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Robert Morris men finish strong, edge St. Francis Brooklyn
NEW YORK — Yannis Mendy had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Robert Morris scored the game’s final six points to defeat St. Francis Brooklyn, 52-49, on Thursday night. Keon Williams gave St. Francis a 49-46 lead when he made a layup with 1 minutes, 56 seconds remaining, but the...
Duquesne men get back on track with win over Fordham
Eric Williams Jr. scored 16 points with 13 rebounds, and Duquesne snapped a two-game skid, beating Fordham, 66-61, on Wednesday night. Marcus Weathers added 12 points for the Dukes (10-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10), and Amari Kelly had 11. Duquesne led 31-26 at halftime, but Fordham rallied early in the second...
Cowboys’ playoff trip to Rams is L.A. reunion for Tavon Austin
FRISCO, Texas — Tavon Austin’s fresh start with the Dallas Cowboys wasn’t much different than the stale final season the versatile receiver endured with the Los Angeles Rams. The difference is Austin has a chance to change the feeling — against his former team, in the divisional round of the...
Jets turn to ex-Dolphins coach Adam Gase to lead team
NEW YORK — The New York Jets hired former Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase as their head coach Wednesday night, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press. Gase was 23-26 in three seasons with Miami, including a playoff game in 2016, before being fired last week. It...
Patriots defense aims to win ‘mind game’ with crafty Philip Rivers
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots defensive end Trey Flowers said thinking about how to defend against the Los Angeles Chargers has kept him up at night. “Over the bye, I had a dream about not setting the edge,” Flowers said this week. “I woke up, and it was a nightmare.” New...
Nick Foles knows time with Eagles likely nearing end
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Foles is in a unique situation, a Super Bowl MVP trying to lead his team to a second straight championship knowing he most likely will play somewhere else next season. Nothing about what Foles has done for the Philadelphia Eagles is ordinary. “I’m not worried about the...
90-year-old cyclist unfairly tainted by positive test
With each pedal-stroke of his 80- and now 90-year-old legs, Carl Grove sought to show his fellow Americans that old age can be rich and rewarding. His bike is his soapbox. As time caught up with many of his peers, the former United States Navy Band saxophonist, who played for...
Norwegian police: Missing wife of tycoon was abducted
COPENHAGEN — The wife of a Norwegian multimillionaire missing since Oct. 31 probably has been kidnapped, police said Wednesday, adding that her suspected abductors have demanded a ransom reported to be $10.3 million. Police say they have no suspects in the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, the 68-year-old wife of...
Trump, California spar over money for wildfire relief funds
SACRAMENTO — President Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires, a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom asked him to double the federal investment in forest management. Trump again suggested poor forest management is to blame for California’s deadly wildfires and said he’s ordered the...
Missouri boy missing for 5 months found in attic crawl space
CAMDENTON, Mo. — A 6-year-old boy who was reported missing by his father in August has been found safe, hidden in an attic crawl space in the southwest Missouri home of his mother and her boyfriend, authorities said Wednesday. Braedence Jones was found Tuesday in the crawl space with his...
Adviser: Billionaire Tom Steyer won’t run for president in 2020
DES MOINES, Iowa — Billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer said Wednesday that he will not run for the White House in 2020 and will instead focus on calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Steyer, who has spent $50 million on his Need to Impeach campaign and announced plans...
USDA delays deadline for farmer aid to offset tariff losses
DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers already reeling from low prices and uncertainty amid the nation’s trade dispute with China are welcoming a decision to extend a deadline for federal aid because of the partial government shutdown. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue on Tuesday announced the Agriculture Department would extend a...
Elvis Presley’s jewelry, clothing sold at Graceland auction
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jewelry, clothing and other Elvis Presley-related memorabilia have been sold at auction in Tennessee. Elvis Presley Enterprises says the auction at The Guest House Graceland netted more than $600,000 Tuesday on what would have been his 84th birthday. The Guest House is a hotel located steps from...
Chrysler Building in New York City is up for sale
NEW YORK — The owners of New York City’s Chrysler Building are putting the landmark Art Deco skyscraper on the market. The building’s owners, the Abu Dhabi Investment Council and New York developer Tishman Speyer, have hired commercial real estate firm CBRE Group Inc. to market the office tower, CBRE...
Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fake info in 2016
WASHINGTON — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates and super liberals during the 2016 election season, a new study finds. The first major study...
Police: Woman breaks into Pa. police station, wanted to date cop
WYOMING, Pa. — Police say a woman smashed her way into a closed Pennsylvania police station looking for an officer she’d been sexually harassing ever since he arrested her. Police say 27-year-old Ashley Keister of Nanticoke used a large cigarette butt receptacle to smash glass doors into the West Wyoming...
Hubble Space Telescope’s premier camera shuts down
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope’s premier camera has shut down because of a hardware problem. NASA said the camera stopped working Tuesday. Hubble’s three other science instruments are still working fine, with celestial observations continuing. This third incarnation of the wide field camera was installed by spacewalking...
Iran says it is holding U.S. Navy veteran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison in the country, making him the first American known to be detained under President Donald Trump’s administration. White’s detention adds new pressure to the rising tension between Iran and the U.S., which...
Toyota recalls 1.7M vehicles in North America to fix air bags
DETROIT — Toyota is recalling 1.7 million vehicles in North America to replace potentially deadly Takata front passenger air bag inflators. The move announced Wednesday includes 1.3 million vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of automotive recalls in the nation’s history. Takata inflators can explode...
U.S. orders refuges to staff for hunters despite shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is directing dozens of wildlife refuges to return to work to make sure hunters and others have access despite the government shutdown, according to an email obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The partial restaffing of 38 wildlife refuges is angering wildlife...
Police: Teen falls from high-rise condominium building, dies
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A teenager has fallen from the ninth floor of a high-rise condominium building in Florida and died. WKMG-TV quotes Miami Beach police as saying that Samuel Farkas fell off a balcony at the La Costa condominium. They say the teenager would have turned 16 on Wednesday....
Browns pick offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens as next coach
CLEVELAND — The Browns didn’t have to go far to find their new coach. Freddie Kitchens was already in the building. The 44-year-old Kitchens, who had a dazzling eight-week run as the team’s interim offensive coordinator, is finalizing a contract to become Cleveland’s ninth coach since the franchise’s 1999 rebirth,...
Sheriff: Girls accused of killing mom tried to run her over
MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Just days before her death, a Mississippi woman called deputies to her home for help with two daughters now accused of fatally shooting and stabbing their mother, officials said. Pike County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Chris Bell said deputies went to Ericka Hall’s residence last week when...
Kansas RB Pooka Williams granted diversion in battery case
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas running back Pooka Williams has been granted diversion in a domestic battery case. The Kansas City Star reports Williams appeared in court Wednesday. If he successfully completes diversion, the domestic battery charge would be kept off his record. An affidavit alleges that Williams punched an 18-year-old...
DNA sought of males at center where comatose woman had baby
PHOENIX — Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient who was in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and putting a spotlight on safety concerns for severely disabled...
