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Stocks close lower, pulling indexes below record highs
Technology companies helped drag stocks broadly lower Monday, pulling the indexes below the record highs they reached last week. The S&P 500 dropped 0.5%, shedding more than a third of its gain from last week. Tech stocks were the biggest weight on the market, but the losses were shared broadly...
U.S. sends team to probe fatal Tesla crash with no driver
DETROIT — Federal safety regulators have sent a team to investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla in a Houston suburb in which local authorities say no one was behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has sent a Special Crash Investigation team to Spring,...
Insurer to pay $8M to Black man paralyzed by Iowa officer
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced Monday. The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime...
‘Downton Abbey’ cast returns for sequel opening in December
The original principal cast of “Downton Abbey” are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters Dec. 22 this year, Focus Features announced Monday. “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes has written the sequel’s screenplay, and Simon Curtis (“My Week With Marilyn”) is directing. Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery and...
Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn’t have ‘red flag’ hearing
INDIANAPOLIS — A former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” a prosecutor...
Oregon gun storage law would be among toughest in U.S.
SALEM, Ore. — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths. Hundreds of people have testified about the measure,...
UEFA could ban Super League players from Euro 2020, World Cup
MONTREUX, Switzerland — Players at the 12 clubs setting up their own Super League could be banned from this year’s European Championship and next year’s World Cup, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Monday. Ceferin showed his sense of anger and betrayal by the leaders of some wealthy European clubs as...
Tom Brady expects to be ready for minicamp after knee surgery
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady is recovering from offseason knee surgery and expects to be ready for June minicamp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Speaking at a fundraiser for Bucs coach Bruce Arians’ foundation, the 43-year-old quarterback joked that he didn’t know “if I can go this week.” He then...
‘Britcoin’ digital currency being considered by U.K.
LONDON — British authorities are exploring the possibility of creating a new digital currency that Treasury chief Rishi Sunak indicated could become commonly known as “Britcoin.” The Bank of England and the Treasury said Monday that they will work together to assess the benefits of a central bank digital currency,...
UN experts slam U.K. report for repackaging ‘racist tropes’
LONDON — A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has slammed a widely criticized British government-backed report that concluded there was no systemic racism in the country. The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said Monday that it found it...
India’s capital to lock down amid explosive coronavirus surgeVideo
NEW DELHI — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances catapulted from one hospital to another,...
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. The mini 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) copter named Ingenuity, in fact, carried a bit of...
Officials: Hunger-striking Navalny to go to prison hospital
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said Monday, after the politician’s doctor said he could be near death. The prison service, FSIN, also said that...
This date in sports history: April 19Video
1897 — John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 55 minutes, 10 seconds. 1930 — Clarence DeMar wins the Boston Marathon for a record seventh time, in 2:34:48.2. 1947 — The Toronto Maple Leafs post a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens to take the NHL...
Maryland’s Ocean City seeks to shush the boardwalk a little
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Town of Ocean City is considering a new noise ordinance this week to tighten up on loud music and shouting on its iconic boardwalk. The town council will take up discussion at its meeting Monday on the proposal, which limits noise from speakers, radios, or...
Luke Bryan wins top ACM Award, but female acts own the nightVideo
NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won two honors, including song of the year. Miranda Lambert performed three times and held onto her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history. And Mickey Guyton, the first Black woman to...
New conservative group would save ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions
WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans on Friday were discussing forming an America First Caucus, which one document described as championing “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and warning that mass immigration was putting the “unique identity” of the U.S. at risk. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the paper, which was first...
Bowman outmaneuvers Hamlin, Logano late to win at RichmondVideo
RICHMOND, Va. — Another week, another agonizing loss for Denny Hamlin. And this time it was to Alex Bowman, who came from nowhere with 10 laps to go at Richmond Raceway to put the No. 48 Chevrolet in victory lane for the first time in nearly four years. Bowman won...
Half of U.S. adults have received at least one covid-19 shotVideo
WASHINGTON — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to persuade skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or...
Michigan governor says covid-19 infections could be droppingVideo
LANSING, Mich. — After leading the nation’s covid-19 daily case rate for weeks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that Michigan could be seeing a drop in infections. Whitmer has extended a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, but the Democrat has avoided further restrictions in...
Sunbury woman convicted of lying to police in child death case
SUNBURY — A central Pennsylvania jury has convicted a woman of lying to investigators in the 2019 beating death of a 3-year-old girl in which her son faces charges. The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports that 51-year-old Christy Willis of Sunbury proclaimed “I am innocent” while being led out of the...
Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton in dramatic Emilia-Romagna GPVideo
IMOLA, Italy — Max Verstappen eased to victory in an incident-packed Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday as he comfortably beat Lewis Hamilton, who almost crashed out after a rare error from the world champion. Hamilton hit a wall in a race that was also temporarily suspended following a separate incident...
Punter Pressley Harvin III is a big presence in NFL DraftVideo
It wasn’t just Pressley Harvin III’s powerful right leg NFL scouts wanted to see at Georgia Tech’s pro day. They had to get a look at this plump punter’s robust right arm, too. “I had a feeling it was going to come up,” said Harvin, the 2020 Ray Guy Award...
European soccer split as 12 clubs launch breakaway leagueVideo
LONDON — A group of 12 European clubs split soccer on Sunday by announcing plans to walk away from the Champions League to create a breakaway competition, drawing an angry response and the threat of legal action from UEFA. The moves to quit the existing structures in an apparent grab...
Police: Suspect on the run in fatal shooting of 3 in TexasVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — A manhunt was underway Sunday for a former sheriff’s deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas, as an official said it wasn’t known if the suspect was still in the city. Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said those who live near...
