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WASHINGTON (AP) — The NHL Players’ Association has hired U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its executive director. The union said Thursday its executive board with representatives from all 32 clubs unanimously approved Walsh’s appointment. Walsh will begin his new role in mid-March. The NHLPA had been searching for a new executive director to take over for Don Fehr since April, when a 10-player search committee was formed to […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jonathan Gannon said multiple times Thursday that he’s a big believer “in being where your feet are.” His two feet have taken him through quite the whirlwind over the past 96 hours. Gannon was officially introduced as the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach on Thursday morning, just four days after the Super Bowl, his final game as defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles lost 38-35 […]

DALLAS (AP) — Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the probe, according to state prosecutors. The move is the latest development in the federal investigation into Paxton, who came under FBI scrutiny in 2020 after his own top deputies accused him of bribery […]

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak traveled to Northern Ireland on Thursday evening to meet with local political leaders, offering hope that the U.K. and European Union may be nearing a settlement of the post-Brexit trade dispute that has brought economic headaches and political turmoil to the region. Sunak and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris are making the trip as part of an effort to talk with people […]

DALLAS (AP) — Texas prosecutors: Justice Department officials in Washington to take over probe of state AG; local office now recused. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression, his office said Thursday. Fetterman, who has struggled with the aftereffects of a stroke he suffered last May, checked himself in Wednesday night, it said. “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not hear arguments as planned March 1 in a case involving a Trump-era immigration policy used several millions of times over the past three years to quickly turn away migrants at the border. The justices on Thursday removed from their calendar the case involving Title 42, which justified the quick expulsion of migrants on public health grounds. A court spokeswoman provided […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday. He was 81. McCarver’s death was announced by baseball’s Hall of Fame, which said he died Thursday morning in Memphis, […]

PHOENIX (AP) — “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King has been chosen to receive the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University. The honor is given every year by the university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. King is expected to attend a Feb. 21 awards luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Phoenix. She is the 39th recipient of the award. Past honorees include […]