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The Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office says Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke after confronting rioters on Jan. 6 and died of natural causes. Investigators initially believed the officer was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, based on statements collected early in the investigation. They later thought Sicknick may have ingested a chemical substance — possibly bear spray — that may have contributed to his death. But the determination of a natural cause of death means the medical examiner found that a medical condition alone caused his death. The determination is likely to significantly inhibit the ability of federal prosecutors to bring homicide charges in Sicknick’s death.

With groups of players from 20 NFL teams saying they will skip in-person attendance, voluntary offseason programs began Monday across the league. Through the NFL Players Association, players from the Super Bowl champion Buccaneers and 19 other clubs posting statements that they would not be on hand at team facilities for voluntary work. Those statements did not cover every player from those teams. On Monday, some players reported to the Cowboys, Patriots and Panthers facilities. The league and players’ union remain in talks about adjustments to the offseason.

The new film “ Together Together ” has a great premise: A single, straight man wants to be a father and decides to hire a surrogate to help. It’s fertile territory that has been fairly unexplored in popular art and…

The attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death outlined the disputed concept of excited delirium at trial. Eric Nelson wanted to show that the force his client, Derek Chauvin, used was objectively reasonable given Floyd’s resistance. One officer at the scene can be heard on video asking whether the struggling Floyd might be experiencing excited delirium. Nicole Mackenzie, a Minneapolis police training officer, told the jury that new officers are taught how to recognize the signs. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher said during closing arguments Monday that Floyd didn't exhibit any of those signs in his interactions with officers in the minutes before he died.

Firefighters in Cape Town have finally brought a wildfire under control after it swept across the slopes of the city’s famed Table Mountain and forced the evacuation of some neighborhoods. The blaze burned the historic library and other buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town. More than 250 firefighters were deployed to the slopes of the mountain to battle the fire which started early Sunday and was brought under control more than 24 hours later. Four firefighters were injured. One man has been arrested on suspicion of arson for setting additional fires although a city official said it's not clear if he was responsible for starting the main blaze. 

It's shaping up as perhaps the most polarizing idea in European soccer for more than a generation. The Super League project announced in the early hours Monday by 12 clubs would make winners and losers worldwide if it overcomes widespread resistance to kick off as soon as August. Club owners would expect to become richer and players to be better paid if the 20-team competition delivers the commercial revenue. Fans from outside Europe are being prioritized over supporters in their own local communities. UEFA and its current Champions League broadcast partners stand to lose the most.

A lawyer says Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death. Lawyer Alexei Liptser said Navalny was transferred Sunday from a penal colony east of Moscow to a hospital for convicts in a prison in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of the capital. Liptser visited Navalny on Monday afternoon and said “in general his look indicates he is really unwell.” Russia’s state penitentiary service only reported the decision to transfer Navalny in a statement in the morning.

The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation. Aides and officials also tell The Associated Press that the Justice Department is dispatching specially trained community facilitators. Closing arguments began Monday in Chauvin’s trial with a prosecutor telling jurors that the officer “had to know” he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as he cried over and over that he couldn’t breathe and finally fell silent.

Tom Thibodeau says the same things that worked when he was a New York Knicks assistant coach in the 1990s still go into winning now. For the first time in years, that's just what the Knicks are doing. Led by All-Star Julius Randle, they have won six consecutive games. That's their longest winning streak in seven years. At 31-27, the Knicks are in good shape for their first playoff appearance since 2013. That wasn't expected this season, but the Knicks have quickly taken to Thibodeau's defense-first style.

There are two winners of a $20 million contest to make products from carbon dioxide emitted by power plants. Both made concrete that trapped the greenhouse gas so it can't contribute to climate change. XPRIZE organized the contest at a coal-fired plant in Wyoming and a gas-fired plant in Alberta. XPRIZE announced Monday that Los Angeles-based CarbonBuilt and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure Technologies will share $15 million. The other $5 million went to 10 finalists in 2018. On Thursday, XPRIZE will launch a $100 million contest backed by entrepreneur Elon Musk to capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana will be suspended at sunset Monday.  The Coast Guard does not expect to find more survivors from the vessel. The grim news comes after days of searching for the missing workers from the oil industry lift boat Seacor Power, which capsized Tuesday during a fierce storm in the Gulf of Mexico south of Port Fourchon. Six of the 19 workers on the boat were rescued within hours of the wreck; five more bodies were found in the water. Eight remain missing.

New York Yankees players and staff are restless and so are fans. A 5-10 start, the franchise's worst in 24 years, has shaken a team that expects to contend for a World Series title. New York’s .210 batting average is next-to-last in the American League. The Yankees’ 55 runs entering Monday tied Detroit for the AL low. Ace Gerrit Cole is 2-1 with a 1.82 ERA and the rest of New York’s starters are 1-6 with a 6.39 ERA. Twelve errors have led to 10 unearned runs.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian man with a knife attacked and wounded five people Monday at a mosque in the capital, police said, as investigators tried to determine a motive for the attack. Rudolf Nikolli, 34, entered the Dine…

Joey Gallo is getting on base a lot for the Texas Rangers without going out of the park. Gallo has only one homer but has reached base in each of his first 15 games this season. His other 10 hits are all singles, and he has an MLB-high 15 walks. He's seventh in the majors with his .453 on-base percentage. It is a big shift for the 27-year-old slugger. He reached 100 career homers faster than any other American League player, and when he did it in 2019 he had only 93 singles. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil liberties groups are asking the Supreme Court to give the public access to opinions of the secretive court that reviews bulk email collection, warrantless internet searches and other government surveillance programs. The groups say in an…

Tottenham has fired Jose Mourinho after only 17 months in charge and just as he was preparing to coach the club in the League Cup final. Mourinho was hired in November 2019 to replace Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine had unexpectedly led the London club to the Champions League final before the team collapsed the following season. Mourinho failed to get Tottenham back into the Champions League and has overseen another collapse this season. The team was in first place in December but a run of poor results has seen it fall to seventh place.