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Police union sues NYC to stop vaccine mandate implementationVideo
NEW YORK — New York City’s largest police union filed a lawsuit Monday to keep a covid-19 vaccine mandate for police officers from going into effect, calling it a “draconian imposition.” The Police Benevolent Association, which represents about 24,000 police officers in the New York Police Department, filed its lawsuit...
Zach Wilson out 2-4 weeks; Jets trade for Joe Flacco
NEW YORK — The New York Jets will try to turn around their season without Zach Wilson for a few games. The rookie quarterback has a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will be sidelined two to four weeks, coach Robert Saleh confirmed after Wilson had an...
Police: 2 die, 6 injured in Idaho mall shooting
BOISE, Idaho — Police in Boise said Monday two people were killed and six injured — including a police officer — in a shooting at a shopping mall. A suspect has been taken into custody. At a news conference authorities said they were working their way through each business at...
Packers place Davante Adams on covid-19 list; defensive coordinator Joe Barry tests positive
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers likely will have to face the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals without 2020 All-Pro receiver Davante Adams and defensive coordinator Joe Barry. General manager Brian Gutekunst announced Monday afternoon that the team has placed Adams on the reserve/covid-19 list. That announcement came just over...
Pennsylvania lawmakers get started on bills aimed at lobbyist influence
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives on Monday began advancing a package of bills aimed at lobbyist influence, including limiting gifts from lobbyists and prohibiting lobbyists from trying to influence an elected official for whom they also worked as a campaign strategist. The bills won passage in the House...
Texas Tech fires Matt Wells after demoralizing loss
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech fired coach Matt Wells on Monday, two days after the Red Raiders couldn’t hold a two-touchdown halftime lead in a loss at home to Kansas State. Wells had a shot at his first winning record in his third season with the Red Raiders, but an...
Sheriff: Child’s remains, 3 abandoned siblings found in Texas home
HOUSTON — The skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, a sheriff said. One of the children, a 15-year-old, called the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday afternoon and told authorities that...
Missouri tornado confirmed as storms sweep into IllinoisVideo
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado that thrashed the southwestern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and into Illinois overnight damaged buildings and knocked out power, but left no serious injuries. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-3 tornado...
2 border agents fired for offensive Facebook posts
Two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers, investigators said Monday in the most detailed public account yet of an episode that tarnished the agency’s reputation. Most agents’ penalties were significantly reduced...
Analysis: Tom Brady’s latest milestone another untouchable record
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s latest milestone is another untouchable one. Brady became the first player to throw 600 career touchdown passes and then tacked on two more in Tampa Bay’s 38-3 rout over Chicago on Sunday. Seven Super Bowl rings, 602 TD passes, 81,479 yards passing. And he’s still...
Fab Four of July acquisitions lead Braves to World Series
HOUSTON — The Atlanta Braves had just stumbled again, losing their seventh straight attempt to reach .500. “This isn’t going to define our season, this series,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said that night at New York’s Citi Field. Little did he know. Two days later, general manager Alex Anthopoulos obtained...
Ohio reports more deaths than births for 1st time in state history
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the first time in state history, Ohio recorded more deaths than births last year, a development experts say was expedited by covid-19. The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday that roughly 143,661 Ohioans died last year while 129,313 were born, according to data from the Ohio Department of...
Panel OKs data for redrawing Pa. Assembly, Congress district maps
HARRISBURG — The five-person commission redrawing Pennsylvania General Assembly district lines gave its approval on Monday to adjusted and validated census-based data they will use to craft preliminary maps over the coming months. “Even though we have 90 days to develop a preliminary plan under the provisions of the state...
Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. joins Mariners ownership group
SEATTLE — Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is investing in the Seattle Mariners in a way he never has before. He’ll be part of the ownership group going forward. The Mariners announced Monday that their most famous former player has also become the first one to purchase a stake...
Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax
WASHINGTON — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package. Biden said Monday he felt “very positive” about reaching agreement on his...
Moderna says its low-dose covid shot works for kids 6-11
Moderna said Monday that a low dose of its covid-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer joins its rival Pfizer in moving toward expanding shots to children. Pfizer’s kid-size vaccine doses are closer to widespread use. They are undergoing evaluation by the...
UN: Greenhouse gas levels hit a new record, cuts fall short
GENEVA — Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade despite a temporary reduction during pandemic lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report published Monday. The news came as the United Nations...
China to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Children as young as 3 will start receiving covid-19 vaccines in China, where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks. China becomes one of the very few countries in the world to start vaccinating children that young...
Carson Wentz leads Colts to rain-soaked win over 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Colts coach Frank Reich wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice. After being burned by a conservative third-down run call late in a loss to Baltimore two weeks ago, Reich put the ball in Carson Wentz’s hands this time — and it paid off. Wentz...
Hertz order for Teslas ranks among biggest-ever EV purchasesVideo
DETROIT — Hertz announced Monday that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, one of the largest purchases of battery-powered cars in history and the latest evidence of the nation’s increasing commitment to EV technology. The purchase by one of the world’s leading rental car companies reflects its confidence...
Tesla wants to keep secret its response in Autopilot probe
DETROIT — Tesla wants to keep secret its response to the U.S. government’s request for information in an investigation of its Autopilot partially automated driving system. The electric vehicle maker sent a partial response by a Friday deadline to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is investigating how the...
First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince
NEW YORK — Minnesota’s Congressional delegation on Monday is introducing a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his “indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture,” the Associated Press has learned. The medal is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors and past recipients...
Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister
CAIRO — Sudan’s military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country’s shaky progress toward democracy. Security forces opened fire on some of the crowds, and two protesters were...
Road-blocking climate protesters resume campaign in London
LONDON — Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade resumed a road-blocking campaign in London on Monday ahead of the United Nations’ annual climate conference. As commuters headed to work, demonstrators from the Insulate Britain campaign obstructed a major artery into Canary Wharf, a...
People or profit? Facebook papers show deep conflict within company
Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product — not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted, decade-old image as a benevolent company just wanting to connect the world. Thousands of pages of internal documents provided to Congress by a former employee depict an internally conflicted...
