Associated Press stories, Page 2660
King the wire fox terrier takes Westminster’s best in show
NEW YORK — Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who’s won big in Europe became America’s top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and popular Sussex spaniel. There were some boos — along with modest cheers — when judge Peter...
Stevens leads Penn State to upset of No. 6 Michigan
STATE COLLEGE — Lamar Stevens scored 15 of his 26 points in the first half and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Penn State to an upset No. 6 Michigan, 75-69, on Tuesday night. Penn State pulled away in the first half as its star heated up, and Michigan played the...
Analysis: Browns give Kareem Hunt 2nd chance, hope he stays inbounds
BEREA, Ohio — The lasting visual of Kareem Hunt’s second NFL season wasn’t him stiff-arming a linebacker, shedding a tackle or barreling over a cornerback at the goal line for a touchdown. It was Hunt pushing a young woman and then kicking her while she was defenseless on the floor....
Pitt falls to Boston College for 21st consecutive road loss
BOSTON — A leaking roof, blood on the floor from one of Boston College’s starters that sent him to the locker room and two more starters sitting out with an injury. Not your average way to get a victory. Ky Bowman scored 14 points, with eight rebounds and seven assists,...
Police detective killed by friendly fire in New York City
NEW YORK — A New York City police detective was shot and killed by friendly fire Tuesday night as officers confronted a robbery suspect who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun, Commissioner James O’Neill said. “This appears to be an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire,” an...
Police: Ohio State student and her abductor killed in Kentucky chase
CRESTWOOD, Ky. — A female student from an Ohio State University campus and a man suspected of abducting her both died after a police chase and shooting, Kentucky State Police said Tuesday. The chase began Monday afternoon in northern Kentucky as police responded to a call about a person in...
NASCAR pushes in its chips on sports gambling
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brendan Gaughan is the son of a casino magnate and long has grasped the allure of throwing down a few bucks to wager on a sporting event. Heck, Gaughan once bet on himself in Las Vegas to win the 2004 Daytona 500. Gaughan got a stern...
NASA about to pull plug on Mars rover, silent for 8 months
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is trying one last time to contact its record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, before calling it quits. The rover has been silent for eight months, victim of one of the most intense dust storms in decades. Thick dust darkened the sky last summer and, for months,...
National debt hits new milestone, topping $22 trillion
WASHINGTON — The national debt has passed a new milestone, topping $22 trillion for the first time. The Treasury Department’s daily statement showed Tuesay that total outstanding public debt stands at $22.01 trillion. It stood at $19.95 trillion when President Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017. The debt figure...
Kansas declares staffing emergency at most crowded prison
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas declared an emergency Tuesday at its most crowded maximum-security state prison over what Gov. Laura Kelly called “serious staffing shortages” inside a lockup that’s had multiple inmate disturbances over the past two years. But Kelly acknowledged that the most immediate effect of the declaration — longer...
Fed Chairman Powell says prosperity not felt in all areas
ITTA BENA, Miss. — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell traveled Tuesday to a historically black university in the Mississippi Delta to deliver a message that the nation’s prosperity has not been felt in many such areas around the country. Powell said that many rural areas had been left out and...
Century-old Catholic church demolished after failing to sell
NANTICOKE — A century-old Roman Catholic church in Pennsylvania has been demolished. Some emotional parishioners were on hand as the cross-topped steeple of St. Joseph’s Church in Nanticoke toppled to the ground on Monday. St. Joseph’s has been closed since 2010, and the parish was consolidated with several other churches....
World’s oldest known wild bird hatches chick on Midway Atoll
HONOLULU — The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said. The Laysan albatross named Wisdom hatched a chick earlier this month at the remote atoll northwest of Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. Wisdom...
White House press group condemns attack on cameraman at Trump rally
WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned on Tuesday an attack the night before of a television cameraman working at President Trump’s rally in El Paso, Texas. The association’s president, Olivier Knox, said Tuesday the group is relieved that “this time, no one was seriously hurt.” Knox said the...
Biden: Longtime Rep. John Dingell treated all with ‘dignity’
DEARBORN, Mich. — Longtime Rep. John Dingell knew that jobs were about more than collecting a paycheck, and that health care meant more than just good health. Both were about dignity, former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday while eulogizing the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history. Biden...
Wisconsin judge tosses wrestler’s suspension, worrying refs
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin judge overturned a high school wrestler’s suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct after the student’s parents took legal action, worrying referees and the state’s athletic association that officiating decisions could be undermined by courts. At issue is a Feb. 2 wrestling contest in which the victor was suspended...
Texas sheriff: 2 malnourished children found in dog cage
DECATUR, Texas — Sheriff’s deputies discovered four malnourished children, including two locked inside a dog cage, when they responded to a domestic disturbance at a Northeast Texas home. Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin says deputies found the children aged 5 and younger Tuesday morning at the home near Rhome, about...
Pennsylvania university system pledges to transform amid struggles
HARRISBURG — Leaders of Pennsylvania’s state-owned university system are promising a transformation amid declining enrollments, rising costs and lackluster state support. Tuesday’s hearing before the House Appropriations Committee comes after enrollment at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education fell below 100,000 for the first time since 2001. The system...
At major colleges, sexual assaults most likely off-campus
WASHINGTON — At some of the nation’s largest universities, the vast majority of sexual assaults take place not in dorm rooms or even on school property, but in the neighborhoods beyond campus boundaries, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. But the schools’ obligation to investigate and respond to...
Stocks surge on U.S.-China trade deal optimism
U.S. stocks finished broadly higher Tuesday as investors grew more optimistic about the prospects for a resolution to the costly trade dispute between the United States and China. Technology, financial and health care stocks powered much of the rally, which gave the benchmark S&P 500 index its biggest gain this...
New Jersey becomes first U.S. state to take legal Oscars bets
LAS VEGAS — Perhaps you weren’t sure — or didn’t care — if Gisele Bundchen’s husband and the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl this month. But you know why “The Favourite” is a favorite to win an Oscar for best costume design and you’re willing to bet on...
Rare, tiny monkey stolen from Palm Beach Zoo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Police in Florida are on the lookout for a little monkey, stolen from the Palm Beach Zoo. Zoo spokeswoman Naki Carter announced Tuesday that 12-year-old Kali, a rare Goeldi’s monkey, was taken from the zoo in West Palm Beach on Monday. A zookeeper discovered the...
U.S. jury convicts Mexican drug lord El Chapo on all counts
NEW YORK – Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a...
40 countries agree new cars must have automatic braking; U.S. skips deal
GENEVA — Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the U.S. or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next year, a U.N. agency said Tuesday. The regulation will...
Cardi B deactivates Instagram account after Grammy criticism
NEW YORK — Cardi B has deactivated her Instagram account following social media criticism of her winning a Grammy for best rap album. Some people said the 26-year-old rapper didn’t deserve the Grammy over other nominees. The criticism was amplified by a now-deleted BET tweet that pitted Cardi B against...
