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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers. Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a...
Big Ten, SEC each have 4 top 10 teams in AP women’s poll as UCLA, South Carolina still lead way
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference both have arguments to be considered the top league in women’s basketball. Each has seven teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday, including four apiece in the first 10. Both leagues have been bolstered this season by conference realignment,...
Tennessee, nation’s lone unbeaten, strengthens grip on No. 1; WVU, Michigan, Utah St. enter AP Top 25
Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball. The Vols picked up four more first-place votes and...
Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has medical setback, clouds future with team
BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson’s future as Cleveland’s quarterback is more uncertain. Browns general manager Andrew Berry said Monday that Watson suffered a setback in his recovery from an Achilles tendon rupture, and the team doesn’t know if or when he’ll be available in 2025. “We’ll know more in the...
Polar vortex keeps a huge swath of the U.S. in its icy grip
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip, making many roads treacherous, forcing school closures, and causing...
Giants owner says GM Joe Schoen, coach Brian Daboll are staying put after 3-14 season
The New York Giants are sticking with general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll. Owner and team president John Mara announced Monday that he and co-owner Steve Tisch decided to move forward with the Giants’ current leadership even after a 3-14 season that ranks among the franchise’s worst. “Now...
Trump’s sentencing still on for Friday after judge rebuffs push for delay
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied his request to halt proceedings while he appeals a ruling that upheld the historic verdict. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered sentencing to proceed as...
Canada’s Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government. Trudeau said it had become clear to him that he cannot “be the leader during the next...
Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to meet Biden at White House
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House, a senior administration official confirmed to The Associated Press. The meeting comes as Edmundo González, a retired...
Biden says Americans shouldn’t forget Capitol attack — but that there won’t be a repeat this time
President Joe Biden is decrying what he calls an “unrelenting effort” to downplay a mob of Donald Trump supporters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 election — seeking to contrast that day’s chaos with what he promises will be an orderly transition returning...
Residents and officials say rebels have seized 2 key towns in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo — Rebels with the M23 group have seized two key towns in eastern Congo as they advance in the volatile region, civil society and a local politician said Monday, as the security and humanitarian crisis deepened. The rebels over the past week took Katale and Masisi towns, the...
Jaguars fire coach Doug Pederson, keep GM Trent Baalke after ‘best team assembled’ wins just 4 games
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Doug Pederson is out as Jacksonville’s head coach after the franchise’s “best team assembled” won just four games. Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired Pederson on Monday, a day after a 26-23 loss at Indianapolis in overtime. It was the team’s 18th loss in its last 23 games....
CES 2025 is here. What can we expect from the annual show of all-thing tech?
NEW YORK — CES, the annual trade show of all things tech, is upon us. The multi-day event, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, kicks off this week in Las Vegas — where swaths of the latest gadgets and advances across industries like personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and...
Biden, in 11th hour action, bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the...
Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of 4 years agoVideo
WASHINGTON — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a winter snowstorm to meet...
Lawsuit alleges Fox Sports ex-host harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5M for sex
LOS ANGELES — A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Attorneys for Noushin Faraji, who was a hair stylist at...
Golden Globes Fashion: Ariana Grande eschews Glinda pink for pale yellow (brick road) silkVideo
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Fasten your seatbelts, fashion fans! With some of Hollywood’s most fashion-forward stars up for awards this year, it’s going to be an eventful season. And the Golden Globes gets it all started, with stars (and their stylists) marking their territory at one of Hollywood’s splashiest events....
Teddy Stiga scores on OT breakaway to give U.S. 2nd straight world junior title over FinlandVideo
OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game. The Boston College forward beat goalie Petteri Rimpinen through the leg pads to end it. The...
Hideki Matsuyama has record-setting PGA start, wins The Sentry
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Hideki Matsuyama got the new season off to a smashing start Sunday when he broke the PGA Tour record to par for 72 holes by closing with an 8-under-par 65 for a three-shot victory over Collin Morikawa in The Sentry. Matsuyama made an 8-foot birdie putt on...
FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors sayVideo
NORFOLK, Va. — Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when...
Coco Gauff beats Iga Swiatek again as U.S. wins United Cup for 2nd time in 3 yearsVideo
SYDNEY — Coco Gauff overcame second-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-4 in the opening singles of the United Cup mixed teams tennis event and the United States went on to win the final by beating Poland 2-0 on Sunday. Taylor Fritz beat Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4) at the Ken...
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for his ouster and arrest, as authorities prepared to renew their efforts to detain him over his short-lived martial law decree....
Ukraine presses attacks in Russia’s Kursk region
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region. Russian shelling, meanwhile, killed at least one person and wounded another in Ukraine’s...
No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now
This Jan. 6 won’t be the same. Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump urged supporters to head to the Capitol to protest Congress’ certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. “Will be wild!” Trump promised on Twitter a few weeks before Jan. 6, 2021. And it was....
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs. Advocates say the Social Security...
