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Micthell Trubisky helps Bears get home win vs. reeling CowboysVideo
CHICAGO — Mitchell Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the Chicago Bears’ 31-24 victory over Dak Prescott and the slumping Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. In a matchup between disappointing teams that made the playoffs last season, the Bears (7-6) came away with their fourth...
Odell Beckham vague about future with Browns amid ‘bad’ seasonVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Odell Beckham Jr.’s disappointing first season with the Browns isn’t over, and the star wide receiver is already making predictions about the next one. “2020’s going to be my year,” he said. He didn’t say if it would be in Cleveland. Beckham was vague about his future...
Giants’ Saquon Barkley hoping to break 100-yard drought vs. EaglesVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The combination of playing the Philadelphia Eagles and Eli Manning returning at quarterback for the New York Giants might be what gets Saquon Barkley a much-desired 100-yard game rushing. The NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year last season, Barkley has not rushed for 100 yards since...
All eyes on No. 5 Utah in Pac-12 title game against OregonVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Pac-12 championship game largely has been an afterthought for the rest of the country the past two seasons with the conference mostly out of contention when it comes to the all-important College Football Playoff. That will be far from the case this year when there...
Minnesota Governor: All 3 crew killed in Black Hawk helicopter crashVideo
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a routine maintenance test flight crashed in a farm field in central Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz confirmed. The identities of the soldiers were not immediately released,...
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during U.S. Uber rides in 2018, the company said in a long-awaited safety report. That figure includes 229 rapes across the company’s 1.3 billion rides. Uber noted that drivers and riders were both attacked, and that some assaults occurred between...
Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts, Baylor QB Charlie Brewer create havoc as runnersVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley never imagined having his quarterback run the ball so much. He also has never had one quite like Jalen Hurts. The graduate transfer has rushed for 1,217 yards and 18 touchdowns this season and is nearing the school record for rushing yards in...
Patrick Reed builds 3-shot lead in Hero World ChallengeVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — A tropical breeze replaced the raging wind and made golf a lot easier for Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods and just about everyone else Thursday in the Hero World Challenge. Reed took advantage of the back nine at Albany Golf Club for the second straight day. He was...
Ohio State QB Justin Fields will go ’60 minutes’ in Big Ten championship gameVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first real hero moment for Justin Fields came in the third quarter last Saturday, a display of toughness destined to live in the lore of the Ohio State-Michigan game. The first-year starter who had led the Buckeyes to a perfect record went down and couldn’t get...
Chase with stolen UPS truck in Florida ends with shootout, 4 deadVideo
MIAMI — Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy Florida intersection during rush hour, a law enforcement official said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim...
Similar paths for coaches at Clemson, VirginiaVideo
CLEMSON, S.C. — Bronco Mendenhall only had said a few words and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney realized the new Virginia coach was more than a colleague. This was someone who understood how to lead a team to success. Mendenhall and the 22nd-ranked Cavaliers (9-3, No. 23 College Football Playoff) will square...
Report: Migrant teen who died in U.S. custody unresponsive for hoursVideo
HOUSTON — Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the floor for hours before he was found dead. The footage published Thursday by ProPublica calls into question the Border Patrol’s treatment of Carlos Hernandez...
Philadelphia Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, accused of theft from charity, announces resignation
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania lawmaker accused of bilking a charity she founded out of more than $500,000 announced Thursday she was resigning. Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, D-Philadelphia, told House Speaker Mike Turzai in a letter that her resignation will take effect on Dec. 13, adding that she disputes many of the...
Anti-headscarf law activist sues Iran in U.S. over harassment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-American activist famous for her campaign against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, for women has sued Iran in U.S. federal court, alleging a government-led harassment campaign targets her and her family. Masih Alinejad’s lawsuit seeking monetary damages comes in the aftermath of...
U.S.: Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in protestsVideo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday accused Iranian security forces of killing more than 1,000 people in crackdowns against recent protests that have swept the country. The allegation came as U.S. officials said the Pentagon is considering sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian...
Apparent ‘disturbing’ Nazi salute photo leads to suspensions in West Virginia agency
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a photo surfaced of West Virginia correction officer trainees giving what appears to be the Nazi salute, state officials quickly suspended some employees and the governor ordered the firing of those involved. The image, showing a more than two dozen trainees with their arms raised and...
Lawsuit: Theodore McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988
NEWARK, N.J. — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abused as a child by the priest who would become Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but that the Vatican did nothing — claims...
Investigators to brief Wisconsin Guard leader on sex probe
MADISON, Wis. — Federal investigators plan to brief the Wisconsin National Guard’s top commander this weekend on findings from a seven-month review of the Guard’s sexual assault reporting and investigation protocols, Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday in a letter to legislative leaders. The Guard has been rocked by allegations of...
Official: Sailor used service weapon to kill at Pearl Harbor
HONOLULU — A U.S. sailor shot three civilians with his service weapon, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbor, just days before thousands descend on the storied military base to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese bombing that propelled the United States into World...
Justin Timberlake apologizes to wife for ‘strong lapse in judgment’
Justin Timberlake has publicly apologized to his actress-wife Jessie Biel days after he was seen holding hands with the co-star of his upcoming movie. The pop star and actor wrote Wednesday on Instagram that he prefers to “stay away from gossip as much as I can, but for my family...
Classic Blue is Pantone Color Institute’s color of the year
In these uneasy times, as we move along to a new decade, the Pantone Color Institute has reached back in time to calming, confident Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020. The color is an anchor offering stability, constancy and connection, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of...
House will draft Trump impeachment articles, Pelosi saysVideo
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. ”Our democracy is what is at stake,” Pelosi said. “The president leaves us no choice but to act.” Pelosi delivered the historic announcement as Democrats push toward...
Historic U.S. towns endured wars, storms. What about sea rise?Video
SWANSBORO, N.C. — Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more existential crisis. With a total annual budget of $225 million, Charleston, South...
Myreon Jones leads Penn State over Wake Forest with career night
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Myreon Jones scored a career-high 22 points to lead Penn State over Wake Forest, 76-54, in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night. Lamar Stevens added 14 points, and Izaiah Brockington had 13 for the Nittany Lions (7-1), who never trailed and led by as many...
Robert Morris men’s basketball loses road game to Youngstown State
Jalen Hawkins led Robert Morris with 17 points, and Sayveon McEwen chipped in 13, but it wasn’t enough as the men’s basketball team lost to Youngstown State, 81-70, on Wednesday at Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio. Hawkins, coming off the bench, also led the team with a career-high seven rebounds....
