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Luke Combs tops CMA Awards; Loretta Lynn, Lewis honoredVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Luke Combs was crowned entertainer of the year at Wednesday’s Country Music Association Awards, the second year in a row that he’s taken home the night’s top honor. “I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true,” Combs said, dedicating the award to his...
What’s ‘Putin’s chef’ cooking up with talk on US meddling?
Yevgeny Prigozhin has had many roles: Convicted felon and hot dog vendor. Owner of a swanky St. Petersburg restaurant and holder of lucrative government catering contracts. Founder of a mercenary military force involved in Russia’s various conflicts. Prigozhin has kept a low profile over the years. But in recent months,...
Top, Lite-Brite, Masters of the Universe in toy hall of fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The National Toy Hall of Fame’s new honorees include an object dating to ancient times, a line of muscle-bound action figures and an iconic art set whose medium is colorful pegs. The hall on Thursday announced the top, Masters of the Universe and Lite-Brite as this year’s...
U.S. consumer inflation eased to 7.7% over past 12 months
WASHINGTON — Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and consumers grow more cautious. Consumer inflation reached 7.7% in October from a year earlier and 0.4% from September,...
Michelle Obama shares personal stories of coping in new book
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama said she struggled with a “crushing sense of hopelessness” after the 2020 presidential election that was brought on by the death and isolation of the covid-19 pandemic, a summer of political and racial unrest and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I was in a low...
Futures up modestly ahead of inflation update
U.S. futures are modestly higher Thursday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that will likely influence Federal Reserve plans for more interest rate hikes as it tries to squelch four-decade high inflation. Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones industrials inched up 0.1%....
Tropical Storm Nicole sends beachfront homes into the oceanVideo
WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Nicole sent Florida homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away the beach and destroyed seawalls only weeks ago. The storm, which caused at least two deaths, was the first November...
Russia says retreat from key city begun but Ukraine cautious
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson on Thursday even after Moscow said it began a retreat that would represent a humiliating defeat in the grinding war. It was difficult...
Many positive, negative surprises mark NFL season’s 1st half
The New York Jets, New York Giants and Miami Dolphins could end long playoff droughts while the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams and reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers are well below .500 These aren’t the NFL standings anyone envisioned before the season. “I guess I would say...
Candidates who backed overturning Trump loss are rebuffedVideo
Republicans made a striking decision earlier this year to nominate candidates for top statewide posts in swing states who backed overturning President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. Most of those candidates lost in the midterm election. Doug Mastriano, who commissioned buses to take Pennsylvanians to the Jan. 6, 2021, protests...
Rams QB Matthew Stafford in concussion protocol, status unclearVideo
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is in the concussion protocol, and coach Sean McVay is uncertain whether the Super Bowl winner will be ready to play Sunday against Arizona. Stafford entered the protocol Tuesday afternoon after consultation with the Rams’ medical staff, the team announced...
Fake LeBron James, Adam Schefter accounts among those tweeting non-newsVideo
So if Twitter is to be believed, LeBron James wants to leave the Los Angeles Lakers, Adam Schefter says Josh McDaniels is done as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Aroldis Chapman is sticking with the New York Yankees, and Connor McDavid has been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to...
Browns’ Nick Chubb picking up yards, admirers with every runVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Nick Chubb’s fan club is expanding beyond the walls of Cleveland’s locker room and outside the wider circle of Browns backers. Count Tennessee’s Derrick Henry as a member. Asked by NBC’s Mike Tirico, “how’s the best running back on the planet?” in a recent interview, the Titans’...
Oilers’ Evander Kane out 3-4 months after wrist cut by skateVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will miss three to four months after being cut on the left wrist by a skate blade, the team announced Wednesday. The injury occurred during Edmonton’s 3-2 win at Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. Kane got tangled with Lightning defenseman Philippe Myers...
Man indicted on federal charges in attack on Paul Pelosi
SAN FRANCISCO — A man already in custody in the attack last month on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping. The charges stemming from the Oct. 28 break-in at the Pelosis’ San Francisco...
Tim Ream, Haji Wright make U.S. World Cup roster; Zack Steffen, Paul Arriola cutVideo
NEW YORK — Tim Ream, Haji Wright, Joe Scally and Sean Johnson made the United States’ World Cup roster, while Zack Steffen, Paul Arriola, Jordan Pefok and Ricardo Pepi were among those cut. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter made the long-awaited announcement Wednesday of the 26-man group that will gather in...
Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot
Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama,...
Appellate judge won’t block appointment of Trump Organization monitor
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s company can’t avoid an independent monitor’s oversight while it appeals a court’s decision to require an outside watchdog, a New York appellate court judge ruled Wednesday. Angela Mazzarelli, an associate justice on the state’s mid-level appeals court, rejected the Trump Organization’s request for...
Tiger Woods to return at his tournament in the BahamasVideo
Tiger Woods made it official Wednesday by announcing he would return to competition as part of the 20-man field at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods is the tournament host of the unofficial event Dec. 1-4 at Albany Golf Club, where the tournament has been played since 2015....
Wall Street washout as stocks tumble, crypto dives furtherVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks fell sharply Wednesday as unease flared in far-ranging corners of financial markets, and Wall Street gave back a big chunk of the gains it had built in a rally running up to Election Day. The S&P 500 lost 2.1%, or 79.54 points, to 3,748.57 and erased...
Pennsylvania Democrats kept suburbs, gained rural voters
HARRISBURG — After Joe Biden eked out victory in Pennsylvania in 2020, Democrats in hugely consequential races for governor and U.S. Senate scored blowout wins by comparison in Tuesday’s election. They ran up the score again in leftward-shifting suburbs and cut losses in rural and exurban stretches where former President...
Bills QB Josh Allen to miss practice, listed day-to-dayVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott said Josh Allen will miss practice Wednesday because of an injury to his throwing elbow, but the star quarterback could play against the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings this weekend. McDermott wouldn’t reveal the severity of the injury and stuck mostly to...
Cryptocurrencies plunge as Binance scraps deal for rival FTXVideo
NEW YORK — Cryptocurrency prices plunged for a second-straight day Wednesday after crypto exchange Binance announced it was pulling out of its deal to purchase its failing rival FTX Trading. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were broadly lower on rumors and news reports that the Binance-FTX deal was in trouble. The...
Warnock, Walker advance to runoff for Senate seat in Georgia
ATLANTA — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law. That sets up a four-week blitz that again will test whether voters are more concerned about inflation under Democratic...
Democrats buoyed by election returns in Pennsylvania House
HARRISBURG — U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, of Pennsylvania, won a bid for a third term, beating a Republican who runs a manufacturing business in a rematch from Wild’s narrow win two years ago. Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, five-term U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat, won his reelection bid over conservative activist...
