By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station was a cramped, humid, puny three rooms when the first crew moved in. Twenty years and 241 visitors later,…
In empty white out, No. 3 Ohio State beats Penn State 38-25
By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Justin Fields doesn’t need the energy of 110,000 people mostly rooting against him in a stadium to put on a show. The Ohio State quarterbac…
On pandemic ‘learning loss,’ schools look forward, not back
By PATRICK WALL of Chalkbeat and KANTELE FRANKO of The Associated Press Chalkbeat and Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was lost by student…
Illinois authorities extradite Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been extradited to stand trial on homicide cha…
Russia’s reputation, Olympic status on trial for doping
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Russia’s status as an Olympic team, and its reputation as a serial cheater in international sports, goes on trial next week in more legal fallout from t…
Court-ordered robocalls sent to ‘electoral terror’ victims
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 30,000 recipients of what a judge described as “electoral terror” robocalls designed to scare people from voting in four states including Oh…
Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A power company under investigation for its role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians fired it…
‘So frustrating’: Grave missteps seen in US virus response
By MATT SEDENSKY and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A president who downplayed the coronavirus threat, scorned masks and undercut scientists at every turn. Governors who resisted or roll…
Report: US knew of problems family separation would cause
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Months before the Trump administration separated thousands of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, a “pilot program” in Texas left child-welfare offic…
Fair housing groups: Redfin ‘redlines’ minority communities
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Several fair housing organizations accused Redfin of systematic racial discrimination in a lawsuit Thursday, saying the online real estate broker offers…