Associated Press stories, Page 2028
Years after anorexia, hiatus, Italian qualifier Trevisan reaches French Open quartersVideo
PARIS — Martina Trevisan has been doing video chats from her hotel room with her mental coach every day along the way to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, a run the 159th-ranked qualifier acknowledged is “a little” shocking, just not as much to her as to everyone else. So after...
Police officer killed in the line of duty in South CarolinaVideo
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A police officer was killed in South Carolina during an exchange of gunfire after responding to a domestic call, authorities said Sunday. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement that a second officer was injured during the shootout in Myrtle Beach. A suspect...
NFL Week 4: Russell Wilson leads Seahawks to first 4-0 start since 2013Video
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Russell Wilson threw for 360 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks improved to 4-0 on the season by beating the Miami Dolphins 31-23 Sunday. The Seahawks have won their first four games only one other time in franchise history — in 2013, when they...
Mayfield, Garrett right at home as Browns beat Cowboys, 49-38Video
ARLINGTON, Texas — Baker Mayfield and Myles Garrett had homecoming gifts waiting when Cleveland visited Dallas in their home state Sunday. For Mayfield, it was a porous Cowboys pass defense that was poor against the run this time as well. For Garrett, it was an undrafted rookie right tackle who...
Joe Mixon scores 3 times to pace Bengals in Joe Burrow’s 1st win
CINCINNATI — Joe Mixon ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns and caught Joe Burrow’s pass for another score as the Cincinnati Bengals rolled up 505 yards to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 33-25, on Sunday for their first win of the season. The Bengals (1-2-1) worked around their recent offensive...
Lamar Jackson returns to MVP form as Ravens roll over WashingtonVideo
LANDOVER, Md. — Lamar Jackson ran for a 50-yard touchdown and threw for two scores in a bounce-back performance by the reigning NFL MVP and the Baltimore Ravens, who took control early against Washington in a 31-17 victory Sunday. Coming off a humbling loss to Kansas City on Monday night,...
Letter: Top deputies accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimesVideo
DALLAS — Several top deputies of Texas’ attorney general have reported to law enforcement that their boss engaged in crimes including bribery and abuse of office, according to an internal letter. In a single-page letter to the director of human resources in the attorney general’s office, the seven senior lawyers...
Rangers have work to do despite having top pick in NHL draftVideo
New York Rangers president John Davidson refuses to get ahead of himself with his team in the unique position of holding the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft while also coming off an appearance in the expanded 24-team playoffs. Exciting as it is having the opportunity to add someone...
L.A. Kings acquire former Penguins defenseman Maatta from BlackhawksVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings acquired defenseman Olli Maatta from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade for minor league forward Brad Morrison. The Kings announced the deal Sunday to acquire Maatta, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Maatta spent last season with the Blackhawks...
Oklahoma, Pitt fall out of AP Top 25Video
Oklahoma dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since September 2016 and No. 24 Iowa State jumped back into the Top 25 after a day of upsets. There largely was stability at the top of the rankings Sunday after No. 1 Clemson, No. 2...
AP source: Titans have 2 new positives, none for rest of NFL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Another Tennessee Titans player and another staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus, while the rest of the NFL returned no new positives on Sunday, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The Titans’ outbreak is now at 20 cases, with 18 positive...
Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres
SAN FRANCISCO — In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres — in a fire season that is far...
Doctors: Trump’s blood oxygen level dropped twice recentlyVideo
BETHESDA, Md. — President Donald Trump’s blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days, his doctors revealed Sunday as they continued to evade basic questions about his health during treatment for covid-19. Still, they said he “continued to improve” and suggested he could be discharged as early as Monday....
‘Saturday Night Live’ recreates debate in 46th season openerVideo
LOS ANGELES — “Saturday Night Live” went political with a parody of this week’s presidential debate, Chris Rock’s jab at President Donald Trump and Megan Thee Stallion’s message supporting Black people during her performance. The NBC late-night sketch series on Saturday night jumped into the reenactment of the recent debate...
This Date in Sports History: Oct. 4
1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I. 1927 — John Longden rides the first official winner of his career, named Hugo K. Asher, in Salt Lake City. 1940 — Fritzie Zivic...
Former Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli announces retirement
MIAMI — Veteran catcher Francisco Cervelli announced his retirement Saturday after a 13-year major league career. The 34-year-old Cervelli played in only 16 games this year for the Miami Marlins before his season was cut short by the latest in a long string of concussions. He also had concussions in...
California wildfires on the brink of burning 4 million acres
SAN FRANCISCO — Red flag warnings of extreme fire danger subsided, but warm and dry weather continued to challenge firefighters battling more than two dozen blazes across California on Saturday as the state approaches an astonishing milestone: 4 million acres burned by wildfires this year. The state is about 20,000...
Winning filly: Swiss Skydiver beats Authentic in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Filly Swiss Skydiver added another memorable moment to cap off a topsy-turvy Triple Crown season. Jockey Robby Albarado made a power move to pass favored Authentic around the far turn, and Swiss Skydiver went head to head and beat him by a neck after a stretch duel in...
Leddie Brown’s TD run lifts West Virginia over Baylor in 2OT
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Leddie Brown scored a 3-yard touchdown run in the second overtime after West Virginia’s defense made a stop, and the Mountaineers outlasted Baylor, 27-21, on Saturday. West Virginia (2-1, 1-1 Big 12) squeaked out the win in a game where offensive consistency was rare and mistakes were...
Trump’s diagnosis shows U.S. vulnerability to the coronavirus
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — President Donald Trump’s startling COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a cruel reminder of the pervasive spread of the coronavirus and shows how tenuous of a grip the nation has on the crisis, health experts said. With U.S. infections rising for several weeks, Trump was one of about...
NASCAR focused on playoffs upon return to TalladegaVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala — NASCAR’s last visit to Talladega Superspeedway, when a noose was found in driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall, marked a pivotal moment in its evolving approach to social justice issues. The series found itself at the forefront of the national civil rights push when Wallace began using his...
Titans’ outbreak now 18, with Bills’ game possibly at risk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The positive test results keep coming for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL’s first outbreak of COVID-19. If the positive results don’t stop, the Titans’ next game, against Buffalo (3-0) on Oct. 11, could be at risk, forcing the NFL into even more rearranging of the schedule....
Pence ordered borders closed in March after CDC experts refused
NEW YORK — Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the coronavirus, according to two former health officials. The...
Chris Christie hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has tweeted that he’s checked himself into a hospital, hours after confirming he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Christie says that after consulting with his doctors Saturday, he went to Morristown Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. Christie says he is experiencing mild symptoms...
Black singer of regional Mexican music sparks buzz, emotion
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Before clicking the Instagram video, the sight intrigued most. Sarah Palafox, a Black woman, held an iPhone while standing in front of mariachis. When users turned on the volume, they heard a woman belting out a heartbreak interpretation of Jenni Rivera’s “Que Me Vas A Dar”...
