December 2019

By JOHN MARSHALL TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Wyoming wanted to make the most of its bowl game after being passed over in the postseason last year. Giving a freshman quarterback his first career start didn’t seem like the best approach to accomplishing that goal. Levi Williams handled it just fine and the Cowboys are riding…

By DOUG FEINBERG PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has offered her condolences to the family of late radio personality Don Imus, who used a racial slur to describe the Scarlet Knights in 2007 after the team lost the national championship game to Tennessee. The 79-year-old Imus died last week of complications…

By HOLLY RAMER CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would enact federal drinking water standards for a group of toxic chemicals that have caused widespread contamination in New Hampshire and other states. New Hampshire recently set some of the nation’s toughest standards for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively…

By STEVE MEGARGEE MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bijan Nichols kicked a 23-yard field goal with two seconds remaining and No. 21 Navy capitalized on a fourth-down gamble in the final minute to beat Kansas State 20-17 in the Liberty Bowl on Tuesday. A Navy team with the nation’s top-ranked rushing attack set up the winning…

By TERESA M. WALKER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill does not hide his emotions on the football field, celebrating big plays with a fist pump or punctuating his own touchdown run by raising the ball up into the air. He’ll even run down a defender after an interception and tackle. Now the No. 8…

By BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge that he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he’s accused of killing, according to court documents. In a court filing Christmas Eve in Los Angeles Superior Court, lawyers for…

By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — After a year of nirvana, investors may need to get ready for something a little more normal. Markets are coming off a fabulous 2019, where stocks and bonds around the world climbed in concert. But for the next year — and decade, in fact — Wall Street is…

By ELI PACHECO CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lynn Bowden Jr. outplayed Virginia Tech all day with his feet. Then he closed them out with his arm. “Ya’ll said I couldn’t throw, so over the top it goes,” Bowden joked after the game. Bowden ran for 233 yards on 34 carries, and then tossed a 13-yard…