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Search warrant FBI served at elections office near Atlanta seeks records tied to the 2020 elections
ATLANTA — The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said. Fulton spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez declined to comment further, saying the search was still underway. An FBI spokesperson confirmed the search but also declined...
Bruce Springsteen takes aim at Trump in new song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, taking aim at President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of “Streets of Minneapolis,” released Wednesday, describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier’s boots,” which Springsteen calls “King...
Rubio tells senators there’s ‘good and decent progress’ in Venezuela since U.S. ousted MaduroVideo
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered starkly different readings of the current situation. Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday...
It’s one storm after another for much of the U.S., but the next one’s path is uncertain
HOUSTON — Winter’s brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been a toasty Florida peninsula and a powerful blizzard forecast that may strike the Atlantic coast. Deep cold is forecast to stick around at...
Browns hire former Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken as head coach
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns hired one of their former coordinators to be the team’s head coach. However, it is not the one some people expected. The Browns hired Todd Monken on Wednesday as the franchise’s 19th full-time head coach, wrapping up a three-week search. He replaces Kevin Stefanski, who...
Sly Dunbar, legendary reggae drummer who anchored tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, dies as 73
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare —...
Despite a returning coach, West Virginia lost dozens of players to the transfer portal
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez didn’t mince words about what areas of his roster needed help from college football’s transfer portal. “Every one,” he said. Rodriguez didn’t have a stellar start to his second stint, going 4-8 and finishing 14th out of 16 teams in the Big 12. And though...
Honor Huff, Treysen Eaglestaff help lift West Virginia past Kansas State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff scored 17 points and Treysen Eaglestaff scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds and West Virginia beat Kansas State, 59-54, on Tuesday night. Brenen Lorient scored 10 points for West Virginia (14-7, 5-3 Big 12), which has won three of four and six of its...
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead the Church of England
LONDON — Sarah Mullally walked into St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday morning as the bishop of London. When she walked out in the afternoon as bells rang out, she was the spiritual leader of millions of Anglicans around the world. Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury, making her the...
3 months after rapidly scheduled arguments, the Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible. After all, Trump’s lawyers told the court that speed was of the essence on an issue central to the Republican president’s economic agenda. They pointed to a statement...
Holidays and a viral bear cup drive strong quarterly sales at Starbucks
Starbucks reported strong fiscal first quarter as holiday drinks and a viral bear cup helped drive sales. Same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — rose 4% for the October-December period. That was higher than the 2.3% that Wall Street was expecting, according to analysts...
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year. Chair Jerome Powell said at a news conference that the economy’s outlook “has clearly improved since the last meeting” in...
Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic. Beth...
Huge landslide cleaves off the edge of a town in Sicily and forces the evacuation of 1,500 people
ROME — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday toured a southern town in Sicily where days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a massive landslide that cleaved off the town’s edge, collapsing houses and forcing the evacuation of over 1,500 people. The area of the landslide spanned 2.5 miles...
Darian Mensah joins Miami Hurricanes after legal battle with Duke
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Darian Mensah has enrolled at Miami, giving the Hurricanes another standout transfer at quarterback as they come off a season when they went to the national championship game and got into the College Football Playoff for the first time. Mensah transferred to Miami from ACC rival...
Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue
BOSTON — A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court. At U.S. District Court in Boston, Judge Brian Murphy halted the administration’s stop work order for Vineyard Wind, citing the potential economic losses...
Judge finds Virginia Democrats’ redistricting resolution illegal; new Maryland map advances
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrats ran into a setback on Tuesday in Virginia to fight back against President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting efforts, but they took a step forward in Maryland, though obstacles remain for enacting a new congressional map there. A Virginia judge ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting...
Man sprays unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar and is tackled at Minneapolis town hallVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of...
Devils trade Ondrej Palat and picks to the Islanders for Maxim Tsyplakov
NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils traded Ondrej Palat to the division-rival New York Islanders on Tuesday night, moving on from the veteran winger they had been trying to deal for quite some time. The Devils sent a third-round pick in the draft this year and 2027 sixth-rounder with...
Bill Belichick snubbed by Pro Football Hall of Fame in first year of eligibility, report says
Six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick didn’t get voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, according to a report from ESPN. Citing four unidentified sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that Belichick didn’t receive the necessary 40 votes from the 50-person panel of...
Investigators say deadly midair collision near D.C. followed years of ignored warnings about traffic
WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near Washington, D.C. The placement of a helicopter route...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff ‘we’re toast’ if they continue on current path
Addressing her staff three months into her job as CBS News boss, Bari Weiss on Tuesday invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking and said that if the network continues with its current strategy, “we’re toast.” Squirrel Hill native Weiss announced the hiring of 18 new...
Tough coaching helped Patriots’ Drake Maye flourish in 2nd season
Drake Maye got the tough coaching he wanted and thrived. The 23-year-old is one victory away from being the youngest quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl. He is grateful to have coach Mike Vrabel and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels in New England. The Patriots went from 4-13...
Bitter cold grips the eastern U.S. as winter storm deaths rise and power outages lingerVideo
Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in states gripped by frigid cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse. Brutal cold lingered...
Coco Gauff’s racket-shattering exit at Aussie Open means Aryna Sabalenka will meet Elina Svitolina in semis
MELBOURNE, Australia — A searing hot day turned into a sweltering night at the Australian Open and eventually Coco Gauff let off steam, shattering her racket after a lopsided loss to Elina Svitolina that cost her a place in the semifinals. Day 10 of the season-opening major began with top-ranked...
