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Pa. auditor general urges shutdown of immigrant detention center
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s independently elected fiscal watchdog said Wednesday that his staff was repeatedly refused a tour of a Berks County facility that is one of three family detention centers in the United States that hold children and parents who are seeking asylum or entered the country illegally. Auditor General...
U.K. voters decide who they want to resolve Brexit impasseVideo
LONDON — U.K. voters were deciding Thursday who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. Voting was underway across the country in a contest that pits Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who...
New Zealand planning retrieval of bodies on volcanic islandVideo
WHAKATANE, New Zealand — A team of eight New Zealand military specialists will land on a small volcanic island early Friday to attempt to retrieve the bodies of eight victims of an eruption that claimed eight other lives. New Zealand police said late Thursday the recovery attempt will go ahead...
Hong Kong protesters mark 6 months since movement began
HONG KONG — Hundreds of people joined an evening demonstration among Hong Kong’s skyscrapers on Thursday marking six months since the city’s protest movement began. The crowd chanted “Hong Kong people, revenge!” in anger at police use of tear gas and widespread arrests. The “United We Stand” rally came amid...
Beyond the hearings: What to watch on Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON — Impeachment is moving beyond the hearing room. House committee members are debating and voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday. But the political battle over Trump’s fate is sweeping across the Capitol, the White House and Washington on the cusp of the 2020 election...
Elizabeth Warren gets campaign effort going in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Elizabeth Warren’s campaign is moving to become the first in the Democratic presidential primary to hire field staff and open field offices in Pennsylvania, early moves in a late primary state that could become an important prize if the nominee remains in doubt past March. Warren’s campaign said...
Angels, Anthony Rendon reach $245M, 7-year dealVideo
SAN DIEGO — Third baseman Anthony Rendon and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a $245 million, seven-year contract Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced and was subject to...
Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment voteVideo
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee took the first steps Wednesday evening toward voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol. Democrats and Republicans used the otherwise procedural meeting to deliver...
Sharks fire coach Peter DeBoer; ex-Penguin Bob Boughner likely to take over
The slumping San Jose Sharks fired coach Peter DeBoer on Wednesday less than seven months after playing in the Western Conference final. A person with direct knowledge of the move said the team decided to let DeBoer go with the team on a five-game losing streak out five points out...
Yankees finally reel in Gerrit Cole, their ‘white whale’Video
SAN DIEGO — Meeting with Gerrit Cole and the pitcher’s wife for the first time last week at the Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Brian Cashman tossed out a literary reference that prompted laughter. “You’re my white whale,” the New York Yankees general manager told him. “He was someone...
Browns’ Baker Mayfield: rift with ex-coach Kliff Kingsbury ‘in past’Video
BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield won’t forget what happened between him and Kliff Kingsbury. Some scars remain. However, it appears the Browns quarterback has forgiven one of his former college coaches. “It’s in the past,” Mayfield said Wednesday of his issues when he played at Texas Tech for Kingsbury, Arizona’s...
More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals
For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people say they want. Deaths in nursing homes also have declined, according to a report Wednesday...
Wyoming deputies lasso deer that fell through iced-over pondVideo
Two Wyoming sheriff’s deputies channeled their inner cowboy and lassoed a deer flailing in a frigid pond after it fell through thin ice, authorities said Wednesday. Sublette County sheriff’s Deputies Justin Hays and Joshua Peterson responded to a report Tuesday afternoon that a deer had fallen into a pond near...
NFL executive recognizes ‘angst’ with interference rulesVideo
IRVING, Texas — Amid the concern and controversy over coaches challenges and video reviews of pass interference, the NFL plans a hard look at the rules adjustment instituted this season. The change was for the 2019 season only and the 32 team owners would have to ratify it again —...
NCAA: ‘Highly probable’ Congress passes athlete compensation rulesVideo
NEW YORK — NCAA president Mark Emmert said Wednesday it is “highly probable” Congress will set national guidelines for how college athletes can be compensated for the use of their names, images and likenesses. Emmert, who spoke at a forum sponsored by the Sports Business Journal, said he is spending...
Report: Harvey Weinstein reaches tentative $25M deal with accusers
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein and his former film studio’s board have reached a tentative $25 million settlement that would end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against him and his company, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The Times cited a half-dozen lawyers in its report, some of whom...
Tiger Woods and Ernie Els meet again, now as captains of Presidents CupVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — They first met 25 years ago in Thailand, neither knowing then how much their paths would cross in golf. Ernie Els was a rising star from South Africa, four months away from winning his first U.S. Open. Tiger Woods was a senior in high school, six months...
Greta Thunberg ‘a bit surprised’ to be Time Person of the YearVideo
MADRID — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was surprised and honored Wednesday to be named Time’s youngest Person of the Year, while adding that others in the global movement she helped inspire deserve to share the accolade. The 16-year-old Swede has become the face of a new generation...
Military leaders consider leaving smaller number of troops in AfghanistanVideo
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering several options to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, including one that would shift to a narrower counterterrorism mission, the top U.S. military officer told Congress on Wednesday. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not disclose any potential...
Fed leaves low rates alone and foresees no moves in 2020
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate alone Wednesday and signaled that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year. The Fed’s decision follows three rate cuts earlier this year. It reflects its view that the U.S. economy has so far withstood the U.S.-China trade...
Texas man accused of killing grandmother, great-grandmother
SPRING, Texas — A 22-year-old man has been charged with capital murder after authorities say he confessed to strangling his grandmother and great-grandmother a month ago at a Houston-area home. Jaryd Ramos was arrested Tuesday evening after telling detectives he killed his grandmother, 59-year-old Barbara Gromley. and his great-grandmother, 90-year-old...
Soldier to face court-martial in fatal crash at West Point
SAVANNAH, Ga. — An Army soldier based in Georgia will face a trial by court-martial after being charged in a vehicle rollover that killed a West Point cadet in June, a Fort Stewart spokesman said Wednesday. Commanders at the southeast Georgia Army post ordered a general court-martial for Staff Sgt....
Police kill barricaded gunman who shot Pennsylvania trooper
ELKLAND — A gunman who barricaded himself inside his house after shooting a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed early Wednesday after a 14-hour standoff, authorities said. The man fired at troopers numerous times throughout the standoff in rural northern Pennsylvania and refused their attempts to get him...
Review: New ‘Jumanji’ sticks with the formulaVideo
The creators of the latest “Jumanji” sequel have begun from an age-old premise — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And they’ve taken note of other successful franchises to adopt what must surely be a new Hollywood motto — just add more. So “Jumanji: The Next Level” brings together...
FAA analysis predicted many more Boeing Max crashes without a fixVideo
After the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max last year, federal safety officials estimated that there could be 15 more fatal crashes of the Max over the next few decades if Boeing didn’t fix a critical automated flight-control system. Yet the Federal Aviation Administration did not ground the plane...
