BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Cole Payton accounted for 380 yards and four touchdown runs to lead undefeated North Dakota State to a 38-7 victory over previously-unbeaten South Dakota State on Saturday night for its second straight Dakota Marker trophy. The FCS defending national champion and top-ranked Bison (8-0, 5-0 Missouri Valley Foo...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Justin Lamson threw for 176 yards and a touchdown, Julius Davis rushed for 175 yards and a score and Montana State was never threatened in its 34-17 win over Cal Poly on Saturday night. After Myles Sansted gave the No. 5-ranked FCS Bobcats (6-2, 4-0 Big Sky Conference) a 3-0 lead, Lamson threw a 19-ya...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Joshua Dye rushed for a career-high 204 yards with three touchdowns to power Southern Utah to a 28-7 victory over Utah Tech on Saturday night. Dye, a sophomore who did his damage on 24 carries for Southern Utah (3-5, 2-2 United Athletic Conference), scored on a 20-yard run to open the scoring in the first qu...

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Eddie Lee Marburger threw a career-high six touchdown passes and ran for another score as UT Rio Grande Valley rolled to a 56-28 victory over Incarnate Word on Saturday night. Marburger was 26-of-36 passing for a career-best 440 yards. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to both Xayvion Noland and Ismael Smit...

TOKYO (AP) — Belinda Bencic claimed her 10th career title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Linda Noskova in the final of the WTA’s Pan Pacific Open. Ten years after her previous appearance in the final of the Tokyo tournament, Bencic dominated her Czech rival throughout Sunday’s final, breaking Noskova’s serve three times on the way to...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kurt Hester, who was Houston football’s director of strength and performance, died Saturday from cancer. He was 61. Hester died just hours before the Cougars’ 24-16 victory over No. 24 Arizona State later Saturday, the team announced. Coach Willie Fritz said the team spent part of its pregame meal telling storie...

Indiana Pacers (0-2, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (1-1, seventh in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -11.5; over/under is 229.5 BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota and Indiana face off in non-conference action. Minnesota finished 49-33 overall last season w...

Atlanta Hawks (1-2, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (1-0, second in the Eastern Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta takes on Chicago for an Eastern Conference matchup. Chicago went 39-43 overall and 28-24 in Eastern Conference action a season ago. The Bulls averaged 117.8 points per game while shooting 47.0% from the...

Charlotte Hornets (1-1, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (1-1, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Washington; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wizards -1.5; over/under is 235.5 BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Conference foes Washington and Charlotte will play on Sunday. Washington finished 18-64 overall and 13-39...

Memphis Grizzlies (2-1, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (2-1, third in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Golden State and Memphis meet. Golden State went 48-34 overall, 29-23 in Western Conference play and 24-17 at home during the 2024-25 seas...

Columbus Crew (14-8-12, sixth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. FC Cincinnati (20-9-5, second in the Conference during the regular season) Cincinnati; Monday, 6:45 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: FC Cincinnati +130, Columbus +176; over/under is 3.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Crew visit Cincinnati in the...

Orlando Magic (1-1, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (2-0, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Orlando faces Philadelphia for an Eastern Conference matchup. Philadelphia finished 24-58 overall, 15-37 in Eastern Conference action and 12-29 at home during the 2024-25 s...

Phoenix Suns (1-2, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (1-1, eighth in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Monday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix takes on Utah in Western Conference action Monday. Utah finished 17-65 overall and 8-44 in Western Conference action a season ago. The Jazz gave up 121.2 points per game wh...

Seattle Sounders FC (15-9-10, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Minnesota United FC (16-8-10, fourth in the Conference during the regular season) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Monday, 9 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seattle +152, Minnesota United FC +160; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Sou...

San Jose Sharks (1-5-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (3-5-1, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wild -223, Sharks +183; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild host the San Jose Sharks after Marcus Johansson scored two goals in the Wild’s 6-2 loss to the...

St. Louis Blues (3-4-1, in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (6-2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Jake Neighbours scored two goals in the Blues’ 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Pittsburgh has gone 2-1-1 in home games...

Colorado Avalanche (5-1-3, in the Central Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (7-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Devils -133, Avalanche +112; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The New Jersey Devils host the Colorado Avalanche after Dougie Hamilton scored two goals in the Devils...

Utah Mammoth (7-2, in the Central Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (6-2, in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jets -164, Mammoth +138; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Mammoth visit the Winnipeg Jets after Logan Cooley scored two goals in the Mammoth’s 6-2 win over the Minnesota...

Dallas Stars (4-3-1, in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (4-3-2, in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Stars -156, Predators +131; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators host the Dallas Stars after Ryan O’Reilly scored two goals in the Predators’ 5-4 s...

Vegas Golden Knights (5-1-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (2-4-2, in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 5 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lightning -139, Golden Knights +116; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Vegas Golden Knights after Jake Guentzel scored two goals in...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — William Byron picked a good time for his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole at Martinsville Speedway, qualifying first for a race that he is treating as a must-win. The Hendrick Motorsports driver, who is among six playoff drivers battling to claim the final two spots in the Championship 4 season finale, t...

Boston Bruins (4-6, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (4-4-1, in the Atlantic Division) Ottawa, Ontario; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators host the Boston Bruins after Dylan Cozens’ two-goal game against the Washington Capitals in the Senators’ 7-1 win. Ottawa has a 4-4-1 record overall and a 1-2-0...

Edmonton Oilers (4-4-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (4-5, in the Pacific Division) Vancouver, British Columbia; Sunday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Oilers -146, Canucks +122; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks head into a matchup against the Edmonton Oilers after losing three in a row. Van...

Los Angeles Kings (3-3-3, in the Pacific Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (4-2-2, in the Central Division) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kings -148, Blackhawks +124; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks host the Los Angeles Kings after Ryan Donato scored two goals in the Blackhawks’ 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin had a chance to pull off a double milestone by reaching 900 goals in his 1,500th game. The Ottawa Senators were having none of it. The Capitals and their fans had a chance to celebrate the latter accomplishment, but goal No. 900 will have to wait. Washington was drubbed 7-1 by the Senators on Saturda...

DALLAS (AP) — Miro Heiskanen scored his second goal of the game during a four-on-three power play with 8:42 remaining and the Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Saturday night. The Stars trailed 2-0 after the first period before scoring the final three goals of the game. Carolina led 1-0 five minutes into the game on...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ozzy Wiesblatt scored in the ninth round of the shootout and the Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday night. Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist, Filip Forsberg added a goal and an assist, and Cole Smith also scored for the Predators in their second straight win. Juuse Saros m...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored two goals, both set up by Matty Beniers, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night to continue the best start in franchise history. Tye Kartiye scored his first of the season as the Kraken improved to 5-2-2. In the past two games, Seattle has defeated last season’s Pre...

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays manager John Schneider was still celebrating a comeback victory in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series when three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer stopped by with a question: “When am I starting in the World Series?” “I was like, ‘Max, I’m enjoying a beer, man,’” a smiling Schneider sai...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Rookie Cedric Coward scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half, and the Memphis Grizzlies pulled away for a 128-103 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Ja Morant finished with 19 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 17. Coward, the No. 11 pick in the draft out of Washington State, made all si...

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had his second triple-double of the season despite a quiet shooting night, Jamal Murray scored 23 points, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 133-111 in their home opener on Saturday night. Jokic finished with 15 assists, 14 rebounds and 14 points on just 5 of 8 shooting. His first field goal att...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes snapped a tie with a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and scored 24 points, and Tyrese Maxey scored 28 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 125-121 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night. Joel Embiid scored 20 points with only two rebounds for the Sixers in their home opener. VJ Edgecombe h...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Josh Giddey had 21 points and eight rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 110-98 on Saturday night for a 2-0 start. Jalen Smith added 16 points for the Bulls, one of their four players off the bench in double figures. Ayo Dosunmu and Nikola Vucevic each finished with 15 points. Paolo Banchero s...

TORONTO (AP) — Held out of the starting lineup a day after returning from a knee injury, Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning of Toronto’s 5-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night. Bichette remained in the game at second base after grounding out on the s...

TORONTO (AP) — Joe Carter slipped into the Blue Jays’ home run jacket, then touched them all in a parade of dugout high-fives. The hero of Toronto’s 1993 World Series triumph threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night, bouncing his toss to infielder Bo Bichette. As Carter walked off the...

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman was solid in his World Series debut. It wasn’t nearly good enough against Los Angeles ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Gausman struck out six and walked none over 6 2/3 innings in Game 2, retiring 17 straight batters during the longest postseason start of his career. Even so, he couldn’t match...

TORONTO (AP) — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is increasingly confident big league players will participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. MLB did not allow players on 40-man rosters at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, when Nippon Professional Baseball interrupted its season and Japan beat the U.S. 2-0 in the gold medal...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Marcel Reed passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more scores, and No. 3 Texas A&M turned a slim halftime deficit into a dominant 49-25 victory over 20th-ranked LSU on Saturday night. KC Concepcion caught one of Reed’s TD tosses and returned a third-quarter punt 79 yards for another score for the unbeate...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Conner Weigman ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score, tight end Tanner Koziol had 100 yards receiving and Houston held on to beat No. 24 Arizona State 24-16 on Saturday night. The Cougars (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) won their third straight game and now have a good chance to move into the AP Top 25 for the fi...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Byrd Ficklin passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in his first career start to lead Utah to a 53-7 win over Colorado on Saturday night. Ficklin, a true freshman, filled in for injured starter Devon Dampier and hit the ground running – literally. He piled up 163 yards and a touchdown on the ground by h...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alabama’s motto this season has been “unbreakable.” The No. 4 Crimson Tide proved to be just that on Saturday. Germie Bernard scored two touchdowns in the final 2 1/2 minutes, and No. 4 Alabama rallied to beat South Carolina 29-22 at Williams-Brice Stadium for its seventh straight win. Ty Simpson threw for 253...

TORONTO (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a World Series game from another era. Sandy Koufax had October outings like this and so did Orel Hershiser, but those types of performances had vanished in modern baseball. Until this 5-foot-10 starter from Japan delivered like the aces of old. Yamamoto threw a four-hitter for his second co...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills activated rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston off injured reserve on Saturday, a day before they play at the Carolina Panthers. Hairston is a first-round draft pick out of Kentucky, who has been sidelined since spraining his right knee a week into training camp in July. The 22-year-old is...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Justice Haynes and Jordan Marshall helped No. 25 Michigan overcome its lack of a passing game to beat rival Michigan State. Haynes ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns and Marshall had 110 yards rushing and a score, leading the Woverines to a 31-20 win over the Spartans on Saturday night. “We’ve got a goo...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Isaac Brown ran for a career-high 205 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries to help No. 19 Louisville beat Boston College 38-24 on Saturday night. The Cardinals (6-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had 317 yards on the ground. Brown had 151 on just five carries in the first half, including a 73-yard gain on Lou...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons promoted quarterback Easton Stick to the active roster from the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins, providing more depth with starter Michael Penix Jr.'s status uncertain. Penix is listed as questionable with a bone bruise on his left knee after being limited i...

TORONTO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn’t think Shohei Ohtani heard fans in Toronto taunting him during Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, and he doesn’t think the Japanese two-way sensation is bothered much by boos anyway. Upset that Ohtani spurned the Blue Jays to sign a $700 million contract with t...

Exxon Mobil Corporation is suing the state of California over a pair of 2023 climate disclosure laws that the company says infringe upon its free speech rights, namely by forcing it to embrace the message that large companies are uniquely to blame for climate change. The oil and gas corporation based in Texas filed its complaint Fr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. Customers reported finding metal in the chicken breast and thigh products. Hormel...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — On the northern bank of Argentina’s Riachuelo River, luxury car dealerships report sales surging since libertarian President Javier Milei scrapped import restrictions. Streets in the Puerto Madero financial district bustle with bankers who praise Milei for ending a yearslong ban on selling dollars onl...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane as it unleashed torrential rain in the northern Caribbean and threatened catastrophic flooding and landslides in Jamaica and southern Haiti. U.S. forecasters warned that the slow-moving Melissa is expected to strengthen further and be...

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen ’s Houthi rebels released actor and model Intisar al-Hammadi after nearly five years in prison over charges of committing an indecent act and drug possession in a case rights groups said was “ marred with irregularities and abuse,” her lawyer said Sunday. Al-Hammadi was detained in the capital Sanaa in February 2...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday charging a former Los Angeles police officer in the May 2015 shooting death of an unarmed homeless man in Venice, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said. Clifford Proctor pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, the Los Angeles Times reported Fri...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency successfully launched Sunday its most powerful flagship H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed unmanned cargo spacecraft for its first mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the HTV-X1 spacecraft successfully lifted off atop the No...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend. The State Department said a week ago that it had “credible reports” Hamas...

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won’t be hosting any electronic dance music parties on his watch. Simone Quilici, director of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, shared his plan to bring concerts to the almost 2,000-year-old amphitheater...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed East Timor as its newest member Sunday, which its prime minister said was a “dream realized” for the tiny nation. Meanwhile, Cambodia and Thailand signed an agreement expanding a ceasefire on their borders with the hope it will lead to a lasting peace...

PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, and the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage. Yet the crime is also a paradox. Some say it will ma...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, local authorities said early on Sunday. At least 29 people were wounded, seven of them children, in what was the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering Trump who said he would...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. The statement issued in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, came months after a group of its fighters began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremo...

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine have killed at least four people and wounded several others, local officials say, as Kyiv’s allies push sweeping measures against Moscow as the war nears its four-year mark. Two people were killed in a ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and nine were wounded in the...

Polls have closed in Ivory Coast’s key presidential election, with longtime incumbent Alassane Ouattara widely expected to win a fourth term. Nearly nine million Ivorians were registered to vote on Saturday in a race that saw five contenders vying for the presidency. Opposition heavyweights were not running for the post, however, a...

Fighting has intensified across Sudan as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has launched attacks on the besieged city of el-Fasher in North Darfur and the North Kordofan city of Bara. The RSF attacked Bara, a city 350km (215 miles) southwest of Khartoum, the capital, from multiple directions on Saturday morning, draw...

Polling places have opened for the start of in-person voting for one of the year’s most closely watched elections in the United States, the New York City mayor’s race. New Yorkers on Saturday began choosing between Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who has built up a sizeable lead in the polls, Republican Curtis Sliwa and former New York Go...

Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, while allegedly trying to buy 2kg (4.4lb) of uranium, the State Security Service says. The suspects planned to transport the nuclear material to China through Russia, the security service said on Saturday in a statement, while also releasing video footage of t...

A Palestinian man returning to his Gaza neighbourhood destroyed by Israeli bombardment has found an unexploded Israeli armoured vehicle amid the rubble where he has had to set up temporary shelter. Families began returning to the southern city of Khan Younis following the ceasefire that took effect on October 10, joining more than...

Left-wing independent candidate Catherine Connolly has won Ireland’s presidential election, securing 63 percent of the vote to defeat her centre-right rival. Connolly, 68, was officially declared the winner of Friday’s vote after all 43 constituencies finished counting ballots on Saturday evening. “I will be a president who listens...

Israeli settlers have attacked several Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank, as a wave of violence targeting residents harvesting their olive trees intensifies. At least three Palestinians were injured on Saturday after settlers attacked farmers in the village of Deir Nidham, northwest of Ramallah, the Palestinian Waf...

US President Donald Trump has thanked Qatar for its efforts to reach a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, as the United States presses ahead with negotiations on the next phase of Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan. Trump welcomed Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on...

A few days after Russian jets breached Estonian airspace for 12 tense minutes last month, Kusti Salm stood in an office overlooking the Tallinn airport, slapping a prototype of a miniature missile into his palm. The missile, named the Mark 1, was developed last year to shoot down enemy drones at short range and is awaiting its debu...

Hollywood mourned in 2019 when 20th Century Fox ended its 84-year run as a stand-alone studio — for the jobs lost, for the proud legacy ended. But it was measured grief, the kind that quickly fades into acceptance. An atmosphere of bereavement returned this week, as Warner Bros. headed to auction. Only this time the sadness is much...

On a recent Saturday night, more than 200 people crammed into a Los Angeles studio to watch Steven Bonnell, known online as the progressive streamer Destiny, debate supporters of President Trump. The attendees, who each paid $39 to be there, grew excited when a behavioral therapist in a Trump T-shirt took the stage to criticize the...

No hay ningún letrero, al recorrer la carretera abrasada por el sol a lo largo de la costa mediterránea de Egipto, que indique dónde termina la Costa Buena y dónde empieza la Costa Mala. Buena o Mala, las olas son del mismo turquesa puro; las arenas del mismo blanco impecable. Pero para los egipcios que veranean en la costa norte,...

With more interest rate cuts a possibility, it may be a good time to lock in current rates in your savings, if you haven’t already. The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter point in September, the first time it has lowered rates this year. The Fed may make another cut at its meeting next week — and perhaps another at its f...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a growing number of diplomats would work with American military officers at a new center in Israel aimed at monitoring the cease-fire in Gaza, as the Trump administration maintains pressure on Israel to stick to the deal. Mr. Rubio made the remarks while touring the new facility, the...

Cuando Ramón Soto llegó a la escena del crimen, el hombre herido se retorcía, ensangrentado, apenas con vida. Una mujer que estaba cerca se desplomó de rodillas, llorando. En el suelo había un letrero con la advertencia de un cártel de la droga: “Ya saben quiénes siguen”. Sin embargo, Soto no mostró ningún signo de emoción en su ro...

Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, a populist conservative who has earned the moniker for headline-grabbing moves that get under President Trump’s skin, pulled off another dramatic moment with an anti-tariff ad that used 1987 audio of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs as destructive. Mr. Trump, in a late-night social media post Thursday,...

After having lunch last week with President Trump in the White House, exchanging gifts and praise and securing billion dollar commitments from the United States, President Javier Milei of Argentina returned home to his voters. Wearing a leather jacket and holding a megaphone on the back of a pickup truck, Mr. Milei, a self-describe...

Far from the largely deadlocked front line on the battlefield, Russia and Ukraine are waging a fierce parallel war on each other’s energy assets that could do more to force them to the negotiating table than any flurry of international diplomacy. This fight came into focus in recent days as the United States and Europe announced sw...

Europe mustered a spirited show of support for Ukraine on Friday, as Britain assembled the “coalition of the willing” to promote a boycott of Russian oil and gas, a possible loan to Ukraine using Russian sovereign assets and accelerated arms shipments. Seeking to capitalize on yet another shift in President Trump’s view of the war,...

President Trump is embarking on a nearly weeklong tour of Asia, his first trip to the region during his second term, with stops in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, capped by a meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader. He may tout a new trade deal, push for credit for negotiating peace between Thailand and Cambodia, and show that...

A few years ago, LeBron James, as he does from time to time, lauded the accomplishments of a friend’s child on social media. That friend was Damon Jones, whose daughter had made the second-team all-district team for her high school basketball play. “Yeeeaahhhhhhh niece!!! Congratulations!! First Team coming next!!!” Mr. James wrote...

They’ve cased a few joints in their criminal careers. Even swallowed diamonds and done time. So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about? Could they have pulled it off? Was it a criminal stroke of genius or sheer luck resulting from a museum’s master class in incompetenc...

Voters in Ivory Coast go to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election that is expected to extend the rule of Alassane Ouattara, the country’s longtime president. Mr. Ouattara, 83, is accused of using his authority as president to have the electoral commission bar his main opponents as he seeks a fourth term. He has already...

Hundreds of traditionalist Roman Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass, a liturgy that was replaced by church reforms in the 1960s and further restricted under Pope Francis. Saturday’s Mass took place with Pope Leo XIV’s permission, giving hope to traditionalists in many coun...

By the time Ramón Soto reached the crime scene, the wounded man was twitching, bloody and barely alive. A woman nearby collapsed to her knees, wailing, and a poster lay on the ground with a drug cartel’s warning: “You know who is next.” Mr. Soto, though, showed no trace of emotion as the man went still. “He is dead,” he said. “He i...

As soon as autumn weather arrives, customers at Have a Roll bakeries in Belgium begin to ask the baristas: Is it pumpkin spice latte season yet? “It’s getting more popular every year,” said Dennis Van Peel, the chain’s owner, who puts the drink on the menu at his cafes in Antwerp, Brussels and other cities starting in October. He h...

When Saulo Jennings heard he would be cooking for an heir to the British throne, the Brazilian chef knew he wanted to showcase the star ingredient of the Amazon: a huge, fleshy river fish called pirarucu. That heir, Prince William, was hosting an environmental awards ceremony by the Earthshot Prize for 700 guests in Rio de Janeiro...

MAXTON, N.C. (AP) — Shootings at a large outdoor Halloween party in southeastern North Carolina early Saturday killed two people — one of them 16 years old — and critically wounded several others, a sheriff said. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins’ office said in a news release that 13 people were shot at the party held at a hom...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown, already the second-longest in history, with no end in sight, is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, it all started with an attempt to tighten Washington’s observance of federal law. The modern ph...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — More than two dozen people have been indicted on drug-related charges as part of a yearslong investigation into a gang in Philadelphia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Friday. Cocaine, fentanyl and heroin were sold in the Kensington area in “one of the most prolific drug blocks in the city” from Ja...

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Right when Austrian skier Julia Scheib started to celebrate her dominating victory in the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday, the sun came out for a fitting atmosphere. It had not only been a shining performance by Scheib in front of a record home crowd of 15,900, though, as Paula Moltzan...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House. In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her. “I am not done,” she said. The former vice-president said she hasn’t decided whether to mount a 2028 p...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Avery Johnson threw for 231 yards while accounting for four touchdowns, Kansas State returned a fumble 20 yards for another score, and the Wildcats routed Kansas 42-17 on Saturday for their 17th consecutive victory in the Sunflower Showdown. Johnson ran for two TDs and threw for two more, including a 78-yard s...

CHONGQING, China (AP) — Amber Glenn overcame neck pain to beat her world champion U.S. teammate Alysa Liu and win the figure skating Cup of China for the second straight year Saturday. Glenn, the U.S. national champion, clutched her neck after finishing her free skate, in which she recovered from a shaky landing on a triple toeloop...

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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The crisis is over for Manchester United. For now at least. A 4-2 win against Brighton on Saturday finally has Ruben Amorim’s team moving in the right direction, up to the heady heights of the top five in the Premier League and with a sense of momentum not felt for a long time at Old Trafford. “I think we...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Brody Malone capped an impressive meet by the U.S. at the world gymnastics championships, earning the second gold medal on high bar of his career during event finals on Saturday. The 25-year-old American put together a thrilling set on the high-risk, high-reward apparatus, throwing a series of releases tha...

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Bayern Munich’s latest star, 17-year-old Lennart Karl, scored again on Saturday as his team extended its perfect start to the Bundesliga season by racking up a 13th win in a row in all competitions. Three days after becoming Bayern’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer, Karl hit a curling shot from outside the box for his fir...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Taisei Nagasaki birdied four of his last six holes Saturday as the 16-year-old from Japan pulled away with a 7-under 65, giving him a five-shot lead going into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. At stake for Nagasaki in his debut in the Asia-Pacific Amateur is a spot in the...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Raphinha will remain on Barcelona’s injured list and left-back Jules Koundé is doubtful for Sunday’s clasico match, while Trent Alexander-Arnold is ready to play for Real Madrid. Alexander-Arnold was included Saturday on Xabi Alonso’s squad list for the first time since the former Liverpool star hurt his lef...

PARIS (AP) — France striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto will miss the return leg of the Nations League semifinal against Germany next week because of a thigh injury, the French football federation said Saturday. Katoto felt discomfort in her right hamstring following France’s 1-0 loss on Friday. “After undergoing medical tests on Satur...

LONDON (AP) — Australia outclassed England 26-6 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to begin the first rugby league Ashes series in 22 years. Fullback Reece Walsh, on debut, and second row Angus Crichton scored two tries each, and Nathan Cleary converted all four and nailed a penalty kick. Daryl Clark’s converted try in the 76th minute...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Gavin Lochow ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 79-yarder, and Dayton beat Presbyterian 35-19 on Saturday to end the Blue Hose’s 11-game win streak. The Flyers (6-2, 4-1 Pioneer League) intercepted three Collin Hurst passes, including Vince Firenze’s 20-yard pick-6 for a 35-13 lead midway through the thir...

DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Dom Nankil passed for 288 yards and threw two touchdown passes to Cole Monach, Adam Criter ran for TDs of 24 and 8 yards, and San Diego beat Davidson 40-28 on Saturday. Nankil completed 25 of 36 with an interception and Monach finished with six receptions for 113 yards. Criter had 73 yards rushing on 10 carrie...

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

LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Naiteitei Mose’s 63-yard pick-6 with 12 seconds left gave Georgetown a 30-24 win over Bucknell on Saturday. Mose snared Christopher Dietrich’s pass and raced down the right sideline for the winning score after the Hoyas had blown a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter. Dez Thomas II’s 31-yard touchdown pass to...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Emmett Johnson scored the tie-breaking touchdown on a 4-yard run with 2:44 left, and Nebraska ended Northwestern’s four-game winning streak with a 28-21 victory Saturday to become bowl eligible for the second straight season. The Cornhuskers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a loss at Minnesota last week, bu...

BOSTON (AP) — When David Arsenault takes down a worn, leather-bound 19th-century book from the winding shelves of the Boston Athenaeum, he feels a sense of awe — like he’s handling an artifact in a museum. Many of the half a million books that line the library’s seemingly endless maze of reading room shelves and stacks were printed...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Logan Inagawa accounted for three touchdowns, Taj Hughes had 106 yards receiving and a TD on seven receptions and Drake beat Marist 31-17 on Saturday. Jackson Voth returned a punt 46 yards to the 4 and two plays later Luke Woodson ran 4 yards for a TD that gave Drake (5-2, 4-0 Pioneer Football League) the...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jai Patel’s 30-yard field goal as time expired on Saturday gave Rutgers a 27-24 victory over Purdue. The field goal gave Rutgers (4-4, 1-4) its first Big Ten win this season while Purdue’s record fell to 2-6 and 0-5. The Boilermakers had taken a 27-24 lead on Ryan Browne’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Nitro...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost in Space,” has died. She was 100. Lockhart died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, family spokesman Lyle Gregory, a friend of 40 years, said Saturday...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Stevens threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Andre Hines scored a key touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and Wagner defeated Duquesne 24-13 on Saturday. Hines rushed for 90 yards and his 24-yard touchdown run with 1:55 remaining sealed the win as last beat first in the NEC. Stevens threw a 6-yard TD...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Find a shady spot under a tree, take a breath of fresh air and call me in the morning. Health care providers have long suggested stressed-out patients spend time outdoors. Now hundreds of providers are going a step further and issuing formal prescriptions to get outside. The tactic is gaining momentum as social...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys placed Trevon Diggs on injured reserve Saturday, sidelining the star cornerback at least four more games after he sustained a concussion in an accident at home. Diggs had already missed last week’s 44-22 victory over Washington, which was three days after the accident. He reported to the team...

LONDON (AP) — British police said Saturday they were scouring hours of closed-circuit TV recordings to find an asylum-seeker sentenced for sexual assault who was mistakenly released from prison. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was “last seen in the London area,” Essex Police said Saturday, adding that officers fr...

INDORE, India (AP) — Two cricketers from the Australian women’s national team were inappropriately touched by a motorcyclist in the central Indian city of Indore, where they played in the Women’s Cricket World Cup. The two players were walking to a café from their team hotel on Thursday morning when the incident took place, Cricket...

ATLANTA — (AP) — Haynes King threw two touchdown passes to Josh Beetham in the second quarter and accounted for five on the day, and No. 7 Georgia Tech cruised to a 41-16 victory over Syracuse on Saturday in its first home game as a top-10 team since 2009. The Yellow Jackets (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) briefly fell behind...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned after Pope Francis greatly restricted the ancient liturgy. Cardinal Raymond Burke, the conservative American figu...

Savvopoulos had died of a heart attack after battling cancer since 2020. Thousands came to pay their respects to a well-beloved, if sometimes controversial, artist as he lay in state at a chapel of the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral Saturday morning. Hundreds made the nearly 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) walk behind the hearse to the cemet...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — State-run Pakistan International Airlines resumed flights to the United Kingdom on Saturday for the first time in five years following the lifting of a ban imposed over a fake pilot license scandal. The airline faced a ban from both the UK and the European Union in June 2020 after a deadly crash in Karachi that kil...

NEW YORK (AP) — Quarterback Luca Stanzani had four rushing touchdowns and threw for another TD, O’Shawn Ross Jr. had 172 yards rushing on 17 carries, and Long Island University beat New Haven 38-17 on Saturday. Stanzani was 15-of-26 passing for 152 yards with an interception and ran 20 times for 98 yards for LIU (3-5). His four rus...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, while attempting to illegally purchase 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of uranium, the country’s State Security Service said Saturday. The suspects planned to transport the nuclear material to China through Russia, the security service said in...

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Da’Realyst Clark found Wayne Harris wide open in the end zone on a wide receiver pass with 3:15 remaining and Kent State held off Bowling Green 24-21 on Saturday. Kent State trailed 21-3 with 8:47 left in the third quarter before scoring 21 straight. The Golden Flashes went 79 yards in seven plays to get within 21...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stakes. The famous faces. The posh private rooms. The clever cheating schemes. The federal indictment of a big-money poker ring involving NBA figures on Thursday, in which unsuspecting rich players were allegedly enticed to join then cheated of their money, echoed decades of movies and television, and not jus...

CHICAGO (AP) — The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, and he must be given a bond hearing by Oct. 31, a federal judge has ruled. Attorneys for Ruben Torres Maldonado, 40, who was detained Oct. 18, have petitioned for his release as...

LONDON (AP) — For a week every October, people organizing international catch-ups and meetings on both sides of the Atlantic may be briefly confused: Did I just miss that conference call? Why is my grandmother calling me so early? Most people quickly remember: It’s that strange time each fall when Europe and the United States are o...

Ghouls, goblins … and gummy bears. Trick-or-treaters may find more fruity candy than chocolate among their Halloween handouts this year. That should be fine with younger consumers, who have been gravitating for years toward non-chocolate candies like gummies, freeze-dried treats and other sweets that come in a variety of shapes, co...

ORONO, Maine (AP) — Rashawn Marshall ran for 141 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown to cap the win, and Maine rallied from an early deficit to beat Elon 35–14 on Saturday in Colonial Athletic Association play. Maine has won four in a row after losing four straight to open the season. Jimmyll Williams put Elon (4–5, 2–3) in front...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested, their parties said, as protests rattled the country over the presidential election results that were expected on Monday. Among those arrested late Friday in the economic hub of Douala were Anicet Ekane and Djeukam Tchameni, two top figures in the Union for...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Jack O’Connell threw two touchdown passes, Domenic Scalese kicked three field goals and Stonehill defeated Mercyhurst 22-15 on Saturday. O’Connell’s TD passes — 23 yards to Torance Washington Jr. and 14 yards to Zachary Kim — put Stonehill up 13-0 in the first quarter. The Skyhawks did not reach the end zone again...

CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. government is forging a war against him as the world’s biggest warship approached the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent he accuses of egging on an invasion. Maduro said in a national broadcast on Friday night that the admin...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hayden Johnson threw for 267 yards and ran for one touchdown, and undefeated Lehigh cruised past Fordham 27–6 on Saturday. The Mountain Hawks (8-0, 3-0) are off to their best start since 2013, when they finished the regular season 10-1 and went 8-0 in conference play. The win keeps Lehigh in firm control atop the Pa...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Colton Joseph threw three touchdown passes and Old Dominion held on to beat Appalachian State 24-21 on Saturday. The Monarchs (5-3, 2-2 Sun Belt Conference) led 10-7 at halftime then added two third-quarter touchdowns on Joseph’s 16-yarder to Na’eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding and a 24-yard score to Ja’Cory Thomas. App...

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in Yemen on Saturday, detaining two additional workers, U.N. officials said. Houthi security forces detained the two female workers of the World Food Program from their homes in the capital, Sanaa, the officials said. Their whereabouts...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trevor Zegras had two goals and an assist, Matvei Michkov scored the game-winner in a shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday. In a spirited game that included a pair of fights, and other scrums that resulted in the teams combining for 13 penalties, the Flyers rallied...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A massive methamphetamine drug haul worth approximately $63 million was seized in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, and six Iranian nationals were taken into custody by authorities. The Kenyan Navy intercepted the consignment some 630 kilometers (391 miles) off the coast of Mombasa in the Indian...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to burnish his reputation as an international dealmaker on Sunday by solidifying a trade agreement with Malaysia and overseeing the signing of an expanded ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, two nations that skirmished along their disputed border earlier this year. The...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville captain Roman Josi is week to week with an upper-body injury the Predators said Saturday, an injury not related to the POTS diagnosis announced by the Predators in June. The 6-foot-1, 201-pound defenseman played 18 minutes, 9 seconds in Thursday night’s 2-1 win over Vancouver. He has one goal and f...

BREST, France (AP) — Achraf Hakimi’s great attacking flair was on display Saturday as the Morocco defender’s two goals led Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-0 win at Brest, moving it two points clear of Marseille at the top of Ligue 1. After routing Bayer Leverkusen 7-2 midweek in the Champions League, PSG carried that momentum into domes...

MILAN (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne’s goal could prove costly for Napoli despite it setting the defending champion on the way to a 3-1 win over Inter Milan and back to the top of Serie A on Saturday. De Bruyne appeared to pull a muscle as he converted a first-half penalty, immediately clutching the back of his right thigh. The former Manc...

LONDON (AP) — Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival. Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role i...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Shorbasi family was sitting in their severely damaged house in Gaza City, enjoying the relative calm of the ceasefire. Then they heard an explosion and rushed outside to find their 6-year-old twins bleeding on the ground. The boy, Yahya, and his sister, Nabila, had discovered a round object while pl...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forward Juan Agudelo, whose goal against South Africa in 2010 at age 17 made him the youngest scorer for the U.S. national team in the modern era, will retire at the end of San Antonio’s season in the second-tier United Soccer League Championship. Agudelo, who turns 33 on Nov. 23, scored three goals in 28 appeara...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee wrapped up a quick search to replace Tony Vitello by announcing assistant Josh Elander as the Volunteers’ new baseball coach Saturday. Vitello’s departure for the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball was announced Wednesday. Athletic director Danny White said Elander emerged from the star...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Brazil, down to 10 players, hung on to win 2-1 in a friendly Saturday in the first game for England since it retained the women’s European Championship. Coach Sarina Wiegman’s England team paid the price for a poor start as Brazil’s Bia Zaneratto and Dudinha scored early goals. The sending-off of Brazil c...

NASCAR has a buzzy slogan for the third-round finale of its Cup Series playoffs. With half of the remaining eight drivers desperate for a victory to reach the Championship 4 finale, Sunday is “Must-Win at Martinsville Speedway!” That certainly has a better ring to it than “Manipulation at Martinsville!” or “Martinsville’s Massive S...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Grand Prix will celebrate its 10th anniversary with another sold-out crowd — an accomplishment celebrated by promoters who worried the absence of Sergio Perez in the field this year would cause a decline. Approximately 150,000 people are expected Sunday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez as four-time rei...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is questionable for Sunday’s game at New England after being added to the injury report on Saturday. The highly publicized rookie practiced on Friday before his back tightened up Saturday morning. Cleveland has promoted Bailey Zappe from the practice squad to possibly...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon and left tackle Braxton Jones will miss at least the next four games after the team placed them on injured reserve on Saturday. Gordon showed up on the injury report on Thursday because of groin and calf issues and was ruled out on Friday. That means the Bears will without their...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Aiden Fisher intercepted the first pass of the game and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown and the Mendoza brothers — Fernando and Alberto — each ran for scores as No. 2 Indiana routed UCLA 56-6 on Saturday. The Hoosiers (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) extended their school-record home winning streak to 14, protected...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Rayshawn Pleasant’s 49-yard interception return for a touchdown with 9:15 left proved to be the game-winning score as Auburn picked up its first win in Southeastern Conference play, 33-24, over Arkansas on Saturday. The Tigers (4-4, 1-4) picked up new life after inserting Ashton Daniels at quarterback late...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — J’Mari Taylor scored on a 1-yard run in overtime, lifting No. 16 Virginia to a 17-16 victory over North Carolina on Saturday. The Tar Heels answered with Davion Gause’s 9-yard touchdown grab, but Ben Hall was stopped just short of the end zone on the ensuing 2-point try. Chandler Morris threw for 200 yards...

What the Big Ten might be missing this weekend with lopsided matchups and bye weeks, the SEC makes up for with three ranked-vs.-ranked games carrying playoff implications. That doesn’t mean there aren’t potential trap games on the schedule and the Big 12 is full of intrigue: Oddsmakers expect BYU to lose for the first time this sea...

After a week of secrecy and speculation, the mystery surrounding who’ll start at quarterback for the New York Jets is over. It’ll be Justin Fields on Sunday against the Bengals. The team announced Saturday that Tyrod Taylor was ruled out with a knee injury and wasn’t making the trip to Cincinnati. So, whether it was Aaron Glenn’s p...

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Very much used to winning World Cup races, Mikaela Shiffrin could hardly be more pleased with finishing fourth in the Alpine skiing season opener on Saturday. Since her frightening crash in a giant slalom last November, the record holder of 101 career wins has been trying to become friends again with the disc...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson appears set to make his season debut Sunday after recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The Packers (4-1-1) activated Watson from the reserve/physically unable to perform list Saturday, a move that clears the way for him to play Sunday night at Pit...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Quarterback Brendon Lewis connected with Cortez Braham Jr. for a 10-yard touchdown with 1:07 remaining to give Memphis a come-from-behind 34-31 victory over No. 18 South Florida on Saturday. South Florida kicker Nico Gramatica missed a 52-yard field goal as time expired to preserve Memphis’ victory. Memphis tr...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson will miss a third consecutive game with a hamstring injury when the Baltimore Ravens host the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The Ravens ruled Jackson out Saturday, while also saying he was not in fact a full participant in practice the previous day. Jackson was initially listed as a full participant...

The slow-moving, but punishing, Tropical Storm Melissa that has already killed four people is threatening catastrophic flooding across the northern Caribbean as it strengthens towards Jamaica. Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane, possibly by later Saturday or Sunday, before making landfall across central Jamaica on Tues...

United States President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Malaysia for the first leg of a five-day trip that spans Japan and South Korea, his first to a region reeling from his aggressive trade tariffs since taking office in January. Top economic officials from the US and China kick-started talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday on the s...

Trump announced on his Truth Social network on Thursday that he had “terminated” all negotiations with Canada over what he called the “fake” advertising campaign that he said misrepresented fellow Republican President Reagan. “In speaking with Prime Minister Carney, Ontario will pause its US advertising campaign effective Monday so...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Keali’i Ah Yat threw three touchdown passes, Michael Wortham caught a touchdown pass and ran for two scores and Montana remained unbeaten with a 49-35 victory over Sacramento State on Friday night. Ah Yat completed 16 of 24 passes for 196 yards with an interception for Montana (8-0, 4-0 Big Sky Conference)...

Toronto Raptors (1-1, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (0-2, 13th in the Western Conference) BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Mavericks host the Toronto Raptors in out-of-conference action. Dallas finished 39-43 overall last season while going 22-18 at home. The Mavericks averaged 25.2 assists per game on 42.0 made fiel...

Oklahoma City Thunder (2-0, second in the Western Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (1-1, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -6.5; over/under is 235.5 BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City visits the Atlanta Hawks after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 55 points in the Thunder’s 141-1...

Portland Trail Blazers (1-1, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (0-1, sixth in the Western Conference) Inglewood, California; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Los Angeles and Portland will play on Sunday. Los Angeles finished 50-32 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference games last seaso...

New York Knicks (2-0, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (1-1, ninth in the Eastern Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Conference foes Miami and New York will play on Sunday. Miami went 37-45 overall, 24-28 in Eastern Conference action and 19-22 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Heat averaged 110.6 points per game...

Milwaukee Bucks (2-0, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (1-1, 10th in the Eastern Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee takes on Cleveland in Eastern Conference action Sunday. Cleveland went 64-18 overall and 12-4 in Central Division play a season ago. The Cavaliers averaged 121.9 points per game while allowing...

Los Angeles Lakers (0-1, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (1-1, seventh in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles takes on the Sacramento Kings after Luka Doncic scored 43 points in the Lakers’ 119-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Sacramento finished 4...

Brooklyn Nets (0-2, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (2-0, first in the Western Conference) San Antonio; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio hosts the Brooklyn Nets after the Spurs took down the New Orleans Pelicans 120-116 in overtime. San Antonio finished 34-48 overall a season ago while going 20-21 a...

Phoenix Suns (1-0, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (0-1, 12th in the Western Conference) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nuggets -13.5; over/under is 234.5 BOTTOM LINE: Denver hosts the Phoenix Suns after Aaron Gordon scored 50 points in the Denver Nuggets’ 137-131 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors. Denver fin...

Indiana Pacers (0-1, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (1-1, 11th in the Western Conference) Memphis, Tennessee; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pacers -1.5; over/under is 237.5 BOTTOM LINE: Memphis and Indiana meet in non-conference action. Memphis went 48-34 overall with a 26-15 record at home dur...

Boston Celtics (0-2, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (1-1, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Detroit hosts Boston in a matchup of Eastern Conference teams. Detroit finished 44-38 overall, 29-23 in Eastern Conference games and 22-19 at home during the 2024-25 season. The...

Chicago Bulls (1-0, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (1-1, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Magic -5.5; over/under is 232.5 BOTTOM LINE: Chicago takes on Orlando for an Eastern Conference matchup. Orlando finished 41-41 overall, 31-21 in Eastern Conf...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic has begun his first full season with the Lakers on a serious heater. The Slovenian superstar is off to one of the greatest starts to a season in NBA history, following up his 43-point effort on opening night against Golden State with a 49-point spree in Los Angeles’ victory over Minnesota on Friday ni...