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Covid-19 and pregnancy: Women regret not getting the vaccine
PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Sometimes when she’s feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky to be here, holding her baby. Harrison was 29 weeks pregnant and unvaccinated when she got sick with covid-19 in August. Her...
Yankees re-sign manager Aaron Boone to 3-year contract
NEW YORK — Manager Aaron Boone was re-signed by the New York Yankees to a three-year contract with a club option for 2025 after four winning but unsuccessful seasons. Boone, a third-generation major leaguer who hit a pennant-winning home run for the Yankees in 2003, led the team to a...
Titans stop Josh Allen on 4th down, hang on to beat BillsVideo
NASHVILLE — Derrick Henry scored his third touchdown with 3:05 left, and the Tennessee Titans stopped Josh Allen on a fourth-down quarterback sneak in the final seconds to beat Buffalo 34-31 on Monday night, snapping the Bills’ four-game winning streak. The AFC East-leading Bills drove to the Titans 3 on...
N. Korea confirms missile test designed for submarine launch
North Korea announced Wednesday that it had tested a newly developed missile designed to be launched from a submarine, the first such weapons test in two years and one it says will bolster its military’s underwater operational capability. The test Tuesday was the fifth missile launch since September and came...
Kyle Schwarber, Red Sox slam Astros, lead ALCS 2-1Video
BOSTON — Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez walked off the mound with a six-run lead and a message for Carlos Correa and the rest of the Houston Astros: Now it’s Boston’s time. Tapping his wrist to mimic Correa’s Game 1 celebration, Rodriguez rode four more Boston homers — including Kyle...
Browns looking pretty average as injuries, losses mount
CLEVELAND — The injuries, and not just your run-of-the-mill bumps and bruises but significant ones to big-name players, are piling up quickly for the Cleveland Browns. So are the losses. Cleveland’s season, still just six games old, suddenly has gone astray. Picked to compete with the NFL’s elite and maybe...
Bengals get a gratifying complete game, gear up for Ravens
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow chalked up another first in his promising NFL career: resting on the sideline in the second half because his team had a comfortable lead. The second-year Cincinnati Bengals quarterback was all smiles Sunday watching backup Brandon Allen put the finishing touches on a 34-11 rout of...
Ravens looked good in every phase in rout of Chargers
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — At first, John Harbaugh said this was just one excellent game. It didn’t necessarily indicate anything about his team’s long-term prospects. Then, when asked whether a 28-point victory over another division leader might raise eyebrows around the NFL, Harbaugh admitted it probably would. “That’s OK with...
Browns RB Kareem Hunt out weeks with calf injury, Mayfield uncertain for ThursdayVideo
CLEVELAND — The Browns will be without one of their best offensive players for quite a while. He might have company on the sideline. Punishing running back Kareem Hunt is expected to miss at least one month because of a significant calf injury sustained against Arizona on Sunday, one of...
NHL suspends Evander Kane 21 games for covid violations
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games for submitting a fake covid-19 vaccination card. The league on Monday announced the suspension without pay and said Kane will not be eligible to play until Nov. 30 at New Jersey. Kane will...
SEC fines Vols $250,000 for fan behavior during Ole Miss gameVideo
KNOXVILLE — The Southeastern Conference has fined Tennessee $250,000 for fans stopping the Volunteers’ game with Mississippi for about 20 minutes throwing water bottles, beer cans, pizza boxes, hot dogs, a plastic mustard bottle and at least one golf ball onto the field late in the game. The league office...
Trump files lawsuit to block release of Jan. 6 documentsVideo
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to block the release of documents related to the Jan. 6 insurrection to the congressional committee investigating the attack, challenging the decision of President Joe Biden. In a federal lawsuit, Trump said the committee request was “almost limitless in scope,” and...
Russia’s coronavirus infections over 8 million; daily deaths high
MOSCOW — Russia’s total number of coronavirus infections has topped 8 million, more than 5% of the population, and the daily infection toll hit a new record. The national coronavirus task force said Monday that 34,325 new infections over the past day raised the pandemic total to 8,027,012. It also...
Kourtney Kardashian, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker engaged
LOS ANGELES — A day at the beach turned into a proposal for Kourtney Kardashian, who is now engaged to Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Kardashian posted two photos on Instagram of the proposal with the caption “forever.” A representative for the reality star and businesswoman confirmed Sunday that the couple...
Cam Newton says he’s vaccinated and ready for NFL returnVideo
Cam Newton says he has been vaccinated against contracting covid-19 and is ready to return to the NFL. The quarterback who was cut by New England just before the season began published a video on his YouTube channel saying it’s time to get back into pro football. He is a...
Gonzaga is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; UCLA, Kansas nextVideo
Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years. Mark Few’s Bulldogs start this season in the same position, hoping to complete that final step this time around. The Zags were the runaway top...
Lewes beach renamed to honor former Black business owner
LEWES, Del. — An eastern Delaware town has voted to change the name of one of its Delaware Bay beaches in honor of a former Black business owner. The beach in Lewes, formerly named Beach 2, will now be called Johnnie Walker Beach after the African American business owner who...
1st ETF linked to Bitcoin is set to make its debut
Interested in Bitcoin but don’t want to open a crypto trading account? Wall Street has something for you.ProShares said Monday it plans to launch the country’s first exchange-traded fund linked to Bitcoin. The ETF with the ticker symbol “BITO” is expected to begin trading Tuesday, barring any opposition from regulators....
Disney delays ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ ‘Black Panther 2’ releases
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back the release dates of many of its upcoming titles, including the untitled Indiana Jones movie and the Black Panther sequel “Wakanda Forever.” The company said Monday that the fifth Indiana Jones, a James Mangold-directed and Steven Spielberg-produced installment which sees...
More than 5 tons of cocaine seized from yacht in Atlantic Ocean
LISBON, Portugal — An international police operation has seized 5.73 tons of cocaine with a street value estimated at around $232 million on a yacht in the Atlantic Ocean, authorities said Monday. Portuguese police said the shipment was one of the largest hauls in Europe in recent years and the...
College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census, claiming they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complaining that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige. College communities such as State College, Pa.; Bloomington, Ind.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala., are exploring...
Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts. The law has been in effect since September, aside from a district court-ordered pause that lasted just 48 hours, and bans abortions...
Removing the %&*@ from Maine’s vanity plates will take time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine’s roads and highways isn’t going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has been unusually lax goes into effect Monday. Currently, there are license plates with salty language including f-bombs, references to...
EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’Video
The Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams. Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said it is taking a series of actions to limit...
Ford Foundation to divest millions from fossil fuels
The Ford Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, announced Monday that it will divest millions from fossil fuels, following similar investment decisions made by other sizable foundations in recent years. For years, climate activists have put pressure on endowed institutions, like Ford, to end their...
