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Trump facing growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdown
NEW YORK — No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business, sports and entertainment. Bruce Springsteen released a new song Wednesday that slammed “Trump’s federal thugs.” OpenAI chief executive...
U.S. life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the covid-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses....
New videos show Alex Pretti scuffle with federal officers in Minneapolis 11 days before his death
WASHINGTON — Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged Wednesday show. The Jan. 13 scuffle was captured...
Worries deepen in U.S. South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages
JACKSON, Miss. — Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread power outages as vehicles got stranded for hours on major highways and officials warned Wednesday that people stuck at home were running out of food, medicine and other essentials. Mississippi...
FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump’s 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions
DENVER — Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in 2020. But for more than five years, he’s been trying to convince Americans the opposite is true by falsely saying the election was marred by widespread fraud. Now that he’s president again, Trump is pushing the federal government to back...
Democratic Sen. Klobuchar says she’s running for Minnesota governor after Gov. Walz dropped out
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide...
Patriots’ Robert Kraft: Bill Belichick unequivocally deserves to be 1st-ballot Hall of Famer
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Count New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft among those shocked that Bill Belichick reportedly will not be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Kraft said he believes Belichick’s accomplishments...
Patrick Reed leaving LIV Golf, could return to PGA Tour in SeptemberVideo
SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed is the second major champion to leave Saudi-funded LIV Golf, announcing Wednesday he will spend the rest of the year on the European tour with an eye on returning to the PGA Tour as early as September. His stunning decision, just three days after he...
Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streetsVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes following weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The strain was evident when Trump made...
Team USA’s Hilary Knight, Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin to face off for perhaps last time
Kelly Pannek has spent the past decade enjoying a front-row view of U.S. teammate Hilary Knight and Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin one-upping the other in a fierce, friendly rivalry involving two of the most accomplished players in the history of women’s hockey. Playful and easygoing as the two are away from...
Republicans fear their midterm chances slipping away over immigration chaos
WASHINGTON — Republicans are increasingly concerned that immigration enforcement is becoming a political liability in the upcoming midterm elections after two people were killed by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s crackdown in Minneapolis. Although few are willing to publicly break with the president, there has been a crescendo of...
Gas smell at nursing home was reported hours before deadly explosion, report says
HARRISBURG — Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it out, federal regulators said Wednesday. The preliminary report by the National...
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won’t meet demands for ICE reform
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s surge...
Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. President...
NFL’s turf guru preps Levi’s Stadium field for Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nick Pappas’ process for preparing the Super Bowl field got underway long before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots started getting ready for the season. The NFL’s turf guru picked the sod farm that began growing the field for the game about 16 months ago...
Omar criticizes Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’ after attack; suspect had made pro-Trump posts onlineVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed President Donald Trump for threats to her safety on Wednesday, one day after she was accosted and squirted with liquid at an event in Minneapolis. The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack has posted online in support of the Republican president. “Every time...
Search warrant FBI served at elections office near Atlanta seeks records tied to the 2020 elections
ATLANTA — The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said. Fulton spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez declined to comment further, saying the search was still underway. An FBI spokesperson confirmed the search but also declined...
Bruce Springsteen takes aim at Trump in new song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, taking aim at President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of “Streets of Minneapolis,” released Wednesday, describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier’s boots,” which Springsteen calls “King...
Rubio tells senators there’s ‘good and decent progress’ in Venezuela since U.S. ousted MaduroVideo
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered starkly different readings of the current situation. Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday...
It’s one storm after another for much of the U.S., but the next one’s path is uncertain
HOUSTON — Winter’s brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been a toasty Florida peninsula and a powerful blizzard forecast that may strike the Atlantic coast. Deep cold is forecast to stick around at...
Browns hire former Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken as head coach
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns hired one of their former coordinators to be the team’s head coach. However, it is not the one some people expected. The Browns hired Todd Monken on Wednesday as the franchise’s 19th full-time head coach, wrapping up a three-week search. He replaces Kevin Stefanski, who...
Sly Dunbar, legendary reggae drummer who anchored tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, dies as 73
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare —...
Despite a returning coach, West Virginia lost dozens of players to the transfer portal
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez didn’t mince words about what areas of his roster needed help from college football’s transfer portal. “Every one,” he said. Rodriguez didn’t have a stellar start to his second stint, going 4-8 and finishing 14th out of 16 teams in the Big 12. And though...
Honor Huff, Treysen Eaglestaff help lift West Virginia past Kansas State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff scored 17 points and Treysen Eaglestaff scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds and West Virginia beat Kansas State, 59-54, on Tuesday night. Brenen Lorient scored 10 points for West Virginia (14-7, 5-3 Big 12), which has won three of four and six of its...
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead the Church of England
LONDON — Sarah Mullally walked into St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday morning as the bishop of London. When she walked out in the afternoon as bells rang out, she was the spiritual leader of millions of Anglicans around the world. Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury, making her the...
