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WASHINGTON (AP) ” They dodge. They hedge. And, yes, they sometimes even fib ” or at least flip-flop. Presidential aspirants dreaming of the White House while running for reelection to congressional or state posts often face an uncomfortable question: Whatever your higher hopes ” and the timing they might demand ” will you commit to serving out a full term for the folks who vote for you now? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Like the rest of their teammates, Rodney Hammond and C'Bo Flemister have sat and watched Israel Abanikanda carry Pittsburgh's offense for most of a wildly uneven season.The ACC's leading rusher sidelined by an injury before Saturday's visit from No. 22 Syracuse, Hammond and Flemister were more than happy to pick up the slack for a program that calls itself œRB U." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge. Pacific islands leaders gathered Monday for the start of a two-day Washington summit. Many have been critical of rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” The New England Patriots don't panic. It doesn't matter the year, the opponent or even the quarterback.A sometimes lifeless loss to Miami in their opener was just that, an opener. A starting point the Patriots knew would in no way define their season. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Mitch Trubisky staked his claim to take over for the retired Ben Roethlisberger, throwing for 160 yards and a touchdown as the Pittsburgh Steelers eased past Detroit 19-9 in the NFL's preseason finale on Sunday afternoon.Trubisky, signed to a two-year contract in March, was at his best late in the first half. Working the œtwo-minute offense for the first time, Trubisky led the Steelers 92 yards in six plays, finishing off the crisp drive with a 6-yard strike to Steven Sims that gave Pittsburgh (3-0) a 16-point halftime lead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy, declaring Thursday that the former president is more interested in personal power than upholding the nation's core values and suggesting even mainstream Republicans are complicit.“The silence is deafening,” he said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Biden will speak Thursday night on the recent spate of mass shootings. The White House says he'll talk about his plans to press Congress on acting œto pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is taking lives every day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., left, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, confer as the House Judiciary Committee holds an emergency meeting to advance a series of Democratic gun control measures, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” Mexican President Andres Manuel L³pez Obrador agreed to spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to improve œsmart border technology during meetings Tuesday with President Joe Biden ” a move the White House says shows neighborly cooperation succeeding where Trump administration vows to wall off the border and have Mexico pay for it could not.A series of agreements the two countries hammered out as their leaders spoke called for several other concrete moves, including expanding the number of work visas the U.S. issues, creating a bilateral working group on labor migration pathways and worker protections and welcoming more refugees. Both also pledged to continue joint patrols for Mexico and Guatemala to hunt human smugglers along their shared border. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris twirls a Terrible Towel during a ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of his "Immaculate Reception" catch in the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, during the halftime of an NFL football game between the Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored œThe Immaculate Reception, considered the most iconic play in NFL history, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. He was 72. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris, named as offensive rookie of the year by The Associated Press, is pictured before a collage of posters in the team offices in Pittsburgh, Jan. 2, 1973. Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored œThe Immaculate Reception, considered the most iconic play in NFL history, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. He was 72. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Andrew McCutchen could have chosen to return to Pittsburgh out of sentimentality. Out of convenience. Out of sheer financial good sense. And while the outfielder can appreciate the symmetry of returning to the club he helped define during its brilliant if relatively brief return to relevance a decade ago, his decision to come back to the Pirates on Friday had little to do with history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with journalists after winning the House Speaker nomination at a House Republican leadership meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., talks the media, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, after voting on top House Republican leadership positions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. Omar faces a Democratic primary challenger who helped defeat a voter referendum to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Democratic House candidate Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to voters in Middlesex, Vt., on July 20, 2022. Gray is seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for Vermont's vacant U.S. House seat. The incumbent, Rep. Peter Welch, is running for the U.S. Senate. The Vermont primary is Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) ” In an abrupt change of course, the White House is now declining to comment on the frequency of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 testing regimen, even as it maintains that it would inform the public if he were to ever test positive for the coronavirus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Associated Press science writer Randolph E. Schmid is photographed on Oct. 3, 2007, at the Washington bureau of the AP. Schmid, who seldom missed a chance to add a whimsical touch to his authoritative stories, has died. Schmid was 78 when he died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at a nursing home in Falls Church, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) ” Randolph E. Schmid, a retired Associated Press science writer who seldom missed a chance to add a whimsical touch to his authoritative stories, has died. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed and a second officer was wounded when they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport, police said.Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said veteran officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz had just arrived at work around 11 p.m. Thursday when they heard breaking glass and saw several people breaking into a vehicle in the parking garage area. A confrontation ensued, and Mendez was shot multiple times. Ortiz was shot once in his arm, Stanford said, and one of the suspects was also wounded. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Rich Hill has agreed to a one-year contract with Pittsburgh, giving the Pirates another veteran arm for their rotation, according to a person familiar with the deal.The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the club had not announced the signing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden speaks at a United Steelworkers of America Local Union 2227 event in West Mifflin, Pa., Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, to honor workers on Labor Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden sits and talks to children before speaking at a United Steelworkers of America Local Union 2227 event in West Mifflin, Pa., Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, to honor workers on Labor Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' office said Friday that he has “no plans” to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, suggesting that doing so could hinder disaster response. “In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts,” DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern said in a statement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday meant to make shipping goods across oceans cheaper ” a move the White House says will help lower retailer costs that have remained high since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and helped fuel record inflation. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act passed the Senate unanimously via voice vote and garnered bipartisan House support. It empowers the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate late fees charged by carriers while prohibiting ocean carriers and marine terminals from refusing to fill available cargo space. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — New York's love affair with Phil Mickelson still appears to run deep. No matter the part of the state. No matter what tour he calls home.A year after the six-time major champion left the PGA Tour to become the de facto face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league — a move that kickstarted multiple lawsuits and a sometimes bitter war of words among the sport's biggest stars — Mickelson strolled around Oak Hill ahead of this week's PGA Championship as if nothing from his surprising triumph at Kiawah in 2021 has changed other than than perhaps his seemingly ever-shrinking waistline. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Blake Hinson tipped in a Jamarius Burton miss with 31 seconds remaining and Pittsburgh rallied past No. 20 Miami 71-68 on Saturday.The Panthers (15-7, 8-3 ACC) held the Hurricanes (16-5, 7-4) scoreless over the final 2:26 while closing on an 11-0 run to beat a ranked team for the third time this season to bolster its increasingly impressive NCAA tournament resume. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak at an event early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) tosses a glove to fans as he heads to the locker room following an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Don Wright) Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett (8) and Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson walk off the field after shaking hands at the end of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The Steelers won 28-14. (AP Photo/Matt Freed) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” The sound still catches Pat Freiermuth off guard. On the road anyway. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is raising money for his reelection campaign by offering donors the chance to meet himself and Barack Obama, meaning the former president will be entering the 2024 political fray earlier than he did during last year's midterms or the last presidential election. An email to supporters urged them to donate for a chance to “meet President Biden and President Obama” and featured a hypothetical text message chain where Biden writes “Hey pal, what do you say we band together to thank some grassroots supporters in person" and Obama replies “See you there” together with a smiling emoji wearing sunglasses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Kris Letang's power-play goal 1:38 into overtime lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.Letang's ninth goal of the season came after New York's Artemi Panarin was called for tripping Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin early in the extra period. Letang's blast from the point helped the Penguins strengthen their hold on the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Mike Tomlin is in no hurry to announce a starting quarterback. Publicly anyway.The way the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach figures it, placing either Mitch Trubisky or rookie Kenny Pickett atop the depth chart serves no real purpose. Not well more than a week to go before Pittsburgh opens the season in Cincinnati on Sept. 11. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mike Rizzo spent his first five years with the Washington Nationals painstakingly assembling a roster designed to make the club competitive enough to win a World Series.That vision became a reality in 2019 when the star-laden Nationals won the franchise's only championship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden listens as he attends virtually an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2022. Biden, who continues to recover from his coronavirus infection, spoke virtually with business executives and labor leaders to discuss the Chips Act, a proposal to bolster domestic manufacturing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with White House chief of staff Ron Klain from the Truman Balcony, Monday, July 25, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Nick Patti's long journey at Pittsburgh could end with one more unlikely start. The senior quarterback is in the mix to play when the Panthers (8-4) take on No. 18 UCLA (9-3) in the Sun Bowl because Kedon Slovis entered the transfer portal.Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said Monday that he is holding an open competition between Patti and freshman Nate Yarnell, who started in a victory over Western Michigan in September when both Slovis and Patti were out with injuries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden celebrates after signing an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) President Joe Biden signs an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ” New Hampshire Republicans on Tuesday were picking their party's candidate to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in a key midterm contest the GOP has long seen as winnable and which could ultimately decide control of the chamber after November. But a strong competitor in the GOP contest, which is capping primary season nationwide, is retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, a staunch conservative who Democrats ” and even some top Republicans ” believe is too far to the right for some swing voters in the general election. President Joe Biden carried New Hampshire by more than 7 percentage points, Bolduc has campaigned on a platform that includes lies that Donald Trump won the 2020 election and conspiracy theories about vaccines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Democratic Party on Saturday delayed a decision on potentially reordering its primary calendar for the 2024 presidential election until after November's midterm elections. The Democratic National Committee's rules committee had planned to decide during meetings in Washington beginning next week whether to recommend that presidential voting should continue to begin with Iowa and New Hampshire. That's amid calls by some party leaders and activists that more diverse states, including the current No. 3 and No. 4, Nevada and South Carolina, should move up. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” Randy Schmid, a retired Associated Press science writer who seldom missed a chance to add a whimsical touch to his authoritative stories, has died. Schmid, 78, died at a nursing home in Falls Church, Virginia, on Sunday, said Mike Bobal, whose late wife was Schmid™s cousin. Nursing home workers said he was watching TV and joking with staff the night before. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Boston Bruins have been playing hockey for nearly a century.Never, however, quite like this. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Joe Biden said Monday that the œSecond Amendment was never absolute and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting, there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman."I think things have gotten so bad that everybody™s getting more rational, at least that™s my hope, Biden told reporters before honoring the nation's fallen in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Baltimore's veterans kept telling their younger teammates they couldn't really consider themselves Ravens until they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.The kids were listening. Particularly the third-year running back who has spent most of the last two seasons dealing with a balky left knee and the third-string quarterback who signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Oregon and figured he'd be a fixture on the bench or inactive most weeks as long as Lamar Jackson is around. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” T.J. Watt felt the familiar and still indescribable jolt the moment he emerged from the tunnel.Two months spent standing on the sideline while his torn left pectoral muscle healed deprived the Pittsburgh star linebacker of the lifeblood that sustains him and the Steelers of a player that can change the arcs of games, if not entire seasons. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan providing student loan relief for millions of borrowers, while blaming Republican “hypocrisy” for triggering the day's Supreme Court decision that wiped out his original effort. Biden said his administration had already begun the process of working under the authority of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which he called "the best path that remains to provide as many borrowers as possible with debt relief.” [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Rory McIlroy's days as one of LIV Golf's most vocal critics may be over.The four-time major champion demurred Tuesday when asked to speculate what professional golf might look like down the road. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” The Cincinnati Bengals began the season with momentum and a fair amount of swag thanks to their stunning run to the Super Bowl a year ago.The Pittsburgh Steelers took it all away in the span of 3 1/2 hours in Week 1. Producing seven sacks and five turnovers while pulling off a 23-20 upset will do that. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak at an event early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Miguel Andºjar had three hits, Diego Castillo added two and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the playoff-bound St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Wednesday in the regular season finale.Kevin Newman, Rodolfo Castro and Ji Hwan Bae drove in runs for Pittsburgh. Manny Banuelos (2-1) picked up the win in relief and Johan Ramirez worked the ninth for his second save of the season ” first with the Pirates. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) President Joe Biden stands on stage with Vice President Kamala Harris and Jana Curtis, founder of Get the Lead Out Riverwards, before he speaks about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Najee Harris stopped paying attention to the circumstances long ago. Maybe because they almost never change for the Pittsburgh Steelers.It's going to get tight. It's going to get late. And Pittsburgh is going to somehow find a way. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Rodney Hammond ran for a career-high 124 yards and a touchdown while filling in for injured Israel Abanikanda and Pittsburgh shut down No. 22 Syracuse 17-9 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.The Panthers (5-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) relied heavily on Hammond and a defense that kept Orange freshman quarterback Carlos Del Rio-Wilson in check in his first career start. Pitt sacked Del Rio-Wilson six times and limited the Orange (6-3, 3-2) to 145 total yards in beating Syracuse for the 18th time in the past 21 meetings of the longtime rivals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have won in Week 1 before. They've dominated opponents the way they dominated the Cincinnati Bengals last week before. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president. Hurd said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that he was endorsing Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Donald Trump, will serve as special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden™s home in Delaware and at an office in Washington. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Hur's appointment Thursday, shortly after Biden acknowledged that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president was found in his personal library, along with other documents found in his garage. Hur is set to begin his work on the investigation soon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PITTSBURGH (AP) ” Rodney Hammond ran for a career-high 124 yards and a touchdown while filling in for injured Israel Abanikanda and Pittsburgh shut down No. 22 Syracuse 17-9 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.The Panthers (5-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) relied heavily on Hammond and a defense that kept Orange freshman quarterback Carlos Del Rio-Wilson in check in his first career start. Pitt sacked Del Rio-Wilson six times and limited the Orange (6-3, 3-2) to 145 total yards in beating Syracuse for the 18th time in the past 21 meetings of the longtime rivals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]