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Longtime NFL running back Frank Gore signs 1-day contract to retire with 49ersVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Frank Gore signed a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers and announced his retirement from the NFL. Gore spent the first 10 years of his 16-year career with the 49ers and returned to end his career as one of the most prolific runners in league...
Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat uses offensive nickname for Yankees pitcherVideo
DETROIT — Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat referred to New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes as “Nestor the Molestor” during a broadcast Thursday, the second offensive remark in the past year by the 83-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher while calling a game. As Minnesota’s Chris Archer struck out Detroit star...
Idaho State assistant football coach charged with 2017 Arizona murderVideo
POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho State assistant football coach DaVonte’ Neal was arrested on suspicion of killing a man in Arizona, and the school intends to terminate his contract. Neal was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of drive-by-shooting and one count of discharging a firearm at a...
Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad sets U.S. Women’s Open amateur mark with 6-under-par 65Video
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Ingrid Lindblad decided months ago that she wanted to stay in college instead of turning professional. That might be a financial decision she comes to regret. The 22-year-old Swede shot the lowest round by an amateur in the 77-year history of the U.S. Women’s Open, a...
Former Masters champ Hideki Matsuyama disqualified from Memorial for club violationVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was disqualified Thursday when officials determined he had too much paint on the face of his 3-wood that he was using for alignment. It was the first time Matsuyama, who won the Memorial in 2014 for his first PGA Tour victory, was...
Pa. court orders contested ballots counted in Senate primary
HARRISBURG — A state court agreed Thursday night in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. In the decision, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer ordered counties to count...
Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’Video
WASHINGTON — “Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over Thursday night, as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.” If legislators fail to...
Transformative year: Black coaches now lead 50% of NBA teamsVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s an annual occurrence in the NBA. Teams change head coaches, and the roster of candidates who should get those jobs starts getting bandied about, and especially in recent years those lists almost always included Black candidates. Case in point: Ime Udoka, who is of Nigerian descent....
‘Kid Line’ helping Rangers get first series lead this playoffsVideo
The New York Rangers’ third line has been making valuable contributions all season, and the trio’s success in Game 1 against Tampa Bay is a big reason the team finally has a lead during a postseason series. Dubbed “The Kid Line” because of their ages — Filip Chytil is 22,...
Police: Multiple victims in Wisconsin cemetery shootingVideo
RACINE, Wis. — A shooting on Thursday afternoon at a cemetery south of Milwaukee resulted in multiple victims, police said. Racine police said on social media that numerous shots were fired about 2:30 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery in Racine, about 30 miles south of Milwaukee. Ascension All Saints Hospital, which...
Local governments reject $73 million in pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From small towns to big cities, every government across the U.S. was offered a slice of $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds to help shore up their finances, cover pandemic-related costs and invest in community projects. Officials in 1,468 local governments effectively said “no,” turning...
Explainer: Can GOP gov. candidate Mastriano make voters reregister?
HARRISBURG — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor, has made no secret of his endorsement of former President Trump’s assertion that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election. A state senator and retired Army colonel, Mastriano says he wants to make everyone reregister if they want to vote again....
White House: 1st shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first covid-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. White House covid-19 coordinator Ashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the last...
Illinois mom killed, 2 kids hurt parasailing in Florida KeysVideo
PIGEON KEY, Fla. — A woman from Illinois was killed and two young children were injured when a sudden storm prompted a boat captain to cut loose their parasail, which then dragged them across the ocean and slammed them into a bridge in the Florida Keys, authorities said. A nearby...
Red-hot summer job market awaits U.S. teens as employers sweat
WASHINGTON — Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone. The Pizza Factory’s 100 West Coast locations are desperately short of workers. With about 12 employees per store, they’re barely half-staffed...
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence, rejecting the movie mogul’s claim that the judge at his landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced him by letting women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the criminal case. The ruling by...
Coco Gauff, 18, to face No. 1 Iga Swiatek in final at French Open
PARIS — Coco Gauff sat plain-faced in her French Open changeover chair after moving one set away from her first Grand Slam final at 18 and calmly snacked on some cut-up pieces of pineapple and other fruit, seemingly without a care in the world. Her opponent in Thursday’s semifinals at...
Mastriano willing to talk to Jan. 6 committee, spoke to FBI
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has offered to sit for an interview with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and was interviewed by FBI agents last year about it, his lawyer said Thursday. Mastriano, a state senator and retired U.S....
Police: Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon he blamed for painVideo
A gunman who killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation and bought an AR-style rifle just hours before the rampage, police said Thursday. The gunman called the clinic repeatedly complaining of pain and...
‘Day by day:’ Uvalde survivors recover from wounds, traumaVideo
UVALDE, Texas — Bullet fragments lodged in the children’s arms and legs. Traumatic flashbacks flooding their nightmares. For the 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, healing will be slow in a community mourning the deaths of 21 others. As the tight-knit town of 16,000...
Monkeypox outbreak needs a united response, says WHO Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria — Africa must be part of a united global fight against monkeypox, the World Health Organization’s Africa office said Thursday, as countries in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere respond to unusual outbreaks of the disease. “We must have one connected global response to monkeypox to avoid it becoming...
Russia warns West of weapons repercussions, pounds Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the U.S and Germany in equipping the embattled nation with advanced weapons for shooting down aircraft and destroying artillery. Western arms have been critical to Ukraine’s success in stymieing Russia’s much larger and better-equipped military...
Ford to add 6,200 jobs near Ohio, Michigan and Missouri
DETROIT — Ford will add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio as it prepares to build more electric vehicles and roll out two redesigned combustion-engine models. The company says it will invest $3.7 billion in the three states between now and 2026. It also will convert about 3,000...
Howard Johnson’s: Last of once popular eateries closed in N.Y.
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The Howard Johnson’s restaurant in this upstate New York resort village — the last of the once-pervasive eateries serving food under orange roofs with blue spires — is closed. The restaurant just south of Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains did not open over Memorial Day...
Boston manhole blasts send 1 to hospital, force evacuations
BOSTON — Two manholes exploded in downtown Boston on Thursday morning, pouring smoke into the streets, forcing the evacuation of two buildings and sending one person to the hospital with burns, authorities said. The explosions, which also shattered a window, were reported around 8:30 a.m. near the High Street and...
