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This Date in Sports History: Oct. 23
1949 — Don Doll of the Detroit Lions intercepts four passes in a 24-7 victory over the Chicago Cardinals. 1960 — Jim Martin of Detroit becomes the first kicker to kick two field goals over 50 yards in a game as the Lions beat the Baltimore Colts, 30-17. 1971 —...
Trump, Biden debate marked by clashes, but less chaos
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After the first presidential debate was panned so widely that organizers introduced a mute button, Thursday’s second and final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was far more civil. Whether because of that button or the terrible reviews — especially for Trump —...
Debate Takeaways: Trump gets personal, Biden hits on virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and last time on a debate stage Thursday after a previously scheduled town hall debate was scrapped after the Republican incumbent became one of the millions of Americans to contract coronavirus. For Trump, the matchup at...
Tiger Woods shoots his worst at Sherwood; Sebastian Munoz leads
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The scorecards of Sebastian Munoz and Tiger Woods were unusual for different reasons Thursday in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood. That was good news for only one of them. Munoz twice holed out for eagle from a combined distance of 219 yards. He also had eight...
2nd group of judges blocks Trump order on House seats count
For the second time in two months, a panel of federal judges on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of divvying up congressional seats by state. The decision from a panel of three district judges in California...
Another body found in search for Tulsa race massacre victims
OKLAHOMA CITY — The search for remains of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims on Thursday revealed another body in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery before coming to an end, Oklahoma’s state archaeologist said. “We are now able to confirm that we have at least 11 individual...
Illinois governor orders police patrols amid COVID spikes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday that Illinois State Police will start patrolling bars and restaurants in regions of the state where coronavirus numbers are surging, and establishments that disregard his new restrictions could face sanctions including the loss of their liquor or gambling licenses. On another record-setting...
2nd Breonna Taylor grand juror criticizes proceedings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A second person who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury is criticizing Kentucky’s attorney general for the way the proceedings were conducted. The anonymous statement released Thursday reiterated another grand juror’s earlier publicized complaint that the panel was only able to consider endangerment charges against one...
Epstein ex Maxwell denied getting Prince Andrew sex partners
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain’s Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday, calling the prince’s accuser an “awful fantasist.” “Are we tallying all the lies?” Ghislaine Maxwell asked during the 2016 deposition, saying she could not recall taking...
FDA approves first covid-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat covid-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization. The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average —...
Colorado wildfires drag on later than normal, break records
Orange skies, winds gusting up to 70 mph, smoke tornadoes and hazardous air. While it could be an apocalyptic scene out of a movie, it’s become the reality of Colorado’s wildfire season. The blazes have burned the second-most acreage since 2000 and included the state’s two largest on record. One...
NHL cancels 2021 Minnesota Winter Classic, All-Star Weekend
The NHL won’t take it outside and open 2021 with the Winter Classic in Minnesota but still hopes to get the hockey season going around the start of the new year. The league on Thursday canceled the Winter Classic scheduled for Jan. 1 at Target Field in Minneapolis and All-Star...
Ex-Pirates favorite Josh Harrison agrees to deal with Nationals
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals agreed to terms on a one-year contract Thursday with utility man and former Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Josh Harrison. The 33-year-old returns to Washington after hitting .278 with two doubles, three home runs, 14 RBIs, six walks and 11 runs scored with the Nationals last season....
Update: Raiders put 5 on covid-19 list, game time vs. Buccaneers moved
The Las Vegas Raiders placed four starting offensive linemen and safety Johnathan Abram on the reserve/covid-19 list after they were determined to be close contacts with a teammate who had tested positive for the coronavirus. Two people familiar with the moves Thursday confirmed that Abram, Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney...
Gap to move away from the mall
Gap is moving away from the nation’s malls. The retailer, which was for decades a fixture at shopping malls around the country, said that it will be closing 220 stores — or one-third of its store base — by early 2024. That will result in 80% of its remaining Gap...
French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, saying “the second wave is here.” The curfew imposed in eight regions of France last week, including Paris and its suburbs, is being extended...
Self-driving shuttle debuts in high-traffic Virginia spot
MERRIFIELD, Va. — The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that seats six and drives itself through the region’s notorious traffic. State and local officials debuted the Relay system Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that will provide free shuttle rides back...
Trump posts unedited ’60 Minutes’ interview before it airs
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump posted full, unedited interviews that he and Vice President Mike Pence did with “60 Minutes” on Facebook on Thursday before the show’s scheduled broadcast this weekend. The footage shows Trump growing increasingly agitated as interviewer Lesley Stahl presses him on his response to the...
Browns WR Jarvis Landry playing despite broken rib
CLEVELAND — One of Jarvis Landry’s ribs is broken. The Cleveland Browns wide receiver’s playing and receiving streaks are unharmed. Landry revealed Thursday that he played the past two weeks with a broken rib, an injury he suffered early in the Browns’ 32-23 win over Indianapolis on Oct. 11 and...
Ravens trade draft picks for Vikings DE Yannick Ngakoue
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens for draft picks Thursday, less than two months after acquiring the fifth-year pass rusher in a deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Vikings didn’t disclose specifics of the acquired draft selections. ESPN reported the Ravens will...
New lawsuit targets Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot deadline
HARRISBURG — A new lawsuit filed Thursday is challenging Pennsylvania’s court-ordered deadline to count mail-in ballots that are received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election in the presidential battleground state. Plaintiffs include a Republican congressional candidate and four registered voters from Somerset County. The lawsuit comes 12...
Trucker who drove through George Floyd protesters is charged
MINNEAPOLIS — A truck driver who drove into a large crowd of protesters on a bridge in Minneapolis following the killing of George Floyd was charged Thursday with two criminal counts. Hennepin County prosecutors charged Bogdan Vechirko, of Otsego, with making threats of violence, a felony, and criminal vehicular operation,...
GOP to high court: Move up North Carolina absentee deadline
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to move up North Carolina’s recently extended deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day. State Republican legislative leaders filed an appeal on Thursday. The North Carolina State Board of Elections had announced in late September that...
Judge dismisses 1 charge against former cop in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck, but the more serious second-degree murder charge remains. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill’s ruling was dated Wednesday and made public Thursday. Cahill said...
Power cut in parts of Northern California to prevent fires
SAN FRANCISCO — Power was shut off in wind-prone parts of Northern California on Thursday to prevent sparking wires from igniting new wildfires during a new round of gusty, dry weather. Pacific Gas & Electric’s online map of public safety power shutoffs showed outages in the northern Sacramento Valley, northern...
