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Browns, Bengals allowed 6,000 fans at 2 home games
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals will be allowed to have up to 6,000 fans at two home games this season. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Saturday the teams have been granted a variance for a “two-game trial” on a state requirement limiting 1,500 people at outdoor...
NASCAR playoffs begin with 14 drivers chasing Harvick and HamlinVideo
Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin are expected to race head-to-head for the NASCAR Cup title when the 10-week playoff series begin Sunday at Darlington Raceway. The duo heads to the South Carolina track with a combined 13 regular-season wins between them — each won a race in May at Darlington...
27 arrested as Portland protests reach 100 consecutive days
PORTLAND, Ore. — Law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly Friday night and arrested 27 people after protesters marched through the streets of Portland on to a police building, where officers stood waiting outside. A few hundred demonstrators had met at Kenton Park before making their way to the Portland Police...
Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas
SALT LAKE CITY — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count. The primary season brought...
Influencer culture skewered in Gia Coppola film at Venice
VENICE — Coronavirus lockdowns have kept most U.S. filmmakers and actors away from the Venice Film Festival, but Gia Coppola and Maya Hawke have brought a bit of today’s America to the Lido with “Mainstream,” a skewering look at YouTube and influencer culture. The two descendants of Hollywood royalty (Coppola...
Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice
NEW YORK — Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice. In a statement first shared with The Associated Press, labor leaders who represent...
Activists insist on changes to policing after Prude’s death
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The death of Daniel Prude after a confrontation with police sparked a third night of demonstrations in New York’s third-largest city, with protesters demanding more accountability for how it happened and legislation to change how authorities respond to mental health emergencies. Advocates for such legislation say Prude’s...
Colleges using covid dorms, quarantines to keep virus at bay
STORRS, Conn. — With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find quarantine locations in dormitory buildings and off-campus properties to isolate the thousands of students who have caught covid-19 or been exposed to it. Sacred Heart University has converted a 34-room guest house at...
Robin Lehner wins goaltending duel as Vegas eliminates Vancouver
EDMONTON, Alberta — Shea Theodore finally solved Thatcher Demko with 6:08 remaining in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Friday night in Game 7 of their second-round series. Theodore’s goal was the first in 138:40 for the Golden Knights against Demko, the...
Court: Money owed can’t block voting rights for N.C. felons
A North Carolina court ruled Friday that outstanding restitution, fees or other court-imposed monetary obligations can’t prevent convicted felons from voting if they’ve completed all other portions of their sentence. The ruling, which may face appeals, could pave the way for an influx of thousands of felons to have their...
Trump targets ‘white privilege’ training as ‘anti-American’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the Office of Management and Budget to crack down on federal agencies’ anti-racism training sessions, calling them “divisive, anti-American propaganda.” OMB director Russell Vought, in a letter Friday to executive branch agencies, directed them to identify spending related to any training on “critical...
U.S. Forest Service police dog survives 2nd stabbing attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A highly decorated U.S. Forest Service police dog suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern California. But he survived after he was airlifted to a veterinary clinic, the agency said Friday. What’s more, it’s the second time the dog, an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois named...
Groups ask for restraining order to stop census wind-down
ORLANDO, Fla. — Days after the U.S. Census Bureau said that it had already taken steps to wind down operations for the 2020 census, a coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups on Friday tried to stop the statistical agency in its tracks. The coalition asked a federal judge...
Jon Rahm shoots 65 to catch up to Dustin Johnson at Tour ChampionshipVideo
ATLANTA — Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday in the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead at East Lake. That required Rahm getting the better of Johnson again. Rahm,...
Joel Kiviranta lifts Stars past Avalanche in Game 7 OT thriller
EDMONTON, Alberta — Joel Kiviranta completed a hat track 7 minutes, 24 seconds into overtime to give Dallas a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday in Game 7, sending the Stars to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2008. Kiviranta scored on a quick shot...
Governors want more say in habitat rule for at-risk wildlife
BOISE, Idaho — Governors from 22 Western states and Pacific territories want a bigger say in how the Trump administration defines habitat for wildlife protected under the Endangered Species Act. The new definition could have implications for how states manage imperiled animals and plants, the Western Governors Association said in...
Georgia candidate’s post removed for inciting violence
ATLANTA — Facebook removed a photo illustration showing a Republican congressional candidate in Georgia posing with a rifle next to three Democratic House members, saying Friday that it violated the social media platform’s policy against inciting violence. The illustration, a montage of four photos, was posted Thursday by Marjorie Taylor...
Suspect in Portland protest killing dies in hail of gunfire
LACEY, Wash. — A man who said he believed a civil war was coming to America and was suspected of killing a right-wing protester in Portland, Ore., died in a hail of police gunfire in neighboring Washington state, officials and witnesses said. The killing of Michael Forest Reinoehl shook a...
Signs of trouble before police pinned Prude naked on street
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Daniel Prude appeared to be spiraling into crisis in the hours before police handcuffed him on a city street in March, then pinned the naked man face down. The 41-year-old had been thrown off a train the day before for disruptive behavior. He was sent to a...
No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer had any credible witnesses. Curtis Flowers was convicted multiple times in a bloody...
Naomi Osaka tosses racket at U.S. Open, overcomes test from teenager
NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka spiked her racket after one errant forehand late in the second set at the U.S. Open, then flung it the length of the baseline after a missed backhand return ceded that tiebreaker. Sometimes, that’s the sort of reaction it takes to right things for Osaka....
Tiz the Law big favorite in Kentucky Derby unlike any otherVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Forget the mint juleps in souvenir glasses, men in seersucker suits and women wearing hats exploding in a floral frenzy. The Kentucky Derby still has horses — Tiz the Law is the biggest favorite in 31 years — but just about everything else makes the 146th edition...
This date in sports history: Sept. 5
1922 — The United States beats Australia, 4-1, to capture the Davis Cup for the third straight year. 1938 — Don Budge leads the United States to a 3-2 victory over Australia in the Davis Cup final. 1939 — Australia beats the United States to win the Davis Cup. Adrian...
Washington releases Adrian Peterson, turns to young backsVideo
Washington released veteran running back Adrian Peterson on Friday, a surprising move by first-year coach Ron Rivera in the name of getting younger. Rivera called Peterson early in the morning asking him to come to the practice facility, then delivered the news the team was moving on from the 35-year-old....
Car caught on video plowing through Times Square protesters
The New York Police Department says it is trying to find a car that drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocking a street in Times Square. Video posted on social media shows the car jerking through the crowd Thursday night with its horn blaring as demonstrators scream...
