Associated Press stories, Page 2684
Trump’s shutdown proposal faces uncertain fate in Senate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen the government, sweetened with immigration provisions aimed at mollifying Democrats but which have alienated some conservatives, is headed for Senate action, its prospects uncertain. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to muscle through the 1,300-page spending measure, which includes $5.7 billion...
Watch live: Oscar nominations presentation
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —The reading of this year’s Oscar nominations has begun. Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani are announcing nominees in 24 categories highlighting everything from the best picture and acting performances to production and costume design. The announcement began at 8:20 a.m. ET. The entire announcement can also...
3 groups, many videos, many interpretations of DC encounter
A group of five black men shouting vulgar insults while protesting centuries of oppression. Dozens of white Catholic high school students visiting Washington for a rally to end abortion. And Native Americans marching to end injustice for indigenous peoples across the globe who have seen their lands overrun by outside...
Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape complaint
PARIS — U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people were ordered to remain in custody in Paris on Tuesday after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials said. The Grammy-winning singer was detained Monday on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions, a judicial official said. According...
‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ lead Oscar nomination with 10 nods
NEW YORK — Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” led all films with 10 nominations each to the 91st Academy Awards, while Netflix and Marvel each scored their first best picture nomination. The nominees for best picture are: “A Star Is Born,” ”Roma,” ”Green Book,” ”The Favourite,” ”Black...
Fox News host Bret Baier, family survive motor vehicle crash
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family have survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana. In a statement released Tuesday, the anchor and executive editor of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” says that after a weekend of skiing he was driving to the airport on icy roads with his...
Armed with affection, octogenarian is an ‘octopus whisperer’
BOSTON — Wilson Menashi palmed a squid in his left hand and extended his arm into an aquarium tank, watching as a giant Pacific octopus stretched out arms to greet him like a friend. Freya latched some of her 2,240 suction cups onto Menashi’s arm, using their powers of taste...
Orangutan bites Toledo Zoo volunteer, detaches her thumb
TOLEDO, Ohio — A zoo in Ohio says one of its volunteer’s thumbs became detached when an orangutan reached through a barrier and bit her arm. The Toledo zoo says the volunteer’s injuries were not life-threatening and that she was treated at a hospital. Zoo officials tell The Blade that...
Baylor cruises past West Virginia behind Makai Mason’s 29 points
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Makai Mason scored 29 points, and Baylor cruised to an 85-73 win over West Virginia on Monday night. The Bears (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) survived a second-half comeback attempt to grab their fourth win in five games. Baylor got out to as much as a 17-point lead...
Trump’s shutdown solution hangs in limbo
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s proposal to break through the budget deadlock appeared to be gaining little traction Monday, as another missed paycheck loomed for hundreds of thousands of workers and the partial federal shutdown stretched into its fifth week. Despite the fanfare of the president’s announcement, voting in Congress was...
Tennis players can cause quite a racket by smashing rackets
MELBOURNE, Australia — Way behind in a match he soon would lose, Alexander Zverev leaned forward in his Australian Open sideline seat to repeatedly, and violently, crack his racket against the court with a reverberating thwack. — Eight times in all, before throwing down the offending, and now-mangled, piece of...
Two students leave Oklahoma University over blackface video
NORMAN, Okla. — Two University of Oklahoma students have voluntarily withdrawn from the school after one appeared in a video posted on social media wearing black face paint and using a racial epithet, the university’s president said Monday. The Rev. Jim Gallogly said the two women apologized for what he...
Patriots overcome obstacles, age to reach 3rd straight Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady smiled his way through the week leading up to Sunday’s AFC championship game, mostly brushing aside questions about being an underdog for one of the few times during the Patriots’ unprecedented run of titles. But when Rex Burkhead crossed the goal line for a 2-yard...
Pats-Chiefs second-most watched AFC title game in 42 years
The game Sunday night between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs was the second-most watched and rated AFC championship game in 42 years. The overtime thriller on CBS averaged 53.919 million viewers, just shy of the 54.850 million that viewed Pittsburgh’s victory over the New York Jets in...
Rivera, Halladay likely to get voted into Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday
NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera figures to make quick work of his Hall of Fame ballot appearance, just as he did of opposing batters, and set yet another record when voting is announced Tuesday: for highest percentage of ballots. No one has ever been a unanimous Hall of Fame selection....
Plane crashes just after takeoff at rural airfield; 2 dead
APPLE CREEK, Ohio — Authorities say two pilots are dead after a plane crashed into the snow-covered front yard of a rural Ohio home shortly after taking off from a private airfield nearby. The State Highway Patrol says initial reports indicate the plane had engine trouble Monday morning after departing...
Survey: CEO pessimism on economy spreads after upbeat 2018
DAVOS, Switzerland — A survey of hundreds of corporate leaders shows “a record jump in pessimism” about the world economy, with sentiment doused by trade spats, a global downturn and fading benefits from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Consulting firm PwC says the latest edition of its annual survey...
Tennessee moves to No. 1 in AP Top 25, Duke drops to No. 2
Top-ranked Duke went down early in the week. No. 2 Michigan and No. 4 Virginia, the last of Division I’s unbeaten teams, both fell over the weekend. In all, six top-10 teams lost. Tennessee kept rolling amid chaos across the AP Top 25. The Vols are the new No. 1...
Dolphins must wait to seal deal with Patriots’ Brian Flores
MIAMI — While the 2018 NFL champion has yet to be crowned, much of the league is already looking ahead to the 2019 season, and so far the Miami Dolphins are in last place. Las Vegas oddsmakers recently made the Dolphins a 300-1 choice to win the Super Bowl in...
Venezuela arrests 27 in failed revolt
CARACAS, Venezuela — Officials in Venezuela say they’ve arrested 27 members of the National Guard accused of launching an uprising against the government. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello says more arrests could come. Tensions are thick in Venezuela, where the political opposition leaders have called for nationwide protests on Wednesday...
Notre Dame to cover up murals of Columbus in the New World
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame will cover murals in a campus building that depict Christopher Columbus in America, the school’s president said, following criticism that the images depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers. The 12 murals created in the 1880s by...
Russia: 14 sailors killed when ships catch fire in Black Sea
MOSCOW — Two Tanzanian-flagged commercial vessels caught fire in the Black Sea, leaving at least 14 sailors dead, Russian officials said Monday. Five other sailors were missing. The Federal Agency for the Sea and River Transport said the fire erupted while fuel was being pumped from one tanker to another....
Two tragedies, one resolve: New Light members travel to Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Members of the New Light Congregation of the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill traveled to Charleston, S.C., this past weekend to worship with members of the church where nine black worshippers died in 2015 at the hands of a white supremacist. The Post and Courier...
Prop bets popular for Super Bowl, but NFL wants them gone
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Wagers on how many touchdown passes New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will throw or how many rushing yards Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley will gain are likely to be popular options for bettors on the Super Bowl. But if the National Football League...
Man who pleaded guilty to slaying teen brother gets parole
YORK — A man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his younger brother to death when they were teenagers two decades ago has been granted parole. Thirty-five-year-old Zachary Witman will be eligible for release beginning May 21 following Friday’s decision in York County. The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole cited...
