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FILE - U.S. player James Brewer is checked after a hard fall during the team's men's basketball final against the Soviet Union at the Olympics in Munich, Sept. 10, 1972. Russia won 51-50. Members of the 1972 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team have talked about finally retrieving those silver medals they vowed to never accept and left behind in Germany. No, they still don't want them for themselves. They believe the medals belong in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but the latest attempt to get them from the International Olympic Committee has been thwarted. (AP Photo, File)
Efforts to put '72 Olympic medals in hoop Hall thwarted

By Brian Mahoney Sep. 09, 2022 01:31 AM EDT

FILE - Lindsey Vonn shows medals from her career as she holds a press conference after taking the bronze medal in the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall

Jun. 06, 2022 11:10 AM EDT

Justin Thomas watches his second shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
Riviera has a new president and big events headed its way

By Doug Ferguson Feb. 22, 2022 11:13 AM EST

Ginobili, Chambers, Whalen among 1st-time hoop hall nominees

Dec. 21, 2021 05:08 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are...

Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Doug Wilson, Kim St-Pierre, Kevin Lowe, Jarome Iginla, Marian Hossa and Ken Holland pose for a photograph in Toronto, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Iginla highlights class inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

Nov. 15, 2021 10:43 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Quad-City Times. June 9, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to step up Unfortunately, the people of Davenport have become...

Chicago's Adler Planetarium won't fully reopen until 2022

Jun. 26, 2021 09:17 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — While most of Chicago’s cultural institutions have reopened their doors, the Adler Planetarium won’t do so fully until next year. ...

Baseball Hall of Fame induction set for full capacity

Jun. 21, 2021 04:09 PM EDT
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Baseball Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony is returning to its standard seating format, opening the door for another big crowd. ...

Wisconsin Veterans Museum to re-open in July

Jun. 10, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Veterans Museum plans to reopen next month after state officials shut it down for 16 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

FILE - Former quarterback Peyton Manning motions to the crowd during the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, file photo. Peyton Manning was unanimously elected to the Broncos Ring of Fame on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Manning will be honored during the Broncos’ game against Washington at Empower Field at Mile High on Halloween. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Peyton Manning going into Denver Broncos Ring of Fame

By Arnie Stapleton Jun. 09, 2021 04:40 PM EDT

Baseball Hall delays induction to Sept 8. to allow crowd

Jun. 09, 2021 11:36 AM EDT
COOPERSTOWN, N,Y. (AP) — Baseball's Hall of Fame is moving this year's induction ceremony for Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller...

State vaccination grants target harder-to-reach groups

Jun. 08, 2021 11:01 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — About $3.2 million in grants and contracts have been awarded to community-based organizations to increase awareness and access to the COVID-19...

FILE - In this June 4, 2012, file photo, a man looks at a photo, believed to be taken by a former People's Liberation Army soldier at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Hong Kong’s second ban on an annual vigil for victims of the bloody June 4, 1989 crackdown on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square protest movement and the closure of a museum dedicated to the event may be a further sign that the ruling Communist Party is extending its efforts to erase the event from the collective consciousness from the mainland to Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
China's silencing of Tiananmen tributes extends to Hong Kong

By Zen Soo Jun. 02, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

Officers from Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ask questions to staff next to a huge photo of candlelight vigil at the "June 4 Memorial Museum" run by The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China in Hong Kong Tuesday, June 1, 2021. The Hong Kong museum commemorating the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989 has been shut down days after its opening, as authorities continue to crack down on activities related to the event. The museum, which opened on Sunday and was meant to last until June 4, was closed on Wednesday by the organizers after authorities investigated the venue for not having the relevant licenses required for public exhibition. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Hong Kong's Tiananmen museum shuts down amid investigation

By Zen Soo Jun. 01, 2021 11:42 PM EDT

Weekend brings full reopening to Chicago's Navy Pier

May. 29, 2021 08:38 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's Navy Pier has fully reopened its outdoor entertainment options and nearly all indoor facilities after the coronavirus pandemic forced...

Maine to finally celebrate 200th; state surpasses shot goal

May. 26, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — The bicentennial parade that will celebrate 200 years of Maine statehood will finally take place in August after a long delay caused by...

Pro Football Hall of Fame to open all its exhibits Friday

May. 25, 2021 07:08 PM EDT
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame is going to open all its exhibits on Friday, including several exhibits and areas that had remained offline...

A museum employee poses for photographers next to Roman era gladiatorial helmets and a shield, during a media preview for the "Nero: the man behind the myth" exhibition, at the British Museum in London, Monday, May 24, 2021. The exhibition, which open to visitors on May 27 and runs until October 24, explores the true story of Rome's fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome's Nero

By Jill Lawless May. 24, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Florida governor signs 'tax holidays' into law

May. 21, 2021 12:50 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSatis agreed to temporarily suspend sales taxes on back-to-school supplies, emergency preparedness purchases and...

West Virginia library honored with top national award

May. 19, 2021 04:38 AM EDT
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A public library in West Virginia was honored as one of six libraries and museums nationwide that made great contributions to their...