Associated Press stories, Page 1263
Commissioner Gary Bettman says NHL projected to set revenue record this seasonVideo
DENVER — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is projecting record revenue this season, an increase he credits to more scoring leading to higher television ratings and more interest in the game. Bettman at his annual state of the league address Wednesday before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup...
Commanders’ Dan Snyder won’t testify before U.S. House committee
A lawyer representing Dan Snyder told Congress the Washington Commanders owner will not testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the team’s workplace conduct. Attorney Karen Patton Seymour sent a letter to the leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday explaining...
Golfers from new Saudi-funded tour could get traditional Boston greeting at U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Every loudmouth from Yarmouth and Masshole from Athol has descended on The Country Club this week, when 14 golfers in the U.S. Open field will face the American public for the first time since defecting to an upstart, Saudi Arabian-backed tour. The injection of genuine international intrigue...
Focus shifts from Saudi money to golf’s toughest test at U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The U.S. Open isn’t the only American major that has felt like an afterthought, lost among chatter and innuendo about topics unrelated to birdies and bogeys. Golf no longer was the primary concern going into the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek in Alabama. The club founder...
Winning Wiggins: Warriors All-Star shining in NBA Finals
BOSTON — Andrew Wiggins’ critics always focused on what they thought he wasn’t. Not driven enough to be the No. 1 pick in the draft, they said. Just not good enough to be an All-Star starter, they argued. One more victory by the Golden State Warriors, and all that will...
Despite push, states slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. Although almost...
Lawyer: Bill Cosby must be held responsible for sex abuse of teen
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Jurors must hold Bill Cosby responsible for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975, the woman’s lawyer said during closing arguments in a civil trial Wednesday. “It is particularly important in this case that Mr. Cosby be held fully accountable for doing...
George Washington University to drop Colonials moniker
WASHINGTON — George Washington University is dropping its Colonials moniker because “it can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies,” the school announced Wednesday. GW will keep using Colonials until a new name is introduced. That is expected by the 2023-24 academic year. “A moniker must unify...
Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for covid-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild covid-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health. Fauci...
Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time
Nordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. Its time might be up. It is the only Olympic sport without women and the International Olympic Committee is due to make a decision later this month about...
John Hinckley Jr. freed from court oversight after decades
NORFOLK, Va. — John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals. “After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!,” he wrote on Twitter shortly after 12...
Fed attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession....
Russia targets depot in western Ukraine, advances in east
KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military said it used long-range missiles Wednesday to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored, and the governor of a key eastern city acknowledged that Russian forces are advancing amid heavy fighting. Those strikes...
Explainer: Just how high is the risk of another recession?
WASHINGTON — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier. And the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year. Is the United States at risk of enduring another recession, just two years after emerging from the...
Wall Street rallies after dismal week as Fed decision looms
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are rallying Wednesday, on track for their first gain in six days, but more turbulence may be ahead when the Federal Reserve announces in the afternoon how sharply it’s raising interest rates. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher as investors ready for the Fed’s rate...
Buffalo supermarket gunman charged with federal hate crimes
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket has been charged with federal hate crimes, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Payton Gendron had already faced a mandatory life sentence without parole if convicted on previously filed state...
China’s Xi reasserts support for Russia on security issues
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping reasserted his country’s support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, state media said. Xi told Putin that “all parties should responsibly push for a proper settlement of the Ukraine crisis,” according...
Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine as Americans struggle with record high prices at the pump. “The crunch that families are facing deserves immediate action,” Biden...
Sweden: Cartoonist Vilks’ fatal car crash was an accident
STOCKHOLM — The police car crash in Sweden that killed Swedish artist Lars Vilks last year was an accident, Swedish authorities said Wednesday, not a targeted attack on the cartoonist who lived under police protection since his controversial 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad. An exploding tire led the driver...
Odessa, Texas, remains without water as temperatures soar
ODESSA, Texas — Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa remained without water Wednesday as crews worked to restore service amid scorching temperatures in the area. The city water system’s 165,000 customers’ taps lost pressure or went completely dry after the 24-inch main broke Monday afternoon, according to the...
U.S. report: nearly 400 crashes of automated tech vehicles
DETROIT — Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas, according to statistics released by U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautioned against using the numbers to compare automakers, saying it didn’t weight them by the number...
So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires today
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate — and a few still claim to adore. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots...
Election 2022 Takeaways: Big Trump win, Nev. Senate race set
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump notched a significant victory in South Carolina, where his preferred candidate easily ousted five-term Rep. Tom Rice, the first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the former president last year. But another high-profile GOP target of Trump in the state, Rep. Nancy...
Derrick Henry insists foot is healthy, open to extension from TitansVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee running back Derrick Henry has let his hair down this offseason, prompting lots of questions about the new ‘do. Not nearly as many as the current state of his right foot. “The foot is good,” Henry said Tuesday. A broken right foot cost Henry nine games...
Healthy again, Bengals’ Joe Burrow embraces ‘normal’ offseasonVideo
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow is entering his third season in the NFL. However, this is the first reasonably normal offseason for the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback. He’s not taking it for granted. Burrow, the top overall pick in the 2020 draft, entered the league amid the uncertainty and chaos of the...
