Associated Press stories, Page 760
Bills fire offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey after sloppy loss to Denver drops team to 5-5
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey on Tuesday with the Josh Allen-led attack stagnating over a six-week stretch and the three-time defending AFC East champions falling further out of the playoff picture. The move came a day after a 24-22 loss to the Denver...
Man arrested over on-ice death of former Penguin Adam Johnson is released on bail
LONDON — A man who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut by a skate during a game, was released on bail Wednesday. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers on Oct....
Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, sends 18 to hospitalVideo
ETNA, Ohio — A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving six people dead and 18 others injured, officials said. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus carrying students and chaperones from...
Fire that indefinitely closed section of vital Los Angeles freeway was arson, governor says
LOS ANGELES — Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a major Los Angeles freeway, causing major traffic headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters, California authorities said. Gov. Gavin Newsom said investigators are trying to determine if more...
Disney says it has $40 billion economic impact in Florida as it battles DeSantis in court
ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney on Tuesday released a study showing its economic impact in Florida at $40.3 billion as it battles Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees over their takeover of the district that governs the entertainment company’s massive resort in central Florida. Disney accounted for 263,000 jobs in...
New Speaker Mike Johnson formally endorses Trump
NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed Donald Trump for president on Tuesday, a move that was a symbolic departure from his ousted predecessor leading the House. Johnson, an ally and defender of the former president, said Tuesday morning in an interview on CNBC, “I have endorsed him wholeheartedly.”...
A veteran journalist who is refusing to divulge her sources could be held in contempt of court
WASHINGTON — In a case with potentially far-reaching press freedom implications, a federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. The...
YouTube creators will soon have to disclose use of gen AI in videos or risk suspension
YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they’ve used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic-looking videos. In a blog post Tuesday outlining a number of AI-related policy updates, YouTube said creators that don’t disclose whether they’ve used AI tools to make...
U.S. consumer inflation eased in October, driven lower by cheaper gas, cars and airfares
WASHINGTON — Inflation in the U.S. slowed last month in a sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes are continuing to cool the consumer price spikes that have bedeviled consumers for the past two years. Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that prices either fell or rose only...
3rd round of U.S. sanctions against Hamas focuses on money transfers from Iran to Gaza
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Tuesday said it imposed a third round of sanctions on a group of Hamas officials, members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who work to transfer money from Iran to Gaza, and a Lebanese money exchange service that facilitates the transfers. The Treasury Department sanctions, coordinated...
Goalies Tom Barrasso, Henrik Lundqvist, Mike Vernon headline latest Hockey Hall of Fame class
TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist played a starring role at Madison Square Garden for 15 seasons. The New York Rangers legend fed off the energy inside the world’s most famous arena — and a city where many athletes have wilted under the same spotlight’s intense glow. It also led the Swede...
In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track
The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates. The only bright spot is that global sales of electric passenger vehicles are now on...
Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One
LAS VEGAS — The famous fountains at the Bellagio won’t be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula One racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won’t be serenading tourists at the Venetian resort. “Fountains have been shut off, canals drained, streets closed or harder to navigate,”...
House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help
WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan. The bipartisan tally — 336-95 with 93 Republicans voting no —showed Johnson’s willingness to leave his...
Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say
WASHINGTON — Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is not doing enough to stop. The projections from the health consulting firm Avalere come as states undertake a...
As fighting empties north Gaza, humanitarian crisis worsens in south
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — About 200,000 Palestinians have streamed out of northern Gaza toward worsening conditions in the south in recent days, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, as Israeli troops battled militants around hospitals where patients, newborns and medics are stranded with no electricity and dwindling supplies. Only one...
Wil Lutz is good on 2nd chance with 36-yard field goal in Broncos’ win over BillsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Wil Lutz got a do-over and kicked a 36-yard field goal as time expired, and the Denver Broncos won their third straight by rallying for a 24-22 victory over the sloppy, turnover-prone Buffalo Bills on Monday night. Lutz got a second chance after he missed wide...
Nearly 2 dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce. Children ages 1 to 3 were affected, and at...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson undergoes MRI on left ankle injured Sunday; status for this week unclearVideo
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson underwent an MRI on his injured left ankle Monday after he got hurt during Sunday’s last-second win at Baltimore. Watson twice rolled his ankle in the first half but stayed in the game and went 14 of 14 for 134 yards after halftime...
Ravens have been mostly excellent. But close losses have left them in a tight AFC North raceVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Shortly after Baltimore lost to Cleveland on a last-second field goal, the NFL Media Research Department passed along a stat that encapsulates the Ravens’ season nicely. Through its first 10 games, Baltimore has spent only 28 minutes, 46 seconds trailing. Yet the Ravens, unlike other teams...
Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson, Arizona’s Corbin Carroll unanimous Rookie of the Year winners
PHOENIX — Baltimore Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson and Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll were unanimous selections for Rookies of the Year on Monday night, with Henderson winning the American League honor and Carroll earning the National League award. The well-rounded stars used power, speed and defense to help their respective...
Officials exhume body of Mississippi man buried without his family’s knowledge
RAYMOND, Miss. — The body of a Mississippi man who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday, months after officials failed to notify his family of his death. At a news conference, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, local leaders and family...
Bengals face difficult path to repeat of last season’s run to division titleVideo
CINCINNATI — There’s nothing unusual about the Cincinnati Bengals being 5-4 at this point of the season, but they might look back on their early struggles and Sunday’s loss to visiting Houston as too much to overcome this year. Cincinnati was 5-4 each of the past two years and rallied...
Browns show resolve, fight in pushing past Ravens to tighten AFC North raceVideo
CLEVELAND — On a sometimes bewildering day in Baltimore, when nearly every play threatened to swing the outcome in either direction, a simple run became symbolic. The Cleveland Browns kept pushing. As Deshaun Watson, playing almost flawlessly despite a tender left ankle, drove the offense to set up a winning...
Maryanne Trump Barry, the former president’s older sister and a retired federal judge, dies at 86
NEW YORK — Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal judge and former president Donald Trump ‘s oldest sister, has died at age 86 at her home in New York. Until her retirement in 2019, Barry was a senior judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a level below...
