LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1. It would authorize public schools and community colleges to close on Diwali. State employees could elect...

Whitmer made road repairs her priority this year. The Legislature’s fiscal agencies estimate the wholesale tax will generate $420 million in new revenue to go towards the annual $1.8 billion road funding plan. But analysts predict the additional tax will inevitably lead to a drop in sales. The wholesale tax will be levied on the sa...

CHICAGO (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Chicago Cubs play a win-or-go-home game, this time against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday in Game 3 in their best-of-five NL Division Series. Once again, the Cubs will turn to Jameson Taillon. Taillon tossed four scoreless, two-hit innings against the San Diego Padres last Thurs...

The U.S. will play in Puerto Rico in March for the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Americans, who have already qualified for the World Cup next year in Germany, are in a pool with Italy, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Senegal and Spain. The U.S. will open competition on March 11 vs. Senegal, followed by Puerto Rico a day later. Th...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jesper Boqvist scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Florida Panthers, after raising their second straight Stanley Cup banner, opened defense of the title by beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night. Mackie Samoskevich — getting his second assist, the fifth two-point game o...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s live buffalo mascot Ralphie VII appears to be a big fan of a certain yacht rock song. So much so that it inspired her new nickname of Brandy. The 1-year-old bundle of 700-pound energy earned her moniker after the Ralphie Handlers squad noticed she took a liking to the 1972 hit tune “Brandy (You’re a...

Baylor and Auburn have moved their September 2026 game from the Tigers’ Jordan-Hare Stadium to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium to provide name, image and likeness opportunities to Auburn players. According to a press release, Auburn’s players will be able to engage in NIL opportunities tied to ticket sales, surrounding events and t...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The opening game of the WNBA Finals was the most watched Game 1 since the league’s inaugural season. An average of 1.9 million viewers watched Las Vegas edge Phoenix 89-86 on Friday night, according to ESPN. That was up 62% from last season’s matchup of New York and Minnesota. The game peaked with 2.5 million viewe...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon has been fined $100,000 by the team after a heated sideline altercation with Emari Demercado following the running back’s costly fumble during the team’s 22-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans, two people with knowledge of the penalty said. The people spoke to The Associated P...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Novak Djokovic needed medical attention after losing the second set but recovered to beat Jaume Munar 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in hot and humid conditions at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. After losing a long rally by sending a forehand wide to end the second set, Djokovic slumped to the ground and remained sprawled on his b...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The trials for the two former school police officers facing charges over the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, will be delayed, and one will be moved out of the city where the attack occurred, their lawyers said Tuesday. Former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of a Black handcuffed inmate took part in an act of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.” Mathew Galliher, Nicholas Kieffer and David Kingsley are charged with murder and first-degree manslaughter in the dea...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs and died at an unlicensed daycare center while the owner napped, according to police. Stacy Wheeler Cobb, the 48-year-old owner who held the daycare at her home in Valdosta, 228 miles (367 km) south of Atlanta, has been charged with second-de...

SUFFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A man charged last month in the 1973 slaying of a woman in Connecticut died while serving time for kidnapping and sexual assault in another cold case. George Legere, 77, was found unresponsive in his cell Friday night at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. He was pronounced dead early...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president’s authority and who controls the Guard. A judge in California has ruled that the deploy...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ask California women’s coach Charmin Smith about her team’s first run of cross-country travel for Atlantic Coast Conference games last year, and she’ll shrug off the question about the challenges of doing it. “We’re in the ACC, we’re happy to be in the ACC,” she said Tuesday during the league’s preseason medi...

Fox and its related networks will televise next year’s World Baseball Classic, obtaining U.S. English and Spanish rights to the tournament. Seven games from the upcoming WBC, including the title game, will be aired on Fox, the network announced Tuesday. In 2023, Fox broadcast the U.S. opener against Britain, as well as the champion...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana state police have released video evidence in a deadly 2024 car crash that authorities contend was caused by reckless driving by Kyren Lacy, a former Louisiana State University football star who took his own life days before a grand jury was convened to review the case. The 11-minute video released...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights center Jack Eichel said Tuesday that Connor McDavid’s below-market extension to stay with Edmonton has no bearing on his contract talks with Vegas. McDavid gave the Oilers a hometown discount, signing a two-year, $25 million deal on Monday that keeps him in Edmonton through 2028. The three-time MVP c...

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The pain and anger was just beginning for Penn State players as handfuls of UCLA fans stormed the Rose Bowl to celebrate their Bruins’ upset win on Saturday. The Nittany Lions, ranked second in the country just two weeks earlier, still had a nearly seven-hour flight home, where they’d have to relive their...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general claimed Tuesday that the online gaming platform Roblox has become a “playground for predators” as he announced a lawsuit accusing the company of lax child safety measures. The Kentucky suit, filed by his office Monday in a state court, is the latest action alleging that the wildly p...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — There are a couple of minor dings these days in the Stanley Cup, including one right near the spot where the names of the 2024-25 Florida Panthers are etched in commemoration of their latest title. Such things happen during championship celebrations. No worries, they’ll be fixed soon. And the Panthers are hopin...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s top court on Tuesday approved the extradition of an Argentine businessman to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges in the United States, the latest development in a politically explosive case that has tainted a key ally of President Javier Milei. The Argentine Supreme Court ru...

Missouri’s Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of Planned Parenthood patients who’ve had abortions, officials who oversee clinics in Kansas City and St. Louis said in legal filings. The fight over the subpoenas is playing out in a lawsuit filed last year by Planned Parenthood Great Plains, the abortion...

LONDON (AP) — Ticketmaster has apologized and offered partial refund credits to NFL fans who had trouble entering Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the Vikings-Browns game. Minnesota rallied for a 21-17 victory over Cleveland on Sunday, after some fans waited in long lines to enter the stadium before kickoff. Ticketmaster posted a cred...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Fans of the Florida Panthers cheered the Stanley Cup. Cheered the banner going to the rafters. Cheered the return of the back-to-back NHL champions. And cheered the opposing goaltender. Yes, some Panthers fans still shout “Knight” during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before each game, even though Sp...

Free agent WR Odell Beckham Jr. accepted a six-game suspension from the NFL after he reportedly failed a performance-enhancing drug test last year, he said on the Pivot podcast Tuesday. Beckham will not be eligible to play until Week 12, the NFL told The Associated Press. Beckham, 32, said on the podcast he never knowingly took per...

GLEN RIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Democrats say fallout from the Trump administration’s aggressive tactics during the shutdown of the federal government could give them a welcome boost in the only two governors’ races on the ballot this year. In Virginia, 175,000 people work for the federal government, according to the Congressional Research...

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement. The confirmation of Brittany Panuccio as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tuesday established a Rep...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man’s DNA was found on a gasoline can that was placed under a news vehicle in a failed arson attempt in Salt Lake City, federal prosecutors allege in court documents. Christopher Solomon Proctor, 45, lit a fuse attached to the 2.5 gallon (9.5 liter) plastic gas container that he had put under the KSTU-TV new...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday aimed at combating antisemitism in schools. The California Legislative Jewish Caucus said the law will help respond to alarming harassment against Jewish students. But critics, including educators and pro-Palestinian advocates, said it could inadvertently o...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Tuesday after facing charges that she tried to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband who ran the state’s division of ports and harbors. State Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi was indicted in Oc...

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump’s orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology.” The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York —...

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump’s orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology.” The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York —...

The best news out of the American camp since losing the Ryder Cup again to the Europeans is that no one has suggested another task force. The path forward is no less muddled than it was leaving Scotland in 2014. An Indiana club pro — Ted Bishop, the PGA of America president — decided that Tom Watson should be the U.S. captain for t...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Bryce Underwood took a shotgun snap, dropped back, stood tall and delivered a 33-yard pass to Donaven McCulley up the sideline with perfect placement to show a flash of his talent in a win over Wisconsin. Three snaps later, Michigan’s quarterback looked like the freshman he is. Underwood rolled left and thre...

Kevyn Adams doesn’t need to hear the booing fans, read placards calling for his firing or field another question about his job security to appreciate what is on the line entering his sixth season as Sabres general manager. Though Buffalo’s NHL-record 14-season playoff drought long predates his hiring, Adams knows there is only one...

Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, started at sundown Monday, Oct. 6, and continues through Monday, Oct. 13. Sukkot is considered one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar — distinctive in that it explicitly encourages Jews to rejoice and discourages public mourning...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’ s 92-year-old President Paul Biya held his first campaign rally Tuesday in the country’s restive Far North region, as the world’s oldest head of state seeks to extend his 43-year rule in the Oct. 12 presidential election. Addressing a crowd of supporters at a stadium in the town of Maroua, Biya pr...

Las Vegas Aces (30-14, 16-8 Western Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (27-17, 13-11 Western Conference) Phoenix; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mercury -3.5; over/under is 164.5 WNBA FINALS: Aces lead series 2-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces visit the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals with a 2-0 lead in the series. T...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — When Alex Ovechkin was asked what he is most looking forward to on opening night this season, his answer was a subtle reminder that the 40-year-old version of the star forward is different than the player who entered the NHL two decades ago. “Warmups,” he said with a grin. “I hope my kids are going to make it...

The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT: Player will not play; DOUBTFUL: Player is unlikely to play; QUESTIONABLE: Player is not certain to play; DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: limited participation; FULL: Full participation): (asterisk)This report is an estimation. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at NEW YOR...

The Jaguars, Broncos and Patriots had statement victories in Week 5. How they follow up will determine if they’re ready to be real contenders. Trevor Lawrence led Jacksonville to an incredible 31-28 comeback victory over Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, overcoming a few of his own miscues and saving his b...

Francine the calico cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks, hitching a ride on a truck that turned up at a sister facility in another state. Two employees from a Lowe’s in Richmond made the 90-minute drive early Monday to pick up Francine, who disappeared in September and recently was dis...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens signed safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the practice squad Tuesday, two weeks after he was cut by the Houston Texans. Baltimore (1-4) is desperate for help on defense after allowing 177 points through five games. Safety Kyle Hamilton missed last weekend’s loss to the Texans, and the Raven...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer might not be healthy in time for Saturday’s rivalry game against Texas in Dallas. Mateer suffered an injury to his right hand — his throwing hand — during Oklahoma’s 24-17 win over Auburn on Sept. 20. He played three quarters with the injury and scored the go-ahead touchdown on...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla rolled out new, cheaper versions of two of its electric car models on Tuesday in hopes the offerings will help revive flagging sales. The new Model Y, costing just under $40,000 with a stripped-down interior, follows a slump in Tesla sales covering most of the past year due to anti-Elon Musk boycotts targeting...

Juventus defender Cecilia Salvai marked the 10th anniversary of her debut in the Women’s Champions League with her first two goals in the competition as her team came from behind to beat Benfica 2-1 on Tuesday in the first match of the new-look tournament. Salvai scored the winner four minutes from time to add to her first-half goa...

DETROIT (AP) — Game 3 of the AL Division Series between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers has been delayed by rain. Detroit was set to host Seattle with a late-afternoon start Tuesday, but the infield was covered within an hour of the scheduled first pitch. Forecasts called for steady rain through the early evening and a chan...

Three years after the federal government listed a tiny Nevada toad on the endangered species list, a geothermal company seeking to develop a project near the toad’s only known habitat in Northern Nevada is suing the government over the listing. Ormat Technologies, headquartered in Reno, is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a...

As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy. The resolutions could signal a lack of support for school choice among everyday Mississippians, something opponents have previously noted. Municipal boards in Clinton, Pearl, Florence an...

As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy. The resolutions could signal a lack of support for school choice among everyday Mississippians, something opponents have previously noted. Municipal boards in Clinton, Pearl, Florence an...

The state’s two largest utilities routinely drag their feet connecting solar panels to the electric grid, missing state-mandated deadlines as much as 73% of the time, according to a complaint filed to regulators by solar advocates. The complaint filed by a solar energy advocacy group urges the California Public Utilities Commission...

The state’s two largest utilities routinely drag their feet connecting solar panels to the electric grid, missing state-mandated deadlines as much as 73% of the time, according to a complaint filed to regulators by solar advocates. The complaint filed by a solar energy advocacy group urges the California Public Utilities Commission...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country at the direction of leaders in President Donald Trump’s administration. According to federal contracting records, which were first reported by the technology ma...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a Monday report from the state attorney general’s office. Both men were charged in separate instances in Bradenton under a Florida law that outlaws people living in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Notre Dame point guard Hannah Hidalgo has spent the better part of the last seven months contemplating what went wrong down the stretch last season — and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The two-time Associated Press first-team All-American returns as the clear face of the Irish program — and perhaps...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When a boat parade is the standard for an organization, anything less than hoisting the Stanley Cup is a disappointment. The Tampa Bay Lightning haven’t come close to those lofty expectations since falling two wins shy of a threepeat in 2022. They’ve been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs three consec...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t play a down last weekend. Their early hold on the AFC North strengthened anyway. While the Steelers rested up following the first regular-season game in Dublin, Ireland — a milestone win over the Minnesota Vikings that boosted them to 3-1 — the teams chasing them fell further off pac...

Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Race distance: 267 laps, 400.5 miles. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 4:30 p.m., qualifying, 5:40 p.m.; Sunday, race, 5:30 p.m. (USA). Last year: Joey Logano took the lead in the final laps of the first race of Round of 8, holding off Christopher Bell and securing a spot in the Championship 4. Last ra...

DETROIT (AP) — Seattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor is in the lineup for Game 3 of the AL Division Series against the Detroit Tigers after dealing with a personal matter. “We’re excited that he’s here with us, and we’re excited to have him back in the lineup,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Tuesday, hours before the schedul...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants coach Brian Daboll brushed off the hamstring injury that had Jaxson Dart listed as a limited participant on the team’s practice report and expects the rookie quarterback to play Thursday night against reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia. Dart’s sore left hamstring was initially rev...

Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: New York 4, Boston 3 Thursday, Oct. 2: New York 4, Boston 0 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Chicago 3, San Diego 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Diego 3, Chicago 0 Thurs...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wanting to cap Toronto’s season with a title, Jeff Hoffman suggested changing hats. Six losses in seven games had dropped the Blue Jays into a tie with the New York Yankees for the AL East lead. That prompted the 32-year-old reliever to send Scott Blinn, Toronto’s director of major league clubhouse operations, scram...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders will undergo a procedure later Tuesday that’s related to his blood clots, with the hope of being back at practice the next day and on the sideline this weekend against Iowa State. The surgery is called an aspiration thrombectomy, which involves the left popliteal — located behind t...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The new owners of the Tampa Bay Rays are promising to get hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field repaired in time for next season and beginning a search for a new, permanent ballpark to open in 2029. The group led by Florida-based real estate developer Patrick Zalupski finalized a $1.7 billion purchase last week from...

TORONTO (AP) — The lengths writer-director Derek Cianfrance goes to create immersive environments for his actors has grown into a kind of legend. After making the much-improvised doomed romance of “Blue Valentine” (2010), Michelle Williams said she would have to remind herself that she was never, actually, married to Ryan Gosling....

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma plans to add padding to the brick wall around Owen Field that receiver Keontez Lewis ran headfirst into over the weekend. Most of the wall that surrounds nearly the entire field is not padded, and it is relatively close to the boundaries. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said the specifics aren’t clear ye...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It must be somewhat maddening to coach Trevor Lawrence. The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback makes head-scratching decisions like leaping over the goal line on a designed tush push, running two steps past the line of scrimmage before releasing the ball and declining easy dump-offs in favor of tougher throw...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs won 11 one-score games last season, a big reason why they wound up in the Super Bowl for a third straight year. They have lost all three of their one-score games this season. The margin between winning and losing in the NFL is small, as Chiefs coach Andy Reid so often says, and the difference ofte...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last act is very difficult. He shot himself and keeps singing for 40 minutes.’ And so, what would I do?” he recalled. “And I started inve...

The Democratic governors of California and Illinois are threatening to leave the National Governors Association because of its silence on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops across state lines despite objections from the receiving states’ leaders. “If we cannot come together, on a bipartisan basis, on this...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Endless lines stretched in front of gas stations in Mali’s capital Bamako late into Monday night, as commuters desperately tried to find fuel. Residents are starting to feel the impact of a blockade on fuel imports to the city declared in early September by a militant group affiliated with al-Qaida. Amadou Berth...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas owner Jerry Jones says his obscene gesture toward fans at MetLife Stadium late in a 37-22 victory over the New York Jets was inadvertent and that he intended a “thumbs up” for celebrating Cowboys fans. Jones was caught on a video that went viral smiling widely as he pointed toward fans before briefly fla...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica ’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal asked the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity so he can face charges that he has been using his bully pulpit to meddle in upcoming elections. The request came just two weeks after a historic vote by the congress...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Flacco is staying in Ohio but heading to the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals acquired the veteran quarterback from the Cleveland Browns along with a 2026 sixth-round draft pick on Tuesday for a fifth-round pick next season. The 40-year-old Flacco gives Cincinnati another option. Jake Browning has struggled sin...

The story all year on the LPGA Tour is parity like it has never seen in its 75 years. The LPGA has completed 25 official tournaments with different winners every week. What has kept the streak going? For starters, Nelly Korda has gone from a seven-win season in 2024 to still searching for her first LPGA win this year and running ou...

I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys south. And I’ll keep it well-stocked with high-energy seed mix throughout winter to feed the non-migratory birds that tough it out until spring in my suburban New York garden. After all, it’s now, when the gar...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus Crew midfielder Darlington Nagbe plans to retire at the end of the Major League Soccer playoffs, the team announced Tuesday. The 35-year-old has won four league titles in 15 MLS seasons, with Portland (2015 ), Atlanta (2018) and Columbus ( 2020, 2023 ). He has been the Crew captain since 2020. His 444...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Braden Halladay stood on the field to throw a first pitch at the same ballpark where Roy Halladay threw a playoff no-hitter and wondered how the moment never seemed too big for his father. Roy Halladay already had thrown a perfect game for the Phillies in 2010, about as rare a feat a pitcher can accomplish in ba...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester has experienced postseason baseball at Wrigley Field before, only from a much different perspective than the one he’s about to have. Priester grew up in the Chicago area and was in Wrigley Field’s stands for Game 5 of the 2016 World Series. The 25-year-old right-hander will...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio said Tuesday that there is no timetable for the return of running back Joe Mixon. Mixon didn’t participate in training camp and has been out all season recovering from a foot injury he sustained in the offseason. He was eligible to come off the physically unable to perform...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jordi Alba has announced that he will retire from professional soccer at the conclusion of Inter Miami’s run in the Major League Soccer playoffs, making him the second of Lionel Messi’s longtime teammates to say this year will be his last. Alba revealed the news Tuesday, three days after Inter Miami hel...

Duke is getting help from former Blue Devils player and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum. The school announced Tuesday that the six-time NBA all-star would serve in a volunteer advisory role for the program as “chief basketball officer.” Tatum is currently recovering from a ruptured right Achilles’ tendon suffered in May during the...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Andrew Garfield would like everyone to know about his gesticulating. Not in his performance as a Yale philosophy professor accused of sexual misconduct in “After the Hunt,” but while discussing an actor’s responsibility to comment on the work they’re putting out in the world. It’s a blue-sky day outside the lux...

MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm is back in action at his home tournament in Spain following what he considered the toughest week mentally of his career during the Ryder Cup in New York. Rahm is in Madrid to try to win a record fourth Spanish Open title and surpass Seve Ballesteros as the tournament’s most successful golfer since the creatio...

“Tron: Ares” may have the tagline “No Going Back” but Disney doesn’t like to leave money on the table. So here we are, going back with a third entry in a cult franchise that’s somewhat trapped between the human and digital worlds. Ride-or-die Tron-iacs are going to need a few things to be happy — the cool motorbikes that kick off l...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Tuesday that he will not run for governor, opting instead to seek a third term as the state’s top law enforcement official. The governor’s race is wide open after Democratic incumbent Tony Evers, 73, announced this summer that he won’t seek reelection....

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, says Swift. “The Life of a Showgirl” singer paid a visit to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday and dispelled a few rumors. Most notably, she shared she did not turn down the NFL’s biggest stage because she wouldn’t be allowed to own th...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The return of the Skins Game shows how much has changed in 17 years. The four players are among the top six in the world, it’s moving from the California desert to South Florida and it will be broadcast on Prime Video instead of network TV. The Skins Game to be played on the Friday after Thanksgiving...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota is recalling nearly 400,000 vehicles because the rearview camera may not display when backing up, increasing the risk of a crash, federal traffic safety regulators said. Included in the recall are 2022-2025 Toyota Tundras and Tundra hybrids and 2023-2025 Sequoia hybrids. The number of automobiles in the rec...

LONDON (AP) — British police said Tuesday they have disrupted a criminal network suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the U.K. to China in the past year. Police said the operation, the largest it has ever staged to tackle phone theft, was launched last year after a box containing about 1,000 iPhones — most...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposed Tuesday cutting free-trade quotas by 47% on steel and steel products, effectively adding large tariffs on imports from countries like China, India, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, which said the measures would wreck the British steel industry. After importing 18.3 million tons, the new qu...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government Tuesday and issued a strong warning against a foreign military presence in the country. Speaking at the start of an international meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praised the Taliban government for efforts to...

PARIS (AP) — The spring fashion season ended with silhouettes you could spot from a block away. As Paris Fashion Week wrapped up Tuesday after two weeks of debuts and shake-ups, three trends took hold. Shoulders were broadened and jackets snapped to attention. Skin showed on the wearer’s terms. And dressy, formal fashion came back...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House. Trump signed legislation into law after...

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials in Illinois braced Tuesday for the possible arrival of the National Guard while a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to send hundreds of troops to the Chicago area still simmers and critics vigorously pan the deployment as an assault on the city. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, has said...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan ‘s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters and abducted children to participate in a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war. Tuesday’s statement in the capital, Juba, said South Sudan’s military in Jun...

A 69-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a fight that prosecutors say was started by former NFL quarterback and sports analyst Mark Sanchez is now suing Sanchez and his employer, Fox Corporation, in Indiana state court. Lawyers for Perry Tole filed the lawsuit Monday seeking an unspecified amount in actual and puniti...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell and a memoir of family tragedy by Yiyun Li are among this year’s finalists for the National Book Award. On Tuesday, the National Book Foundation a nnounced five nominees in each of five competitive categories, narrowing long lists of 10 unveiled last mont...

Course: Yokohama CC. Yardage: 7,315. Par: 71. Prize money: $8 million. Winner’s share: $1.44 million. Television: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Nico Echavarria. FedEx Cup champion: Tommy Fleetwood. Last week: Steven Fisk won the Sanderson Farms Championship. Next tournament: Black Desert...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The qualifying process for the 2026 World Cup is nearing conclusion. The biggest ever World Cup will see 48 teams competing in the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. So far 18 nations have already booked their place — including defending champion Argentina — and they are set to...

ROME (AP) — Israel’s World Cup qualifying match at Italy next week is expected to attract more pro-Palestinian protesters outside the soccer stadium in Udine than ticket-holding spectators inside the arena. Protesters already approached the gates of Italy’s training center in Florence last week to demand that the match isn’t played...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mike Repole isn’t daunted or discouraged by the long odds facing pro spring football as a business model. The sports business entrepreneur is simply wired a bit differently, and wants to show it as the newest investor in the young United Football League. “If you told me something was a 99% chance, I’d have n...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has asked a federal court for a judicial settlement conference so that an independent judge can mediate the antitrust suit filed by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. The two teams pushed back in their own late Monday night filing that it wants to continue working with mediator...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has asked a federal court for a judicial settlement conference so that an independent judge can mediate the antitrust suit filed by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. The two teams pushed back in their own late Monday night filing that it wants to continue working with mediator...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Parliament on Tuesday lifted the immunity of two Polish lawmakers, allowing national prosecutors to move forward with charges for alleged abuses of power. The vote by the European Parliament is one of the first victories of centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the justice arena. Tusk came to pow...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A farmer, a prison guard, and a teacher were among residents of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to speak in a Hague courtroom Tuesday and accuse the Netherlands of not doing enough to protect them from the effects of climate change. The case, backed by Greenpeace, follows a series of internationa...

BERLIN (AP) — The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with serious stabbing wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of “an abhorrent act.” Iris Stalzer was elected as mayor of Herdecke on Sept. 28. She is a member of the center-left Social Democrats, the junior party in German...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations for the precious metal to help stem illegal mining that is poisoning rivers with mercury. Miguel Ángel Cadenas, an Augustinian from Spain who has lived in Peru’s Amazon for three decades...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump’s future presidential library. The nearly 3-acre (1.2-hectare) property is a developer’...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has another “decision” to announce. The Los Angeles Lakers star has something to say later Tuesday, and he says he’ll be making his latest decision public at noon Eastern time. The “decision” reference is a nod to how he announced in July 2010 that he was joining the Miami Heat. James posted on X tha...

Every night some 74,000 gallons (280,000 liters) of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning from a conventional system found in most U.S. buildings, but now 27 tanks of ice sustain a network of cold-water pipes keeping operating rooms at safe temperat...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad said it has withdrawn a mandate held by a non-profit conservation group associated with Prince Harry to manage its wildlife reserves, accusing the leading charity of not doing enough to stop poaching. African Parks showed “a recurring indelicate and disrespectful attitude toward the government,” Environm...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gold futures rose above $4,000 per ounce for the first time on Tuesday as many investors seek a “safe haven” for to park their money as the U.S. government shutdown continues. Gold futures in New York briefly jumped above the $4,000 mark just after 9 a.m. ET, a record high. The going price for New York spot gold had...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. Ross, a public television stalwart in the 1980s and ‘90s, “dedicated his life to making art acce...

New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange is investing up to $2 billion in Polymarket and will partner with the company on future tokenization initiatives. Polymarket lets users buy and sell shares of potential event outcomes, with every trade matched peer-to-peer through smart contracts. The company, which was founde...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown is waving a caution flag at private companies racing to make the move to the public market. The market for initial public offerings has been on a years-long recovery after spiking inflation slammed the brakes on activity in 2022. The IPO market is already on track for its best year since...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown is waving a caution flag at private companies racing to make the move to the public market. The market for initial public offerings has been on a years-long recovery after spiking inflation slammed the brakes on activity in 2022. The IPO market is already on track for its best year since...

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization is sharply raising its forecast for trade growth in goods this year after an unexpectedly strong first half due to rising AI-related purchases, front-loaded imports in the U.S. over tariff fears and robust developing-world trade. The Geneva-based trade body said Tuesday its economists are...

PARIS (AP) — Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron suffered a fresh blow Tuesday with two of his former prime ministers sharply distancing themselves from him as he faced growing pressure to resign after the collapse of his latest government. Édouard Philippe was Macron’s first prime minister after he swept to power in 2017, a...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Four people, including a child, died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of an eastern Aegean island on Tuesday, Greece’s coast guard said. A coast guard patrol boat recovered the bodies of two women, a man and a girl from the sea on the southern coast of the island of Lesbos, the coast guard sai...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish firefighters and emergencies services say they are responding after a building in central Madrid partially collapsed on Tuesday. Spanish state broadcaster TVE reports that firefighters are searching for missing people at the building, which was under construction. Firefighters say “several floors” have collaps...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As thousands gathered in southern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate victims on the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, protesters in Indonesia rallied to condemn the war in Gaza — a conflict that has devastated the territory, claimed tens of thousands of lives and spilled violence across the Middle East...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico announced the multi-billion-dollar deal during a speech at an annual nuclear conference in the Slovak capital. He said that the new reac...

MILAN (AP) — The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said Tuesday. Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died July 17 along Italy’s Adriatic coast. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until it started s...

Being advised to max out your 401(k)is Personal Finance 101. But is that universally solid guidance? Tax-sheltered retirement plans offer the convenience of automatic investments and tax breaks—pretax contributions and tax-deferred compounding for traditional 401(k)s and tax-free compounding and withdrawals for Roth contributions....

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Priscilla has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and is likely to become a major hurricane later Tuesday as it swirls off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that early Tuesday Priscilla was about 255 miles (410 kilometers) west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, and ab...

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have detained nine employees of the United Nations as part of a long-running crackdown on the organization, the U.N. said. The detentions brings the number of detained U.N. workers in Houthi-held territories in Yemen to 53 since 2021, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making an important gesture to both Christians and Muslims with a symbolically rich visit. The Vatican said that Leo will visit Turkey from Nov. 27-30, and Lebanon from Nov. 30...

CAIRO (AP) — Peace talks between Israel and Hamas were resuming at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza. The second day of indirect negotiations in the Red Sea r...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Numbers alone cannot capture the toll the Israel-Hamas war has taken on the Gaza Strip. But they can help us understand how thoroughly the conflict has upended the lives of 2.1 million Palestinians living in the territory and decimated the territory’s 365 square kilometers (140 square miles). Out of every 10 people...

BEIJING (AP) — Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest, and forced the closing of trails in a third. In neighboring Nepal, a South Korean climber died after getting caught in a storm while ascending a Himalayan peak just south of E...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Nat Sciver-Brunt called correctly at the toss as England opted to bowl against Bangladesh in the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup. It is the second game for both sides in the tournament. In their first outings, England routed South Africa by 10 wickets at the same venue in Guwahati, while Bangladesh beat Pakist...

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said Tuesday that it would appeal FIFA sanctions after being accused by soccer’s governing body of cheating. In September, FIFA suspended seven overseas-born players who all featured for Malaysia in June’s 4-0 win over Vietnam in a 2027 Asian Cup qualifier, for 12 months and fined FAM $438...

Laura Youngson didn’t expect to focus so much on soccer cleats when she organized a group of women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and play a high-altitude match. The point of the 2017 game was to highlight inequality in sports for women and girls. On that front, Youngson achieved her goal with the match becoming the subject of a docume...

Not even three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes was immune to the colossal comebacks that defined Week 5 in the NFL. Trevor Lawrence rallied Jacksonville from a 14-0 deficit and scored the winning touchdown after getting stepped on by his right guard, falling back down, getting back up, slipping a tackle and diving into the...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The 50-plus-yard field goals that once were a rarity in the NFL are now as routine as far shorter kicks a generation ago. The range for many kickers now exceeds 60 yards, changing late-game strategy in a major way. The kicking revolution has sparked questions about whether the balls are juiced. Not quite,...

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Maple Leafs -154, Canadiens +129; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Montreal Canadiens in the season opener. Toronto had a 52-26-4 record overall and went 24-12-3 in Atlantic Division play last season. The M...

Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals Washington; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Capitals -197, Bruins +163; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals open the season at home against the Boston Bruins. Washington had a 51-22-9 record overall and a 30-10-7 record at home last season. The Capitals score...

LONDON (AP) — England captain Harry Kane says his interest in returning to the Premier League has cooled because he is “fully all in” on Bayern Munich. The 32-year-old Kane joined Bayern from Tottenham in the summer of 2023 and is under contract there until the summer of 2027. The striker said that when leaving Spurs, he expected “...

Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers Edmonton, Alberta; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Oilers -225, Flames +185; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers host the Calgary Flames in the season opener. Edmonton had a 48-29-5 record overall and went 23-13-1 in Pacific Division play last season. The Oilers average...

WUHAN, China (AP) — Naomi Osaka dropped the first set before rallying to beat Leylah Fernandez 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the WTA’s 1,000-level Wuhan Open. Osaka was back in the central Chinese city for the first time since 2017 and, in the day’s first match on center court, facing the player who pro...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs’ hitters aren’t putting enough balls in play, and their pitchers aren’t keeping balls in play. That combination has the Cubs heading back home on the brink of elimination. Chicago gave up three homers and mustered just one hit after the second inning of a 7-3 loss at Milwaukee on Monday night that...

Two years after Hamas’ attack ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, the militant group is weakened but not defeated, Israel has clobbered its enemies across the region but failed to achieve its main goals, and no one knows how it all will end. The Oct. 7, 2023, attack, the deadliest on Israeli soil, sparked one of the most devastating...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski rediscovered the form that earned the flamethrowing rookie so much acclaim in the first few weeks after the Milwaukee Brewers called him up from the minors. He was throwing heat. More importantly, he was throwing strikes. Misiorowski fired three innings of scoreless relief while reaching at least...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A cautious calm set in Tuesday morning in neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria after overnight clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters. The violence came as tensions grow between the central government in Damascus and Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria. Syrian state-ru...

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it becomes just another city pulverized by years of fighting. The soldier took up arms a decade ago to defend her home region, Donetsk, wh...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Deloitte Australia will partially refund the 440,000 Australian dollars ($290,000) paid by the Australian government for a report that was littered with apparent AI-generated errors, including a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment and references to nonexistent academic research papers. The fin...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Deloitte Australia will partially refund the 440,000 Australian dollars ($290,000) paid by the Australian government for a report that was littered with apparent AI-generated errors, including a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment and references to nonexistent academic research papers. The fin...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday, the second award to be revealed this year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm a day after a trio of scientists won the prize for contributions to medicine. The physics honor has been awarded 118 times to 226 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Cooper scored in the 59th minute and the Kansas City Current extended their unbeaten run to 16 straight matches with a 1-0 victory over Angel City on Monday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. It was a league record 19th overall win this season for the first-place Current, who have already clinc...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Matt Renshaw has been called into Australia’s one-day international cricket squad at the expense of fellow Queensland batter Marnus Labuschagne for a white-ball series against India starting Oct. 19. Mitchell Starc will also return to the ODI squad after being rested for recent series as the Australians p...

Las Vegas Aces (30-14, 16-8 Western Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (27-17, 13-11 Western Conference) Phoenix; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mercury -3.5; over/under is 164.5 WNBA FINALS: Aces lead series 2-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces look to clinch the series over the Phoenix Mercury in game three of the WNBA...

Toronto FC (5-13-14, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles FC (16-7-8, fourth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: LAFC -183, Toronto FC +427, Draw +325; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles FC comes into a matchup against Toronto after recording two straigh...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City won’t have to dig deep to figure out where things were awry in Jacksonville on Monday night. Patrick Mahomes had an interception returned 99 yards for a touchdown and the Chiefs were flagged 13 times for 109 yards in a 31-28 loss to the Jaguars. Four of those penalties came in the final 1:45. T...

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A funeral service will be held Tuesday in Salt Lake City for Russell M. Nelson, the charismatic sentimentalist who oversaw a significant temple building boom as president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nelson led the faith up until his death in late September at the age of 101. The funeral...

Crews used large nets, water-filled containers and box trucks to relocate hundreds of river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins and sharks to their new home: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Over the past couple of months, the marine animals were removed from the hard-to-reach island and relocated to a brand new center, where...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries with a visit to the heart of Norwegian America. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An aircraft that appeared to be a medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento on Monday evening, closing the eastbound lanes, according to officials. The crash happened just after 7 p.m., according to officer Mike Carrillo, a spokesperson for the Valley Division of California Highway Patrol. In i...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper says the only thing the flat Phillies can do in Los Angeles is “flip the script.” Flip it? Philadelphia needs to tear it up and start typing from scratch because in Hollywood terms, Harper, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber and the bulk of the high-priced Phillies have been an absolute flop. Throw in J.T....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi will face lawmakers at a congressional hearing Tuesday amid growing questions about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others. The testimon...

Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an ex...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Democratic and Republican ballots aren’t short on candidates in Tuesday’s Tennessee primary special election to replace a GOP congressman who stepped aside this summer, including one who landed President Donald Trump’s endorsement last week. The race to replace former U.S. Rep. Mark Green centers on one...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence tripped, got up and scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining — turning a laughable miscue into an improbable score — and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat Kansas City 31-28 on Monday night. The crazy ending halted the Jags’ eight-game losing streak to the Chiefs (2-3). Lawrenc...

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — When J.D. Stevens flips on the lights in the shed by his South Carolina home, he feels the presence of his dad, who died nearly a decade ago. He also sees hundreds of thousands of buttons. They are sewn onto the original button suit on the mannequin that started it all. Nearby is the Chevrolet Chevette cove...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday at a time when one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. Carney’s second visit to the White House comes ahead of a review next year of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday at a time when one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. Carney’s second visit to the White House comes ahead of a review next year of...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled their house in southern Gaza in the dead of night, dispersing in terror alongside hundreds of others from their neighborhood. When the dust settled and al-Najjar huddled with his family in a shelter miles away, his s...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled their house in southern Gaza in the dead of night, dispersing in terror alongside hundreds of others from their neighborhood. When the dust settled and al-Najjar huddled with his family in a shelter miles away, his s...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday in quiet holiday trading, while Japan’s benchmark rose to new records on hope for more government spending and lower taxes under Japan’s first woman prime minister. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices rose. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed. Over the weekend,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in its latest LGBTQ+ rights case Tuesday, weighing the constitutionality of bans passed by nearly half of U.S. states on the practice known as conversion therapy for children. The justices are hearing a lawsuit from a Christian counselor challenging a Colorado law that prohibi...