Author: AP National Writer
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Charitable giving in US tops $400 billion for first time
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — Fueled by a surging stock market and huge gifts from billionaires, charitable giving in the United States in 2017 topped the $400 billion mark for the first time, according to the latest…
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For Anthony Bourdain, food was a storytelling tool — and a passport
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many people thought Anthony Bourdain had the most enviable career in existence. He didn’t deny it. “I have the best job in the world,” the globe-trotting food-taster and culinary storyteller once told the New Yorker…
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Bettor sues harness-racing trainer for loss linked to doping
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — An aggrieved harness-racing bettor has gone to court to recoup more than $31,000 in winnings he said he was cheated out of when a doped horse won a race in New Jersey…
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WADA looks for power to sanction cheating countries, sports
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MONTREAL — After Olympic officials ignored their advice to suspend Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, World Anti-Doping Agency leaders are looking to fast-track new rules that could prevent a similar scenario for future…
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Meeks shoots, and rebounds, and saves the day for Tar Heels
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GLENDALE, Ariz. — North Carolina missed the shots. No surprise there. Kennedy Meeks saved the game. No surprise there, either. Meeks, the only Tar Heel who could shoot straight Saturday night, grabbed the game-saving offensive…
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George W. Bush paintings book coming in 2017
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — The next book from former President George W. Bush will be more about pictures than words. “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors” will feature 66 oil paintings…
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Missy Franklin: I’ve got skillz, but Trotters have to wait
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OMAHA, Neb. — Missy Franklin wants everyone to know: She’s got some hoops skillz. That said, the Harlem Globetrotters will have to wait. Swimming remains her main focus. “I haven’t been thinking too much about…
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Injuries to both long snappers forced Raiders to go for 2
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — When the Oakland Raiders went for a 2-point conversion following a touchdown that put them ahead by three against the Broncos, it initially looked like one of the strangest coaching decisions of the…
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AP report on slave-peeled shrimp spurs calls for boycott
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — U.S. officials and human rights activists called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work…