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Kraken add Marshawn Lynch, Macklemore as minority ownersVideo
SEATTLE — The expansion Seattle Kraken are adding some additional star power to their ownership group. The Kraken announced Monday that Grammy winner Macklemore and former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch are joining the minority investor group. The two are taking small stakes in the franchise but bringing big ideas...
Judge orders FBI to produce records on Civil War gold hunt in Pennsylvania
The FBI might not have found any Civil War-era gold at a remote woodland site in Pennsylvania — but it’s definitely got records of the agency’s 2018 dig, and will soon have to turn them over to a father-son pair of treasure hunters. A federal judge has ordered the FBI...
Pa. Senate candidate Dave McCormick earned $22M as hedge fund CEO
Dave McCormick earned more than $22 million last year as CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, a job he quit to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to a financial disclosure form that offered the public its first detailed look at the candidate’s finances. McCormick and his wife...
AP source: Kimberly Guilfoyle meets with Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, met with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection Monday — more than a month after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers — according to a person familiar with the matter. Guilfoyle, 53, arrived...
Column: Bristol on dirt was messy, unusual entertainmentVideo
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Credit must be given to NASCAR for at long last shaking up the status quo and trying new things, no matter how outlandish the idea. Progressive thinking is how the Cup Series wound up back at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway for a second consecutive year, this time...
Commanders send letter to FTC denying financial improprietyVideo
WASHINGTON — The NFL’s Washington Commanders denied several allegations of financial impropriety in a letter sent Monday to the U.S Federal Trade Commission. The 19-page letter including testimony, emails and other documents came as a response to the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee asking the FTC to look into...
Sensors were adjusted on ride where teen fell to death in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released...
AP source: Browns, CB Ward agree on $100M contract extensionVideo
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward has agreed to a five-year, $100.5 million contract extension with the team, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press on Monday. Ward’s deal includes $71.25 million guaranteed, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity...
Florida judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travelVideo
A federal judge in Florida on Monday voided the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. The mandate, recently extended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, covered a vast array...
Twitter says poison pill makes ‘coercive’ takeover difficult
DETROIT — Twitter’s board of directors says it adopted a “poison pill” defense in order to protect the social media platform from “coercive or otherwise unfair” takeover tactics. The company announced the move Friday and provided more details in a regulatory filing early Monday. On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
Olympic champ Jepchirchir wins 50th women’s Boston Marathon
BOSTON — Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all. The 28-year-old Kenyan won a see-saw sprint down the stretch Monday, when the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon returned to its traditional...
Abortion training under threat for med students, residents
Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of standard physician education. But for many U.S. medical school students and residents who want to learn about abortions, options are scarce. And new restrictions are piling up: Within the past...
Wall Street drifts as rate worries offset strong profits
Stocks are drifting in mixed trading Monday, as worries about interest rates and inflation keep a lid on Wall Street despite some better-than-expected profit reports. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher, coming off its second straight week of losses. Like it, the other two major U.S. stock indexes also flipped...
Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy protection
VICTORIA, Texas — Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business...
Kyle Busch steals Bristol win as Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe crash
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch backed into the record book by stealing a win at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. That’s what he’d say if it had been anyone else, right? Busch won his first race of the season Sunday night by sliding past the leaders as Tyler Reddick and Chase...
Biden to require U.S.-made steel, iron for infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking a key step to ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material. The guidance being issued Monday requires that the material purchased — whether it’s...
Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
SARAJEVO, Bosnia — Regardless of how the Russian war in Ukraine ends, getting justice for human rights abuses suffered during the conflict will inevitably be a long and painful process for those who survive to tell of the atrocities they witnessed. That’s the message from survivors of Bosnia’s 1992-95 internecine...
Ukrainian governor: Russian strikes kill at least 6 in Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Monday, killing at least six people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on infrastructure in preparation for an all-out assault on the east. Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city after...
U.S., South Korea urge North Korea’s return to talks after missile tests
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea said Monday that Washington and Seoul agreed on the need for a strong response to Pyongyang’s recent spate of missile tests, although they remain open to dialogue with the country. Sung Kim flew to South Korea for talks two...
Perfect spring weather greets Boston Marathon’s April returnVideo
BOSTON — The daffodils have sprouted, the fall foliage has all been raked away, and the Boston Marathon is back in the spring where it belongs. The world’s most prestigious marathon will return to the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square on Monday, three years after the last Patriots’ Day...
Spieth beats Cantlay with playoff bunker shot to 7 inchesVideo
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation. He made an even bigger shot at Habour Town’s signature hole in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage. Spieth’s 56-foot shot from...
Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy surrender-or-die demandVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian fighters holed up in a steel plant in the last known pocket of resistance inside the shattered city of Mariupol ignored a surrender-or-die ultimatum from the Russians on Sunday and held out against the capture of the strategically vital port. The fall of Mariupol, the site...
Stefanos Tsitsipas successfully defends title in Monte CarloVideo
MONACO — Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first repeat champion at the Monte Carlo Masters since Rafael Nadal in 2018 with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win against unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday. “It’s a great feeling because we had the crowd this year,” the third-seeded Greek said after winning the...
Tax Day laggards: Consider filing for extension if in a rush
WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes and this year is no exception. Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper...
FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it. The FDA said during the weekend it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year. “The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration...
