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Biden plans to sign order for government to buy more U.S. goods
BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden plans to sign on Monday an executive order that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers, according to administration officials. The United States has shed roughly 540,000 factory jobs since last February as the coronavirus pandemic hurled the world’s largest economy into recession. The...
This date in sports history: Jan. 25Video
1894 — Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France. 1939 — Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis at 2 minutes, 39 seconds of the first round to retain the...
Biden to drop Trump’s military transgender ban
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision tells...
Reigning champion Chiefs dump Bills in AFC title gameVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It took the Kansas City Chiefs five frustrating decades to make their second Super Bowl appearance. Now, the defending champs are headed there for the second straight year. Showing no lingering effects from a concussion, Patrick Mahomes sliced up Buffalo’s secondary with ruthless efficiency as the...
Biden to reinstate covid travel rules, add South Africa
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate covid-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss...
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers laments team’s uncertain futureVideo
Aaron Rodgers was lamenting the sudden end of a remarkable season he’ll treasure long after he’s retired, running through a list of Green Bay Packers teammates he’s grown the closest to. “There’s a lot of guys’ futures that are uncertain, myself included,” Rodgers said, managing a slight laugh as if...
Ex-Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, announced Monday she’s running for Arkansas governor, vying for political office even as the former president’s legacy is clouded by an impeachment charge that he incited the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol....
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he’s tested positive for covid-19
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for covid-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic, said on his official Twitter account that he is under medical treatment. “I regret...
Couple finds body behind house under construction in Texas
KATY, Texas — A couple found a dead man while looking at a house under construction Saturday in a Houston suburb. The man’s body was discovered in a drainage ditch in the late afternoon behind the home in Katy, Harris County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jason Brown told reporters. The body...
U.S. judge blocks release of Tennessee man in Capitol riot
NASHVILLE — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the release of a Tennessee man who authorities say carried flexible plastic handcuffs during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell for the District of Columbia set aside an order by a judge in...
5, including pregnant woman, fatally shot in IndianapolisVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death early Sunday inside an Indianapolis home in an apparent targeted attack, the city’s police chief said, decrying the “mass murder” killings as a “different kind of evil.” The fatal shootings were discovered by police who had been called...
Tom Brady leads Tampa Bay past Green Bay, home for Super BowlVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Brady, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ road magic, has them heading home to the Super Bowl, the first team to play in one on their home field. Brady owns six Super Bowl rings with New England and now heads to his 10th NFL championship...
Heat to use covid-19-sniffing dogs to screen fans at gamesVideo
MIAMI — The Miami Heat are bringing back some fans, with help from dogs. The Heat will use coronavirus-sniffing dogs at AmericanAirlines Arena to screen fans who want to attend their games. They have been working on the plan for months, and the highly trained dogs have been in place...
Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trialVideo
WASHINGTON — A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of the dimming chances that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol. House Democrats, who will walk the impeachment charge of...
Trump’s coronavirus adviser Dr. Deborah Birx says some saw pandemic as ‘hoax’Video
WASHINGTON — Dr. Deborah Birx says when she was coordinator of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, she had to grapple with covid-19 deniers in the White House and that someone gave the president “parallel” streams of data that conflicted with hers. Defending her tenure, Birx told CBS’ “Face the...
2 injured after police car drives through crowd at race in Washington stateVideo
TACOMA, Wash. — At least two people were injured when a police officer responding to a report of a street race plowed his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him and were pounding on the car’s windows Saturday night in downtown Tacoma, officials said. The incident...
Ex-CIA engineer tells judge he’s incarcerated like an animal
NEW YORK — A former CIA software engineer charged with leaking government secrets to WikiLeaks says it’s cruel and unusual punishment that he’s awaiting trial in solitary confinement, housed in a vermin-infested cell of a jail unit where inmates are treated like “caged animals.” Joshua Schulte, 32, has asked a...
Dustin Poirier knocks out Conor McGregor in 2nd round at UFC 257
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Dustin Poirier stopped Conor McGregor with a flurry of punches midway through the second round Sunday, avenging his loss to the Irish superstar with a knockout victory at UFC 257. Poirier (26-7) caught McGregor with a series of shots to the head before buckling...
Police departments weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot
For two Virginia police officers who posed for a photo during the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection, the reckoning has been swift and public: They were identified, charged with crimes and arrested. But for five Seattle officers the outcome is less clear. Their identities still secret, two are on leave and...
At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed
WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated U.S. chief executive in history but also the oldest sitting president ever. Biden was born Nov. 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was 78 years, two months and...
‘Relentless’ Max Homa surges into 3-way tie atop PGA’s American ExpressVideo
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Max Homa has the word “relentless” tattooed on his right arm so the Southern California native will see it every morning when he brushes his teeth. Homa has been mercilessly chewing up the Stadium Course at The American Express with 17 birdies in the last two...
Penn State pulls away late, beats NorthwesternVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Izaiah Brockington scored 21 points, including a pair of late free throws, to help Penn State hold off Northwestern for an 81-78 victory on Saturday night. Penn State (5-6, 2-5 Big Ten) has won consecutive games since ending a five-game losing streak. Northwestern (6-8, 3-7) has lost...
Robert Morris skid hits 4 games after loss to Northern KentuckyVideo
Trevon Faulkner had 18 points, including six in the final minute of overtime, to lead five Northern Kentucky players in double figures as the Norse narrowly defeated Robert Morris, 79-74, on Saturday. Bryson Langdon, who scored 13 points, hit a jumper with four seconds left in regulation to tie the...
Column: Patrick Mahomes ‘cleared’ for big game. What could go wrong?
Never mind that Patrick Mahomes got knocked silly and out of a game barely a week ago. He always was going to play Sunday against Buffalo, and because it’s the AFC Championship — instead of, say, Week 3 of the regular season — the only way the Chiefs’ star wouldn’t...
Big offenses, overlooked defenses as Bills face Chiefs in AFC title gameVideo
Two teams so absent from championship history for so long until recently will face off for the AFC championship Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs won their first NFL title since 1970 when they beat San Francisco in last year’s Super Bowl. When they host Buffalo, the Chiefs will take on...
