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5 dead, 3 hurt in ‘devastating’ Minneapolis high-rise fire
MINNEAPOLIS — A fire swept through a Minneapolis high-rise apartment building early Wednesday, killing five people and sending three others to the hospital, officials said. There was no immediate indication what caused the blaze in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, located in a part of Minneapolis called Little Mogadishu for the many...
Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for brain bleed
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said Wednesday that the Carters “look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains,...
U.S. Marshals: Marine deserter charged in murder case captured
ROANOKE, Va. — A Marine deserter wanted in the fatal shooting of his mother’s boyfriend was captured Wednesday after a weekslong, multistate search that had schools and neighborhoods on alert in Roanoke, Virginia. Michael Alexander Brown, 22, was safely taken into custody Wednesday morning in Franklin County, U.S. Marshals Service...
Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-popVideo
The death of South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara, whose body was found at her home in Seoul this week, has again shone a spotlight on pressures that stars, especially females, face in the cutthroat K-pop industry and in deeply conservative South Korean society. Goo’s death at age 28...
Plant explosion in Texas blows windows from homes miles away
PORT NECHES, Texas — Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant Wednesday, and one left three workers injured. The blasts blew out windows and doors of nearby homes and prompted a mandatory evacuation of a 4-mile (seven-kilometer) radius from the plant in Port Neches in...
Stephen F. Austin cuts down No. 1 Duke in overtimeVideo
DURHAM, N.C. — Nathan Bain stole the ball and hit a layup at the overtime buzzer and Stephen F. Austin knocked off No. 1 Duke 85-83 on Tuesday night, ending the Blue Devils’ 150-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents. They became the first non-Atlantic Coast Conference team to beat...
Miles McBride helps West Virginia mount rally in Cancun Challenge
CANCUN, Mexico — Miles McBride came off the bench to score 18 points and hand out five assists as West Virginia overcame a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Northern Iowa, 60-55, in the Cancun Challenge on Tuesday night. The Mountaineers (5-0) trailed 42-27 after Northern Iowa’s Isaiah Brown buried a...
Transfer quarterbacks shining ahead of Ohio State-Michigan game
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While being led to the Ohio Stadium visitors dressing room through a crowd of Ohio State fans raining abuse on him, Shea Patterson looked up and retorted. “We’ve got you next year at our place,” the Michigan quarterback shouted before disappearing into the tunnel after the Wolverines...
Lamar Jackson, Ravens playing nearly flawless footballVideo
BALTIMORE — Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the Baltimore Ravens’ seven-game winning streak and the stellar play of Lamar Jackson is how easily the team and its quarterback have steamrolled several of the best teams in the NFL. The defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams, playing at home on...
Spanish police tow cocaine-filled submarine to port
MADRID — Spanish police Tuesday managed to tow a sunken submarine believed to be carrying tons of cocaine into a northwestern port and began preparations to extract its cargo. Police were hoping to crane-lift the 65-foot submarine onto the dock at Port of Aldán so that they could get inside...
Ohio State leapfrogs LSU to No. 1 in College Football Playoff rankings
Ohio State jumped LSU to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings with two weeks left to go before selection Sunday. LSU slipped to second Tuesday night, Clemson remained No. 3 and Georgia held on at four. If playoff history holds form, three of those top four teams will...
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardons man in child sexual abuse case
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has pardoned a man serving life in prison for sexually abusing his 6-year-old stepdaughter. News outlets report Bevin issued the pardon Friday, saying that Paul Donel Hurt was wrongly convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and sodomy in Louisville in 2001. Hurt’s accuser recanted her...
Penn State men’s basketball faces Mississippi in Brooklyn
Mississippi (4-1) vs. Penn State (5-0) Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York; 5 p.m. Wednesday BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi and Penn State are set to square off in an NIT Season Tip-Off game at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Penn State won against Yale, 58-56, in its most recent game, and Mississippi fell 87-86...
New York City lawmakers vote to ban flavored vaping products
NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban flavored electronic cigarettes after a lawsuit halted a statewide ban. “We are acting to protect our kids by banning the e-cigarette flavors that have been hooking them for years,” Democratic City Council member Mark Levine said before the Council...
Philadelphia’s voting machines challenged in federal court
HARRISBURG — A federal court is being asked to force Pennsylvania to rescind its certification of a voting machine newly purchased by Philadelphia and at least two other counties in the state ahead of 2020’s presidential election. Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and several supporters filed court papers...
Trump tells impeachment jokes before pardoning turkeyVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump couldn’t resist riffing on the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday as he continued the tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey, generating holiday-season laughter at the expense of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, one of his chief antagonists in Congress. Trump joked that the pair...
House Judiciary Committee schedules impeachment hearing for Dec. 4Video
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump next week, scheduling a Dec. 4 hearing on the question of “high crimes and misdemeanors” set out in the Constitution. The opening hearing will feature legal experts who will examine the constitutional...
Senate Democrats propose sweeping data privacy bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are proposing a broad federal data privacy law that would allow people to see what information companies have collected on them and demand that it be deleted. But the bill is likely to face bipartisan challenges in the Republican-controlled Senate. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington is...
More clues point to chemical compound in U.S. vaping illnessesVideo
NEW YORK — Health officials said Tuesday they have more evidence that a certain chemical compound is a culprit in a national outbreak of vaping illnesses. Researchers analyzed black market vaping cartridges seized in Minnesota during the outbreak this year, and vaping liquid seized in that state last year. The...
Bill Peters not with Flames at practice amid allegations of using racial slur
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving says coach Bill Peters remains on the staff but wasn’t certain whether he’d be behind the bench for the next game. The team and the NHL are both investigating an allegation that Peters directed racial slurs at a player 10 years...
Pope wants to officialize immorality of nuke arms possession
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis is planning to change official Catholic Church teaching to declare the use and possession of atomic weapons as “immoral,” a move that makes clear that his rejection of the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence is to be official church policy. Francis had declared...
Man describes granddaughter’s fatal plunge from cruise shipVideo
VALPARAISO, Ind. — An Indiana man charged with negligent homicide in his granddaughter’s fatal plunge from a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico insists he didn’t realize an 11th-floor window was open before the 18-month-old fell. Salvatore Anello told “CBS This Morning” that Chloe Wiegand fell to her death in...
House Oversight panel sues Barr, Ross over census documents
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee sued two top Trump administration officials Tuesday for refusing to produce documents related to a decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The panel’s chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross “have not...
Jason Aldean says owning his records was a priority to himVideo
Country star Jason Aldean learned the hard lessons about the music business when he first signed a record deal with Capitol Records that ended up never producing any music. Years later, he signed to Broken Bow, a Nashville-based indie label that has gone on to release all nine of Aldean’s...
AARP releases the names of its Movies for Grownups nominees
NEW YORK — A new batch of film nominations are out from an influential media organization — but superhero flicks and “Frozen 2” need not apply. AARP has released nominations for its annual Movies for Grownups awards, which is designed to reward films that resonate with older viewers and fight...
