Week In Pictures: 7-13 January 2017

In a quarterback battle that currently doesn’t have a set date to determine a winner, rookie Bo Nix is off to a good start. Denver’s players were not in pads and couldn’t tackle during organized team activities and mandatory minicamp, so there’s still room for more evaluation. But Nix’s decision-making, quick release and maturity have impressed players and coaching staff. “His composure speaks volumes,” cornerback Pat Surtain II told The Denver Post.

By DAVE SKRETTA (AP Sports Writer) PINEHURST, N. C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler spent his opening round at the U. S. Open in a strange situation. He was over par. The world’s top-ranked player had played 21 holes all season when he was over par for a tournament, yet that’s where Scheffler found himself after a bogey at the par-4 third on Thursday.

NEW YORK — In a region that provides few tests, the United States views the Copa America as its last significant challenge ahead of the 2026 World Cup. “A World Cup on home soil is the biggest thing that you know we’ll probably do in our career,” star attacker Christian Pulisic said.

FASANO, Italy — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes. Biden, following the conclusion of a news conference held at the Group of Seven summit of the world’s wealthiest democracies, responded he would not when asked whether he plans to commute the sentence for his son.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United States. White House officials are closing in on a plan that would tap Biden’s executive powers to shield spouses of U.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court. Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday the committee obtained information from Crow that Thomas took three trips, and at least six flights, on Crow’s private jet in 2017, 2019 and 2021.