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Jay Leno suffers burns in gasoline fire, says he’s ‘OK’Video
LOS ANGELES — Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” but said Monday that he was doing OK, according to reports. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire,” Leno said in a statement to Variety. “I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.”...
Prosecutors: No criminal charges expected from Rudy Giuliani raid
NEW YORK — Prosecutors in New York do not plan to criminally charge Rudy Giuliani in connection with a probe into his interactions with Ukrainian figures, they revealed in a letter to a judge Monday in what a lawyer for Giuliani declared a “total victory.” They said they made the...
Browns’ Deshaun Watson cleared to practice as suspension nears end
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson’s return from an 11-game NFL suspension remains on schedule. The Cleveland Browns quarterback was cleared to practice Monday, a significant step for the three-time Pro Bowler accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women while he played for Houston. Watson reached a settlement with...
Antitrust battle over iPhone app store goes to appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is heading into a courtroom faceoff against the company behind the popular Fortnite video game, reviving a high-stakes antitrust battle over whether the digital fortress shielding the iPhone’s app store illegally enriches the world’s most valuable company while stifling competition. Oral arguments Monday before three judges...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto
NEW YORK — Sam Bankman-Fried received numerous plaudits as he rapidly achieved superstar status as the head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX: the savior of crypto, the newest force in Democratic politics and potentially the world’s first trillionaire. Now the comments about the 30-year-old Bankman-Fried range from bemused to hostile after...
Mayor calls University of Idaho students’ deaths ‘senseless’
MOSCOW, Idaho — The mayor of the small town where four University of Idaho students were found dead on Sunday said the “senseless” event is a reminder that acts of violence can occur anywhere. The Moscow Police Department has released few details about the deaths, which have been labeled “homicides.”...
Appeals court ruling keeps Biden student debt plan on hold
ST. LOUIS — President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of borrowers was handed another legal loss Monday when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program while an appeal plays out. The ruling by the three-judge panel from the 8th...
Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
PHOENIX — When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back. “Quite frankly, it is offensive for Kari Lake to say that these people behind me are slow-rolling this, when they’re...
Pakistan reverses course, bans ‘Joyland’ from cinemasVideo
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has reversed a previous decision to show its Oscar entry, “Joyland,” and has banned it from movie theaters, a government official said Monday. The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and...
Roberta Flack has ALS, now ‘impossible to sing,’ rep says
NEW YORK — A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing. The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release. “But...
High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party. The high court on Monday rejected GOP state chair Kelli Ward’s request to halt...
School bus crash in Kentucky sends 18 children, driver to hospitals
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A school bus crashed and ended up over an embankment Monday in Kentucky, with 18 children and the driver taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospitals with varying degrees of injury, officials said. Kentucky State Police were on the scene, and “we are responding swiftly,” Gov. Andy...
Biden: Still not enough votes to codify abortion rights
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — President Joe Biden said Monday that Democrats still lack the power to codify abortion rights into law despite his party’s stronger-than-expected performance in the midterm elections. “I don’t think there’s enough votes,” he said at a press conference during the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia....
John Aniston, star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dead at 89
NEW YORK — John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89. The actor’s daughter posted a tribute to him Monday morning on Instagram, announcing that he had died Friday, Veteran’s Day. John Aniston served...
Agrodolce squash hits sweet, sour notes as Thanksgiving side
Sweet and sour in Italian cooking, or agrodolce, has roots that predate the Romans, but credit Sicily— and the North African influence on their cuisine — with keeping it alive. Sicilians slather a basic mixture of vinegar and honey on grilled meat and fish. They turn roasted eggplant into caponata...
Book award finalists are ‘debut novelists’ in name only
NEW YORK — In the minds and official records of the publishing community, Sarah Thankham Mathews is a first-time author. Her novel “All This Could Be Different” has been widely praised as a promising start for the 31-year-old Indian American, whose narrative about a young immigrant’s personal and professional conflicts...
Review: Neil Young reflects on environment on ‘World Record’Video
Neil Young and his longtime band Crazy Horse return to a favorite topic with “World Record,” a double entendre title for an album that not-so-subtlety focuses squarely on the fate of the environment. This is 76-year-old Neil Young in full-on Earth/grandfather rocker mode. And while it could have easily turned...
CIA director warns Russian spy chief against deploying nukes
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Bill Burns met on Monday with his Russian intelligence counterpart to warn of consequences if Russia were to deploy a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, according to a White House National Security Council official. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the...
Zelenskyy calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’
KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a triumphant visit to the newly liberated city of Kherson on Monday, hailing the Russian withdrawal as the “beginning of the end of the war” but also acknowledging the heavy price Ukrainian soldiers are paying in their grinding effort to push back...
Biden discusses Taiwan with Xi in effort to avoid ‘conflict’
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — President Joe Biden objected to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan and raised human rights concerns about Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during his first in-person meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping , the White House said. In a news...
Suspect in deadly U.Va. shooting taken into custody
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Authorities say the suspect in the shooting at the University of Virginia that killed three members of the football team has been taken into custody. The suspect in the Sunday night shooting was identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. Two others were wounded in the shooting, which...
NFL Week 10: Vikings get critical Josh Allen turnovers, stun Bills in OTVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings completed their rally from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the Buffalo Bills 33-30 on Sunday....
Flight diverted after person made threats with a box cutter
ATLANTA — A commercial flight from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta on Friday night after a disruptive passenger was seen with a box cutter. The Frontier Airlines flight made an unplanned landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where one person, not identified by police, was taken into custody....
Tua Tagovaila stays hot, throws for 3 TDs, Dolphins rout Browns
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa maintained his scorching form since his return from a concussion, throwing three touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins beat the Cleveland Browns, 39-17, on Sunday for their fourth straight win. In a game that was a blowout by the fourth quarter, Tagovailoa connected with...
Investigation underway over midair crash at Dallas air showVideo
DALLAS — National transportation officials are in Dallas on Sunday investigating the cause of the midair crash of two historic military planes during an air show that left six people dead. A World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of...
