING — One of the journalists who conducted the first sit-down interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said Tuesday that the carefully controlled conversation did not answer questions about whether she can speak her mind or move freely. A Chinese Olympic official was in the room and translated the...
Bengals’ RB Joe Mixon quietly produces best year of his careerVideo
CINCINNATI — Joe Mixon’s foot injury in 2020 was one of many unfortunate events in another train wreck of a season for the Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati had shown promise early that year, but suddenly its premier running back, coming off two consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, was done after six games. Injuries...
Police: Saints’ Alvin Kamara, 3 others attacked man at Vegas clubVideo
LAS VEGAS — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is accused of punching and badly injuring a man in an attack also involving at least three men who were with Kamara last weekend at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, according to a police arrest report. The alleged victim told...
Rams determined to turn Aaron Donald into a Super Bowl champVideo
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald has won just about every award available to a defensive lineman during his spectacular eight-year career with the Los Angeles Rams. As the Penn Hills graduate and former Pitt star points out, the only trophy he lacks has Vince Lombardi’s name on it. “This is...
Prosecutors won’t file charges against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday decided not to charge Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for allegedly beating and sexually abusing a San Diego woman he met through social media. Prosecutors were unable to prove the San Diego woman’s accusations beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the Los Angeles...
Los Angeles nun, 80, gets prison for $835,000 school theft to fund gambling habit
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles nun and school principal who stole more than $800,000 to pay for a gambling habit was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 80, admitted to stealing the money from 2008 to 2018 while she was principal at St. James...
Mitch McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’Video
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers. As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack by his...
Doug Emhoff whisked out of event following reported bomb threatVideo
WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was whisked out of an event Tuesday at a Washington high school by Secret Service agents following an apparent bomb threat. Emhoff was at Dunbar High School for an event in commemoration of Black History Month. He was in...
West Virginia coach files complaint against police in basketball scuffle
BECKLEY, W.Va. — A high school coach has filed a complaint alleging two West Virginia State Police troopers used excessive force when detaining him after a scuffle at a girls basketball game. Eugene “Gene” Nabors, an assistant coach of the Woodrow Wilson High School girls basketball team in Beckley, filed...
Texts: Michigan mom of alleged school shooter joked about gunVideo
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — A day before four students were killed at a Michigan school, the mother of the teenager charged with carrying out the mass shooting sent him a text message asking if he had showed teachers a “pic of your new gun,” an investigator testified Tuesday. The text...
Justice Department announces $3.6B crypto seizure, 2 arrests
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced Tuesday its largest-ever financial seizure — more than $3.5 billion — and the arrests of a New York couple accused of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange. Federal law enforcement officials said...
Covid-19 protests threaten border trade between Canada, U.S.
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry Tuesday about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates and other covid-19 restrictions. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, prevented...
Money on the table: child credit cash available via tax returns
The Biden administration wants families with children to know that there is roughly $193 billion waiting for them — all they need to do is file their taxes to claim it. That estimated total is what remains of the expanded child tax credit, and the administration is concerned that some...
Wisconsin GOP looks to block abortions if heartbeat detected
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans pushed ahead Tuesday with a Texas-style abortion ban, holding a hearing on legislation that would prohibit abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The bill would prohibit anyone from performing or attempting to perform an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is present unless the pregnant...
Stocks close higher, bond yields reach pre-pandemic high
Technology companies and banks helped drive stocks higher Tuesday on Wall Street, as the market bounced back from an early slide to more than make up its losses from the day before. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% after having been down 0.4%. More than three fourths of the stocks in...
U.S. stands by Boeing settlement reached in Trump’s final days
The Justice Department is standing by a settlement it reached with Boeing for deceiving regulators who approved the 737 Max, despite personal pleas to Attorney General Merrick Garland from relatives of passengers who died in crashes of Max jets. In a filing Tuesday, the Justice Department asked a federal court...
Canada surges to 4-2 win over U.S. in Olympic women’s hockey
BEIJING — It was going to take more than a one-goal deficit to rattle Brianne Jenner and the Canadians in their long-running cross-border rivalry against the Americans, which resumed Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics. Rather than wilt, Canada responded by scoring three times over a span of 5 minutes, 25...
