ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic teachers on Tuesday to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives and use technology in ways that keep human dignity front and center. Leo issued a set of marching orders to Catholic educators during a special Holy Year celebration that...

LINUM, Germany (AP) — In a spot outside Berlin that’s usually a paradise for birdwatchers, volunteers have recovered nearly 2,000 dead cranes in recent days as bird flu has hit the migrating birds hard. Linum, a small village about an hour’s travel from the German capital, is known in summer for its many nesting storks. In the fall...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors on Tuesday requested lifting the parliamentary immunity of a former justice minister who is facing charges of abuse of power and mishandling funds including for buying Israeli spyware allegedly used against political opponents. Zbigniew Ziobro was alleged to have misused a fund under the Min...

MADRID (AP) — The sighting of a drone closed the airspace of a Spanish airport in a major tourist center for two hours Monday night, officials said Tuesday. Since late September, mysterious drone overflights have caused closures and disruptions at airports across the European Union, including Munich, one of Germany’s largest airpor...

Russian lawmakers Tuesday endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year. The legislation, which was approved by the lower house, the State Duma, in a third and final reading of the measure...

Stanford begins coach Kyle Smith’s second season with 11 returning players from a team that reached the second round of the NIT and established school records for made 3-pointers (294), free-throw percentage (.789) and fewest turnovers per game (10.5). The Cardinal lost their top three scorers, leaving redshirt junior guard Ryan Ag...

About a month after leading Houston to the NCAA championship game, Kelvin Sampson agreed to a contract extension that not only bumped up his salary but could keep the 70-year-old in charge of the Cougars through the 2028-29 season. However long he lasts, there could be a Sampson calling the shots for a whole lot longer. For more th...

This wasn’t quite a tradition unlike any other, but Charles Howell III rarely got through the early part of the year on the PGA Tour without being asked about the Masters. He grew up in Augusta, Georgia, and no other tournament meant more to him. Now the big change is the calendar and the scenery. Plus, there’s no guarantee anyone...

Indiana (19-13, 10-10 Big Ten) After missing the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year, the Hoosiers fired coach Mike Woodson and hired Darian DeVries from West Virginia. Only two players remain from the Woodson era and each has played only one game with the Hoosiers. DeVries has a history of making quick turnarounds. His te...

The Orange had the program’s lowest win total since 1970 and have failed to make the NCAA Tournament four straight years, an eternity for the storied program that puts pressure on third-year coach Adrian Autry. Athletic director John Wildhack said his expectation is for this year’s team playing “meaningful games” in March. Autry go...

Pittsburgh (17-15 overall, 8-12 ACC) Jeff Capel begins his eighth season with the Panthers, seemingly starting from scratch after just four scholarship players from last year’s group return. A season ago, Pitt hoped retaining a huge chunk of its roster from 2023-24 would pay dividends. After a hot start, the Panthers missed the NCA...

No. 1 Purdue (24-12, 13-7 Big Ten) Purdue had big expectations coming into this season long before being tabbed No. 1. They have their top three scorers back, plenty of depth, a new backcourt scoring threat and three players listed at 6-foot-11 or taller. Plus, Matt Painter is one of the steadiest coaches in America. The Boilermake...

Georgia Tech (17-17, 10-10 ACC) Georgia Tech finished eighth in the ACC last year and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament by Duke. The roster underwent significant turnover this offseason, only retaining four players from last year’s team. Baye Ndongo, Jaeden Mustaf, Kowacie Reeves Jr. and redshirt freshman D...

MIAMI (AP) — The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman. In exchange, the agent told the pilot in a clandestine meeting, the aviator would be made a very rich man. The co...

Course: Kuala Lumpur Golf and CC. Yardage: 6,536. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner’s share: $450,000. Television: Wednesday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Ruoning Yin. Race to CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul. Last week: Australia won the H...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A week into the NBA season, the defenses are losing. By a lot. If it seems like there’s never been this many high-scoring performances in the first few days of a season, that’s because this indeed is unprecedented. Going into Tuesday, there have been 16 instances of a player scoring 40 or more points in a game...

Florida State (17-15, 8-12 ACC) Luke Loucks replaced retiring coach Leonard Hamilton and was tasked with rejuvenating a program that has slipped. The Seminoles finished no better than tied for eighth in Hamilton’s final four seasons, and the school decided it was time for a change after six former players sued Hamilton for allegedl...

Yale’s Nick Townsend never seriously considered following the lead of so many other mid-major stars who decided to finish their careers at power-conference programs. He instead opted to chase a third straight NCAA Tournament berth at the place that has helped the 6-foot-7 forward develop into one of the top Ivy League performers. “...

After losing its top players to other programs in the transfer portal, Cal will count on the leadership and stability of senior forward Rytis Petraitis, who averaged 8.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and a team-best 1.3 steals playing 27.9 minutes last season. He was one of three Golden Bears to appear in all 33 games, starting...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s seven-game winning streak has revealed a new side of coach Kalen DeBoer. And it could set the tone for the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide as they move closer to securing spots in the Southeastern Conference championship game and the College Football Playoff. Alabama (7-1, 5-0 SEC), which has won every...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan and football coach Sherrone Moore have dropped their appeal against NCAA penalties stemming from a sign-stealing operation. Michigan was fined tens of millions of dollars and Moore was suspended for a third game by the NCAA in August as punishment for a sprawling scandal that has l...

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has undergone arthroscopic surgery and is expected to be sidelined for a couple of months. Madrid said on Tuesday the surgery on his right knee was successful. The club did not give an official timetable for Carvajal’s recovery but he was expected to be out for two to three months. C...

NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years. The idea for the fund was initiated by th...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria signed an agreement Tuesday with Germany’s defense company Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder and ammunitions factory as part of Europe’s efforts to improve its defenses following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The factory, which will produce gunpowder, 155 millimeter artillery shells and modular charge...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsey Vonn feels like she has “nothing to prove” in her bid to return to the Olympics at the age of 41. The American ski great with medals in multiple disciplines said Tuesday she’s not worried about tarnishing her legacy after coming out of retirement several years after she last competed. “I don’t think anyone r...

Kyiv, Ukraine – To extract water from tree leaves, branches are wrapped in a plastic bag for several hours. The evaporated liquid is drinkable after boiling. That is not a survivalist tip, but a life hack from the Russia-occupied part of the parched Donbas region in Ukraine’s southeast that went viral in recent months. The majority...

PARIS (AP) — Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain generated club-record revenue of 837 million euros ($976 million) last season. The figures released by the club on Tuesday include 175 million euros in matchday revenue and 367 million euros in commercial revenue, with six new partners joining the club. The figures encompass...

United Parcel Service posted third-quarter results that handily beat Wall Street’s expectations and gave details about its turnaround efforts, including approximately 34,000 job cuts. Shares surged more than 12% before the market open on Tuesday. UPS earned $1.31 billion, or $1.55 per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer confidence weakened slightly in October as Americans remain anxious about their future financial prospects. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell by 1 point to 94.6 in October from an upwardly revised September reading of 95.6. Economists were expecting the reading to c...

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — In a stretch of Northern California known for farming, ranching and a rural way of life, residents worry a ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps is all but certain to dilute what little political power they possess in the heavily Democratic state. If Proposition 50 passes, voters in three northern counties...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s elections in recent years have been relatively free of problems, and verified cases of voter fraud are exceedingly rare. That’s not stopping Republicans from pushing for major changes in the way the state conducts its voting. Maine is one of two states with election-related initiatives on the Nov. 4 b...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation, paving the way for the ChatGPT maker to more easily profit off its artificial intelligence technology even as it remains technically under the control of a nonprofit. The company also sai...

BANGKOK (AP) — The number of people fleeing from Myanmar to Thailand after Myanmar’s military shut down a major online scam center has slowed to a trickle, a Thai regional army commander said Tuesday, after more than 1,500 had left in the past week. The KK Park site, identified by Thai officials and independent experts as housing a...

MIAMI (AP) — A longtime U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges. Details of the plot are emerging as the Trump administration exerts increasing pressure on Maduro. Trump has deployed...

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Musk said that “Grokipedia.com version 0.1 is now live” and promised that “Version 1.0 will be 10X better.” Grokipedia’s goal is “ the “truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

The peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mired in uncertainty after the pair reportedly failed to find a breakthrough during three days of negotiations in Istanbul. State media in each country blamed the other on Tuesday for the lack of agreement on a long-term truce in Turkiye. The talks were spurred after tensions be...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged US President Donald Trump to put pressure on China to cut support for Russia, as the Ukrainian leader eyes Moscow’s dependence on oil revenues to fund its war. Zelenskyy’s call on Tuesday came as Trump prepares to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week. The US recently levied sanction...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. The announcement, made on social media Tuesday, marks a continued escalation in the pace of the strik...

Protests to end Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians are getting louder and larger. Seeing the livestreamed genocide Israel perpetrated in Gaza has had an effect globally, with the call to boycott Israel at an all-time high. Quiet boycotts, which started in supermarkets nearly two decades ago, have turned into widely used apps tha...

The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Forty-five-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami admitted all charges read out by prosecutors as his trial opened on Tuesday, according to the Japanese broadcaster NHK. Yamagami was charged with murder and violations of arms control laws...

Ohio State (17-15, 9-11 Big Ten) Jake Diebler enters his second full season as head coach with an experienced roster. The Buckeyes return three of their top four scorers from last season, including an experienced backcourt, as they look to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2022. Ohio State has struggled in Big Ten p...

The Hawkeyes are turning to Ben McCollum to energize a program that had faded the past two years under all-time wins leader Fran McCaffery. McCollum was one of the biggest stories in college basketball last season. He moved up from Division II Northwest Missouri State to lead Drake to a school-record 31 wins, Missouri Valley regula...

The Scarlet Knights enter the season without six of last season’s top seven scorers. Among the departures are Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, freshmen who were taken second and fifth, respectively, in the NBA draft. Despite the hype surrounding the duo, Rutgers failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament and finished 11th in the Big Ten...

Coach Micah Shrewsberry enters his third season with a solid foundation, and a roster that has his imprint all over it. The Fighting Irish are deep, big and versatile, and there is reason for optimism. Whether that will be enough to propel Notre Dame to its first winning season in four years, its second postseason bid since 2018 or...

The Wolfpack’s follow-up to an unexpected 2024 Final Four run turned into a crashout triggering the firing of coach Kevin Keatts. Enter Will Wade, who exited LSU amid a cloud of NCAA trouble but won quickly at McNeese in climbing back to a power-conference job. His Wolfpack program with 13 newcomers is picked to finish fourth in th...

The Demon Deacons are chasing their first NCAA Tournament bid under sixth-year coach Steve Forbes after being a bubble team multiple years. Four starters are gone from a team that faded with five losses in its last eight. Forbes is hoping to repeat past transfer-portal success after twice adding guards who became The Associated Pre...

No. 25 North Carolina (23-14, 13-7 ACC) The Tar Heels have 11 new players and five returnees from last year’s NCAA Tournament team. Six transfers and an international player join the roster amid pressure for Hubert Davis’ fifth season. The Tar Heels are picked third in the ACC. Caleb Wilson (freshman, F, 6-10, 215). The McDonald’s...

Minnesota (15-17, 7-13 Big Ten) The Gophers have started over with new coach Niko Medved, who rebuilt mid-major programs at Furman and Colorado State and gets his first crack at running a power conference team at his alma mater. Medved guided the Rams to three NCAA Tournament appearances over his last four seasons, hitting the 25-w...

Coach Mick Cronin dipped into the transfer portal, a once-unheard of move for the 11-time national champions, for the second straight season and came up with a big catch: Donovan Dent. The guard from New Mexico automatically makes the 12th-ranked Bruins a threat for a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. All-Big Ten honoree Tyler Bilod...

Virginia Tech (13-19, 8-12 ACC) The Hokies are coming off their first losing season under seventh-year coach Mike Young, who won the program’s lone ACC Tournament title in 2022. They avoided a full reboot with multiple returning starters, and Young has talked about being able to go 10 deep in his rotation for a team picked to finis...

When Mikaela Shiffrin started skiing again weeks after her terrifying crash last year, the American star was even more alert to the potential dangers of training courses. Shiffrin’s injuries — puncture wound to her abdomen and severe damage to her abdominal muscles — came in a World Cup giant slalom race but the two-time Olympic ch...

No. 11 Louisville (27-8, 18-2 ACC) The Cardinals face high expectations thanks in large part to what coach Pat Kelsey did in his debut season. Louisville won 19 more games with Kelsey, the largest turnaround in program history. That’s why Kelsey was named Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, his third such honor each in a d...

Washington (13-18, 4-16 Big Ten) The Huskies return two starters, both of whom were among their top six scorers from last season’s team that finished last in the Big Ten. It was Washington’s first season in the conference, and first under coach Danny Sprinkle. Back are guard Zoom Diallo, who was one of three Washington players to a...

Boston College (12-19, 4-16 ACC) After winning 20 games, finishing a respectable 11th in the ACC and reaching the quarterfinals of the conference tournament in 2024, the Eagles plummeted to second-to-last in the conference last season. BC has added eight new players, with transfers from Baylor, Butler, Missouri and South Dakota. Th...

The Cavaliers got a jolt shortly before last season with the sudden retirement of longtime coach Tony Bennett. Assistant Ron Sanchez was the interim coach as the Cavs posted their first losing record since Bennett’s debut season (2009-10). The school hired Ryan Odom, who had grown up in Charlottesville while his father was an assis...

Coach Eric Musselman and the Trojans had a rough first year in the Big Ten. One of the lone bright spots was a home win against eventual league champion Michigan State. Starting his second season in Los Angeles, Musselman has completely rebuilt the roster using the transfer portal. Ten of the 13 new players come from other schools....

Nebraska (21-14, 7-13 Big Ten) The Cornhuskers finished last season on a high note, winning four games in a row to capture the College Basketball Crown title in Las Vegas. They still aren’t expected to crack the upper half of the Big Ten, but there is reason for optimism with the return of Rienk Mast. The versatile big man sat out...

Northwestern (17-16, 7-13 Big Ten) Big Ten scoring champion Nick Martinelli is back for his fourth season at Northwestern. Beyond him, there aren’t many familiar faces. The Wildcats lost four starters with Brooks Barnhizer, Jalen Leach, Ty Berry and Matthew Nicholson using up their eligibility. Barnhizer, Berry and Nicholson spent...

NEW YORK (AP) — Of the 20,000-plus players to appear in Major League Baseball, only one has been an All-Star as a pitcher and batter. Shohei Ohtani is unique, with a skillset and drive that hasn’t been duplicated in 150 years. “It’s aweing,” Dodgers teammate Freddie Freeman said. “Sometimes you just like to make sure it’s not a mac...

The Blue Devils lost all five starters from its Final Four team, notably Associated Press men’s national player of the year and eventual No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg. Jon Scheyer’s fourth team adds the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class and is the preseason ACC favorite, but will need returnees like Isaiah Evans, Pat...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Leander Wiegand knew very little about the NFL — or American football, for that matter — when his best friend urged him to check out something he saw on TV. It was the day after the Super Bowl in February 2016 and Wiegand’s buddy Kolja turned on a replay of Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos beating Cam Newto...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays with a 6-5, 18-inning win in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, producing a lengthy list of records topped by Shohei Ohtani as they took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup. Ohtani was the Dodgers’ designated hitter a day before he is to pitch i...

CHICAGO (AP) — The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered. “Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her. His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.” She abandoned her grocery cart and drove as fast as she could to her toddler...

No. 24 Wisconsin (27-10, 13-7 Big Ten) Wisconsin believes it can improve upon last season’s results despite losing Associated Press All-America second-team selection John Tonje, who scored 19.6 points per game in his lone season with the Badgers before going to the NBA’s Utah Jazz. The Badgers return two of their top four scorers i...

The NFL’s search for elite talent has taken scouts far beyond the football fields of the United States and Canada. Basketball courts and soccer, rugby and Gaelic football pitches in such places as Australia, Germany, Ireland, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe have become breeding grounds for potential running backs, wide rec...

Even among fellow sports superstars, Shohei Ohtani has reached legendary status. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way phenomenon has shown off his baseball magnificence during this year’s MLB postseason, particularly on Oct. 17, when he had arguably the greatest performance in the game’s history, hitting three home runs at the plate whi...

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Gio Reyna went into the 2022 World Cup as one of United States’ brightest young soccer stars. Controversy over his training effort and a family conflict with the team’s then-coach overshadowed his performances. A World Cup on U.S. soil next year is a guiding light for the 22-year-old Reyna to revive...

The tush push has proved hard to stop, difficult to decipher and almost .impervious to fair officiating in 2025. When the Green Bay Packers last offseason proposed banning the play that was perfected by the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, the counterargument basically was this: If you aren’t a fan of the play, th...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series Late Show was so good the Dodgers produced a sequel: The Late, Late Sho. Seven years and one day after outlasting the Boston Red Sox over 18 innings in Game 3, Los Angeles did it again, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Monday night on Freddy Freeman’s 18th-inning home run off Brendon Little to t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday and could signal it expects another cut in December as the central bank seeks to bolster hiring. A cut Wednesday would be the second this year and could benefit consumers by bringing down borrowing costs for mortgages and auto loans....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mike Waltz is approaching his new role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a mandate from President Donald Trump to cut funding for what were once longtime American priorities the same way he set about representing Florida in Congress. “I approach nearly every decision I can here with America first, w...

CHICAGO (AP) — Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe. Parents, teachers and caretakers rushed to shield children from the chaos, and have been grappling ever since with how...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their long-promised report on former President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen, delivering a blistering critique of his time in office and inner circle that largely rehashes public information while making sweeping accusations about the workings of his White House. The GOP repo...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, with rivers swelling and inundating homes and farmland, and submerging tourist destinations including the historic cities of Hue and Hoi An. By late Monday, rainfall in the central city of Hue reached 1,085.8 millimeters (42 inches) within 24 hours, th...

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while trimming spending. In June CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since becoming CEO in 2021, said that he anticipated generative AI would reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce in the next few ye...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities on Tuesday carried out a cloud-seeding experiment over smog-choked New Delhi in an attempt to induce rainfall and clear the city’s toxic air, which has sparked anger among residents. A plane sprayed chemicals into clouds over some areas of the Indian capital to encourage rain and wash pollutants...

BANGKOK (AP) — Political parties in military-run Myanmar on Tuesday kicked off their election campaigns, two months ahead of scheduled national polls that are widely seen as an effort to confer legitimacy on the military’s 2021 seizure of power, even as the country’s civil war precludes voting in many areas. Campaigning began just...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch election for all 150 seats in the lower Second Chamber of parliament is forecast to be a close race between the shock winner of the last election, Geert Wilders’ populist, anti-Islam Party for Freedom, and the center left bloc of the Labor Party and Green Left. Here is a glance at the leaders...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s long-range strikes on refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, citing intelligence from Western governments. Over 90% of those deep strikes on Russian soil were carried out by Ukrainian-made long-range weapons, according...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and its residents are all in on promoting Halloween as well with a parade and other...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russian oil major Lukoil says it is selling its international assets in response to sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that aim to push Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. The company said in a statement that it was already talking with potential purchasers. The transac...

Venezuela has suspended a major gas deal with neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, citing the island nation’s reception of a United States warship. President Nicolas Maduro ordered the “immediate suspension” of a deal to provide natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago, state broadcaster TeleSUR reported on Monday. The island is hosting one...

New Orleans Pelicans (0-3, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (2-1, sixth in the Western Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Denver plays the New Orleans Pelicans after Jamal Murray scored 43 points in the Denver Nuggets’ 127-114 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Denver went 50-32 overall and 32-20 in Western Conference...

Atlanta Hawks (1-3, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (0-4, 15th in the Eastern Conference) New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT Brooklyn went 26-56 overall, 14-37 in Eastern Conference play and 12-29 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Nets averaged 105.1 points per game last season, 16.3 from the free-throw line...

Sacramento Kings (1-2, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (4-0, second in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -10.5; over/under is 227.5 BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City seeks to keep its four-game win streak going when the Thunder take on Sacramento. Oklahoma...

Philadelphia 76ers (3-0, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (1-2, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Washington; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: 76ers -4.5; over/under is 237.5 BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia visits the Washington Wizards after Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points in the 76ers’ 136-124 win over t...

Indiana Pacers (0-3, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (1-3, 14th in the Western Conference) Dallas; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT Dallas finished 39-43 overall with a 22-18 record at home during the 2024-25 season. The Mavericks averaged 114.2 points per game last season, 51.0 in the paint, 16.9 off of turnovers and...

Portland Trail Blazers (1-2, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (2-1, fourth in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Utah hosts the Portland Trail Blazers after Lauri Markkanen scored 51 points in the Utah Jazz’s 138-134 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns. Utah went 17-65 overall...

Los Angeles Clippers (2-1, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (3-1, third in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Clippers -1.5; over/under is 224.5 Golden State went 48-34 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference games a season ago. The Warriors averaged 113.8 p...

Memphis Grizzlies (2-2, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (1-3, 13th in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix will try to end its three-game skid when the Suns play Memphis. Phoenix finished 36-46 overall and 22-30 in Western Conference action last season. The Suns shot 47.8% fr...

Houston Rockets (1-2, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (1-3, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EDT Toronto finished 30-52 overall last season while going 18-23 at home. The Raptors averaged 110.9 points per game while allowing opponents to score 115.2 last season. Houston went 52-30 ov...

Los Angeles Lakers (2-1, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2, ninth in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles visits the Minnesota Timberwolves after Austin Reaves scored 51 points in the Lakers’ 127-120 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Minnesota finish...

Cleveland Cavaliers (3-1, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (1-3, 13th in the Eastern Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland will attempt to keep its three-game win streak intact when the Cavaliers take on Boston. Boston went 61-21 overall and 39-13 in Eastern Conference games last season. The Celtics shot 46.2% from...

Austin FC (13-13-8, seventh in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Los Angeles FC (17-8-9, third in the Conference during the regular season) Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: LAFC -269, Austin FC +645; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Austin visits Los Angeles FC in the first roun...

Orlando Magic (1-3, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (2-2, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Orlando is looking to stop its three-game losing streak with a win over Detroit. Detroit finished 44-38 overall, 29-23 in Eastern Conference play and 22-19 at home during the 20...

Pittsburgh Penguins (7-2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (4-3-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Flyers -158, Penguins +131; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Philadelphia Flyers after the Flyers took down the New York Isla...

Ottawa Senators (5-4-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (4-3-2, in the Central Division) Chicago; Tuesday, 8:45 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Senators -137, Blackhawks +115; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators visit the Chicago Blackhawks after Drake Batherson scored two goals in the Senators’ 7-2...

New York Islanders (4-3-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Boston Bruins (4-7, in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Islanders -140, Bruins +117; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders square off in Eastern Conference play. Boston is 4-7 overall and 3-3...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night in a World Series classic. The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matc...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit an impasse in Istanbul after three days of negotiations, with state media in both countries Tuesday blaming each other for the failure to reach a deal while efforts by Turkey were still underway to end the deadlock. The Istanbul talks are part of a broader...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities have shut schools and evacuated tens of thousands of people from low-lying coastal areas as the country’s eastern seaboard braces for the impact of Cyclone Montha later Tuesday. Swirling over the Bay of Bengal, Montha has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm, and is expected to make landfall...

Detroit Red Wings (6-3, in the Atlantic Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (3-5-1, in the Central Division) St. Louis; Tuesday, 8:15 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blues -114, Red Wings -106; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Red Wings visit the St. Louis Blues after Simon Edvinsson scored two goals in the Red Wings’ 6-4 win...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A small plane crashed in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve, with 12 people feared dead, officials said. The crash happened in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip, authorities said. Kwale County Commissioner Step...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have upgraded their free trade agreement as trade between the two regions continues to rise in the shadow of United States President Donald Trump’s trade war. The trade pact was signed on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on T...

United States President Donald Trump has met Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and critical minerals. Trump on Tuesday lavished praise on Takaichi, saying she would be a “great” leader, while the prime minister said she pla...

United States President Donald Trump has ruled out running for vice president in the 2028 election but said he “would love” to serve a third term in office. The comments on Monday came despite the US Constitution barring anyone from being elected to the country’s presidency for a third time. Trump, who first served as president fro...

Here is how things stand on Tuesday, October 28, 2025: The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces seized the Ukrainian village of Yehorivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. However, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported that Ukrainian forces had cleared Russian troops out of the village. Neither claim could be independentl...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 24 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Toronto Raptors 121-103 on Monday night to match the best start in franchise history. San Antonio has opened a season 4-0 on four occasions, most recently in 2017, but the Spurs have never won their first five games. Stephon C...

CHICAGO (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 21 points, Josh Giddey had 18 points and 13 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls rallied to top the Atlanta Hawks 128-123 on Monday night. Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 17 rebounds as Chicago came back from an early 13-point deficit to improved to 3-0, its best start in four years. Kristaps Porzingis...

HOUSTON (AP) — Tari Eason scored 22 points, Alperen Sengun added 21 points, six rebounds and six assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Brooklyn Nets 137-109 on Monday night for their first victory of the season. Kevin Durant had 19 points against his former team, which fell to 0-4. Eason made five 3-pointers off the bench and f...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anfernee Simons made six 3-pointers and scored 25 points, and the Boston Celtics earned their first victory over the season by pulling away to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-90 on Monday night. Payton Pritchard added 18 points for the Celtics, who outscored the Pelicans 31-4 in the final 9:14 after they led by...

DALLAS (AP) — Isaiah Hartenstein had 16 points and 12 points — and scored Oklahoma City’s only two field goals of the final 8:28 — as the Thunder withstood a furious Dallas rally to beat the Mavericks 101-94 on Monday night to improve to 4-0. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points to lead the defending NBA champions. Chet Holmgre...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 43 points in the third quarter and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 127-114 on Monday night. The Timberwolves played without star guard Anthony Edwards, who will miss at least a week with a strained right hamstring af...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle each had two goals and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators over the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Monday night for their third straight win. Claude Giroux, Nick Cousins and Fabian Zetterlund also scored, and Leevi Merilainen made 26 saves. It was a redemption effort of sorts for the 2...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night. Markkanen helped the Jazz recover after they blew a seven-point lead in the final 19 seconds of regulation, scor...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won’t be the end of civilization. He thinks scientific innovation will curb it, and it’s instead time for a “strategic pivot” in the global climate fight: from focusing on limiting rising temperatures to fighting poverty and preventing disease. A doomsday...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his next-door neighbor is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Grim was convicted of sexual battery and first-degree murder and sentenced to...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga had 25 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, Brandin Podziemski added 23 points and six assists, and the Golden State Warriors ran away from the Memphis Grizzlies in the third quarter for a 131-118 win Monday night. Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody scored 20 points apiece while Stephen Curry added...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 25, Jrue Holiday had 24 points and six assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away from the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 122-108 on Monday night. Jerami Grant added 22 off the bench for the Blazers, who picked up their first road win of the season in the second game of a back-to-back...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman on trial for taking four chickens from one of Perdue Farms’ major poultry plants has put animal treatment at slaughter houses in the national spotlight as her defense team argues she rescued the birds from abuse. Closing statements are scheduled for Tuesday in a case that could land Zoe Rosen...

DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg’s first experience with an NBA back-to-back was a painful one. The No. 1 draft pick by the Dallas Mavericks barely got through the opening seconds of the second game Monday night before hurting his left shoulder. Flagg held the shoulder multiple times during the first half, used a heat wrap on it while on...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Kévin Denkey scored in his first MLS playoff game to give Cincinnati a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Monday night to begin a three-game series. Cincinnati, which is in the playoffs for the fourth straight season, plays Game 2 at Columbus on Sunday. Denkey scored in the 78th minute. Ender Echenique sent a c...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee at the center of the overdose death of one of the team’s star pitchers will face more cross examination Tuesday after testifying she saw players and clubhouse attendants passing pills and alcohol while partying on the team plane. Camela Kay told jurors in a South...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dayne St. Clair made a key save in the shootout and Minnesota United beat the Seattle Sounders 3-2 on penalty kicks on Monday night after the two clubs dueled to a scoreless draw in regulation of the best-of-three first-round opener. Seattle hosts Game 2 on Nov. 3. St. Clair stayed central to deny Álex Roldán...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Scherzer didn’t argue this time. John Schneider pointed to Toronto’s bullpen before he crossed the foul line on the way to the mound and the 41-year-old nodded in agreement as his manager arrived. Scherzer left World Series Game 3 with a 4-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers after 4 1/3 innings Monday night,...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Chinese markets gaining as investors watch to see what might come of a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and China’s top leader. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged 0.1% higher to 26,451.08 and the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.2% to 4,005.44, its highest level in a dec...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz played 2,155 regular season games since Karl Malone scored 56 points in awin over Golden State on April 7, 1998. No Jazz player had topped the 50-point mark until Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 in a 138-134 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night. He became the 97th player to score 50...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid called the first half of Monday night’s game against Washington downright weird, full of turnovers and failed fourth-down conversions and so much lousy execution by both teams that he was left scratching his head. “There wasn’t a lot of punting but there wasn’t a lot of points,” Reid s...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hopes of winning a first Women’s Cricket World Cup title have been dented with the injury-enforced withdrawal of opening batter Pratika Rawal for the semifinal against defending champion Australia. The in-form Rawal was forced off the field after injuring her ankle attempting to save a boundary in India’s l...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said they had killed three Palestinian militants early on Tuesday during an operation in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Israeli police said the three men were shot as they came out of a cave near Jenin, a town in the northern West Bank known as a militant stronghold. A statement cl...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer left Game 3 of the World Series after injuring himself with a swing during the seventh inning Monday night. Springer was in pain after fouling off a first-pitch sinker from Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski. After Toronto’s medical staff came onto th...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new president will host leaders from 20 countries for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, where the American and Chinese leaders are set to hold a high-stakes meeting on the sidelines. The two-day annual APEC summit, which opens in Gyeongju on Friday, is likely to test Lee...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered twice and tied a 119-year-old major league record with four extra-base hits in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, putting on yet another historic postseason show at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani led off the bottom of the first inning with a ground-rule double to right field. He followed wi...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south a...

TOKYO (AP) — The trial of the accused killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to begin Tuesday. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, goes to court as U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan for talks with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Takaichi, a conservative protege of Abe, highlighted their close ties in talks Tuesday with...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China signed an expanded version of a free trade agreement Tuesday with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with Chinese Premier Li Qiang pitching expanded economic ties with his country as an alternative to the protectionist policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Li Qiang told an ASEAN-China...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea. But they are likely to make enough progress on China’s stranglehold on strategic minerals, American export controls and other nettlesome problems t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans. The building strain on lawmakers to end...

Food banks and pantries were already struggling in the wake of federal program cuts this year, but now they’re bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks in this weekend as the federal government shutdown persists. The rush has already begun. Central Christian Church’s food pant...

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The women wade with baskets near the beaches, their colorful dresses a magnet for tourist cameras. Sunscreen worn by the holidaymakers may even contain the product the women are collecting: Zanzibar’s seaweed. An eco-friendly local industry that employs thousands of women, the seaweed farming looks like a...

But Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had another truck in mind as she looked to build rapport with visiting U.S. President Donald Trump. Takaichi, who wants to improve economic ties with Washington and cement a strong relationship with Trump, placed U.S.-made cars, including an enormous American Ford F-150 truck, in the court...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Dutch Olympian Steven van de Velde, who was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain, has been refused a visa to compete in the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Australia, the government said on Tuesday. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke suggested the 31-year-old’s criminal record...

CHICAGO (AP) — A senior Border Patrol official who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago is due in court Tuesday to take questions about the enforcement operation in the Chicago area, which has produced more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force. The heari...

Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has announced the withdrawal of his soldiers from their last stronghold in Darfur, as the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of “atrocities” by the paramilitary group now in control of the city of el-Fasher. Al-Burhan’s announcement came late on Monday, a day after the par...

Hamas has handed over the remains of another dead captive to Israel, hours after an Israeli drone attack in southern Gaza killed two Palestinians amid a fragile ceasefire. The Israeli military said on Monday that the Red Cross had taken custody of the coffin and was in the process of transporting it to the army’s troops in Gaza. Un...

The United Nations and France have condemned an Israeli attack that hit UN peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that the previous day’s attack on UNIFIL troops, which he said involved an Israeli drone dropping a grenade in the vicinity of a patrol, as well as a tank opening fire...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington state voters will decide whether to amend their constitution to allow funds from a long-term care insurance program to be invested in the stock market. It is the only statewide contest in a Nov. 4 election that will mostly feature mayoral and other municipal races across the state. The proposed constitu...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to become the ninth player in NHL history with 1,700 points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Monday night. Crosby, who accomplished the feat in the fourth-fewest games, is the fourth player in NHL history to reach the mark with one team. Crosby al...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, including eight straight during a crucial fourth-quarter stretch, and rookie VJ Edgecombe added 26 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 136-124 without Joel Embiid to improve to 3-0. Embiid, the 2023 MVP and two-time scoring champ, was sidelined to rest his surgi...

DETROIT (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points in just 29 minutes, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 116-95 on Monday night for their third straight victory. The Cavaliers had a 14-0 run in the second quarter that turned a seven-point lead into a 43-26 advantage and Mitchell’s layup made it 63-41 at halftime. H...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The long string of injuries that have haunted the San Francisco 49ers all season finally became too much to overcome for at least one week. The defense missing its top two players couldn’t get off the field, the offense led by backup quarterback Mac Jones and mostly reserve receivers never got going and t...

DENVER (AP) — Deion Sanders refuses to look too far down the road and especially not in regard to how his recent health concerns might impact any decision on returning as Colorado’s coach next season or beyond. All he’s focused on at the moment is bouncing back from the Buffaloes’ 53-7 loss at Utah last weekend. “I’m a one day at a...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Tyler Huntley and the Baltimore Ravens could breathe a little easier after finally snapping their four-game losing streak. They had no idea how good their day would eventually get. While Huntley was stepping in for injured quarterback Lamar Jackson and leading Baltimore past Chicago 30-16 on Sunday, the Cin...

Besides Myles Garrett setting a franchise single-game record with five sacks, the Cleveland Browns’ only solace from Sunday’s 32-13 loss to the New England Patriots is that they have extra time to fix their myriad problems. The Browns (2-6) have a bye this week before the second half of the season begins with a Nov. 9 game at the N...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Stephen Strasburg is going back to school. The former Washington Nationals ace and 2019 World Series MVP has been hired by San Diego State as a special assistant to head coach Kevin Vance. The program announced the move on Monday, saying Strasburg “will lend his support to all aspects of the Aztec baseball program,...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, said Monday that she would not oppose a push by the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Virginia Democrats earlier in the day began taking steps to change the sta...

The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday. Congress funded the mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The grants were intended to help schools hire more counselors, psychologists...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A fan at Monday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues was taken to a hospital after falling from the upper concourse at PPG Paints Arena. The incident happened early in the first period after Anthony Mantha’s goal gave the Penguins a 2-0 lead. Emergency personnel treated the fan, a man w...

Argentinian President Javier Milei’s party has pulled off a stunning win in legislative elections, boosting his ability to push forward with his overhaul of the economy, including free market reforms and deep austerity measures. In the elections, widely seen as a referendum on Milei’s performance in office, his La Libertad Avanza p...

A federal judge in the United States has requested assurances from the administration of President Donald Trump that officials will not deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia while an injunction barring his deportation remains in place. The demand from District Judge Paula Xinis on Monday comes after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in northeast Ohio sentenced a woman to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket. Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, sat expressionless as Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo imposed the sentenc...

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A police officer who was talking to a firefighter outside a Georgia convenience store shot and killed a man who drove up to the store and began attacking the firefighter with a machete, authorities said Monday. After arriving at the store in a vehicle, the man walked over to where the police officer and fir...

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of designer Kenneth Cole says he was vindicated on Monday by a federal appeals court’s decision to overturn his criminal fraud conviction. Neil Cole said he’s been fighting over a decade to clear his name after federal authorities claimed that he committed securities fraud while running Iconix Brand Grou...

NEW YORK (AP) — A majestic Norway spruce now growing in upstate New York has been chosen to be this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, officials announced Monday. The 75-foot (22-meter) tree is to be cut down Nov. 6 in East Greenbush, outside the state capital of Albany, and arrive by truck two days later in New York City, a...

Stocks rallied to more records ahead of a week packed with potentially market-moving events. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.9%. The S&P 500 rose 83.47 points, or 1.2%, to 6,875.16. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 337.47 points, or 0.7%, to 47,544.59...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Puka Nacua is expected to play for the Los Angeles Rams this week after he missed their most recent game with an ankle injury, coach Sean McVay says. Fellow Rams receiver Tutu Atwell went on injured reserve Monday with a hamstring issue. Nacua got hurt during the Rams’ win at Baltimore on Oct. 12, and he...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — It’s too early to know whether the New England Patriots have gotten back on track following the tumultuous end of Bill Belichick’s coaching tenure and the failed one-year regime of successor Jerod Mayo. But at 6-2 following Sunday’s 32-13 win over Cleveland and riding a five-game win streak that’s the Patri...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Washington Commanders signed Matthew Wright and elevated him from the practice squad Monday night to kick against his old team, the Kansas City Chiefs, after ruling out Matt Gay with a back injury. The Commanders also elevated defensive tackle Sheldon Day and released wide receiver Robbie Chosen from the...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders signed receiver Tyler Lockett on Monday to reunite him with his former quarterback Geno Smith. Lockett was released last week by Tennessee and now joins the Raiders where he will give Smith another veteran option on the outside. Lockett and Smith were teammates for six years with the Sea...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have made it clear a week ahead of the NFL trade deadline that they’re open for business after the latest loss in an ugly season. The Titans sent cornerback Roger McCreary with his expiring rookie contract to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, their second trade involving a cornerback so fa...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — All is not well in Buffalo, though James Cook’s career day will, perhaps, serve as another reminder to coordinator Joe Brady of how the Bills’ offense thrives when the running back gets the ball. After under-utilizing Cook during Buffalo’s two-game skid before the team’s bye week, Brady stuck with the grou...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts’ only interception this season came in a demoralizing loss at the New York Giants that gave the Eagles their first two-game losing streak in two season and raised questions about the state of the offense, the fate of the offensive coordinator and Saquon Barkley’s diminished production. Two games, two...

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): BALTIMORE RAVENS at MIAMI DOLPHINS — BALTIMORE: LIMITED: LB Teddye Buc...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales appears ready to ditch the split-carry, two-back approach on offense following a mostly unsuccessful two-week experiment. Canales rotated Chuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle on alternate series over the past two weeks, but he now seems inclined to give the bulk of the carries to...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins finally put together a complete game while dominating the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Mike McDaniel believes that performance is only repeatable, though, if his team moves on from it as quickly as possible. “I think the main factor is you don’t live in yesterday, good or bad,” McDaniel s...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Buccaneers gathered around coach Todd Bowles for his postgame speech in the locker room after a 23-3 victory over the Saints on Sunday, waiting and hoping for the good news every player wants to hear heading into a bye week. “I said I’d give you guys the whole week off if you won,” Bowles said. “Well, you’ve...