NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion at a New York City apartment building blew off a massive chimney that ran up the side of the high-rise, leaving residents to wait for clearance to return to their apartments as officials investigate what caused the blast. A plume of dust covered the block in the aftermath of the explosion, which left a...

Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in “Orwell: 2+2=5.” He’s hardly the first to connect the dots between Orwell’s prophetic writings and the current state of things — remember, sales for “Nineteen...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have placed running back Trey Benson on injured reserve because of a knee injury, putting another dent into the team’s backfield depth. Coach Jonathan Gannon confirmed on Wednesday that Benson will be out at least four weeks, but could return later in the season. The second-year back out of...

During the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year, Hockey Canada officials figured maybe three-quarters of the championship Canadian team would also play for Olympic gold at the Winter Games in February. But with two additional spots available, the first few months of the NHL season are crucial to players on the Olympic bubble hoping...

WARE, England (AP) — Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will begin to get “a little bit more active” but won’t be rushed back from a sprained right ankle, head coach Kevin O’Connell said Wednesday. Carson Wentz is set to start his third straight game when Minnesota faces the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. M...

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — One Portuguese fan was hospitalized and two Napoli supporters were arrested following clashes before a Champions League match against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday. Cars were damaged and chairs were thrown when the opposing fan groups came into contact in the city center ahead of the match at the Stadio Diego Ma...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 on Wednesday for putting safety officials in danger during the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The penalty was listed under a behavioral violation and was for Hocevar revving and spinning his tires while safety workers attended to his car after he spun the No. 77 Chevro...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mikko Rantanen can really settle in now, knowing where he will be for quite a while after going from Colorado to Carolina to Dallas in a six-week span last season. “It was way different than all the other (seasons), because going through three teams and all the mental side of the things where you don’t know wha...

DENVER (AP) — Defenseman Erik Johnson announced his retirement Wednesday after a 17-year career that was highlighted by a 2022 Stanley Cup title with the Colorado Avalanche. Picked No. 1 in the 2006 NHL draft by St. Louis, Johnson was traded to the Avalanche as part of a blockbuster deal in 2011. He played in 1,023 regular-season g...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken defenseman Ryker Evans will be out for six to eight weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old Evans is expected to miss the first few weeks of games, including Seattle’s season opener on Oct. 9 against the Anaheim Ducks. In August, the left-shot defenseman agreed to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Toboni punctuated many of his sentences by tacking on “Right?” during his introductory news conference as the new president of baseball operations for the Washington Nationals, which had the effect of sounding as though he wanted to add emphasis while also seeking consensus Wednesday. Just one example, from w...

NEW YORK (AP) — Big league teams improved their success in video reviews for the third straight year led by the Houston Astros, who were successful in 71.9% of their challenges. Houston won 23 of 32 challenges, Major League Baseball said. Milwaukee was next at 69.2%, followed by Philadelphia (66.7%), Arizona (66%) and Kansas City (...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants executive Buster Posey doesn’t consider his former manager Bruce Bochy a candidate to fill the vacant position again for San Francisco. Posey, the club’s president of baseball operations, said Wednesday he had spoken to Bochy a couple of days earlier and mentioned there could be a position for the 70-yea...

San Francisco (3-1) at Los Angeles Rams (3-1) Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, Prime Video Against the spread: 49ers 2-2; Rams 3-1 Series record: 49ers lead 78-71-3. Last meeting: Rams beat 49ers 12-6 in Santa Clara, California on Dec. 12, 2024. Last week: 49ers lost to Jaguars 26-21; Rams beat Colts 27-20. 49ers offense: overall (5), rush...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Braelon Allen is seeking a second medical opinion on what coach Aaron Glenn called a “pretty serious” knee injury that will likely sideline him for several weeks. Allen was injured early in the second quarter Monday night in New York’s 27-21 loss at Miami while returning a kickof...

Florida State and Virginia were locked in a double-overtime thriller as the ball headed to Seminoles receiver Duce Robinson in the end zone. Robinson bobbled the catch, then continued that juggle through the back of the end zone and out of bounds. The call was a touchdown, the kind of narrow-margin play certain to get closer scruti...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Fred Warner has embodied the San Francisco 49ers and their hard-hitting defensive style to Puka Nacua for the Rams receiver’s entire adult life. That’s because Nacua was still in high school when he first got to know Warner, who played three seasons at BYU alongside Kai Nacua — the older brother of Los Ange...

Napheesa Collier is more than just a WNBA star who is critical of her league and its leadership. The Minnesota Lynx player is a vice president of the players union, which means she will be sitting across from WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert at the negotiating table ahead of an Oct. 31 deadline to reach a new collective bargaining...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was not at practice Wednesday during the portion open to reporters. The two-time MVP left last weekend’s loss at Kansas City with a hamstring injury, and by the end of that game, all four of Baltimore’s first-team All-Pros from last season were injured. The Ravens...

Frederick Maw VI was 14 months old when his father, Freddie J, received a 20-year sentence to Montana State Prison in 2018. Caterina Maw, Little Freddie’s grandmother, remembers driving alongside a “trembling and scared” child on a bus to a small red cabin in 2022 during her grandson’s first trip to meet his father. The pair reunit...

In comments Tuesday to hundreds of military leaders and their chief enlisted advisers, Hegseth made clear he was not interested in a diverse or inclusive force. His address at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, verbalized what Hegseth has been doing as he takes on any program that can be labeled diversity, equity or inclu...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.” But the big-screen absence of the actor many would peg as the greatest one alive ends with “Anemone,” a new film directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. The two of them wrote...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time, the outcome could be very different. A New York Ti...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City rapper who joined then-former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he admitted he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn. Sheff G, whose legal name is Michael Williams, also must serve five years of...

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the institute, Goodall died of natural causes while in California on...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Radios across Haiti were abuzz on Wednesday with the news that the U.N. Security Council had approved the creation of a so-called gang suppression force to help the troubled Caribbean country. The force would replace a smaller U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police that remains understaffed and underf...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation. Ian Roberts, who immigration authorities say was liv...

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make health insurance premiums more affordable on marketplaces established by the Affordable C...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy. The absence will be felt almost immediately, as the government’s monthly jobs report scheduled for release F...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded. At issue are tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands joined protest marches in several Serbian towns on Wednesday reflecting persistent resistance to autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic’s rule despite a government crackdown. Crowds gathered to mark 11 months since a concrete canopy collapsed in a northern Serbian city that killed 16 people and trig...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators demanding subsidies on food, electricity and other services clashed with police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and more than 100 others injured, police said. He confirmed the deaths of three police officers and a civilian, noting that the casualtie...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Real Madrid winger Vinícius Júnior will be back with Brazil’s national team for two friendlies in Asia in October. Coach Carlo Ancelotti announced his squad Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro for the matches against South Korea and Japan. Star striker Neymar was excluded because of another injury — this time in his l...

NEW YORK (AP) — James Cameron recently turned 71 as he brought his third “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” to the finish line. Cameron first began developing “Avatar” more than 30 years ago. He started working on the first film in earnest 20 years ago. Production on “Fire and Ash,” which ran concurrently with 2022’s “The Way of Water,...

TORONTO (AP) — There are 70-year-olds who want to be like June Squibb when they grow up. Squibb, 95, wasn’t the lead of a movie until she was 94. Now, a year after she turned action star in “Thelma,” Squibb is again the leading lady and face on the poster again, for “Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut. With...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An accident involving a boat carrying passengers on the Niger River in north-central Nigeria has killed at least 26 people, an official said Wednesday. The accident happened Tuesday in the Ibaji area of Kogi state. The passengers were mostly traders headed to a market in neighboring Edo State, said Kingsley Fa...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement signed with the Iraqi government last year, eventually reducing the number of American troops in the country focused on countering the Islamic State group by about 20%, officials said. Washington and Baghdad agreed last year under the Bid...

PARIS (AP) — No other show so far at Paris Fashion Week has drawn such a feverish crush of celebrities, designers and press. All eyes were on Jonathan Anderson — the Northern Irish designer who has already transformed Loewe into a global powerhouse of wit and craft — as he unveiled his first Dior womenswear collection on Wednesday....

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of about 1,200 migrants set out walking before dawn in southern Mexico on Wednesday aiming for the capital where they hoped to legalize their immigration status and find more work opportunities after a long frustrating wait near the Guatemala border. Cubans made up the majority of the migrants, but...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained 11 police officers following the killing of five suspected criminals during a police operation last month. The arrests, made on Tuesday, are unusual in a country where police and military largely operate with impunity. Among those detained...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Four Caribbean nations are making it easier for their citizens to pack up and move to neighboring countries to start a new life without the need for visas or work permits. Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed a free movement agreement that went into effect on Wednesday....

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition leader Julius Malema was found guilty Wednesday of breaking firearm laws in a 2018 incident where he was filmed firing a rifle at a political rally. His then bodyguard Adriaan Snyman, who was alleged to have given Malema the rifle, was also charged but was found not guilty. Malema said t...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The scaffolding supporting a church under construction in Ethiopia’s Amhara region collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring scores of others, authorities said. The accident happened in the morning at Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church in Amhara, northern Ethiopia, as worshippers ga...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Concerns are again mounting over the safety of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been cut off from an external supply of electricity for more than a week. Captured by Russian forces early in the war, the facility no longer supplies power to the grid but still needs electricity to cool its si...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday. The Associated Press earlier reported what claimed to be a Taliban statement denying reports that the blackout was a deliberate move and saying old...

Last season: 42-33-7 (99 points), lost in the first round to Carolina. COACH: Sheldon Keefe (second season with New Jersey; 431-254-130 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Carolina. DEPARTURES: C Erik Haula, F Stefan Noesen, F Nathan Bastian, F Daniel Sprong, F Tomas Tatar, assistants Chris Taylor and Ryan McGill. ADDITIONS: F Connor...

Last season: 33-39-10, missed playoffs. COACH: Marco Sturm, hired June 5. First-time NHL coach. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 8 at Washington. DEPARTURES: Coach Joe Sacco, F Vinny Lettieri, D Ian Mitchell, D Parker Wotherspoon. ADDITIONS: F Viktor Arvidsson, F Matej Blumel, D Jordan Harris, F Tanner Jeannot, F Michael Eyissimont, F Sean Kura...

Last season: 33-39-10; missed playoffs. COACH: Rick Tocchet, first season with Flyers (286-265-87 in 9 seasons). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Florida. DEPATURES: F Ryan Poehling, F Morgan Frost, G Ivan Fedotov. ADDITIONS: C Trevor Zegras, G Dan Vladar, C Christian Dvorak, D Dennis Gilbert, D Noah Juulsen. GOALIES: Sam Ersson (22-17-5,...

Last season: 36-39-7, extended NHL-record playoff drought to a 14th season. COACH: Lindy Ruff (900-718-160 and 78 ties over 17 seasons with 3 teams). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. New York Rangers. DEPARTURES: RW JJ Peterka, D Connor Clifton, G James Reimer, D Jacob Bernard-Docker, F Sam Lafferty. ADDITIONS: RW Shane Doan, D Michael Ke...

Last season: 47-31-4, won second consecutive Stanley Cup. COACH: Paul Maurice, 4th season with Florida, 28th season overall (916-767-247). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 vs. Chicago Blackhawks. DEPARTURES: D Nate Schmidt, C Nico Sturm, G Vítek Vaněček. ADDITIONS: G Daniil Tarasov, C Luke Kunin, D Jeff Petry. GOALIES: Sergei Bobrovsky (33-19...

Last season: 34-36-12, missed playoffs. COACH: Dan Muse (first-time NHL head coach), hired June 4. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 at the New York Rangers. DEPARTURES: Coach Mike Sullivan, G Alex Nedeljkovic. ADDITIONS: Muse, F Anthony Mantha, D Caleb Jones, G Arturs Silovs. GOALIES: Tristan Jarry (16-12-0-6, 3.12 GAA, 0.893) and Silovs (2-6...

Last season: 47-30-5, lost in Eastern Conference final. COACH: Rod Brind’Amour (325-160-49 over seven seasons). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. New Jersey. DEPARTURES: D Brent Burns, D Dmitry Orlov, D Scott Morrow. ADDITIONS: F Nikolaj Ehlers, D K’Andre Miller, D Mike Reilly. GOALIES: Pyotr Kochetkov (27-16-3, 2.60 goals-against average,...

Kickers and punters have never been more dangerous in the NFL, with long field goals becoming routine and booming punts launched with regularity. None of that matters, though, if the kicks are getting blocked. And that’s been happening at a staggering pace in the first month of the season. There have been 16 blocked kicks — on punt...

Last season: 40-33-9, missed playoffs. COACH: Dean Evason (second season with Columbus; 187-110-36 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Nashville. DEPARTURES: G Daniil Tarasov, LW James van Riemsdyk, D Jack Johnson, C Sean Kuraly, F Justin Danforth, C Luke Kunin, RW Kevin Labanc, ADDITIONS: C Charlie Coyle, LW Miles Wood, C Isac Lunde...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson accused Robin Olsen of letting down the national team by retiring from international duty after being told he was no longer first-choice goalkeeper. The 35-year-old Olsen announced Tuesday he was ending his international career, a day after he received a phone call from Tomasson to sa...

INDORE, India (AP) — Ashleigh Gardner struck the third-fastest century in the Women’s Cricket World Cup as Australia began its title defense by beating New Zealand by 89 runs on Wednesday. Gardner scored 115 runs off 83 balls with 16 fours and a six as Australia notched up 326 runs in 49.3 overs. It was the first-ever century from...

LONDON (AP) — The NFL will reach a milestone Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings face the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It will be the 40th regular-season game in London. The first one was in the 2007 season when the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10 at a wet and muddy Wembley Stadium. Wembley has hosted...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Anti-government demonstrations gripped Morocco for a fourth straight night as youth filled the streets of cities throughout the country and destruction and violence broke out in several places. With billions in investment flowing toward preparations for the 2030 World Cup, promises to fix Morocco’s strained so...

The puck drops on the NHL season Oct. 7 with a tripleheader that includes the Florida Panthers raising a Stanley Cup banner for a second consecutive year and Mike Sullivan making his New York Rangers coaching debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins team he spent much of the past decade with. This is the final 82-game season before th...

It’s the first week of October, the point in the season when conference races and the chase for College Football Playoff begin to ramp up. There are only two Top 25 matchups Saturday: No. 3 Miami at No. 18 Florida State and No. 16 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Alabama. Miami goes for its first win in Tallahassee since 2019 (and its third th...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Imelda barreled toward Bermuda on Wednesday as forecasters warned that it would swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm. Heavy winds and rain were expected to start hitting the island and continue through Thursday, with Imelda forecast to pass near or over Bermuda on Wednes...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top official of the Asian Cricket Council insisted on Wednesday that India is “welcome” to collect the Asia Cup trophy from him. “As ACC President , I was ready to hand over the trophy that very day and I am still ready now,” Mohsin Naqvi wrote on X. “If they truly want it, they are welcome to come to the ACC off...

With the addition of two teams in the Pacific Northwest, the PWHL on Wednesday released an expanded 120-game coast-to-coast schedule, which also includes as many as 20 options for yet-to-be-announced neutral site outings. The puck drops on the PWHL’s third season with two games on Nov. 21, including Seattle traveling to play Vancou...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date. Leo presided over the 10th anniversary celebration of Francis’ landmark ecological enc...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eileen Gu will head back to the mountain in China where she won an Olympic title to ski in the Snow League, the halfpipe circuit founded by Shaun White. Gu, who won halfpipe and big air gold and slopestyle silver in freeskiing at the 2022 Beijing Games, is one of eight women who will take part in freeskiing on Dec....

1908 — Addie Joss of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game, defeating the Chicago White Sox, 1-0. 1916 — Grover Alexander pitched a 2-0 three-hitter against the Boston Braves for his 16th shutout and 33rd victory of the season. 1920 — The only tripleheader in this century was played, with the Cincinnati Reds defeating the Pi...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Before the start of every match, the Portland Timbers sit together in the locker room, close their eyes and collectively take a deep breath before exhaling slowly. Lacey Henderson quietly tells the players to ground themselves, feeling the floor beneath their feet. “Then I’ll drop something to meditate on. Mos...

The New Jersey Devils have agreed to terms with young defenseman Luke Hughes on a seven-year contract worth $63 million. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal Wednesday. Hughes will count $9 million against the salary cap through the 2031-32 NHL season — $1 million more annually than brother and No. 1 center Jack. Luke...

Violations of Major League Baseball’s pitch timer rules in 2025, by pitchers, batters and catchers, as compiled by MLB: Violations of Major League Baseball’s pitch timer rules in 2025, by pitchers, batters and catchers, as compiled by MLB:

Last season: 39-36-7 (85 points), missed the playoffs. COACH: Mike Sullivan (first season with New York; 479-311-127 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 vs. Pittsburgh. DEPARTURES: LW Chris Kreider, D K’Andre Miller, RW Reilly Smith, D Zac Jones, coach Peter Laviolette. ADDITIONS: Sullivan, D Vladislav Gavrikov, rookie F Gabriel Perreau...

Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Detroit (Mize 14-6) at Cleveland (Bibee 12-11), 1:08 p.m. (ESPN) x-Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit (Flaherty 8-15) at Cleveland (Cecconi 7-7), 1:08 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Boston (Bello 11-9) at New York (Rodón 18-9), 6:08 p.m. (ES...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illino...

Last season: 35-35-12 (82 points), missed the playoffs. COACH: Patrick Roy (second full season with New York; 185-139-41 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Pittsburgh. DEPARTURES: D Noah Dobson, LW Matt Martin, GM Lou Lamoriello. ADDITIONS: Rookie D Matthew Schaefer, LW Jonathan Drouin, RW Max Shabanov, G David Rittich, GM Mathieu D...

Last season: 51-22-9, reached second round of playoffs. COACH: Spencer Carbery (91-53-20 in two seasons). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 8 vs. Boston. DEPARTURES: F Andrew Mangiapane, F Taylor Raddysh, F Lars Eller. ADDITIONS: F Justin Sourdif, D Declan Chisholm. GOALIES: Logan Thompson (31-6-6, 2.49 goals-against average, 0.910 save percenta...

Last season: 47-27-8, lost to Florida in first round. COACH: Jon Cooper (13th season with Tampa Bay; 572-306-83). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. Ottawa. DEPARTURES: C Luke Glendening, D Nick Perbix, RW Cam Atkinson, LW Isaac Howard, LF Conor Sheary. ADDITIONS: C Pontus Holmberg, LW Boris Katchouk, RW Jakob Pelletier, C Sam O’Reilly, RW...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers have acquired goalie Connor Ingram from the Utah Mammoth for future considerations. The Mammoth will retain $800,000 of Ingram’s $1.95 million salary for the upcoming season in the deal announced on Wednesday. Ingram returned from the NHL’s player assistance program last season just befo...

PARIS (AP) — Perennial crowd favorite and former world No. 6-ranked Gael Monfils announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the 2026 tennis season. At 39, the French veteran renowned for his spectacular style of play, fighting spirit and remarkable athleticism said in a message posted on social media that he is “tremendo...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Former No. 7-ranked David Goffin recovered from a close loss in a first-set tiebreaker to dominate Alexandre Müller the rest of the match for a 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-1 win in the first round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Goffin, 28, has reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals and has won six ATP titles as well as re...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The ceiling of a landmark building from the 1800s under renovation in Syria’s capital collapsed Wednesday, killing two workers and injuring several others, state media reported. Rescuers were searching for workers still trapped in the rubble of the building, known as the Grand Serail, in the central Marjeh Sq...

An appeals court in Qatar has overturned the conviction of Remy Rowhani, leader of the country’s small Baha’i community, according to an international Baha’i organization monitoring the case. Rowhani, 71, had been sentenced to a five-year prison term in August after his conviction on charges related to social media posts. The organ...

BEIJING (AP) — Jannik Sinner won the China Open by beating American teenager Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2 in Wednesday’s final to continue his preparations for the Shanghai Masters. Sinner rebounded from his U.S. Open disappointment by winning his third title of the season — his 21st overall — with a dominant performance against the 19-ye...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A flotilla carrying activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza was on alert after it was approached by military vessels as it sailed Wednesday closer to the besieged Palestinian territory. The activists said they expect Israeli authorities to intercept them, as has happened in past flotilla attempt...

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies announced Wednesday that general manager Bill Schmidt stepped down after one of the worst seasons in baseball history. A search is underway for his replacement. Schmidt has been with the organization since 1999, including the last four seasons as general manager. The Rockies turned in their third...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running backs coach Skip Peete was in stable condition after experiencing a medical episode during the team’s walk-through practice Wednesday, and coach Todd Bowles later said he was primarily dehydrated. Team medical personnel attended to Peete, who was responsive and coherent before being t...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions welcomed Alim McNeill back to the practice field, starting the 21-day evaluation period before he comes back to play after having a season-ending knee injury last season. “He’s ready to go,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said on Wednesday. “I’m sorry for some of those guys that are going to hav...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins placed receiver Tyreek Hill on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday and brought back veteran receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. Hill posted on his X account Wednesday morning that he had successful surgery to repair multiple damaged ligaments in his left knee, including a torn anterior cruc...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens Wednesday as part of a general strike that left ferries tied up in port and disrupted services across the country to protest changes to the country’s labor laws. Many of the protesters also waved Palestinian flags and chanted “free, free Palestin...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami quarterback Carson Beck has experienced playing in some historic college football stadiums under often hostile circumstances. He threw for 439 yards last year for Georgia at Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium in front of 100,000 or so fans. He threw for 313 yards two years ago at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Sta...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was medically cleared by team doctors and was set to fully participate in practice on Wednesday after missing two games with an injured left knee. “He’s definitely chomping at the bit to get going,” coach Dan Quinn said. Another bit of good news for the injury-hit...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s chief trade negotiator has defended a tariffs deal with the U.S., expressing respect for President Donald Trump and calling him a “tough negotiator.” Trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa noted that the pact setting on most Japanese exports to the U.S. at 15% was comparable to a deal between Washington and the European Un...

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon killed one person and wounded five on Wednesday as the U.N. rights chief said that Israeli strikes on its northern neighbor have killed more than 100 civilians in 10 months. Volker Türk called for renewed efforts to bring a permanent end to hostilities in Lebanon following t...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said they were prepared for the Israeli navy to intervene as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory on Wednesday, after a tense night in the Mediterranean Sea. The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, M...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it was their “last opportunity” and that anyone who stayed would be considered a militant supporter and face the “full force” of Israel’s latest offensive. A Palestinian man injured by Israeli artill...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration sanctions announced Wednesday target dozens of companies and individuals involved in Iran’s missile and military aircraft production, a new punishment intended to support recently reimposed U.N. penalties against Tehran over its nuclear program. The “snapback” U.N. measures freeze Iranian asse...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including U.S. military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar — though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry. The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but d...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massi...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — No. 14 Iowa State’s secondary will be without longtime starters Jontez Williams and Jeremiah Cooper the rest of the season because of knee injuries. Coach Matt Campbell announced Tuesday that Williams damaged the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee late in the Cyclones’ 39-14 win over Arizona on Saturday....

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Arizona State and Kansas will play in the first college football game at London’s Wembley Stadium next year. The Big 12 Conference announced Wednesday that the Wildcats and Jayhawks will meet in the Union Jack Classic on Sept. 19. It will be the league’s third game in Europe over two seasons. Iowa State opened...

Suppose you’ve considered the Hyundai Palisade or Kia Telluride for your next three-row SUV. In that case, you probably know both models are nearly identical under the metal. Or rather, they were until recently. Redesigned for 2026 with new style, new engines and upgraded technology features, the second-generation Palisade refines...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 21 Notre Dame protected quarterback C.J. Carr in his first career start, a top 10 matchup on the road. Since unleashing Carr in the second game, the Fighting Irish offense has become a scoring machine. Notre Dame has topped the 40-point mark in three straight games and the 50-point mark in each of its la...

LONDON (AP) — A British High Court judge ruled Wednesday that a company linked to a lingerie tycoon must repay the government more than 121 million pounds ($163 million) for breaching a contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic. In an 87-page ruling, Justice Sara Cockerill found that PPE Medpro ha...

Two weeks ago, the talk in college football was about all the blowouts. Let’s write those off to early season mismatches. The discussion has turned to parity, close games and upsets. The average winning margin in the Football Bowl Subdivision in Week 5 was 14.2 points. No week in a regular season has had a narrower margin since Wee...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — OpenAI and South Korean tech conglomerates Samsung and SK on Wednesday announced partnerships to provide chips and other solutions for Stargate, a $500 billion project aimed at building infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence. The announcements came after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with South Korean...

With a terrific forehand and serve, an attacking, all-court style and footwork that helped make everything seem so effortless, Federer won 103 trophies and 1,251 matches in singles, totals surpassed among men only by Jimmy Connors in the Open era, which began in 1968. Federer finished five seasons at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, spen...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers topped the major leagues with 26 pitch clock violations this season, while Tampa Bay’s Shane Baz led pitchers and the Athletics’ Lawrence Butler was first among batters as the overall big league total dropped substantially once again. Los Angeles committed one more violation than the Mets, ac...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s father has long been the one in his ear with an encouraging word and some advice to simplify his swing. Even now, in his mid-30s, he still hears it from dad: Return to the tee. Frederick Freeman Sr. instructs his son to get back to his hitting basics when times are tough. So, on a September Sa...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Johnson’s career took him from the White House to newspaper publisher jobs in Dallas and Los Angeles to president of CNN. While that left him able to swap stories about two influential figures — Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Turner — that’s not the real reason he wrote his memoir. Instead, it’s to tell how his accom...

ATLANTA (AP) — When in doubt, Brian Snitker turned to Bobby Cox for advice. It was only natural for Snitker to once again seek counsel from Cox, through Cox’s wife Pam, when considering if this was the right time to step down as Atlanta Braves manager. Snitker received reassurance that following his career as a manager, Cox relishe...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions suitable for life. Their findings, reported Wednesday, are based on observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a cl...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Texas’ Arch Manning and Florida’s DJ Lagway opened the season as Heisman Trophy hopefuls, even considered front-runners by some. The highly touted quarterbacks with TV commercials, endorsement deals and probably as much name, image and likeness money as anyone in college were supposed to be the next great o...

NEW YORK (AP) — As uncertainty deepens amid the U.S. government’s first shutdown in almost seven years, the gold frenzy continues to climb to new heights. The going price for New York spot gold hit a record $3,858.45 per troy ounce — the standard for measuring precious metals — as of market close Tuesday, ahead of the shutdown begi...

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang are staying put. Apple TV+ is announcing a five-year extension as the exclusive streaming home for all things “Peanuts,” The Associated Press has learned. The new deal will run until 2030. The new extension — building on a partnership between WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now, declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her from the central bank. In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over Republican President Donald...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Chase DeLauter will make his major-league debut as the Cleveland Guardians try to avoid being eliminated by the Detroit Tigers in their AL Wild Card Series. DeLauter, who turns 24 on Oct. 8, will play center field and bat seventh. It is the first time a Cleveland player will make his big-league debut in a postseaso...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Dillon Gabriel will get his first NFL start on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns face the Minnesota Vikings in London. The Browns announced on Wednesday that they were benching Joe Flacco after he struggled to lead the offense in the first four games. Cleveland is 1-3 and ranked next-to-last in scoring, avera...

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump was reminded Wednesday that FIFA, not any government, ultimately decides which cities will host 2026 World Cup games. Trump suggested last week he could declare cities “not safe” for the 104-game soccer tournament next summer and alter a detailed hosting plan that FIFA confirmed in 2022. It...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their children who sat as models for the Dutch master at at time when he was struggling to make friends in a French town. Portraits of the expansively bearded postman Joseph Roulin, his wife, two sons a...

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating claims that unidentified drones may have spied on critical infrastructure in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, officials said Wednesday. Multiple drones were spotted on Sept. 25 over a power plant in the state capital of Kiel, as well as near a university hospital and a shi...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s art police on Wednesday seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries, after being tipped off by the Surrealist’s foundation in Spain about suspected anomalies in the works. The works were part of an exhibition, “Salvador Dalí, tra arte e mito” (Salvador Dalí, between art and m...

MUNICH (AP) — The Oktoberfest fairgrounds closed for several hours Wednesday as police conducted a security sweep of the famed beer festival due to a bomb threat by a suspect linked to an explosion across town in northern Munich. Police in Bavaria, the state where Munich is located, said the suspect was believed to be a 57-year-old...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass in Switzerland — home to the most glaciers in Europ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday weighed a new scheme to provide longer-term financial and military support to Ukraine using hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets held in Europe. The plan — which Moscow has described as “theft” — is a fresh sign of the EU’s determination to push ahea...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president and the U.N. nuclear agency head are sounding the alarm about increased safety risks at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, which lost its external power supply more than a week ago as the war raged around it. Emergency diesel generators are providing po...

BERLIN (AP) — Three alleged members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, officials said. The suspects are set to appear in court Thursday. A judge will then determine whether the trio can be held in custody ahead of a trial. Ge...

MIAMI (AP) — Not even half of the spots in the 48-team field have been claimed. The schedule of matches won’t be finalized until December. And other than host nations U.S., Canada and Mexico, nobody has any idea where or when they’ll be playing. Millions of soccer fans worldwide evidently don’t seem to mind any of those points. Tic...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that an oil tanker off the French coast had committed “very serious wrongdoings” and linked it to Russia’s shadow fleet, which is avoiding Western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The tanker was sailing last week off the coast of Denmark and was cited by European n...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative Wisconsin appeals court judge announced Wednesday that she is running for an open seat on the battleground state’s Supreme Court, promising to stop the politicization of the courts after record-high spending in the last race, fueled by billionaires Elon Musk and George Soros. Appeals Court Judge...

Retirement researchers are often enthusiastic about annuities, but many consumers are reasonably skeptical. Here to discuss basic information about annuities and their pros and cons is Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: How do...

A panel of federal judges will begin Wednesday to consider whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The case in an El Paso courtroom is the first test of Texas’ new map, which was quickly redrawn this summer to giv...

The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. The Department of Energy will take a 5% equity stake in the miner, which is based in Vancouver. It will also take a 5% stake in the Thacker Pass lithium mining project, a join...

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Wednesday that it plans to remove synthetic food dyes and 30 other ingredients, including some preservatives, artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes, from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027. The move announced by the the nation’s largest retailer amounts to an acknowledgment t...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lights, camera, action. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” arrives Friday. Are you ready for it? Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing the release. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of its drop date: how to stream, which variants exist, and of course, h...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s the largest ballooning event in the world and one of the most photographed spectacles, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators over nine days to watch as pilots from around the globe take to the skies in colorful hot air balloons. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicks off Saturday with...

JAY, Vt. (AP) — Months before the first snow beckons skiers, sheep and goats are hitting the slopes in Vermont. Dozens of animals have been mowing down overgrown vegetation at Jay Peak near the Canadian border. They’re expected to clear 25 acres (10 hectares) over a five-week stint, an experiment officials say is worth a try on par...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and after he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in 2024, police video obtained by The Associated Press shows. Roughly two weeks after his April 2024 arrest, Wallen commented on...

NEW YORK (AP) — A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground. Firefighters work near the site of a building collapse in the Bronx borough of New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Mun...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support site last month that it “routinely evaluates” its offerings and had decided to discontinue dial-up, as well as associated software “opti...

A scare about a supposed shooting that prompted a lockdown at New Jersey’s largest military base was a hoax caused by a civilian employee who wanted to “trauma bond” with her colleagues, according to federal prosecutors. Malika Brittingham, a civilian who works for the Naval Air Warfare Center and was assigned to Joint Base McGuire...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine said Wednesday it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers. President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “ big beautiful bill,” blocked Medicaid money from Planne...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice known for his jurist sensibilities and traditionalist convictions on marriage and religious freedom, is expected to be the next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its more than 17 million members worldwide. The leadership transit...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Investigators in Colorado are reviewing the 2005 shooting death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide, authorities said. There’s no new evidence suggesting foul play Thompson’s death, but the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office requested the review at the behest of Thompson’s widow, Anita Thomps...

An Alabama construction worker and U.S. citizen who says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks has filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding an end to Trump administration workplace raids targeting industries with large immigrant workforces. The class-action lawsuit, filed Tuesday by concrete worker L...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans. PEN America’s “Banned in the USA,” released Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of books bei...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was defeated in 2022 in a North Carolina primary, is looking for a comeback by running for Congress again, this time from Florida. Cawthorn, 30, announced in an online video Wednesday that he would seek the southwest Florida seat currently held by Rep. By...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the state in recent years as immigration surged unde...

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system. Noah Cuatro died at a hospital in 2019, days before his fifth birthday, after being found motionless at the fa...

NEW YORK (AP) — On this, at least, the Democrats agree: It’s time to fight. Whether far-left activists, Washington moderates or rural conservatives, Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging off the risks and embracing a government shutdown they say is needed to push back against President Donald Trump and his...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver; and Fort Myers, Florida, were hot places to settle. California lost some of its appeal. The Associated Press obtained U.S. Customs and Border Protection data by state and metropolitan area on self-reported destinations of nearly 2.5 million people who crossed the border illegally or th...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they’re considered a flight risk, according to a handbook given to detainees. The handbook was included in cour...

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about two-thirds of National Park Service employees. But in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, tourists enjoying a crisp fall m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Wednesday it was putting a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey and the city’s expanded Second Avenue subway project because of the government shutdown. The White House budget director, Russ...

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf there in recent years. The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal government employee was taken into custody Tuesday following an “active shooter hoax” that plunged New Jersey’s largest military base into lockdown earlier in the day, according to the state’s acting U.S. attorney, Alina Habba. In a social media post Tuesday night, Habba said the civilian employee — w...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Tuesday shuttered its two clinics in Louisiana over what the organization said were mounting financial and political challenges that made operating in the state no longer possible after more than 40 years. The closures make Louisiana the most populous of just four states with no Planned...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Classes were canceled or moved online this week in more than half of the departments at Mexico’s National Autonomous University over security concerns following the recent killing of a student at a university feeder school and a spate of threats. The rector of the country’s leading university committed Tuesday to...

Tyrese Gibson failed to turn himself in to police after an arrest warrant was issued because his four Cane Corso dogs mauled and killed a neighbor’s dog in Georgia in mid-September, police said Tuesday. The warrant for cruelty to animals issued for the “Fast & Furious” actor is part of an “ongoing issue” following multiple calls ab...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid to assert control over the enclave of the Druze minority that for years had operated in semiautonomy. It backfired. Sectarian attacks on Druze civilians during the ensuing fighting have hardened Sweida’s stance against the governm...

A federal judge has allowed the Pac-12 Conference’s lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference over $55 million in “poaching fees” to go forward. Northern District of California Senior Judge Claudia Wilken denied the Mountain West’s motion to dismiss the case on Tuesday. She set an initial case management conference for Nov. 18....

SYDNEY (AP) — Perth Stadium in Western Australia has been announced as the site of the opening match of the expanded men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027, with the Wallabies playing a team to be determined on Oct. 1 that year. The six-week tournament will end on Nov. 13, 2027 with the final at Sydney’s Olympic stadium. Also on Wednesday,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Chicago Fire jumped out to an early two-goal lead and withstood a furious second-half comeback try led by Luis Suárez in a 5-3 win over Inter Miami on Tuesday night. With the victory, Chicago (15-6-11) secured its first playoff berth since 2017 and improved to eighth in the Eastern Conference MLS st...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Just days after playing in his 150th test for Australia, Wallabies prop James Slipper said Wednesday he will retire after his 151st — Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand. The 36-year-old Slipper joins Welsh player Alun Wyn Jones (171) and New Zealand’s Sam Whitelock (153), in becoming just the...

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Australia has seen plenty of its players in the NBA over the years: Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Andrew Bogut, Ben Simmons, Luc Longley, Matthew Dellavedova and Josh Giddey, to name a few. Kyrie Irving was born there as well. And now, an NBA team is going to play Down Under. The New Orleans Pelicans made the nearly 10,000-mile trip thi...

Sunday, Sept. 14: Minnesota 101, Golden State 72 Wednesday, Sept. 17: Minnesota 75, Golden State 74 Sunday, Sept. 14: Las Vegas 102, Seattle 77 Tuesday, Sept. 16: Seattle 86, Las Vegas 83 Thursday, Sept. 18: Las Vegas 74, Seattle 73 Sunday, Sept. 14: Atlanta 80, Indiana 68 Tuesday, Sept. 16: Indiana 77, Atlanta 60 Thursday, Sept. 1...

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — Australia has won the toss and chosen to bowl Wednesday in the first of three Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. All three matches will be played over four days at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui southeast of Auckland. The match marks the earliest start to an...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James sat out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ first practice of training camp with a minor injury Tuesday. James has “a little bit of nerve irritation in the glute,” coach JJ Redick said after the workout at the Lakers’ training complex. James will become the first player in NBA history to play 23 season...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga agreed to a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday that could be worth up to $46.5 million if the team exercises its option for 2026-27. The Warriors announced Kuminga’s new deal late Tuesday. A person with knowledge of the contract provided details, speaking on condition o...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Fever, with about half their roster in street clothes, weren’t supposed to be this kind of challenge for the Aces. And then when Kelsey Mitchell left Game 5 on Tuesday night because of severe leg cramping, victory seemed assured for Las Vegas — only to have Indiana keep fighting back. But the Aces, pushed to th...

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters in a sparkling pitching performance, and pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a two-run single off reliever Luke Weaver that sent the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 3-1 on Tuesday night in their AL Wild Card Series opener. New York loaded the bases with nobody...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Kelsey Mitchell was sent to a hospital for fluids after going to the floor with serious leg cramping in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s 107-98 overtime loss to Las Vegas in the decisive Game 5 of the WNBA semifinal series. Mitchell seemed to sustain the non-contact injury with 5:05 left in t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández hit two home runs apiece, Blake Snell struck out nine over seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 in their NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday night. Tommy Edman also went deep for the Dodgers, who tied a franchise postseason record with f...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star reliever Matt Strahm passed a physical, causing the $7.5 million option for 2026 to vest in his contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Strahm received a $7.5 million salary in 2025 and the option became guaranteed because he reached 60 innings this year and passed the physical. The Phillies made the a...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Big 12 has certainly gone Down Under to get a leg up in the punting game. Nine of the conference’s top 15 punters this season hail from Australia. Crikey! That’s a lot of booming Aussie punters, mate. “Punting is a natural thing for us,” explained Colorado’s Damon Greaves, who’s from Busselton, a small cit...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams edge rusher Jared Verse gets part of his own edge by running a steady stream of trash talk and jokes at his opponents. But Verse grinningly admits he won’t be quite so verbose when the Rams (3-1) host the San Francisco 49ers (3-1) and their 11-time Pro Bowl left tackle, Trent Williams, on Thursda...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said Tuesday his choice of words was poor when he said Jacksonville coach Liam Coen’s staff was elite at sign stealing in a legal fashion. Saleh’s comments last week led to a postgame dustup on the field between Saleh and Coen on Sunday after Jacksonv...