Wizards cancel practice in latest COVID issue for NBA

The Washington Wizards say two of their players are going on the NBA's health and safety protocols list, the latest in a wave of bad news related to the coronavirus pandemic for the league in recent days.

Trump says 'tremendous anger' in nation over impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the House set to impeach, President Donald Trump is blaming Democratic congressional foes for “tremendous anger” in the country and last week's deadly attack on the Capitol by his supporters …

US shifts to speed vaccinations; won't hold back 2nd doses

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots after a slow start that ha…

Trudeau shuffles Cabinet, names astronaut foreign minister

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday and made the first Canadian to soar into space his foreign minister.

Lynch, Cardona, Cannon finalists for Salute to Service honor

NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch, New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona, and Atlanta Falcons executive Steve Cannon are finalists for the NFL Salute to Service Award.

Trump takes no responsibility for violent insurrection at Capitol, says remarks to supporters were 'totally appropriate'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump takes no responsibility for violent insurrection at Capitol, says remarks to supporters were 'totally appropriate.'

Despite virus, thousands party in streets after Alabama win

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of excited football fans partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State 52-24 for

Parker slams 'scandalous' decision to rearrange Fulham match

LONDON (AP) — Fulham manager Scott Parker slammed the Premier League on Tuesday for rearranging his team's game against Tottenham with only two days of notice, saying the decision is “scandalous.”

Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station bid adieu Tuesday to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science.

Review: 'MLK/FBI' explores the roots of an American ill will

There's an iconic photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that was taken as he triumphantly boarded one of the first integrated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Dutch see new coronavirus infections fall, credit lockdown

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands has fallen for the second week in a row, its public health institute said Tuesday, calling the decrease “the first effect" o…

Priest who spoke at Sen. Kennedy's funeral denies sex abuse

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse.

With Sheldon Adelson's death, Netanyahu loses key supporter

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday mourned the passing of U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, one of Netanyahu’s staunchest American supporters, lauding his efforts to bol…

Another record decline reported in US cancer death rate

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer.