NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore has died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound in his native Indiana, according to New Albany police. He was 25. Moore suffered a season-ending knee injury in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start in the league with the Arizona Cardinals. Moore was with the Atlanta Falcons in 2024 and the Minnesota Vikings in 2025. He never played in a game for either of them. Moore was a first team All-American in 2018 for Purdue and drafted by Arizona in the second round in 2021.
No. 3 Duke has made a statement by outhustling and outplaying top-ranked Michigan. The Blue Devils ended the Wolverines’ 11-game losing streak with a 68-63 win on Saturday night before a riveted crowd at Capital One Arena in Washington. Freshman star Cameron Boozer and the Blue Devils could return to the nation’s capital five weeks from now to play in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Duke was projected earlier Saturday as the No. 1 seed in the East. Coach Jon Scheyer says he’s thankful his team got to play in a “tournament environment.”
Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke handed another neutral-site loss to fellow blueblood Michigan, knocking off the top-ranked Wolverines 68-63 in a raucous possible Final Four preview in the nation’s capital. The Wolverines had won 11 straight and replaced Arizona atop the AP Top 25 this week. The now-fourth-ranked Wildcats won at No. 2 Houston earlier Saturday, making it the first time since Feb. 8, 2025 that the teams ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the poll lost on the same day.
Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died. He was 75. His family and manager confirmed his death in social media posts Saturday. Colón was a trombonist, composer, arranger and singer. He recorded more than 40 albums that have sold tens of millions worldwide. He collaborated with a wide range of artists, including the Fania All Stars, David Byrne and Celia Cruz. He blended jazz and rock with classic Latin rhythms. His album “Siembra” with Rubén Blades became a genre landmark. Colón also worked in civil rights groups and city government. He later acted in films and TV shows.
JPMorgan Chase now confirms it closed Donald Trump’s bank accounts after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The admission in a court filing is the latest development in a lawsuit over allegations of political “debanking.” Trump sued last month for $5 billion and says the closures hurt his businesses. JPMorgan seeks to move the case from Florida to New York, where the accounts sit. Trump also accuses the bank’s leader, Jamie Dimon, of misleading conduct and claims the bank put him on a reputational blacklist. JPMorgan says the suit lacks merit.
Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings by the committee that will select the 68-team men’s field for the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines were joined by Duke, Arizona and Iowa State as the 1-seeds in Saturday’s reveal show on CBS. The Cyclones got the last No. 1 seed ahead of UConn and Houston. Saturday’s reveal is a snapshot of where things stand with less than a month left until Selection Sunday. Generally the teams listed above the cutline for a top-four regional seed stay there. Selection Sunday is March 15. The Final Four is in Indianapolis.
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press
Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to Jeffrey Epstein, saying a law used to force the recent public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed papers Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamation lawsuit brought by late Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell. The lawyers say the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress in December violates the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine. Giuffre, who alleged sex abuse by several men who knew Epstein, took her own life last year.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier. Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday,” by the U.S. Supreme Court. After the court ruled he didn’t have the emergency power to impose many sweeping tariffs, Trump signed an executive order hat enabled him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax on imports from around the world.
NASA’s new moon rocket has suffered another setback, almost certain to bump astronauts’ lunar trip into spring. The space agency revealed the latest problem on Saturday, just one day after targeting March 6 for humanity’s first flight to the moon in more than half a century. Officials say that overnight, the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage was interrupted. Solid helium flow is required for launch. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the repairs can only be done in the Florida hangar. He says that will take March out of consideration for launch for the Artemis II mission. The next opportunity would be in April.
Blizzard warnings have been issued for New York City, New Jersey and coastal communities along the East Coast as a late-winter storm approaches. The National Weather Service on Saturday increased its assessment of the potential severity of a storm that was anticipated to be less ferocious only days earlier. The weather service said up to two feet of snow was possible as it issued blizzard warnings for New York City, Long Island, southern Connecticut and coastal communities in New Jersey and Delaware. The weather service said the storm could arrive quietly on Sunday with rainfall in some places before worsening, delivering up to two feet of snow before it ends on Monday.
Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89. The Pirates announced his death on Saturday. Pirates owner Bob Nutting said Mazeroski, who died Friday, “was one of a kind, a true Pirates legend.” The Pirates retired Mazeroski’s No. 9 in 1987. The club had a statue of him erected on Bill Mazeroski Way in 2010.
In the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent. Decades later, the state of New Mexico is set to investigate a little known but troubling history that haunts Native families. New Mexico legislators approved a measure this week to have state agencies examine the history, scope and continuing impacts of forced and coerced sterilization by the Indian Health Service and other providers. Outside of a 1976 U.S. Government Accountability Office report, the federal government has never acknowledged this history.
By STEVEN SLOAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
On Saturday, governors gather for the annual National Governors Association dinner after a tense week. President Donald Trump has mocked the group’s leaders and initially blocked Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and Gov. Jared Polis from a White House working meeting. He reversed course late. The meeting then ended early after Trump reacted to a Supreme Court ruling Friday that strikes down his tariff policy. Dozens of Democrats had threatened to boycott the dinner Saturday if members of their party were blocked from the working meeting. But even after Moore’s attendance, some said they still wouldn’t show up Saturday.
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MORGAN LEE - Associated Press
At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers. Communities are objecting to mass detentions and raising concerns that the facilities could strain water supplies and other services while reducing local tax revenue. In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased space for detainees. That’s led to shock and frustration even in areas that have backed President Donald Trump. This is happening as public support for ICE and Trump’s immigration crackdown sags.
Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline. On Friday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó blamed Ukraine for the halt and called it “blackmail.” Oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia have been disrupted since Jan. 27, after Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline. Hungary and Slovakia accuse Ukraine of delaying the restart, without evidence. Hungary has also stopped sending diesel to Ukraine. The standoff highlights Hungary’s continued reliance on Russian energy, and its repeated threats to veto EU support for Kyiv.
Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members. Officials from the militant group say eight of their fighters were killed in the strike near the village of Rayak in eastern Lebanon, including three local officials. The officials spoke on Saturday. An AP team saw a three-story building with its top floor destroyed. The Israeli military says it hit Hezbollah missile units at command centers in the Baalbek area. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the strikes killed 10 people — including two foreigners — and wounded 24, including three children.
Ukrainian drones have hit an industrial facility deep inside Russia, which a Russian news report identified as a major missile factory. Officials in Russia’s Udmurt Republic say the attack injured 11 people. An unofficial Russian news channel on Telegram, Astra, said Ukrainian drones struck the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, a major state defense enterprise. Astra said its claim was based on an analysis of footage from local residents. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities.
Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The Trump administration says its tariffs help boost American manufacturers and reduce the trade gap. But many U.S. businesses have had to raise prices and adjust in other ways to offset higher costs spurred by the tariffs. It remains to be seen how much relief businesses and consumers will actually get from Friday’s ruling. Within hours of the court’s decision, Trump pledged to sign an executive order imposing a 10% tariff on all imports that would last 150 days.
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What is going to happen to the money the government has already collected in import taxes that have now been declared unlawful? Companies have been lining up for refunds ahead of the court’s decision. But consumers, hoping for a refund on higher prices they paid when companies passed along the cost of the tariffs, are unlikely to be compensated. And the way forward is unclear and could prove chaotic.
War veterans with severe injuries from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have taken the stage in Kyiv in an adaptation of Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s “Eneida.” It’s a Ukrainian reimagining of Virgil’s “Aeneid.” The amateur troupe spent nearly a year preparing for the play’s premiere this week at the National Academic Molodyy Theatre. The production, adapted by director Olha Semioshkina, blends epic poetry with the actors’ personal wartime stories, humor and resilience. Despite air raid warnings and blackouts, the premiere ended with a standing ovation and a message to the country’s veterans: Come out, live, and don’t close yourself off.
The British royal family sought to carry on with their normal duties in the hours after the former Prince Andrew was arrested. The king attended the first day of London Fashion Week. Queen Camilla attended a lunchtime concert, and Princess Anne visited a prison. The decision to continue their usual activities was more than just an example of British stoicism in the face of the monarchy’s biggest crisis in almost a century. It was the opening act of the House of Windsor’s fight for survival as the arrest of the former Prince Andrew threatens to undermine public backing of the monarchy.
Utah mom Kouri Richins is set to go on trial after being arrested and charged with her husband’s death. She self-published a children’s book on grief called “Are You With Me?” after her husband died in 2022. She told a local TV station that writing it helped her and her three sons cope with the loss. Weeks later, she was shockingly arrested and charged with murder in her husband’s death. Richins has vehemently denied the allegations. Her lawyers hope to convince a jury that she is telling the truth when her trial begins Monday in Park City.
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect. The full court voted 12-6 to lift a block placed on the law that a lower court first issued in 2024. In the opinion released Friday, the court said it was too early to make a judgment call on the constitutionality of the law. But the six judges who voted against the decision wrote a series of dissents, some saying that the law exposes children to government-endorsed religion in a place they are required to be, presenting a clear constitutional burden.
The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” It said Friday’s strike killed three people. A video linked to the post shows a boat floating in the water before bursting into flames. Friday’s attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 148 people in at least 43 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
By SAM McNEIL and CLAUDIA CIOBANU - Associated Press
Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. On Friday, France, Poland, Germany, the UK, and Italy signed an agreement tied to a program known as LEAP. The goal is to spot and stop low-cost drones without burning through expensive missiles and fighter jets. Poland points to a September 2025 incident when Russian drones entered its airspace and NATO used costly jets. EU officials say Europe is boosting defense as US criticism of NATO raises anxiety about long-term security.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank. The Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem’s Old City, took place for the first time since a shaky ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect in October. Israel restricted the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the West Bank to 10,000 on Friday, and only allowed men over 55 and women over 50 as well as children up to 12. It has imposed similar restrictions in the past, citing security concerns.
Eric Dane shared his thoughts about his life and a final message for his daughters in a new episode of a Netflix series called “Famous Last Words.” The actor died on Thursday, less than one year after he announced an ALS diagnosis. “Famous Last Words” is adapted from a Danish show where a person is interviewed in secret and the footage is not released until after their death. The Netflix version is hosted by Brad Falchuk. This is the second episode of “Famous Last Words.” The first was with primatologist Jane Goodall who died in October. That interview is also available on Netflix.
UCLA coach Mick Cronin says he has apologized to Steven Jamerson II after sending him to the locker room during a blowout loss at Michigan State. Cronin says he initially thought Jamerson committed a dirty foul, but he later watched film of the play that occurred late in the 23-point loss and changed his mind. The foul still drew a flagrant-1 ruling, but that wouldn’t have merited Jamerson’s ejection by the referees. Cronin joked that Jamerson asked him for $10,000 more in NIL money. The coach says he needs to be more careful with his public comments.
Minnesota right-hander Pablo López will have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery. The news was expected once the Twins discovered their ace’s torn ulnar collateral ligament. The team says López’s surgery will be next week in Texas. He turns 30 early next month. It will be the second Tommy John surgery for López. He was a minor leaguer the first time and missed the 2014 season. López ended a bullpen session early during the Twins’ first full-squad workout Monday. The UCL tear was announced the next day.
Melania Trump says it’s “incredible” to see the gown she wore to the 2025 inaugural balls on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. On Friday, she continued the tradition of first ladies donating their inaugural ball gowns to the museum by handing over the strapless white and black-trimmed gown. She also donated the bejeweled black neckpiece that she wore with it. It’s the second inaugural gown she has turned over to the museum’s First Ladies Collection. Melania Trump also donated her 2017 gown.
All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Earlier this week, the Transportation Department said 557 driving schools should close because they failed to meet basic safety standards. And the department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.
NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test. Administrator Jared Isaacman says launch teams made “major progress” between the first countdown rehearsal that was disrupted by hydrogen leaks earlier this month and the second test that was completed without significant seepage Thursday night. NASA could launch four astronauts on the Artemis II mission as soon as March 6. To keep their options open, the three Americans and one Canadian plan to go into a two-week health quarantine Friday night.
Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy has agreed to a new contract after leading the Brewers to division titles and getting selected as NL manager of the year each of his first two seasons. Murphy’s contract had been set to expire at the end of the season if he hadn’t agreed to a new one or an extension. He had taken over as Milwaukee’s manager after predecessor Craig Counsell let his contract run out after the 2023 season and then signed a lucrative deal with the rival Chicago Cubs. Murphy owns a 190-134 record as Milwaukee’s manager. The Brewers didn’t release terms when announcing the deal Friday.
For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous content. Now, these tech giants are getting a chance to make their case in courtrooms around the country, including before a jury for the first time. Some of the biggest players from Meta to TikTok are facing federal and state trials that seek to hold them responsible for harming children’s mental health
Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left to help Canada survive another scare at the Olympics, rallying to beat Finland 3-2 in the semifinals and advance to the men’s gold-medal game. Shea Theodore tied it just past the midway point of the third period after Sam Reinhart started the comeback from down two goals. Canada will face either the U.S. or Slovakia in the final on Sunday. Sidney Crosby did not play against Finland, but Canada has not ruled its captain out of returning.
Major League Soccer opens its 31st season this weekend, kicking off one of the most consequential stretches in the league’s history. There’s the impact of the World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer, then in 2027 MLS will switch to a summer to spring schedule to align with its international counterparts. The league has dubbed this phase MLS 3.0. The MLS season kicks off with LAFC and Miami playing at the Los Angeles Coliseum before an anticipated crowd of some 70,000 fans.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and SEUNG MIN KIM - Associated Press
President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump’s remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington. The tensions between the longtime adversaries have ramped up as the Trump administration pushes for concessions from Iran and has built up the largest U.S. military presence in the Middle East in decades.
The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ALS is rare. In 2022, there were nearly 33,000 estimated cases. Researchers project that cases will rise to more than 36,000 by 2030. ALS is slightly more common in men than in women and tends to strike in midlife, between the ages of 40 and 60. Dane, known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” died this week at age 53.
President Donald Trump suffered a rare rebuke when the Supreme Court ruled against his tariff agenda. The decision Friday throws U.S. trade policy back into uncertainty. Trump has built his economic message around tariffs and the deals that he says they force. He argues they bring factories and jobs back. He also warns that losing them harms the economy. The White House says it is looking for other laws to keep tariffs in place. Democrats say the decision proves Trump broke the law. Polling from AP-NORC finds that most adults oppose tariffs and expect higher prices.
The state of women’s hockey is on the rise after a competitive Olympic tournament and coupled with launch of PWHL. Though the U.S. and Canada met in the gold medal final for a seventh time in eight Olympics, other nations showed the competitive gap just might well be closing. And that’s a direct result of the the third-year league’s influence. The largest margin of victory was six goals, four years after Canada routed Switzerland 10-3 in the semifinals at Beijing. The league and sport were also banking on a post-Olympic boost, with the PWHL season set to resume next week.
A Portland, Oregon, company is recalling nearly 3.4 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice products sold at Trader Joe’s stores and in Canada. The products may contain pieces of glass. Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. pulled Trader Joe’s Chicken Fried Rice. Another recalled product, Ajinomoto Yakitori Chicken with Japanese-Style Rice, was sold in Canada. The problem was detected after four consumers complained of finding glass. No injuries have been reported. Consumers should not eat the product.
President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Now that he’s president again, Trump has stocked his administration with many people who have promoted his falsehoods and in some cases helped him try to overturn his loss. The first concrete action from Trump’s mandate to investigate the 2020 election was the seizure in late January of ballots and election records from Fulton County in Georgia, a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta. The county has long been a target of election conspiracy theorists aligned with Trump.
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MATT OTT - AP Economics Writers
America’s gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — increased at an 1.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, down from 4.4% in the July-September quarter and 3.8% in the quarter before that. A downturn in government and consumer spending contributed to the slowdown in fourth-quarter growth, the government said. Consumer spending rose just 2.2%, a significant slowdown from the third quarter’s healthy 3.5% gain. The U.S. economy grew 2.2% in 2025, down from 2024’s 2.8% expansion.
A key inflation gauge accelerated in December, a sign that many prices are still rising more quickly than most Americans would prefer — and faster than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2% a year. The figures show that inflation remains elevated, even as it has come down from a peak near 7% in 2022. With many prices still rising more quickly than they did before the pandemic, the report points to a key reason that many Americans remain unhappy with the economy, even as unemployment remains low and growth is solid.
President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Now that he’s president again, Trump has stocked his administration with many people who have promoted his falsehoods and in some cases helped him try to overturn his loss. The first concrete action from Trump’s mandate to investigate the 2020 election was the seizure in late January of ballots and election records from Fulton County in Georgia, a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta. The county has long been a target of election conspiracy theorists aligned with Trump.
Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States. That’s according to congressional documents and an arms control group. Both U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden tried to reach a nuclear deal with the kingdom to share American technology. Nonproliferation experts warn any spinning centrifuges within Saudi Arabia could open the door to a possible weapons program for the kingdom. The kingdom’s assertive crown prince has suggested he could pursue a nuclear weapon if Tehran obtains an atomic bomb.
Four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, where an estimated 3 million to 5 million people live. Life in shattered cities and villages alike remains difficult, with residents facing problems with housing, water, power, heat and health care. Across the illegally annexed regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, Russian citizenship, language and culture has been forced upon residents, including in school lesson plans and textbooks. Some say they live in fear of being accused of sympathizing with Ukraine. Many have been imprisoned, beaten and killed, according to human rights activists.
India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations’ warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi’s unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil. The decision aligns India closely with Washington’s efforts to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and critical technologies at a time geopolitical competition with China is intensifying. It also signals a reset in relations following friction over energy trade and tariffs. Nations that have joined the Pax Silica framework include Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and Israel.
By DORANY PINEDA and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press
The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most. Extensive research has found that Black, Latino, Indigenous and other racial and ethnic groups are more vulnerable to the health consequences from climate change than white people. The Environmental Protection Agency, in a 2021 report, concluded the same. That EPA report found, for example, that Black people were 40% more likely to live in places with the highest projected increases in deaths because of extreme heat driven by climate change.
Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence imposed by a Seoul court for his short-lived declaration of martial law but didn’t clearly say whether he would appeal. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon denounced the judiciary and maintained that his poorly-planned power grab in December 2024 was “solely for the sake of the nation and our people.” Yoon, who was removed from office amid a political crisis set off by his unsuccessful power grab, has long rejected the eight criminal cases brought against him for what prosecutors described as a coup attempt and other allegations.
