JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have finally outmaneuvered Hamas. After facing months of genocide accusations, pariah status and global pressure to halt the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has agreed on a ceasefire plan with U.S. President Donald Trump. The 20-point plan, unveiled by Trump and Netanyahu at the...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has returned to the forefront of Middle East peace efforts after a U.S. peace plan on ending the Israel-Hamas war cast him in a leading role in overseeing the post-war administration and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. It’s familiar territory for Blair, who spent...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. The vote was 12-0 with Russia, China and Pakistan abstaining. The first Kenyans arrived in Haiti in June 2024, and the force was supposed to have 2,500 troops, bu...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy is holding up better than expected in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs - in part because the European Union didn’t retaliate with self-defeating tariffs of its own, the head of the European Central Bank said Tuesday. Christine Lagarde said the impact of Trump’s trade w...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Rory McIlroy didn’t get it quite right when he said winning the Ryder Cup on the road was one of the greatest accomplishments in golf. He left out “for the Americans.” McIlroy offered this observation a month before the 2023 matches in Rome, and it made perfect sense. The Americans had gone 30 years since l...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind. A hurricane warning was in effect for the island in the north Atlantic as forecasters advised of dangerous seas, strong winds and heav...

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu is riding high, following a decisive victory for the party she founded in a tense parliamentary election on Sunday which was plagued by claims of Russian interference. Founded by Sandu in 2016, the Party of Action and Solidarity, known as PAS, won its second parlia...

PARIS (AP) — The South African ambassador to France, Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, known as Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead on Tuesday morning at the foot of a luxury hotel tower in western Paris, a French prosecutor said. The 58-year-old ambassador had been reported missing on Monday evening, after his wife said she received a worr...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church’s moral leadership were far more important to “terminate” global warming. Schwarzenegger w...

Serbian police said in a statement Monday that the group was detained over incidents in France and Germany that took place between April and September. A suspected organizer, who Serbian police said acted on instructions from an unidentified foreign security agency, remains at large. French authorities did not name any country but...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Deepti Sharma’s all-round display helped India beat Sri Lanka by 59 runs (DLS) in the opening game of the Women’s Cricket World Cup on Tuesday. Sharma scored 53 off 53 balls and then took 3-54 in 10 overs to help her team overcome a batting collapse. Amanjot Kaur scored 57 off 56 balls and took 1-37 in six ov...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military is sharing with European countries its expertise in fighting Russian drones, sending a mission to Denmark for joint exercises, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. “Our military has begun deploying a mission in Denmark to disseminate Ukrainian experience in drone defense,”...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities arrested a Ukrainian diver who is suspected of involvement in undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany three years ago, Polish and German prosecutors said Tuesday. Volodymyr Z. was detained in Pruszkow, central Poland, Piotr...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick as Real Madrid shrugged off any travel weariness in a 5-0 win at Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. The 15-time European champions traveled nearly 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) to play the game in the eastern Kazakh city, Kairat’s first home match in the competition....

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Aryatara Shakya, at 2 years and 8 months, was chosen as the new Kumari or “virgin goddess,”...

TOKYO (AP) — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz beat No. 5 Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the Japan Open final on Tuesday for his eighth singles title this year. It also could be Alcaraz’s last match for a few weeks as he later announced he will skip the Shanghai Masters that opens on Wednesday. “I’ve been struggling with some physical issues and...

India 269-8, def. Sri Lanka 211 by 59 runs (DLS) Australia vs. New Zealand, 0930 GMT Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, 0930 GMT England vs. South Africa, 0930 GMT Sri Lanka vs. Australia, 0930 GMT New Zealand vs. South Africa, 0930 GMT Bangladesh vs. England, 0930 GMT Australia vs. Pakistan, 0930 GMT India vs. South Africa, 0930 GMT Banglad...

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nepal wasn’t able to finish what it started when it tried to sweep the West Indies in their Twenty20 series in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. Nepal, already with an unassailable and historic 2-0 lead, lost the last match by 10 wickets. The West Indies reached 123 without loss with 7.4 over...

BERLIN (AP) — A man who worked for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament was convicted Tuesday of spying for China for more than four years, according to German news agency dpa. Jian Guo, a German citizen, was accused of working for a Chinese intelligence service and of repeatedly passing on information o...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 jolted the central Philippines and collapsed the walls of buildings late Tuesday, killing at least six people, injuring several more and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said. The earthquake was...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s transactional approach to allies and trade wars are bringing the often-feuding Asian neighbors closer. Tuesday’s meeting between Japanese P...

BANGKOK (AP) — A well-known Vietnamese dissident has been convicted of speaking out inside prison against the ruling Communist Party and sentenced to another 11 years, in a move rights activists said Tuesday highlights the country’s strict suppression of any opposition. Trinh Ba Phuong, who was already serving a 10-year sentence on...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the nation almost entirely cut off from the outside world. The outage, reported Monday, was the first nationwid...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Republican South Carolina Rep. RJ May admitted in court Monday that he sent hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media. May pleaded guilty to what prosecutors in court papers called a “five-day child pornography spree” in the spring of 2024. May, wh...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who went overseas. He died last week, according to Tuskegee Airmen Inc. “His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skil...

DALLAS (AP) — The man who was fatally shot when a gunman targeted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has been identified as a 37-year-old detainee from El Salvador, federal officials said Monday. Norlan Guzman-Fuentes was killed and two other detainees were critically wounded early Wednesday when a...

CHICAGO (AP) — College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At DePaul University, it’s the only way students can get a sliver of sexual health support, she said. DePaul, a Catholic school in Chica...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a married couple during a 1990 robbery in South Florida is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening. Victor Tony Jones, 64, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSant...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who was knocked unconscious and arrested by two sheriff’s deputies in Northern California after stopping to change drivers during a family trip in 2020 has reached a $17 million settlement with the county, her lawyer said Monday. Nakia Porter had filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Solano County Sheriff’...

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to send Sean “Diddy” Combs to prison for over 11 years following his conviction on prostitution-related charges, citing one of his accusers who said she lives in fear of the music mogul’s release from detention. “His crimes of conviction are serious and have warrant...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish club Valencia said on Monday it filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming falsehoods in a documentary about Brazil player Vinícius Júnior. Valencia said the documentary mistakenly accused a large group of Valencia fans of making racist chants against the Real Madrid forward in a La Liga match in 2023. The club...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The selection of Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl halftime show is about more than music. The move signals a cultural spotlight for Latin identity at America’s most-watched television event. It also raises fresh questions about how much space there will be for his trademark symbolism and social commentary — i...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of progressive nonprofits condemned President Donald Trump’s general attacks on his political opponents and a specific report of a potential investigation into billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy, Open Society Foundations. “Targeting those you disagree with is a threat to the democratic values our organiza...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. House members visited North Carolina’s largest city on Monday to hear from family members of violent-crime victims who pleaded for tougher criminal justice policies in the wake of last month’s stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. A judiciary subcommittee meeting convened i...

CHICAGO (AP) — The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration’s growing federal intervention across U.S. cities. As Illinois leaders warned Monday of a National Guard deployment, residents in the nation’s thi...

The race to be the next mayor of New York City is down to three main candidates after incumbent Eric Adams dropped his reelection bid over the weekend. It’s hard to predict what effect Adams’ departure will have on the race, but the impact could be minimal. Adams will remain on the ballot since the deadline to withdraw his name has...

The suit against the National Shooting Sports Foundation, based in Shelton, Connecticut, alleges the organization obtained the data from major gun manufacturers, whose customers never agreed to share their personal information for political purposes. The suit filed by two gun owners alleges “unjust enrichment” — that the NSSF benef...

DETROIT (AP) — The man who shot up a Michigan church and set a fire that killed four people was a former U.S. Marine who expressed animosity about the Mormon faith to a city council candidate knocking on doors just days before the attack. Thomas Sanford, who was known as Jake, drove a pickup truck with a deer skull and antlers stra...

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Authorities on Monday were trying to determine why a man opened fire in the parking lot of a casino in a Texas border city over the weekend, killing two people and wounding at least five others. Keryan Rashad Jones, 34, was arrested during a traffic stop several hours after the shooting late Saturday night...

QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — The Army, Navy and Air Force, with encouragement from the Trump administration, all announced this summer that they had met their recruiting goals months ahead of schedule. That is a major shift from the past several years when the military has failed to meet its recruiting goals because of complications from t...

President Donald Trump bolstered a years-old conspiracy theory over the weekend, claiming that 50 pages of alleged FBI documents recently made public prove that 274 FBI agents at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were there to incite the attack. The documents first appeared in an article published Thursday by the conservative site...

Lally Weymouth, the daughter of the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham who forged her own journalistic career that included interviewing Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi among other world leaders, has died. She was 82. Weymouth died Monday at her home in Manhattan. The cause was pancreatic cancer, her...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican governor asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans and other cities, saying Monday that his state needs help fighting crime and praising President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops to Washington and Memphis. Gov. Jeff Landry, a Trump ally, asked for up to 1,000 troops through...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plan to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person Tuesday after the Pentagon suddenly asked top commanders from around the world to convene at a base in Virginia without publicly revealing the reason. The gathering at the Marine Corps base in Qu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over heath care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or permanently laid off. The government will shut down...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is pursuing a criminal case against another out-of-state doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient in the state, court documents filed this month revealed. A warrant for the arrest of a California doctor is a rare charge of violating one of the state abortion bans that has taken effect...

An Arkansas egg producer is recalling 12-count and 18-count cartons of free-range large brown eggs after federal health inspectors detected salmonella contamination at a processing site. Black Sheep Egg Company of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, pulled products and notified direct customers about the recall of eggs with best-by dates of Au...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Nuno Espirito Santo’s reign as the West Ham coach got off to an encouraging start after his lowly side fought back from a goal down to draw at Everton 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday. The Portuguese coach replaced Graham Potter on Saturday and he saw his side’s defensive frailties laid bare as it went...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Not even a case of COVID-19 could prevent Giannis Antetokounmpo from discussing his excitement regarding his upcoming season with the new-look Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo remained back in Greece recovering while the Bucks held their media day Monday in Milwaukee. The two-time MVP said he’s waiting for a negative...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Even before Lamar Jackson left in the third quarter with a hamstring problem, the Baltimore Ravens were in big trouble. It’s no longer a question of whether they can prove their worth against the league’s top teams. Now, the decimated Ravens are just trying to keep their season from going completely off the...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was happy to how see his team turned the page from a lethargic Week 3 loss to Pittsburgh and produced a dominant 42-13 win over Carolina that featured contributions throughout the roster. Now he wants his team to show it can be consistent as it prepares to open AFC East play Sunda...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans achieved a feat Sunday that even their mighty defenses powered by J.J. Watt never accomplished when they shut out the Tennessee Titans. The 26-0 win was Houston’s first shutout since 2010, just the third in franchise history and gave the Texans their first victory this season. “Huge credit to the d...

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nepal shocked the West Indies by a record 90 runs and won their Twenty20 series with a match to spare on Monday. Nepal played the two-time world champion for the first time on Saturday and earned an historic win by 19 runs and its first victory over an ICC full member. Monday’s result was even m...

The National Football League Inactive Report. CINCINNATI BENGALS at DENVER BRONCOS — CINCINNATI: WR Jermaine Burton, TE Noah Fant, DT McKinnley Jackson, DT Howard Cross III, DE Shemar Stewart. DENVER: QB Sam Ehlinger, RB Jaleel McLaughlin, LB Que Robinson, T Frank Crum, TE Lucas Krull, DL Jordan Jackson.

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Crochet wanted his Boston teammates to give the Yankees the business, so the All-Star pitcher told them to dress for success when they headed to New York for their postseason opener. “We were traveling comfortable here, and he decided to go business casual,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Monday. “He sent th...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco might be running out of time to show he can effectively lead the Cleveland Browns offense. However, with the myriad of problems the Browns (1-3) have, whichever quarterback takes Flacco’s place might not make much of an improvement. Among the 33 quarterbacks who have made at least 56 pass attempts, Flacc...

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)Either team did not practice, this report is an estimation....

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ball hasn’t been distributed evenly in the Los Angeles Rams’ offense so far this season, and coach Sean McVay would like to change that. Yet it’s still not clear their star-reliant approach is a bad thing at all — particularly when the supporting cast can still step up as dramatically as Tutu Atwell did Sunda...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers went into training camp expecting their offensive line to be a major strength. Now, four games into the season, injuries have left the group depleted at the two most important spots. Offensive tackle Joe Alt is undergoing testing after hurting his ankle in a 21-18 loss to the New Y...

NEW YORK (AP) — Vic Carapazza, Dan Iassogna, Alfonso Márquez and Todd Tichenor will be the umpire crew chiefs for this week’s Wild Card Series, with Iassogna serving in the role for the third straight season and Márquez for the second year in a row. All crew chiefs will be at third base for the openers and will not work behind the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts receiver Adonai Mitchell opened Monday’s team meeting by accepting responsibility for Sunday’s costly gaffe. Now comes the harder part — proving himself all over again. One day after Mitchell started to celebrate his first career TD before crossing the goal line and fumbled the ball out of the...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Injuries are catching up to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs and wide receiver Chris Godwin returned on Sunday but several other key players went down, joining a growing list of starters on the sideline. Still, that wasn’t the main reason the Buccaneers lost 31-25 to the Philadelphia Ea...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott is indispensable. Micah Parsons wasn’t. That’s as simply as Cowboys owner Jerry Jones could put it after a crazy 40-40 tie against the Green Bay Packers in Parsons’ highly anticipated return to Dallas a month after he was traded. Jones paid his quarterback, the first $60 million man in the NFL. He...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Gavin McKenna admits he didn’t watch a lot of college hockey growing up in Western Canada. But the projected 2026 NHL draft’s top prospect saw enough last season to know he wanted to play for Penn State. McKenna met with reporters Monday for the first time since shocking the hockey world in July by announc...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A.J. Brown is not quite ready to be on his way — out of Philadelphia, at least — no matter his cryptic posts on social media after the Eagles’ passing attack was absent in yet another win. “I question nothing about his desire to play great football, his desire to be a good teammate, his desire to be here,” Nick...

The Minnesota Vikings made the offensive line their primary priority for the offseason, using significant resources in free agency and the draft to change all three interior spots. Not only did their sobering exit from the playoffs last season reinforce the necessity of more reliable protection that allows the strong potential of t...

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — La joven selección de Ucrania que disputa el Mundial Sub20 de Chile 2025 ha enviado el lunes un mensaje de aliento a los hinchas que la acompañan desde su país natal, azotado por la guerra con Rusia desde febrero de 2022. “Ante todo, quiero darles las gracias a los que están defendiendo a nuestro país aho...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State has hired Tulsa deputy athletic director Joe Fields as its next athletic director. The school announced Monday that Fields will replace Mario Moccia, who was fired in January in the wake of an investigation into the department’s handling of a sexual abuse scandal. Fields begins his new role...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox let go of pitching coach Ethan Katz and hitting coach Marcus Thames on Monday, opting not to renew their contracts in a major shake-up to manager Will Venable’s staff. The team also announced it will not renew the contracts of first base and outfield coach Jason Bourgeois and catching coach Drew...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are showing signs of being more competitive, even as their record continues to get worse. The low expectations surrounding the Saints entering this season appear justified after an 0-4 start that left them the only winless team in the NFC. But after a 31-19 loss at contending Buffalo in w...

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions had a lot of things go right in Sunday’s 34-10 win against the Cleveland Browns. Now they need to find out how costly the game will be in the long run. The Lions (3-1) lost both starting cornerbacks to injuries against the Browns — D.J. Reed to a hamstring injury and Terrion Arnold to a shoulder pro...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Darren Waller’s return game was one to remember. The Miami Dolphins tight end — playing his first game since the end of the 2023 season — caught two touchdown passes for only the third time in his career, helping his team beat the New York Jets 27-21 on Monday night for their first win of the season. “It’...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Unburdened by expectations, the young Utah Jazz feel like they have nowhere to go but up. The Jazz, who had the worst record in the NBA last season at 17-65, lost three of their top scorers — John Collins, Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton — clearing the way for a monumental youth movement. First-round draft p...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The only splashes made this summer by the Minnesota Timberwolves were new contracts for two of their best big men, an unusually quiet offseason for an organization that has rarely been far from the next round of upheaval. The front office stayed intact. No roster-rattling trade was made in the days leading up to...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell already had plenty of motivation in his offseason workouts after the Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals despite being the top seed. His drive went to another gear when he heard last month Max Strus was going to be out the fir...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There’s a new vibe and plenty of buzz surrounding the Orlando Magic after a splashy offseason. It’s been a while since they were considered championship contenders. The Magic are favorites to repeat as Southeast division champions, have the third-best odds to win the Eastern Conference and are eighth-best to ca...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — While rookie Yang Hansen prepares for his first NBA season, the Portland Trail Blazers are readying for the onslaught of attention their Chinese big man will bring the team. Expectations are high for the 20-year-old who has faced the inevitable comparisons to fellow countryman and former NBA great Yao Ming. Bl...

CHICAGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres were terrific at Petco Park this season, going 52-29 on their way to an NL wild card. It was a different story on the road, where Manny Machado and company finished with a 38-43 record. When it comes to any sort of explanation for the discrepancy, well, Machado has no idea. “Can you please go fin...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit’s Tarik Skubal will be back on the mound at Progressive Field on Tuesday for the first game of the AL Wild Card Series against Cleveland. The start comes one week after the Tigers ace had a nightmare sixth inning against the Guardians. Skubal threw a 99 mph fastball that struck David Fry in the nose and fac...

BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff broke Belinda Bencic’s serve to open the deciding set and went on to beat the Swiss player 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the China Open quarterfinals. The second-seeded Gauff improved her head-to-head career meetings with the 28-year-old Bencic to 4-2. Three of those matches have come this yea...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati came crashing into the postseason on the final day of the regular season, and the callow Reds are riding a surge of momentum they hope will carry them against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. “The dangers are the youthful enthusiasm, the naivete,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sa...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — For the first time since the season opener, Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson disliked much of what he saw from his team. That changed near the very end of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Johnson couldn’t complain about the result — a flawed 25-24 victory sealed by Josh Blackwell’s blocked field...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders coach Pete Carroll isn’t ready to panic over the performance of quarterback Geno Smith. His other option is to go to Kenny Pickett, who is on his fourth team in 18 months. But if Las Vegas is to do anything of significance this season, the Carroll-Smith combination that found success in Seat...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will “probably” make his postseason pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers if their NL Wild Card Series against the Cincinnati Reds goes to a deciding third game. The entire series will be played at Dodger Stadium, starting Tuesday. Game 3 would be Thursday. Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani is “...

DENVER (AP) — Jake Browning and the Cincinnati offense marched right down the field with relative ease for a field goal on the opening drive Monday night. They wouldn’t run a play on the other side of midfield again. A smothering defense led by Nik Bonitto and Pat Surtain helped the Denver Broncos to a 28-3 win over the Bengals. Ci...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Justin Fields is not giving up hope with the New York Jets at 0-4. The hard work hasn’t produced any results yet for Fields and first-year coach Aaron Glenn, who was brought in to change the Jets’ culture after Robert Saleh was fired last year in the middle of what became a 5-12 season. So far, it’s been...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans will host the college football national championship game for the 2027 season, a person familiar with the decision said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement involving Gov. Jeff Landry was scheduled for Wednesday. The game will be held...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has offensive help on the way, a freshman receiver who just might make a difference against No. 9 Texas on Saturday. Dallas Wilson is practicing for the first time since injuring his left foot in training camp and is scheduled to make his collegiate debut against the Longhorns, coach Billy Napier sa...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — No. 10 Alabama will be without starting outside linebacker Qua Russaw for “an extended period” with a broken foot, coach Kalen DeBoer said Monday. The sophomore suffered the injury early in a 24-21 win at Georgia on Saturday and was scheduled for surgery this week. He played just eight snaps against the Bull...

NEW YORK (AP) — As several ballparks around the majors buzzed with playoff preparations Monday, from Yankee Stadium to Wrigley Field, the one standing at 41 Seaver Way in Queens sat conspicuously empty. A weathered New York Mets tarp covered the mound, another one encircled home plate. No possibility of any October baseball coming...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Moments after Tyreek Hill was injured on Monday night, the Miami Dolphins star receiver flashed a bright smile and told a few jokes to teammates as he was carted off the field at Hard Rock Stadium. Hill had just dislocated his knee on a scary play in the third quarter of Miami’s 27-21 win over the New Yor...

Democratic senators introduced a bill Monday that would rewrite a 1961 law prohibiting college sports conferences from banding together to sell their media rights. It’s a move they say is designed to protect athletes, Olympics sports and smaller leagues that could be getting priced out of the increasingly expensive business of name...

DENVER (AP) — Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos finally justified their head coach’s talking them up all offseason. Nix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to atone for his end zone interception and the Broncos snapped a two-game skid by sending the Cincinnati Bengals to their second straight blowout loss, 28-3 Monday night. T...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli on Monday, ending his seven-year tenure that included three AL Central titles but only one playoff appearance over his final five seasons. Baldelli’s dismissal came after a second straight dispiriting finish by the Twins, this one marked by a major selloff leading...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy will not return as manager of the Texas Rangers after a three-year stint that began with the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2023 before missing the playoffs and not having a winning record in both seasons since then. The Rangers announced Monday night that the team and Bochy mutua...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard said Monday he didn’t receive all of the money he was owed from a California company he had an endorsement deal with in a business relationship that is under investigation by the NBA, but he insisted there was no wrongdoing. The Los Angeles Clippers superstar spoke for the first time publicly...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill’s season for the Miami Dolphins potentially came to a sudden end on Monday night, when the standout wide receiver’s left knee became badly twisted shortly after he made a catch near the sideline. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Hill was diagnosed with a dislocated knee. Hill was to remain ho...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not polite, as a general rule, to visit your hosts and criticize the way they do things. Unless, that is, you’re helping to pay the rent. World leaders have spent the past week at the United Nations doing just that, convening at its grandiloquent headquarters to tell each other — and those who administer the pl...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunfire erupted during a peace rally in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding over two dozen others, police and government officials said. Local police officer Mohammad Afzal said the shooting happened as hundreds of people marched along a main road in Muzaffarabad, the r...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, changed his plea to guilty during an appearance before U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in St...

PARIS (AP) — At Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello dialed up the drama Monday night at Paris Fashion Week with a set of gigantic white flowers that loomed like a cinematic backdrop. If the blooms hinted at delicacy, the clothes told another story: big, bold, and unafraid of excess. Madonna was in attendance, and at times she stole t...

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, some women say they have been exploited by local men promising food, money, water, supplies or work in exchange for sexual interaction. For an Associated Press report, six women described their experiences, each speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from their families or th...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say Tuesday that Britain faces a stark choice between decency and division, in an attempt to reset his government and stem the rising popularity of the hard-right party Reform UK. Starmer will tell his center-left Labour Party that Britain faces “a fight for the soul of our...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — In Paraguay, one of the most conservative countries in the Americas, many LGBTQ+ people feel compelled to leave their hometowns due to discrimination, harassment and gender-based violence. Social rejection and the absence of legal protections take a particular toll on transgender women like Alejandra Monge...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A Mexican marine biologist was seriously injured after he was attacked by a shark while working off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast and transferred to a hospital in the country’s capital on Monday, authorities said. Costa Rica’s Fire Department said it had rescued 48-year-old Mauricio Hoyos from the attack Sa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is just hours away from yet another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking rather bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid federal closures beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Republicans have crafted a short-term measure to fund the government through Nov. 21, but Democrats h...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — For all he had already accomplished in life, San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama realized he truly had not done much. Lying in a hospital bed awaiting surgery that could potentially save his life, much less an NBA career, Wembanyama waited for relief from a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. It le...

The Utah college where conservative leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated lacked several key public safety measures and practices that have become standard safeguards for security at events around the country, an Associated Press review has found. Utah Valley University’s outdoor courtyard, where Kirk showed up on Sept. 10 to debate...

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Turning Point USA’s college tour will return to Utah on Tuesday for its first event in the state since its founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated on a college campus earlier this month. The stop, at Utah State University in Logan, is about two hours north of Utah Valley University, where Kirk was killed Sept. 10...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardly a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed his “Global Governance Initiative,” Beijing made its intent clear at the most global of forums — that it should, and is qualified to, help shape the world order even as the United States tips more inward under Donald Trump. In a seemingly jargon-filled spe...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her U.S. visa to protest a decision by the U.S. State Department to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Colombian government said Monday. The decision by Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio comes as tensions between both nations escalate over...

BANGKOK (AP) — An appeals court in Thailand on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for a lawmaker from the progressive People’s Party for defaming the monarchy in a speech she made four years ago. The court in Bangkok granted Chonthicha Jangrew’s request for bail, which was set at 150,000 baht ($4,600). Chonthicha said she wo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has released President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supported the plan following a meeting with Trump at the White House on Monday, but it’s unclear if Hamas will accept these terms. Here is Trump’s proposal, verbatim: 1....

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Lingering heavy rains from a former typhoon caused more flooding and landslides in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 19 in the country with more missing. Rainfall topped 30 centimeters (nearly a foot) in parts of Vietnam over the past 24 hours, the national weather agency said Tuesday. It warned that heavy do...

After weeks of scraping by to feed her six children in Gaza, the 38-year-old woman thought she’d found a lifeline. At a shelter, a friend told her about a man who could help with food, aid, maybe even a job. The woman — separated from her husband, and forced to shutter the business that once kept the family afloat — approached him....

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors Tuesday a day after the structure fell. At least three students were killed, more than 100 were injured and dozens were presumed burie...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful car bomb went off outside the headquarters of Pakistan’s paramilitary security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, authorities said. Residents said the blast was so powerful it was heard from miles away. Ambulances rushed...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press. The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols form...

Hamas said Tuesday it will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already thrown his support behind it but it’s unclear whether Hamas will agree or when it would give its response. The proposal de...

Journalists who cover the Pentagon and the Trump admnistration are in a standoff about new rules that limit the access of the media to most areas within the Pentagon and appear to condition overall entry to the building on an agreement to restrictions in reporting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team characterizes the changes as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled th...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law that aims to prevent people from using powerful artificial intelligence models for potentially catastrophic activities like building a bioweapon or shutting down a bank system. The move comes as Newsom touted California as a leader in AI regulation and cr...

NEW YORK (AP) — In what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity, video game maker Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired in a deal valued at $55 billion. Beyond the potentially record-breaking price tag, the deal could bring wider shifts in the gaming world. Electronic Arts (EA) owns popular titles like Mad...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in narrow trading Tuesday as investors braced for a possible U.S. government shutdown. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 declined nearly 0.3% to finish at 44,932.63. China reported lackluster data on factory activity for September that reflect persistent weakness in the world’s second largest economy...

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after the video site suspended his account following the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol following the election that resulted in him leaving the White House for four years. The settlement of the more than four-year-old case earma...

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, the longest slump since 2019, an official report said Tuesday. The official manufacturing purchasing managers index, or PMI, improved to 49.8 from 49.4 in August. But it remained below the 50-cutoff level between contraction and expansion on a...

At least 100 federal investigators are responding to an attack in a Michigan community where a former Marine crashed a pickup into a Mormon church during a Sunday service, shot into the building and set it ablaze. The police chief said officers were on the scene within 30 seconds after a 911 call and eventually fatally shot the man...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian flu. Foundation officials...

HUDSON, Fla. (AP) — A man on Florida’s Gulf Coast has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said he killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks. The 61-year-old man from Hudson, Florida, was arrested last week on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty, according to an affidavit from the Pasco Coun...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on a Florida highway last month waived his first appearance hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, court records show. Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old native of India, is being held in the St. Lucie County Jail...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners said in a letter to Des Moines public schools Superi...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin police on Monday outlined how a new, rapidly unfolding DNA and ballistics evidence trail led them to declare a dead man as the likely perpetrator in the killing of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a horrific crime that haunted the city for decades. And officials noted there was no kno...

Jennifer Allen has wanted to be a teacher since high school. She admired her social studies and English teachers especially. After four years studying elementary education at Delta State University and a full-time teaching position in a local district her senior year, she felt she had cleared all the important hurdles to becoming a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has denied a request for a new trial for the South Florida matriarch who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law. Donna Adelson is facing a life sentence for her role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Earlier this month, jurors r...

HAYS, Kan. (AP) — A western Kansas police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call at the home of a suspect who appeared to have later killed himself, authorities said. Hays Police Sgt. Scott Heimann died of his injuries early Sunday after being transported by air to a hospital, the Kansas Bureau of Inv...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration New Mexico lawmakers are to open a special session Wednesday to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care — actions the Democratic governor contends are needed to “minimize the damage from President Trump’s disastrous bill” cutting federal taxes an...

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state House member who advocated for Palestinians at the 2024 Democratic National Convention is entering the state’s race for governor. Ruwa Romman announced her 2026 bid for governor on Monday, saying Democrats need a clearer progressive vision and greater focus on organizing voters. She’s at least the eig...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former state economic development director for Wisconsin, who previously worked as an executive at a dairy cooperative, announced Monday that she is running for governor as a Democrat, promising to reject “divisive politics.” Missy Hughes took a less combative approach toward Republican President Donald Tru...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on charges of illegally “ doxing ” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, federal prosecutors said. Investigators said the women followed the agent home, livestreamed their pursuit and then posted th...

On a recent Saturday near Seattle, Cheryl Ewaldsen pulled three golden loaves of wheat bread out of her kitchen oven. The fragrant, oat-topped bread was destined not for her table, but for a local food bank, to be distributed to families increasingly struggling with hunger and the high cost of groceries. “I just get really excited...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 5-11: Oct. 5: Singer Arlene Smith of The Chantels is 84. Singer-guitarist Steve Miller is 82. Singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC is 78. Actor Karen Allen is 74. Director Clive Barker is 73. Guitarist David Bryson of Counting Crows is 71. Astrophysicist and “Cosmos” host Neil deGrasse Tyson is 67....

Cat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf, has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues, the singer announced on social media Monday. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member was set to tour in support of his book, “Cat on the Road to Findout,” which will release in the U.S. on Oct. 7 and was made avail...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Party leaders in Congress have long criticized government shutdowns as toxic and destructive. “Always a bad idea,” former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of shutdowns in 2024. A potential “disaster,” Democratic Leader Chuck...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton has postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges,” the country legend shared on social media Sunday night. She did not provide specific details, writing, “As many of you know, I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few...

NEW YORK (AP) — The singing trio behind HUNTR/X, the fictional music group at the center of the summer’s massively popular animated film “KPop Demon Hunters,” is scheduled to perform live for the first time Oct. 7 on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The NBC show announced Monday that Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami will per...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study, offering further support for the drug’s potential in treating one of the most common forms of chronic pain. The 800-patient study by a German drugmaker is the latest evidence of the therapeutic properties of cannabis, whi...

President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. Claiming that movie production “has been stolen’’ from Hollywood and the U.S., Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “I will be imposing a 100% tari...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the year-long decline in the U.S. coal industry. Actions by the Energy and Int...

CSX railroad announced Monday that it had replaced its CEO less than two months after an investment fund urged it to either find another railroad to merge with to better compete with the proposed transcontinental Union Pacific railroad or fire outgoing CEO Joe Hinrichs. The outgoing CEO, who came to the railroad in 2022 after a lon...

DoorDash and Kroger are expanding their grocery delivery partnership. Starting Oct. 1, DoorDash will offer delivery from Kroger’s 2,700 U.S. stores, both companies said Monday. San Francisco-based DoorDash, which is the largest U.S. delivery provider, launched grocery delivery in 2020 with a handful of partners, including Fresh Thy...

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Here he is, depicted at six months in office, chiseled and brawny, as mighty as the very nation. Here he is as a Star Wars Jedi wielding a patriot-red lightsaber, rescuing our galaxy from the forces of evil. Here he is taking over Gaza, transfo...

LONDON (AP) — GSK Chief Executive Emma Walmsley, the first woman to lead a major pharmaceutical company, will step down Dec. 31 after more than eight years at the head of the London-based drugmaker. Walmsley, 56, will be replaced by Luke Miels, currently GSK’s chief commercial officer, the company said in a statement released on Mo...

Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $55 billion in what could become the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s stockholders $210 per share. Affi...

MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi, who took full creative control of her family’s heritage fashion house after the departure of Kim Jones, is stepping down from that role and into a new one: honorary president. “What a wonderful journey it has been, not only creatively but also from a human perspective: first through my bond with...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Veteran Olympic official John Coates stood down early Monday as head of sport’s highest court after being treated for cancer. “Mr Coates indicated that, after completing six months of chemotherapy treatment for cancer, his current health did not allow for international travel,” the Court of Arbitration...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Concerns have been raised about the welfare of Barcelona’s teenage sensation Lamine Yamal and the “alarming” demands on him at such a young age. The 18-year-old Spain international is already regarded as one of the best soccer players in the world and has broken a slew of records since bursting onto the s...

Walking out to bat with his arm in a sling in a courageous, last-ditch attempt to win a test match for England proved to be the final act of Chris Woakes’ international career. The 36-year-old Woakes announced his immediate retirement from international cricket on Monday, after 62 test matches and World Cup titles in the ODI and Tw...

Jose Mourinho looked to his right, then his left, and smiled at pictures of his younger self lifting three Premier League trophies as the Chelsea manager. The man who once referred to himself as a “Special One” returned to Stamford Bridge on Monday in his new position as the coach of Benfica and was confronted with images of the pa...

1904 — Doc White of the Chicago White Sox pitched his fifth shutout in eighteen days, a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees. 1915 — The Boston Red Sox clinched the American League pennant when St. Louis beat Detroit 8-2, giving Boston a 2 1/2-game margin. 1916 — New York’s Rube Benton pitched a 4-0 one-hitter over the Boston Braves t...

PARIS (AP) — Hosting the 2024 Paris Olympics generated only moderate revenues for France, with an almost negligible impact on growth, while total public expenditure exceeded six billion euros ($7 billion), the country’s court of auditors reported on Monday. Public spending linked to the Olympics organization included €3.02 billion...

ZURICH (AP) — South Africa was stripped of a win in 2026 World Cup qualifying by FIFA on Monday and lost top spot in its group for fielding an ineligible player. FIFA’s disciplinary ruling overturned a South Africa win against Lesotho in March, left Benin top with two rounds to go and gave Nigeria fresh hope of advancing to the fin...

Micah Parsons’ much-anticipated return to Dallas to face his former Cowboys teammates ended with a 40-40 tie and the rare walk-off game-tying field goal. The Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey and Green Bay’s Brandon McManus traded short field goals in overtime Sunday night, and Parsons’ only sack played a role in keeping Dallas out of the en...

MADRID (AP) — Valencia vs. Oviedo in La Liga was postponed from Monday to Tuesday because of bad weather in the city of Valencia. A weather alert for heavy rain and risk of flooding was issued for the region, prompting the Spanish league’s decision to postpone. The match will take place on Tuesday if the weather conditions improve...

MIAMI (AP) — Norman Powell remembers what the perceptions were when he entered the NBA a decade ago. Can’t shoot, not a scorer, only a defender. He’s proven them all wrong — and the Miami Heat hope he continues doing so. Powell donned his new Heat uniform in an official capacity for the first time Monday, appearing at the team’s me...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber had one question as the National League home run champion addressed a jam-packed Phillies crowd that came to celebrate a division crown and get pumped for Red October. “Are the Birds winning?” Schwarber asked, as Phillies fans cheered. Was that a rhetorical question? Of course the Birds were winni...

Major League Baseball attendance since 1980 (x-strike-shortened season; p-pandemic restrictions): Major League Baseball attendance since 1980 (x-strike-shortened season; p-pandemic restrictions):

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s overall attendance increased for a third straight season for the first time since 2004-07, but the average dipped slightly because of fewer single-admission doubleheaders caused by weather postponements. MLB drew 71.41 million fans for 2,423 gates in the regular season that ended Sunday for a...

The average time of nine-inning games from 1981-2025: The average time of nine-inning games from 1981-2025:

Here’s a look at how things played out from a sports betting perspective: At the BetMGM online sportsbook, the Minnesota Vikings (-2.5 vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers) were the most bet team on Sunday in terms of number of bets and money. Pittsburgh beat Minnesota 24-21 in Dublin. The Baltimore Ravens (-2.5 at the Kansas City Chiefs) w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Missing the injured Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin is hardly ideal for the Washington Commanders’ offense, of course, yet the most glaring issue at the moment is their defense. Coach Dan Quinn and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. have work to do this week as the Commanders (2-2) prepare to face quarterback J...

ATLANTA (AP) — It took exactly one drive for the Atlanta Falcons to exceed their offensive production from Week 3. The Falcons bounced back from their anemic showing in a 30-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers, gaining a season-high 435 yards in a 34-27 victory over the Washington Commanders on Sunday. New kicker Parker Romo, who contr...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn’t much on aesthetics. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach knows his team hasn’t played particularly well over the first month of the season. The offense remains a work in progress behind Aaron Rodgers, who has played steadily if not spectacularly. The defense is banged up and uncharacteristically gettabl...

Pediatricians and advocates urged the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) to remove a new requirement on sports physical evaluations that physicians identify a student’s birth sex and recommend whether they should play boys’ or girls’ sports, calling it “medically inappropriate.” Additionally, the letter noted that...

The Week 6 high school rankings from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com, distributed by The Associated Press: Rank School (Record) Week 5 Prv rank 1 Southlake Carroll (5-0) W: Keller Timber Creek, 55-13 1 2 Allen (5-0) W: McKinney, 62-0 2 3 Humble Summer Creek (4-0) W: Channelview, 73-0 3 4 Fort Bend Ridg...

NEW YORK (AP) — An MRI confirmed that New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers has a torn ACL in his right knee and is expected to miss the rest of the season, coach Brian Daboll said Monday. “He’s one of our better players — I think one of the better players at his position in the league,” Daboll said. “We’ll have a tremendous amount...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — John Rooney of the St. Louis Cardinals and Brian Anderson of the Milwaukee Brewers are newcomers to the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s 2026 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Skip Caray, Rene Cardenas, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Duane Kuiper and John Sterling return from last year’...

LONDON (AP) — Four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou arrived at the Commercial Court in London on Monday for the start of a civil trial in McLaren’s breach-of-contract dispute with the Spanish driver. Palou in 2022 signed a contract to drive for McLaren’s IndyCar team, but that put Palou in breach with Chip Ganassi Racing, which hel...