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Bobb, who has monitored and overseen implementation of police reforms stemming from a 2011 Justice Department investigation, said SPD “desperately needs a new chief from outside the organization to put it back together.” Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. Thousands of tests, minimal to no positive COVID-19 test results. So as the NCAA gets set announce its plans for the…

GENEVA (AP) — For the first UEFA-organized game in six months with fans inside the stadium, the European soccer body detailed on Monday its demands for the Super Cup in Budapest despite Hungary closing its borders to most non-residents during the pandemic. Medical examinations plus proof of a negative test for COVID-19 in the previous…

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke coach David Cutcliffe says Chase Brice’s game experience at Clemson helped him earn the Blue Devils’ starting quarterback job for Saturday’s season opener at No. 10 Notre Dame. Brice is a graduate transfer who spent the past two seasons as Trevor Lawrence’s backup with the Tigers. He was battling redshirt…

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced an Islamic State group suspect to life in prison over the New Year’s Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that left 39 people dead in 2017. The suspect, Albulkadir Masharipov of Uzbekistan, was convicted of 39 counts of murder and one count of attempting…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Peters is back at left tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. Peters, a nine-time Pro Bowl pick and two-time All-Pro, was playing right guard during training camp and reportedly wanted more money to return to left tackle. But Eagles coach Doug Pederson said Peters walked into his office Monday morning and told…

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A handcuffed Florida man died after bolting from police custody and jumping into Boca Ciega Bay, where he drowned, authorities said. Treasure Island police arrested Donnie Brownlow Jr., 33, after responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday evening around 7:40 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported. He was in custody on…

ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit his second career grand slam — and second of the series — leading the Atlanta Braves to a 10-3 win over Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals on Sunday. Josh Tomlin (2-2) allowed one run in six innings as Atlanta split the four-game series. Marcell Ozuna drove in four…

Ferrari is in trouble. Double trouble. In its worst display at its home circuit for 70 years, both Ferrari cars failed to finish the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Italian team has had double retirements at the so-called Temple of Speed before — with the last such incident coming in 1995. But never before…

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a sacrifice fly to complete a two-run 10th inning and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Sunday. Ji-Man Choi tied the game with an RBI double off Brandon Kintzler (1-3) to begin the 10th and pinch-runner Brett Phillips advanced to third…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — An attorney in Virginia is facing state bar accusations that he tried to get a jailed client to have a three-way sexual relationship with him and another female client. A Virginia State Bar subcommittee certified the allegations against Virginia Beach attorney Scott A. Lehman last month, the Virginian-Pilot reported Friday.…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley survived the Baltimore Ravens’ final cut and is poised to return for a second season behind Lamar Jackson and Robert Griffin III on the depth chart. Baltimore’s initial 53-man roster, formed after Saturday’s moves, offered no real surprises. The Ravens appear stocked with veteran…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Outside linebacker Vic Beasley Jr. passed his physical Saturday and now is on the Tennessee Titans’ active roster. The Titans also waived 27 players to trim the roster to 53 by the NFL’s deadline. Beasley was the Titans’ big free agent signee in March, then the linebacker was 10 days late…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian singer and actress Annie Cordy, who recorded several popular hits and was made a baroness by King Albert II, has died, the government announced Friday. She was 92. Cordy, born Leonie Correman, was one of the French-speaking world’s best-loved musical comedy performers. “Annie Cordy was an accomplished artist whose humor and…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A white former South Bend police officer whose fatal shooting of a Black man last year roiled then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge stemming from an alleged on-duty sexual encounter he had a month before that shooting. A plea agreement filed Wednesday…

WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) — A white woman faces a felony hate crime charge after police said she initiated a racist confrontation with a group of Black men at a beach in suburban Chicago, telling them they weren’t allowed there and that one of them would kill her because he’s Black. Irene Donoshaytis, 65, of Northfield,…