Associated Press stories, Page 1077
$940M Mega Millions prize just latest of massive jackpots
DES MOINES, Iowa — Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots. Or to put it another way, what’s up with all the massive lottery prizes? The latest haul up for grabs is a $940 million Mega Millions jackpot, with a drawing set for Friday night. The prize ranks as...
Bed Bath & Beyond warns it may go out of business
NEW YORK — Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond warned on Thursday that there’s substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a “going concern” even as the home goods retailer continues to study options like refinancing its debt or restructuring its business in bankruptcy court. The outlook came after...
Beds run out at Beijing hospital as covid-19 spreads
BEIJING — Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a covid-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities’ resources in China’s capital Beijing, even after its reported peak. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was packed Thursday with newly arrived patients....
Russian church head calls for Ukraine truce, finds no takers
KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church called Thursday for a 36-hour Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine at the end of this week, but his appeal looked unlikely to bring any breakthrough in halting the war that began last February with Russia’s invasion. Moscow Patriarch Kirill suggested a...
Seoul: Kim’s daughter reveal hints at prolonged family rule
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disclosure of his daughter in recent public events was likely an attempt to show his people that one of his children would one day inherit his power in what would be the country’s third hereditary power transfer, South Korea’s spy...
Canada thumps U.S. in world junior hockey semifinalsVideo
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Thomas Milic made 43 saves and Canada overcame an early deficit to beat the United States 6-2 on Wednesday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. Seeking its 20th title, Canada will face...
8 dead in Utah murder-suicide after wife sought divorce
ENOCH, Utah — A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records. Enoch Police Chief Jackson Ames said during a Thursday press conference that officers had been involved...
Paul Newberry: The games will go on after Damar Hamlin — they always do
It was a horrific scene, no doubt. A young athlete just getting started on a promising NFL career, seemingly the personification of fitness and health, popping up from a rather innocuous-looking tackle — and then slumping back to the turf. Just like that, fighting for his life. Naturally, when a...
Evacuations ordered as California braces for rain, floodsVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barreled into the state on Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain that threatened to knock out power and flood roadways. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a...
Michigan men snap Penn State’s winning streak
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hunter Dickinson scored 17 points shooting 6 for 10, Jett Howard scored 14 points and Michigan beat Penn State, 79-69, on Wednesday night to end the Nittany Lions’ five-game winning streak. The Wolverines (9-5, 3-0 Big Ten) last started 3-0 in conference play in the 2020-21...
Pitt product Darrelle Revis picked as Hall of Fame finalist in 1st year of eligibilityVideo
Former Pitt and Aliquippa star Darrelle Revis, Joe Thomas and Dwight Freeney are finalists in their first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. The 15 modern-day players who will be considered later this month by the selection committee include returning finalists DeMarcus Ware,...
PennDOT employee accused of helping immigrants on driver’s license tests
HARRISBURG — A former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employee accused by authorities of charging immigrants up to $350 to help pass the knowledge test and ultimately obtain driver’s licenses said Wednesday he was seeking to help them. Angelo Carrion, 66, charged immigrants to furnish them with correct answers to get...
Raiders’ Josh Jacobs produces through pain in what could be final season with teamVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — It’s another game week, which means more questions about Raiders running back Josh Jacobs’ injury status. His availability, however, is seldom in question. Jacobs has played through plenty of pain this season, and this week is coping with hip and oblique injuries as Las Vegas prepares to...
Congress more Christian, more religious than U.S. population, survey finds
Religiously speaking, the incoming 118th Congress looks like America — that is, the America of decades past, rather than today. Congress is far more Christian, and religious overall, than today’s general population. Even though nearly three in 10 Americans claim no religious affiliation — a rate that has risen steadily...
FCS football title game features battle of North, South DakotaVideo
The tiny South Dakota town of Rosholt isn’t that far from the North Dakota state line and is a place where allegiances are split between the Jackrabbits and Bison year-round — and never more pronounced than this week. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits from Brookings and North Dakota State Bison...
Injured QB Lamar Jackson still absent from Ravens practiceVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A month after his injury, Lamar Jackson remains absent from practice. Baltimore’s star quarterback hasn’t practiced since injuring his knee Dec. 4 in the Ravens’ victory over Denver, and there was no change to that Wednesday. The Ravens have one more regular-season game this weekend at...
Reyna family flagged Gregg Berhalter incident; interim U.S. soccer coach namedVideo
NEW YORK — The U.S. soccer team was plunged into public turmoil Wednesday when the family of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna said it notified the U.S. Soccer Federation of a decades-old incident involving Gregg Berhalter and his wife in response to the coach’s disparagement of Claudio’s son, young star...
Reports: Red Sox, Rafael Devers agree to 11-year, $331M extensionVideo
BOSTON — Rafael Devers agreed to an 11-year extension worth $331 million with the Boston Red Sox, a person with knowledge of the agreement told the Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the deal. Locking up Devers, a two-time...
Georgia’s proud defense looking to bounce back against TCU
ATLANTA — Georgia’s proud defense has allowed a combined 71 points in its two postseason games, including the 42-41 last-minute win over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Even against stiff competition in the postseason, when higher-scoring games can be expected, that’s a humbling and somewhat shocking development...
Proud Boys go to trial on sedition as Jan. 6 probe heats up
WASHINGTON — As members of the Proud Boys extremist group stormed past police lines and swarmed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, their leader cheered them on from afar, prosecutors say. “Do what must be done,” Enrique Tarrio wrote on social media. “So what do we do now?” someone asked...
West Virginia school bus crash sends 15 children to hospitalVideo
WHEELING, W.Va. — A school bus crash on Wednesday morning in West Virginia sent 15 children to the hospital, authorities said. The students were taken to Wheeling Hospital as a precaution after the bus crashed, officials told news outlets. Ohio County Sheriff Tom Howard told WTRF-TV that there were no...
Former Pitt QB Nathan Peterman to start in place of Bears’ Justin Fields in finaleVideo
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Justin Fields won’t get a chance to break the single-season rushing record for a quarterback. Fields will miss the season finale against the Minnesota Vikings because of a strained hip, and Pitt product Nathan Peterman will start in his place, coach Matt Eberflus said Wednesday. Fields...
Cardinals QB Kyler Murray has ‘successful’ ACL surgery
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray said he had “successful” knee surgery to repair an ACL injury he suffered against the New England Patriots on Dec. 12. The 25-year-old posted a picture of himself laying in a hospital bed with the message: “ACL surgery was successful, thank you...
Facing migration flood, U.S. resumes services at Cuba embassy
HAVANA — Grappling with the biggest flood of Cuban migrants in decades, the United States reopened their long-closed legal pathway on Wednesday by resuming all visa services at its embassy in Havana. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans desperate to leave the island’s flailing economy and reunite with family in the...
Russian military flaws seen in troop deaths
KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military’s top brass came under increasing scrutiny Wednesday as more details emerged of how at least 89 Russian soldiers, and possibly many more, were killed in a Ukrainian artillery attack on a single building. The scene last weekend in the Russian-held eastern Ukrainian town of...
