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Asano scores, Bochum stretches Frankfurt’s winless run

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Japan forward Takuma Asano has scored for Bochum to hold Eintracht Frankfurt to 1-1 in the Bundesliga and stretch the home team's winless streak to seven games across all competitions. Only Randal Kolo Muani's first-half penalty prevented worse for Frankfurt. It ...

At Final Four, UConn in familiar territory as it faces Miami

HOUSTON (AP) — All this buzz about how a wildly unpredictable March Madness led to a Final Four nobody could've possibly seen coming overlooked one small detail. UConn. When the Huskies tip off against Miami in Saturday's second semifinal, they will be two wins away from their fifth ...

Russia clashes with US over tactical nukes for Belarus

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and the U.S. clashed in the United Nations on Friday over Moscow's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which neighboring Ukraine denounced as a desperate Kremlin attempt to avoid military defeat and "threaten the world with nuclear ...

Former US intel director’s daughter gets 35 years for murder

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home, prosecutors announced. Sophia Negroponte, 30, of Washington, D.C., was convicted ...

TikTok top attorney reiterates safety measures for users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday the Biden administration hasn't given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in Congress last week. During a panel conversation at a conference in San Francisco that ...

Fiery derailments renew Americans’ focus on railroad safety

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Americans are renewing their focus on railroad safety after a string of recent derailments, especially two fiery ones involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota that prompted evacuations. Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more ...

Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a "court-enforceable settlement agreement" Friday to revamp policing in the city where George Floyd was murdered by an officer nearly three years ago. The agency issued a blistering report last ...

Probe of deadly Black Hawk crash begins as Army IDs victims

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The nine service members who died in a crash involving two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states, the military said Friday, as it released the identities of the soldiers and an investigative team continued its probe of ...

Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment. Supporters of transgender rights ...

Tornado slams Little Rock, shreds rooftops, flips vehicles

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A tornado raced through Little Rock and surrounding areas Friday, splintering homes, overturning vehicles and tossing trees and debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. The city's main trauma center said it was expecting at least 15 to 20 patients. There were ...

Judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge's ruling Friday set the stage for a dramatic springtime trial on whether Fox News bears financial responsibility for airing false allegations that a voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald ...

North Dakota governor vetoes transgender pronouns bill

North Dakota's Republican governor vetoed a bill that would generally prohibit public schools teachers and staff from referring to transgender students by pronouns other than those reflecting the sex assigned to them at birth. The state Senate voted 37-9 to override the veto Thursday ...

How California reparations proposals could become law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Reparations for Black residents in California will move to the state Legislature once a first-in-the-nation task force submits its recommendations and findings by July 1. But the task force will not propose a cash restitution amount for individuals, opting instead ...

Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460M ‘slip-and-fall’ scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A longtime Las Vegas attorney was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he orchestrated a $460 million Ponzi scheme spanning multiple states, from Nevada and Utah to California and Arizona. The eight-count indictment accusing Matthew Wade Beasley of wire fraud and money ...

House GOP approves broad bill to ‘unleash’ American energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden's agenda to address climate change. The legislation would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting ...

Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

Though far from the only U.S. president dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first indicted on criminal charges. Two others, like Trump, found themselves impeached by Congress — Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair ...

Funerals set for Nashville school shooting’s 6 victims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for the six people killed in this week's school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny morning ...

Longtime LA politician guilty on federal corruption charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime Los Angeles politician was convicted Thursday on federal corruption charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he promised to help steer a multimillion-dollar government contract to the University of Southern California if his son got a scholarship and a ...

San Diego County supervisor to resign after assault lawsuit

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The chair of San Diego County's board of supervisors said he will resign amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a government employee, completing a swift and shocking fall for a decorated Marine combat veteran whose star rose with his Democratic Party's ascendancy in the ...

Trump indictment throws 2024 race into uncharted territory

NEW YORK (AP) — The historic indictment of former President Donald Trump thrust the 2024 presidential election into uncharted territory, raising the remarkable prospect that the leading contender for the Republican nomination will seek the White House while also facing trial for criminal ...