Associated Press stories, Page 2574
Amid turmoil, horse racing avoided catastrophe at Kentucky Derby
Horse racing was one step away from disaster. Amid all the turmoil the beleaguered sport is facing during Triple Crown season, it might have caught a break at the Kentucky Derby. When Maximum Security drifted to his right in the final turn, his back legs almost became entangled with those...
Buccaneers’ 1st-round pick Devin White changes numbers, hits practice field
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One of Devin White’s first orders of business as the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft was selecting a new jersey number with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 2018 Butkus Award winner as the nation’s top college linebacker wore No. 40 at LSU and was...
Whalers fans still rooting, 22 years after the team’s move
HARTFORD, Conn. — For Mark Anderson, the opening game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Boston Bruins was a trip down memory lane. Anderson was watching Game 1 closely Thursday night at a gathering in suburban Hartford as the Bruins rallied to beat the Hurricanes, 5-2, behind four goals in...
Uber’s hyped-up IPO hits potholes on 1st day
NEW YORK — After much hype leading up to the largest initial public offering in five years, Uber hit a few potholes on its first day of trading, closing down 8% and reflecting lingering doubts about its future prospects for profitability. The ride-hailing company injected investors with a dose of...
Cubs’ Addison Russell says he understands hearing boos
Addison Russell said he understands the booing he has heard since returning to the Chicago Cubs after his suspension for violating baseball’s domestic violence policy, calling it “a serious issue.” Russell received a mostly chilly reception when he started Wednesday against Miami in his first major league game since September....
Educators weigh options to give students ‘fighting chance’ in shooting situations
BALTIMORE — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools around the country, they also reflect guidance to students, at least in some situations, to do what they can to disrupt shootings....
Swarthmore College to no longer allow frats, sororities
SWARTHMORE — Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity there that contains derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community and jokes about sexual assault. School President Valerie Smith made the announcement Friday in a letter...
Dems: Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine plea an attempt to impact 2020 election
NEW YORK — Democrats on Friday denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, decrying it as an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a U.S. election. Rudy Giuliani said he would to travel...
Stocks rebound as hopes rise that trade tensions will ease
Major U.S. stock indexes turned higher in late afternoon trading Friday, shaking off an early slump triggered by the latest escalation in the trade war between the U.S. and China. The market fell sharply in the early going after the U.S. raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods...
Here’s how tariffs on Chinese goods will affect U.S. consumers
WASHINGTON — With the Trump administration more than doubling tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports, will Americans soon see higher prices on store shelves? Yes, but it may take a few weeks. U.S. import taxes on $200 billion of Chinese goods jumped to 25% on Friday, from 10%,...
Rihanna to launch groundbreaking new fashion label with LVMH
NEW YORK — Rihanna certified her status as a cultural fashion icon with her groundbreaking new deal with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. The pop star, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, announced Friday that she will debut a line called Fenty this spring through LVMH. Her...
Schools in Houston area close as storms drench area
HOUSTON — Schools shut down Friday around flood-prone Houston after an overnight storm dumped heavy rainfall on the nation’s fourth-largest city, though forecasters said the high waters were expected to recede as the storms let up. The National Weather Service said most areas received between 1 and 3 inches of...
Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West welcome baby boy
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have welcomed their fourth child, a boy born via surrogate. Kardashian West tweet Friday: “He’s here and he’s perfect!” A spokeswoman said in an email, “They are not sharing any additional details at this time.” He’s also Chicago’s twin lol I’m sure he will...
Authorities: Teen apparently mauled to death by dogs
DIGHTON, Mass. — Authorities say a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy has apparently been mauled to death by dogs. A spokesman for Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said in an email that police in Dighton responded to a 911 call about a dead male at a property in town at about...
Elizabeth Warren bringing opioids message to hard-hit W.Va., Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Elizabeth Warren is set to visit a state that hasn’t been friendly to Democrats lately to pitch her plan to combat the opioid addiction crisis by boosting taxes on the wealthy. The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate will travel to Kermit, West Virginia, on Friday before...
Joe Musgrove tagged for 8 runs as Cardinals blow out PiratesVideo
ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler came up with a novel idea to help the Cardinals break out of their hitting slump. The St. Louis outfielder took several players and their wives to a karaoke bar following a season-low, three-hit performance in a shutout loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday. Turns out,...
Bruins run away with Game 1 against HurricanesVideo
BOSTON — Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored power-play goals 28 seconds apart, and Boston scored four times in the third period to rally from a one-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Tuukka Rask stopped 29 shots...
Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was released from a northern Virginia jail Thursday after a two-month stay for refusing to testify to a grand jury. Manning spent 62 days at the Alexandria Detention Center on civil contempt charges after she refused to answer questions to a...
Blues’ young star Robert Thomas playing beyond his years in Stanley Cup playoffs
ST. LOUIS — He is the youngest player on either roster in the Western Conference finals, but Blues rookie Robert Thomas is playing well beyond his age. Thomas, who won’t turn 20 until July 2, showed off the offensive skill and speed against Dallas that led St. Louis to make...
Senate GOP leader wants to unload lieutenant governor’s residence
HARRISBURG — A senior Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday the state should sell the lieutenant governor’s residence at Fort Indiantown Gap, saying it would save money and the proceeds could help fund housing for military veterans. President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati asked for co-sponsors for legislation he is...
Trump to nominate Patrick Shanahan for top Pentagon postVideo
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense. Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive Cabinet position. “Acting Secretary Shanahan has...
Tiger Woods’ resurgence adds to buzz of new date for PGA Championship
The PGA Championship agreed to move to May for the first time in 70 years to help the golf season end before football and to energize a century-old major that was looked upon as the last and the least of the Grand Slam events. Tiger Woods took care of the...
Tree of Life synagogue attack inspires new hate crimes bills
HARRISBURG — Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania are introducing a package of hate-crimes bills that are inspired by a mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa said Thursday the October attack at the Tree of Life synagogue showed that Pennsylvania law has...
Pennsylvania’s board of education backs changes to school start, dropout ages
Pennsylvania’s State Board of Education is giving its support to proposals by Gov. Tom Wolf to require students start schooling by age 6 and continue until they’re at least 18. The board voted unanimously Wednesday for the Democratic governor’s proposals that he unveiled in February. The Republican-controlled Legislature still must...
Coal’s slide to continue in U.S. as renewables fill the gap
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. demand for coal to generate electricity will continue its slide in coming months despite efforts by the Trump administration to prop up the struggling industry, federal officials said Thursday. Renewable energy sources are expected to fill much of the gap left by coal’s decline, according to...
