2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…
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Cowboys’ Durde grows as 1st Brit to coach full time in NFL
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Aden Durde is the first British-born coach to get…
Continue Reading Quick shines with 27 saves as Kings smother Stars 4-0
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe and Arthur Kaliyev scored as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Dallas Stars 4-0.…
Continue Reading Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champ Demaryius Thomas dies at 33
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas has died at the age of 33. Police in the Atlanta suburb…
Continue Reading Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…
Continue Reading Spurs topple Nuggets 123-111, snapping two-game skid
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Derrick White had 23 points, Lonnie Walker IV added 21 and the San Antonio Spurs never…
Continue Reading Blair breaks record, No. 18 Texas A&M women win in rout
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Kayla Wells scored a season-high 25 points to lead No. 18 Texas A&M to an 88-43 rout of Texas Southern. Texas…
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Judge: Texas abortion law’s enforcement mechanism not valid
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled the enforcement scheme behind the nation’s strictest abortion law…
Continue Reading No. 23 Seton Hall edges No. 7 Texas 64-60 for 2nd top-10 win
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jared Rhoden scored 18 points and made the go-ahead basket as No. 23 Seton Hall knocked off its…
Continue Reading WNBA teams to play record 36 games in regular season
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA regular season will begin May 6 and the 12 teams will each play a record 36 games.…
Continue Reading Brewers sign 1B Jonathan Singleton to minor league contract
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Singleton has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The former heralded first base prospect is…
Continue Reading Seahawks’ Duane Brown set to face former team for first time
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Offensive tackle Duane Brown will get to see his former team for the first time since getting…
Continue Reading GM CEO says making ventilators changed the company culture
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors says the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to…
Continue Reading Slain Texas cop remembered for faith, love of family
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A suburban Dallas police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a domestic dispute in a supermarket parking lot…
Continue Reading Texan accused of role in Capitol breach while holding a beer
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man has been arrested after federal authorities accused him of participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the…
Continue Reading Drivers playing video games? US is looking into Tesla case
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Last August, Vince Patton was watching a YouTube video of a Tesla owner who had made a startling…
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McCarthy returns to Cowboys: ‘We’re going to win this game’
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he…
Continue Reading Texas jury awards $301B settlement in suit against bar
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has awarded a largely symbolic settlement of more than $301 billion in a lawsuit against a Corpus Christi…
Continue Reading Travis Scott says he was unaware of deaths until after show
The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott says in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld…
Continue Reading How redistricting is killing competition for House seats
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press One casualty of this year’s congressional redistricting process across the country is the swing seat in a…
Continue Reading Cyclones RB Hall, Bears’ Aranda, Pitre win AP Big 12 honors
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Iowa State running back Breece Hall is The Associated Press Big 12 offensive player of the year for the second…
Continue Reading Penn State hires first woman, person of color to head school
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The Penn State trustees on Thursday named the University of Louisville’s president Neeli Bendapudi to succeed…
Continue Reading American cites Boeing delay in trimming international plans
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is dropping some international flights from its plans for next summer because…
Continue Reading FCS quarterfinals feature 6 former national champions
By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Many of the perennial contenders are still in the title chase as the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs…
Continue Reading Chopin’s last piano gets its 19th-century features back
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed is being renovated by a…
Continue Reading Hutchinson leads Mayo Clinic Comeback Player semifinalists
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson, Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan and Baylor linebacker Terrel…
Continue Reading Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming
By CALEB JONES Associated Press COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — Scientists are trying to speed up coral’s evolutionary clock to build reefs that…
Continue Reading Golden Knights rally for 5-4 win, end Stars’ 7-game run
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone had two goals and Max Pacioretty scored the winner as the Vegas Golden Knights…
Continue Reading Julián Araujo makes Mexico debut after switching from US
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Right back Julián Araujo made his Mexican national team debut in a 2-2 exhibition draw against Chile, almost exactly one year…
Continue Reading Doncic scores 26, Mavs rally past Grizzlies to end skid
By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 26 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 19 as Dallas used a fourth-quarter…
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