Associated Press stories, Page 70
Curt Cignetti has brought Indiana to national championship game in just 2 years
MIAMI — Indiana coach Curt Cignetti built a winner right away with a recruiting strategy built for a new era of college football. Turns out, he’s not the only one with a knack for bringing talent to the Hoosiers. On the eve of Indiana’s first trip to the national title...
Small part of Sunshine State becomes Snowy State as Florida gets snow for 2nd year in a rowVideo
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A small part of Florida is the Snowy State for the second year in a row. Snow briefly covered the grass and rooftops in parts of the western Florida Panhandle on Sunday morning as just enough frigid air rushed in behind a cold front to turn the...
David Coit ties program record with 9 3s, scores 43; Maryland beats Penn State
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — David Coit tied the program’s single-game record for made 3-pointers and scored a career-high 43 points — 30 in the first half — to help Maryland beat Penn State, 96-73, on Sunday for the Terrapins’ first Big Ten Conference win this season. Coit made 14 of...
Indonesian rescuers find a body near wreckage of a plane that crashed with 11 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered a body in their search for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island. The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 656 feet deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, near...
Trump confidants, former British leader and Middle East officials are at forefront of U.S. Gaza plan
TEL AVIV, Israel — Two of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, a former British prime minister, an American general and a collection of top officials from Middle Eastern governments are at the forefront of the U.S. Gaza ceasefire plan. The White House this week announced the members of a new...
Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadside
BEIRUT — Robina Aminian’s family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces straight into the back of her head. But her death in the nationwide protests that challenged the Islamic Republic’s theocracy was only the start of the family’s agony. In the aftermath...
Bo Nix breaks his right ankle late in Broncos’ playoff win, will have season-ending surgery
DENVER — Bo Nix broke his right ankle late in overtime of the Denver Broncos’ divisional-round victory over Buffalo on Saturday and will have surgery that will sideline him for the rest of the playoffs. Coach Sean Payton delivered the stunning news about his second-year quarterback in the aftermath of...
Cade Cavalli and Nationals agree to $870,000 contract, settle arbitration case with smallest gap
WASHINGTON — Right-hander Cade Cavalli and the Washington National avoided salary arbitration Sunday when they agreed to a one-year contract worth $870,000, a deal that includes a 2027 team option. When the sides exchanged proposed arbitration salaries on Jan. 8, Cavalli asked for $900,000 and the Nationals offered $825,000. The...
Green Day to open 60th Super Bowl with anniversary ceremony celebrating generations of MVPs
LOS ANGELES — The NFL is marking the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl with a hometown opening act. Green Day will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the league announced Sunday. The performance will celebrate six decades...
Why Bernice King sees MLK Day as a ‘saving grace’ in today’s political climate
ATLANTA — Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said the holiday honoring her father’s legacy comes as “somewhat of a saving grace” this year. “I say that because it inserts a sense of sanity and morality into our very troubling climate...
Europe warns of ‘dangerous downward spiral’ after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland
BERLIN — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.” The joint statement by some of America’s closest allies signaled a...
In their words: European governments criticize Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — European governments blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland beginning next month. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are on Trump’s list, though it was not immediately clear if...
Drone strikes cut power to over 200,000 homes in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local official says
KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of thousands in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine were left without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there. Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people, according to Ukrainian officials. More than 200,000...
Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
RAQQA, Syria — The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that controlled the northeast for over a decade. The announcement comes as tensions between government forces and the SDF boiled over earlier this...
At 45, Venus Williams sets record at Australian Open but falls in the 1st round
MELBOURNE, Australia — It took 45 years to be in a position to set a record that has drawn so much attention. So another 14 1/2 minutes serving to keep her Australian Open hopes alive felt like no time at all for Venus Williams. Ranked No. 576 and playing on...
Seahawks dominate 49ers from opening kick, advance to NFC title game
SEATTLE — Rashid Shaheed returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, Kenneth Walker III rushed for three scores and the Seattle Seahawks advanced to the NFC Championship game with a dominant 41-6 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night. Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass and got his...
Treysen Eaglestaff scores 22, West Virginia blows 12-point lead, beats Colorado
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Treysen Eaglestaff scored 22 points, Honor Huff scored nine of his 14 points in the final seven minutes, and West Virginia blew a 12-point lead before beating Colorado, 72-61, on Saturday. Brenen Lorient had 12 points and nine rebounds for West Virginia (12-6, 3-2 Big 12) and...
Bo Nix out for season after breaking ankle in win over Bills
DENVER — Ja’Quan McMillian intercepted Josh Allen’s deep throw in overtime, and Bo Nix led the Broncos into position for Wil Lutz’s 24-yard field goal that sent Denver to the AFC Championship game with a 33-30 win over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. The downside: Nix will have season-ending surgery...
Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters for and against the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday in exchanges that grew heated before local police showed up. There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and...
Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises, potentially rivaling the United Nations in what would be a major upheaval...
A champion will be crowned but college football chaos will linger beyond Indiana-Miami title game
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Once the legal wrangling over paying players finally got settled last summer, there was hope that college football might finally stumble into something resembling stability. Or at least find its footing for a couple of months. It was too much to ask, at least right away....
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s 1st female governor in historic inauguration
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the state’s top office. Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also a Republican. It marks a new...
Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. Denmark, Norway, Sweden,...
Why U.S. cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city’s famous Motor Speedway a few miles west. Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switched to opposite one-way routes...
Here’s where Trump’s most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term
WASHINGTON — From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances. Some of...
