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Supreme Court allows Trump administration broad enforcement of asylum limits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the...
Analysis: USA Basketball’s World Cup plan went awry long ago
DONGGUAN, China — USA Basketball’s plan for a third consecutive World Cup title started going off the rails long before this tournament even began, after just about everyone who was originally asked to play for this team turned down the opportunity. As such, this outcome was not exactly unexpected. The...
Bryson DeChambeau headlines PGA Tour opener in West VirginiaVideo
U.S. Presidents Cup team members were told to get out and play, and Bryson DeChambeau is eager to please. DeChambeau is heeding captain Tiger Woods’ call for his eight players to stay sharp heading into the December matches. At No. 10, DeChambeau is the highest-ranked player in the world entered...
All eyes on revamped Rangers as NHL training camps prepare to open
Henrik Lundqvist wants training camp to begin with an honest conversation. The long-time face of the New York Rangers sees this as an important time to define expectations for this season after watching the team fast-track a rebuild by signing winger Artemi Panarin, trading for defensemen Jacob Trouba and Adam...
Taylor Swift suspect charged in Trump golf course damage
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion is accused of causing more than $20,000 damage to President Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf course. The Somerset County prosecutor says an employee at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster observed a spinning vehicle “doing...
OxyContin maker reaches tentative opioid-crisis settlement
HARTFORD, Conn. — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative deal Wednesday with about half the states and thousands of local governments over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic, but criticism by several state attorneys general clouded prospects for an end to litigation against the company and the...
Water, temperature right for life at another star’s planetVideo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this week that they’ve found water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet 110 light-years away in the constellation Leo. This...
Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered StarKist Co. to pay a $100 million fine in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving three companies. The Pittsburgh-based company had asked U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen to reduce the fine to $50 million, arguing a $100 million...
Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered StarKist Co. to pay a $100 million fine in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving three companies. The Pittsburgh-based company had asked U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen to reduce the fine to $50 million, arguing a $100 million...
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies at age 91
OKLAHOMA CITY — T. Boone Pickens, a brash and quotable oil tycoon who grew even wealthier through corporate takeover attempts, died Wednesday. He was 91. Pickens’ spokesman Jay Rosser confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Pickens suffered a series of strokes in 2017 and was hospitalized that July after...
Wendy’s relaunches breakfast, plans to hire 20,000 in U.S.
Wendy’s said Monday it’s relaunching breakfast across the U.S. next year, the latest fast-food chain to amp up its offerings as more consumers eat out in the morning. The Dublin, Ohio-based company said it will spend $20 million this year and help franchisees hire 20,000 employees so restaurants can extend...
Pennsylvania high court asked to throw out death penalty
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to outlaw the death penalty because of what critics call the cruel and arbitrary way it’s applied to poor and black defendants. More than half of the 441 death sentences handed down since the death penalty was reinstated in the late 1970s have...
San Francisco’s iconic cable cars to shut down for repairs
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s iconic cable cars will stop running for 10 days starting Friday while they undergo repairs. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said Wednesday that shuttle buses will run along the three cable car routes. The agency says it needs to get the manually operated cable...
Patriots’ Antonio Brown practices, status vs. Miami unclear
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots receiver Antonio Brown practiced with the team for the first time Wednesday, a day after his former trainer filed a civil lawsuit in Florida accusing him of sexually assaulting her on three occasions. Before the practice session, coach Bill Belichick declined to answer numerous questions about...
Al-Qaida chief in 9/11 speech calls for attacks on West
CAIRO — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called Wednesday on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online activity of jihadist groups, reported that in a video released by the militant group,...
2 dead after cargo plane crashes, burns near Toledo airport
TOLEDO, Ohio — Two people are dead after a cargo plane approaching an Ohio airport crashed just a few hundred feet from a highway Wednesday and burst into flames as it hit several unoccupied vehicles at an auto repair shop, authorities said. No other injuries were reported from the early...
Multiple people stabbed in Tallahassee, suspect in custody
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A suspect stabbed at least five people at a building supply company in Florida’s capital city before being taken into custody by police officers Wednesday, authorities said. The Tallahassee Police Department said in an online news release that they were called to an industrial area in the...
Thai court declines to hear case of PM’s incomplete oath
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Constitutional Court announced Wednesday it has declined to hear a case accusing the country’s prime minister of violating the constitution by omitting a sentence from the oath of office he and his government took before King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The issue raised questions about the legitimacy of Prime...
Wichita toddler injected enough methadone to kill adult
WICHITA, Kan. — Court records say a Wichita toddler who died at a motel had enough methadone in his system to kill an opioid-addicted adult. The Wichita Eagle reports details were included in an affidavit released Tuesday in the case against 23-year-old Kimberly Compass. She’s charged with first-degree murder in...
GM recalls over 3.4M pickups, SUVs to fix brake issues
DETROIT — Under pressure from the federal government, General Motors is recalling more than 3.4 million big pickup trucks and SUVs in the United States to fix a brake problem. The recall covers the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2014 through 2018 model...
U.S. commemorates 9/11 as its aftermath extends, evolves
NEW YORK — Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to “never forget” 18 years after the deadliest terror attack on American soil. Victims’ relatives assembled at ground zero, where the observance began with a moment of silence and the tolling of bells at 8:46 a.m. — the...
Johnny Cueto dazzles in season debut as Giants edge PiratesVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Cap on backward, Johnny Cueto punctuated his pitches with confident head shakes and fist pumps. “Dia De Cueto,” read the sign held by one of his sons. The Day of Cueto, indeed. Cueto dazzled over five shutout innings in his long-awaited season debut for San Francisco, showing...
Scientists succeed in creating northern white rhino embryos
CREMONA, Italy — Scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in creating two embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino as part of an international effort to save the species, which is down to just two animals worldwide, both of them female. The embryos, created in the lab with eggs taken...
Anchorage school district backs high school swimmer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Anchorage School District says it won’t tolerate discrimination — including that based on body shape — after a high school swimmer was disqualified for wearing a team-issued swimsuit that exposed too much of her buttocks. The school district said in a written statement that the decision...
NYPD: 10-year-old boy fatally struck by SUV at bus stop
NEW YORK — Police say a 10-year-old boy standing by a bus stop was struck and killed by an out-of-control SUV in Brooklyn. Police say the Lexus was traveling northbound on Ocean Avenue near Avenue L just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when it mounted the sidewalk and struck the boy...
