PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats to show when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an annual fall event where giant elephants smash half-ton pumpkins. Weighing just 775 pounds (351.5 kilograms), eight-month-old Asian elephant Tula-Tu is about the heft of one of the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet — and a crossover star far beyond. Copeland will be feted in grand style as American Ballet Theatre devotes a gala evening t...

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap is now an entire category. Fresh, low-moisture, smoked, buffalo, burrata — mozzarella takes many forms, and picking the right one for your mea...

It’s the end of the gardening season, and those of us who’ve endured a less-than-perfect layout may be itching to move shrubs around. But proper timing is imperative. I inadvertently planted a Clethra bush too close to a peach tree, and their intertwining branches have been taunting me all summer. But because the Clethra is a late-...

PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre. Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earring...

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The company said it was notified Wednesday that the Health and Human Services Department had withdrawn funds awarded in July 2024 and in January to pay...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health...

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that...

Two advisers to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat on a stage in California this spring, addressing an audience at a natural products industry trade show that drew tens of thousands of people from food brands, investment banks, supplement sellers and other companies. Their message: The goals of the M...

A wave of anti-science bills has been introduced in statehouses across America this year, pushed by people with special interests who have close ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety an...

To track and analyze the spread of anti-science legislation, The Associated Press examined more than 1,000 bills that had been introduced in states across the nation. Reporters identified the bills using the bill-tracking software Plural and a database maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures. AP focused on bills...

Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs start circulating — especially among the very young. A recent study confirmed what many families intuitively know: The littlest studen...

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery — the home of HBO, CNN and DC Studios — has signaled that it may be open to selling all or parts of its business, just months after announcing plans to split into two companies. In an announcement Tuesday, the entertainment and media giant said it had initiated a review of “strategic alternati...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kenny Loggins is objecting to the use of his music in a social media post showing an artificial intelligence-generated video of President Donald Trump dumping excrement from a fighter jet on last weekend’s “No Kings” protests. The video, posted Saturday night on the Republican president’s Truth Social platform, was...

Daniel Naroditsky, a 29-year-old standard-bearer in the world of competitive speed chess that flourished in the COVID-19 pandemic, died over the weekend and leaves behind a legacy as one of the greats of the game who helped usher in its digital era. High-speed games became wildly popular online during the pandemic, creating a chess...

NEW YORK (AP) — Young jobseekers, challenged by a rapidly changing labor market, are having a tough time. The U.S. unemployment rate for 22- to 27-year-old degree holders is the highest in a dozen years outside of the pandemic. Companies are reluctant to add staff amid so much economic uncertainty. The hiring slump is especially hi...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who study them. The North Atlantic right whale now numbers an estimated 384 animals, up eight whales from the previous year, according...

A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July. The plaintiffs argued that the scholarship fund violated a series of laws, including the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which was put...

NEW YORK (AP) — MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor Mariah Carey as its 2026 Person of the Year. The organization announced Tuesday that it will honor the five-time Grammy Award winning artist for providing support to many different underserved com...

Netflix missed the earnings target set by stock market analysts during the video streamer’s latest quarter, a letdown that the company blamed on a tax dispute in Brazil. The results announced Tuesday broke Netflix’s six-quarter streak of posting a profit that eclipsed analysts’ projections. Investors, though, weren’t placated by th...

A United Airlines plane appears to have collided with a weather balloon while cruising over Utah at 36,000 feet last week, fracturing layers of its windshield and forcing an emergency landing. A California company called Windborne Systems said it started looking into the situation Sunday, not long after the National Transportation...

An group that includes activist investor Jana Partners and NFL player Travis Kelce says it has accumulated one of the largest ownership stakes in Six Flags Entertainment and intends to press the company’s leadership on ways to improve the struggling amusement park operator’s business. Jana said Tuesday that the investor group now o...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A massive virtual arcade located on the Las Vegas Strip filed for bankruptcy after just one year of operation, facing a pending eviction and millions in unpaid claims, court documents show. The Electric Playhouse in Las Vegas, a high-tech gaming and dining center inside a mall at the world renowned Caesars Palace r...

MIAMI (AP) — Professional golf legend Jack Nicklaus has won a $50 million verdict in a defamation lawsuit filed in Florida against his former business partners. A six-person jury in Palm Beach County found Monday that the Nicklaus Companies had damaged the 18-time major champion’s reputation and exposed him to ridicule, hatred, mis...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically div...

Beyond Meat’s shares are sizzling once again. The plant-based meat company’s shares more than doubled early Wednesday and were recently up more than 92%. Beyond Meat’s shares have surged more than 1,000% over the last four trading days. The rally comes nearly a week after Beyond Meat’s shares plummeted to all-time lows, closing at...

A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office was convicted Wednesday of extorting private contractors for thousands of dollars in bribes as he oversaw large sums of state money for school construction projects. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, 69, also a former Democratic state representative and a lawyer, wa...

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a day after gold soared to another record high, prices for the precious metal plunged — marking the biggest sell-off in years. Gold futures in New York closed at a record $4,374 per troy ounce on Monday, before falling more than $250 (or 5.74%) Tuesday. That’s the largest, single-day percentage drop seen s...

NEW YORK (AP) — An immigration enforcement operation that sparked spontaneous protests on Manhattan’s Canal Street led to the arrests of 14 people, federal authorities said Wednesday, including several demonstrators accused of assaulting or obstructing agents. Droves of angry New Yorkers surrounded a group of federal agents Tuesday...

COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday identified a BNSF Railway conductor who was fatally struck by a passing train as a 52-year-old Montana man. Daniel Peterson died at the scene of the Sunday morning accident in Columbus, Montana. The cause was blunt force trauma, said Stillwater County Undersheriff Randy Smith. At the...

Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less. Data centers needed to fuel AI accounted for about 1.5% of the world’s electricity consumption last year,...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog. The Seattle-based Basel Action Network, or BA...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday targeted Google and Apple for their “strategic” roles in mobile ecosystems, opening the door for regulators to impose changes to their business practices to improve competition. The Competition and Markets Authority escalated scrutiny of the two U.S. tech companies by labeling...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain federal repayment plans following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers. Under the agreement reached Friday between the teachers union and the administration, the Edu...

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase unveiled its new 60-story headquarters to the public on Monday, one of the first major office buildings to be constructed after the COVID-19 pandemic and one that will remake the New York City skyline for decades. The bronze and steel tower at 270 Park, which reportedly cost $3 billion, replaced the U...

Don’t buy that new car yet. If you can wait, you’ll have new 2026 model year options that aren’t out yet. Although some models barely change, others are completely redesigned and often get the latest features and improvements. Whether you’re interested in improved fuel economy, cutting-edge technology, or maybe just fresh and disti...

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. unexpectedly held steady in the year to September as higher prices at the pump were offset by lower food costs, official figures showed Wednesday in a development that has bolstered hopes of another interest rate reduction next month. The Office for National Statistics said consumer prices rose b...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Amazon delivery driver has filed a lawsuit accusing a federal civil right agency of abruptly and unlawfully abandoning her sex discrimination case and others like it following an executive order from President Donald Trump. The lawsuit filed by the former Colorado driver demands that the Equal Employment Op...

A marketer of shark-repellant sunscreen. A maker of chocolate-flavored whiskey. A seller of a drink that promises to quickly lower blood-alcohol levels. Until recently, these businesses had significant losses and floundering stock prices in common. Now, they’re members of a legion of publicly traded companies helping to power one o...

The in-season trade market in the NFL traditionally was a bit more tepid than other sports because the difficulty of inserting a player into a brand new scheme on the fly made deals much less appealing for contenders. That has changed in recent years with a newer generation of general managers more willing to take chances and a lat...

The three Week 9 games between teams in The Associated Press Top 25 are all in the Southeastern Conference. Plenty of other games will impact conference races and the College Football Playoff picture. No. 3 Texas A&M, the unbeaten SEC co-leader, goes on the road to play a 20th-ranked, two-loss LSU team that could revive its playoff...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A Manchester City fan died in Spain ahead of the club’s Champions League match against Villarreal on Tuesday. “Everyone at the Club sends their condolences to his family, friends, and fellow fans during this difficult time,” City said in a post on X. Tributes have been paid by fellow City supporters on so...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports will televise 69 of the 104 matches at next year’s World Cup on its main over-the-air network. Fox said Wednesday its FS1 cable network will broadcast 35 games of the tournament, to be played in the U.S., Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. Televising 66% of matches on the main network is up fro...

PRAGUE (AP) — Jaroslav Köstl will be the Czech Republic’s interim coach for its final World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar, the Czech Football Association said Wednesday. Köstl previously was an assistant to Ivan Hašek, who was fired Oct. 15 following a humiliating 2-1 defeat to Faroe Islands. As well as the match against Gibralta...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — American international Sergiño Dest failed to start in PSV Eindhoven’s stunning win against Napoli on Tuesday because he turned up late for the Champions League match, his coach Peter Bosz said. Bosz said in an interview with broadcaster Ziggo Sport that Dest had to face the consequences for breaching...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday sent the case of a transgender athlete who wants to compete in the women’s division at weightlifting events back to a lower court to determine whether USA Powerlifting has a “legitimate business purpose” for excluding her. The state’s highest court ruled that the group’s p...

College football could be on the verge of one of the busiest coaching carousels in recent history. Six Power Four coaches were fired in the first two months of the season, and more are sure to follow in an era that features unprecedented parity, revenue-sharing and access to the expanded College Football Playoff. Auburn, Florida St...

Wednesday, Oct. 22: Orlando at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22: Salt Lake at Portland, 10:30 p.m. First Round – Best of 3 (x-if necessary) Philadelphia vs. Orlando/Chicago winner Sunday, Oct. 26: Orlando/Chicago winner at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1: Philadelphia at Orlando/Chicago winner, 5:30 p.m. x-Saturday, N...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Daiki Hashimoto is back on top in men’s gymnastics. The Japanese superstar bounced back from a disappointing sixth-place finish at the Paris Olympics to earn his third all-around title at the world championships on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Hashimoto used superb performances on floor exercise, vault and h...

Without star Cristiano Ronaldo, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr beat FC Goa 2-1 on Wednesday to maintain its perfect record in the Asian Champions League Two. Traveling to India without Ronaldo, who stayed in Riyadh to rest, Al-Nassr took the lead with goals from Brazilian winger Angelo Gabriel and Haroune Camara. Brison Fernandes pulled o...

MILAN (AP) — Olympics host Italy has another top female skier sidelined. Marta Bassino was diagnosed with a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau in her left leg following a crash in preseason training on Wednesday and was due to be operated on. The Italian federation said Bassino fell on a flat section of a course in Val Senales...

Colton Herta’s transition from IndyCar to Formula 1 hit another marker Tuesday when it was confirmed he will compete next year for Hitech in Formula 2. Herta, a California native who has raced for Andretti Global in IndyCar, has already been announced the test driver for Cadillac as it prepares to make its F1 debut next season. Bec...

DALLAS (AP) — Columbus captain Boone Jenner had a power-play goal and an assist in the first period, and the Blue Jackets beat Dallas 5-1 on Tuesday night to hand the slumping Stars their third straight defeat. The Blue Jackets went up 2-0 when Jenner scored from his left knee in the crease to the left of goalie Jake Oettinger afte...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored a power-play goal 1:50 into overtime to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. Kempe’s goal came 14 seconds after Pavel Buchnevich was called for hooking on Quinton Byfield, giving the Kings a four-on-three advantage. Alex Laferriere also scored and Da...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Anaheim rookie Beckett Sennecke collected his third goal of the season and the Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday night. The 19-year-old Sennecke dropped to one knee to blast a feed from Mason McTavish past Juuse Saros with just over three minutes left in the second period to give the Ducks a...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dylan Guenther scored 33 seconds into overtime to give the Utah Mammoth a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. Guenther, tied for the team lead with four goals this season, tapped in the winner on a pass across the front of the net from Clayton Keller. Mikhail Sergachev, Lawson Crouse and...

Michael Jordan made his debut as a special contributor to NBC Sports’ return to NBA broadcasting on Tuesday night, saying he’s doing so as a way to give back to basketball. Jordan, speaking to NBC play-by-play voice Mike Tirico in the first installment of a series the network is calling “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” said he makes a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder fans got everything they wanted on Tuesday — a ring ceremony, a championship banner unveiling and a win over ex-Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning MVP, hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds remaining in the second overtime to give the Thunder a...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, Stephen Curry added 23 and the Golden State Warriors overcame Luka Doncic’s 43-point performance to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-109 on Tuesday night in both teams’ season opener. LeBron James missed a season opener for the first time in his 23 years in the NBA, watching from the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic received extensive postgame treatment after his 43-point performance in the Los Angeles Lakers’ season opener on Tuesday night, delaying his meeting with the media for well over an hour after the final whistle. The Lakers didn’t say whether Doncic needed that extra recovery time because he was sore fr...

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Newly hired Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche’s priority is to bring stability to a team which he believes lost sight of the “basics” during its poor start to the season under his predecessors. Dyche is Forest’s third manager of the season, with Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou having already b...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand hired former New Zealand and Colorado Rapids manager Anthony Hudson as coach of its men’s soccer team Wednesday, a day after dismissing Japanese tactician Masatada Ishii. Hudson, who also was interim coach of the U.S. men’s soccer team for four months in 2023, has served as the director of technical developm...

NEW YORK (AP) — Diana Taurasi’s biggest concerns these days revolve around what costumes her kids will wear for Halloween and taking advantage of their free time to go on vacation. The WNBA’s all-time leading scorer, who retired in February, missed watching the Phoenix Mercury’s WNBA Finals run because she was in Hawaii on vacation...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver again expressed confidence Tuesday that WNBA players and that league will strike a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement, with the current one set to expire on Oct. 31. And Silver made clear: WNBA players will be getting “big” raises. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” in advance of Tuesday night’s seaso...

George Springer seized a spot in Toronto Blue Jays history when he hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning that sent his team to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the AL Championship series. Springer’s drive to left field Monday night didn’t have quite the same impact as Joe Carter’s homer that gave Toronto the W...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Count Deion Sanders as impressed with the spectacular show that Shohei Ohtani staged in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series. “Can they just hand him the MVP during the game?” the Colorado Buffaloes coach said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. Sanders was in awe after hearing the totality of the Los Angel...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the World Series on Friday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will follow in Game 2 for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. It’s a repeat of the pitching order the Dodgers used for the first two games of their four-game sweep of the Milwau...

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s Maple Leafs and Raptors are changing the times of their games this weekend and next week to avoid overlap with the Blue Jays’ World Series games. “Toronto sports fans are undeniably some of the most passionate fans in the world, and we are proud to have the city’s teams come together and give these fans an...

Quarterback Drew Brees and receiver Larry Fitzgerald advanced to the next stage of consideration for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class in their first year of eligibility. Six other players in their first year of eligibility advanced from the original list of 128 modern-era nominees for this year’s class to the 52 that will b...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — It’s not just the short week that has the Los Angeles Chargers and Minnesota Vikings feeling lousy going into their Thursday night showdown, but it certainly starts there. “It’s a physical grind. It’s a mental grind,” Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz said of the quick turnaround. “I don’t think anybody goes...

Minnesota Vikings (3-3) at Los Angeles Chargers (3-3) Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, Prime Video BetMGM NFL Odds: Chargers by 3 Against the spread: Vikings 3-3; Chargers 2-4-1 Series record: Vikings lead 8-7. Last meeting: Chargers beat Vikings 28-24 in Minneapolis on Sept. 24, 2023. Last week: Vikings lost to Eagles 28-22; Chargers lost...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins placed veteran tight end Darren Waller on injured reserve Wednesday due to a pectoral injury he sustained in this weekend’s game at Cleveland. Waller was injured in the first half of Sunday’s 31-6 loss and did not return. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Monday that Waller was dealing...

Imagine telling a Vanderbilt fan after 10 straight losses to end of the 2023 season that the Commodores would be ranked in the top 10 of The Associated Press poll in less than two years. Imagine telling an Indiana fan the same thing at the same time, after the Hoosiers had closed with losses in seven of eight games, that their team...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to a second off weekend of this college football season, top-ranked Ohio State’s approach is different strokes for different folks. “Everyone’s a little bit different,” coach Ryan Day said Tuesday. “There’s guys who have played a whole bunch of football who need maintenance, and there’s some youn...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is turning to Steve Spurrier to help fix the team’s floundering offense. Interim coach Billy Gonzales said Wednesday the younger Spurrier, who was hired as an offensive analyst earlier this year, will be more involved with quarterback DJ Lagway when the Gators (3-4, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) play...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — When redshirt freshman Ashton Bethel-Roman led No. 3 Texas A&M in receiving last weekend, it was a breakout performance that illustrated the depth of the Aggies. As Texas A&M prepares to visit No. 20 LSU (5-2) on Saturday, the Aggies know that the contributions of role players will be important as they...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn knows who the New York Jets’ starting quarterback will be at Cincinnati. But the coach, still looking for his first victory, isn’t revealing his plan. “We’ll have a quarterback on Sunday,” Glenn said Wednesday. “I will tell you that.” Justin Fields was benched after another dismal performance l...

Shohei Ohtani keeps finding ways to top himself. Baseball’s two-way superstar has been inspiring awe with his bat and arm from his days in Japan to joining the Los Angeles Dodgers on the once-biggest contract in North American pro sports. Ohtani and the Dodgers are headed to the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays with a cha...

Driven by Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid will be looking to continue its perfect start in the Champions League when it hosts struggling Juventus on Wednesday. Mbappé has 18 goals in 14 appearances with Madrid and France this season. He has scored five goals overall in Madrid’s two Champions League matches. Juventus drew both its matche...

If the United States is going to win the most gold medals three years from now at the LA Olympics, there’s a good chance the U.S. track relay teams will play a big part in that. If this year’s world championships are any sign of what’s to come, then give the U.S. a better-than-average chance. USA Track and Field overhauled its stru...

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL owners voted to approve the sale of 10% of the New York Giants to Julia Koch and her family, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday. The team announced after Goodell’s confirmation at the league’s annual fall owners meeting that the Koch family acquired a minority, non-controlling interest that “will further...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Quarterback Diego Pavia ran for a first down only to stop at the LSU 1, sacrificing a chance to pad his stats to ensure Vanderbilt could run out the clock for a big Southeastern Conference win. It’s the type of smart decision coach Clark Lea wants as he looks for every possible edge. The moves have never bee...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Quarterback Jayden Daniels will miss the Washington Commanders’ game at the Kansas City Chiefs because of an injured right hamstring and Marcus Mariota will start in his place, a person with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the te...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is moving its Pro Bowl festivities to Super Bowl week beginning this February, the latest adjustment for the all-star event that became a flag football game a few years ago. Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the change Wednesday at the league’s annual fall owners meeting. “We’ve spent a lot of time evolvi...

MADRID (AP) — Villarreal blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States. Villarreal on Wednesday expressed “discontent with La Liga over its handling of the organization of the match.” Earlier, Spanish league president Javier Tebas said “na...

MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s mayor on Wednesday rebuked Spanish pop star Rosalia for briefly unleashing pandemonium earlier this week by convening a flash mob that prompted riot police to control the rowdy, impromptu gathering. The Barcelona-born singer and songwriter gave about an hour’s notice to her social media followers that she wou...

A tournament that included a team of refugee women’s soccer players from Afghanistan has been moved to Morocco and shifted to later this week, FIFA confirmed Wednesday. The tournament, dubbed FIFA Unites: Women’s Series 2025, was originally set for Dubai starting on Thursday, and was to include Chad, Libya and the host United Arab...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil ’s Supreme Court on Wednesday published the ruling convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup, starting the clock for filing any appeals. Judges in September convicted Bolsonaro of trying to overthrow democracy and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison. He has been un...

KAFR MARIS, Syria (AP) — The small Druze minority in Syria’s northern Idlib province was shaken by an apparently targeted shooting that killed three members of their community this week. The attack came in the wake of clashes in another area of Syria months earlier in which Druze communities were targeted, and amid heightened secta...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage that led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters....

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it will recommend no international sporting events be held in Indonesia after the country barred Israeli athletes from the gymnastics world championships in Jakarta. The governing body also said it was ceasing any discussions with Indonesia about hostin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel, killing two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday. The Tuesday night strike occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The seven previous strikes all targeted vessels in the Caribbean. According to Hegseth in a social media p...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, is also the first woman to lead the Liberal Democratic Party that has dominated Japan’s postwar politics almost without interr...

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor for a local politician. Yaoning “Mike” Sun is expected to appear in court in Los Angeles on Monday to enter his plea under a deal with federal prosecutors, according to a co...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities. The letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is part of a broader camp...

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities — over the objections of mayors and governors — have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping rulings. As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether to clear the way for the National Guard in Chicago, a federal appe...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 d...

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs. The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the governmen...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Sean Grayson’s murder trial. Grayson, who is white, faces three counts of first-deg...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Years after she was holed up in a bunker alongside her then-husband and president who had refused to step down following an election loss, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is seeking to return to the presidential palace in Ivory Coast ‘s election this week in what analysts say is an unlikely comeback. Gbagbo, 76, is...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pretoria High Court on Wednesday ordered former South African President Jacob Zuma to pay back the Office of the State Attorney 28.9 million rand (about $1.6 million) for the legal fees incurred over the years in his private litigation, including interest. Judge Anthony Millar set a 60-day deadline for Zuma to...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without being charged or having access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program, his U.S.-base...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Placide Konan has been using his slam poetry shows to speak out against Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term in Saturday’s election. The 33-year-old in the capital, Abidjan, told The Associated Press he is frustrated by hardship in the country. Despite being one of West Africa’...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years. Police initially gave the death toll as 63 in a statement sent to reporters, but later revised it t...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war is expected to cost about $216 billion, the World Bank said in an assessment published Tuesday. The cost is almost ten times Syria’s 2024 gross domestic product. Syria’s civil war began in 2011 when mass protests against the government of then-President Bashar...

Israelis celebrated the return of the last 20 living hostages who were held in Gaza under the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. But Hamas and Israel are now arguing over the release of the remains of the last 13 hostages. Hamas says it has not been able to reach all of the remains because they are buried under rubble left...

XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s state-run oil company said Tuesday that the torrential rains that left dozens dead and missing in east-central Mexico also damaged a pipeline, leading to a 5-mile (8-kilometer) spill along the Pantepec River. Petroleos Mexicanos, known as Pemex, said in a statement that its crews had reacted “immediat...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala passed a new anti-gang law on Tuesday aimed at giving the government more resources to fight the groups, which are now considered terrorist organizations. The law designates the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs as terrorist groups, increases prison sentences for gang members convicted of crimes,...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new president declared a state of emergency in the capital Tuesday in the government’s latest attempt to stem a surge in violence that has stirred protests and contributed to the recent downfall of his predecessor. Peru has seen an increase of killings, violent extortion and attacks on public places in rece...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio de Janeiro state court acquitted the last remaining defendants accused of responsibility in a 2019 fire that swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for Brazil’s popular professional soccer club Flamengo, killing 10 teenage players. They were accused of causing the fire due to negligence, and i...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly adapt to changing warfare realities and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week. Trump is expected to hold talks next Tuesday with Japan’s Prim...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea. South Korea’s military said it detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles that were launched from an area south of Pyongyang...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed Tuesday between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence. Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after a...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday. Andrzej Poczobut is a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. He was convict...

One of the journalists, behind bars in Belarus for covering anti-government rallies, refused to seek a pardon despite his heart condition. Another, jailed in Georgia, defiantly stood up at her trial and urged the opposition to keep protesting “until victory.” On Wednesday, they were honored with the prize named for the late Andrei...

OpenAI introduced its own web browser, Atlas, on Tuesday, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions. Making its popular AI chatbot a gateway to online searches could allow OpenAI, the world’s most valuable startup, to pull in more int...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan reported its first cases of African swine fever on Wednesday and culled at least 195 pigs from the affected farm. Authorities also ordered a ban on the movement and slaughter of pigs across the island. The Ministry of Agriculture said that samples from dead pigs from a farm in the coastal city of Taichu...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data Wednesday, on robust shipments to Asia that offset a decline in exports to the U.S., which were impacted by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Japan’s exports to Asia jumped 9.2% last month compared to the same period a year earlier, according to Japan...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging back from their record heights on Wall Street Wednesday, while the price of gold falls again to trim more off its tremendous gain for the year. The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% but is still sitting within 0.8% of its all-time high, which was set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S. ranchers who are enjoying some rare profitable years and skepticism from experts who say the president’s move probably wouldn’t lead to cheaper prices at grocery stores....

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone it says can now operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry heavier weapons and use artificial intelligence for targeting. Ukraine has used the unmanned naval drones to target Russian shipping and infrastructure in the Black Sea. The Security Serv...

CAIRO (AP) — A domestic passenger flight landed at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan’s capital on Wednesday for the first time since the war broke out over two years ago, potentially marking the gradual reopening of air traffic. Sudan’s media and culture ministry confirmed a Badr Airlines flight from Port Sudan landed. The ai...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have so far released the remains of 15 hostages that were held in Gaza for the past two years as part of the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war. But the process of returning the bodies of the last 13 remaining hostages, as called for under the truce deal, has progressed slowly as mili...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Egypt and the European Union will hold their first summit on Wednesday in Brussels where leaders will discuss security, trade and migration as well as stability in Gaza. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa are expec...

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese pop star turned Islamist militant who surrendered this month after 12 years on the run appeared in Beirut court Tuesday for the first time. Fadel Shaker had been hiding out in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh since bloody street clashes erupted between Sunni Muslim militants and the Lebanese ar...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The Hague-based court was asked late last year by the U.N. General Assembly to determine Israel’s legal obligations a...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries. The attack Sunday in the town of Turmus Ayya, which wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing for a visit to the United States by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month, in what could be the first state visit to the U.S. by a foreign leader in Trump’s second term, according to several people familiar with the planning. Work is underway to prep...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it to be a “waste of time.” It was the latest twist in Trump’s stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine. The decision to hold off on the meeting in Budapest, Hungary, which...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches, an exercise that came as his planned summit on Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump was put on hold. The Kremlin said that as part of the maneuvers involving all parts of...

PARIS (AP) — Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum, the Louvre, shocking the world. French officials have described how the intruders rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s facade, forced open a window, smashed display ca...

PARIS (AP) — The director of the Louvre Museum on Wednesday acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world’s most-visited museum, and said she offered to resign but it was refused. The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones and missiles blasted sites across Ukraine, killing at least six people, including a woman and her two young daughters, officials said Wednesday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and Ukraine’s president sought more foreign military help. The attack came in waves throughout the night a...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance sought Wednesday to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration was dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East, as he and other top U.S. envoys visit Israel this week to support the Gaza ceasefire agreement. “We don’t want in Israel a vassal state, and that’...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech is banning the throwing of tortillas by fans on kickoffs after the 14th-ranked Red Raiders were penalized twice and fined for objects being thrown onto the field in their most recent home game. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said Monday fans entering the stadium would be instructed to discard tortil...

Nevada resident Haley Nartker has always been committed to fostering a love of reading in her two young children. Nartker’s mother works as a librarian for Clark County, she said, so “books have always been a huge part of our life.” Reaching her reading goals for her family became easier, Nartker said, after she enrolled her 2½-yea...

California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms. The new law provides training for school principals and reading specialists in the “science of reading,” a method of literacy instructi...

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio common pleas judge granted a temporary restraining order on Monday, which would allow high school athletes in the state to enter into deals that profit off their talent. Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Jaiza Page issued her order on Monday, which could allow all students who are part of the 818 sch...

HONOLULU (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. court in Honolulu challenges an admissions policy of a wealthy and prestigious private school that gives preference to applicants who are Native Hawaiian. A leading opponent of affirmation action launched a campaign last month to test the policy’s legality and stop Kamehameha Schools f...

The remnant storms of Typhoon Halong tore into western Alaska with such ferocity that they pulled Steven Anaver’s home from its foundation and buoyed it across choppy water — with him inside. Videos he shared Monday with The Associated Press convey the desperate scene as the waters rose inside his home and the flooding raged outsid...

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death on social media, calling him “a talented chess p...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout testified Tuesday that he loved his teammate Tyler Skaggs like a brother and never saw signs of drug use before he died of an overdose on a team trip to Texas in 2019. Trout, a three-time American League Most Valuable Player who hit his 400th career home run this yea...

Michelino Sunseri climbed past boulders on his way to a record-breaking feat: The extreme runner reached the summit of Grand Teton, one of the highest mountains in the American West, and then rushed back down, all in less than three hours. The National Park Service, however, didn’t celebrate. Instead, it charged him with a crime. S...

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man facing possible deportation while dealing with life-threatening leukemia must be released from custody or at least be given a bond hearing in immigration court, a judge said. It’s a victory for Jose Contreras-Cervantes and seven other plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Mich...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former All-Pro NFL running back Doug Martin died after a struggle with police officers who were taking him into custody while they were investigating a break-in at a home in Oakland, police said Monday. Martin, best known for his stellar career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, became unresponsive after being ar...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Daiki Hashimoto of Japan topped men’s all-around qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. Hashimoto, who won gold in the all-around at the 2020 Olympics and at worlds in 2022 and 2023 before a rare stumble at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, posted a total of 83.065, just ahead of Noe Seifert of Switze...

Hedda Gabler, one of the theater’s great schemers, is transported to 1950s England in Nia DaCosta’s deliriously fun, intelligent and impassioned spin on the classic Henrik Ibsen drama. One needn’t know anything about Ibsen’s 1890 play to enjoy “Hedda.” Like “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” before it, “Hedda,” in theaters Frida...

NEW YORK (AP) — Props, mementos and photographs adorn Adam Driver ’s Brooklyn office. There’s an artwork Jim Jarmusch gave him for his 40th birthday, the doll from Leos Carax’s “Annette” and dozens of on-set photographs, including one of Driver and his son in the Millennium Falcon. “A friend who saw all this said: ‘Oh, so you care,...

TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) — Hoisting his kayak paddle in the air triumphantly, Gary Kristensen celebrated as he crossed the finish line, victorious in his giant, floating pumpkin. Dressed up as the character Buddy from Will Ferrell’s holiday movie “Elf,” Kristensen won the first race in the annual event over the weekend in Tualatin, Oreg...

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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -2.5; over/under is 226.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Celtics begin the season at home against the Philadelphia 76ers. Boston went 61-21 overall, 39-13 in Eastern Conference action and 28-13 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Celt...

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Knicks -2.5; over/under is 229.5 BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks start the season at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers. New York finished 51-31 overall and 34-18 in Eastern Conference play a season ago. The Knicks shot 48.6% from the...

Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls Chicago; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -3.5; over/under is 233 BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Bulls open the season at home against the Detroit Pistons. Chicago finished 39-43 overall, 4-12 in Central Division play and 18-23 at home last season. The Bulls averaged 117.8 points per...

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Portland Trail Blazers Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -4.5; over/under is 221.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Portland Trail Blazers open the season at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Portland went 36-46 overall and 19-33 in Western Conference action last season....

Brooklyn Nets vs. Charlotte Hornets Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hornets -5; over/under is 226.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Charlotte Hornets host the Brooklyn Nets for the season opener. Charlotte finished 19-63 overall and 10-42 in Eastern Conference action a season ago. The Hornets averaged 7.4...

New Orleans Pelicans vs. Memphis Grizzlies Memphis, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Grizzlies -4.5; over/under is 237.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Memphis Grizzlies host the New Orleans Pelicans in the season opener. Memphis finished 48-34 overall, 27-24 in Western Conference action and 26-15 at home during the 2024-...

Orlando, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Magic -8; over/under is 215.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic begin the season at home against the Miami Heat. Orlando went 41-41 overall, 31-21 in Eastern Conference games and 22-19 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Magic averaged 105.4 points per game while shoot...

Washington Wizards vs. Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bucks -9.5; over/under is 228.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Bucks open the season at home against the Washington Wizards. Milwaukee finished 48-34 overall and 31-21 in Eastern Conference games a season ago. The Bucks averaged 115.5 points...

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Utah Jazz Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Clippers -9.5; over/under is 226.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Jazz open the season at home against the Los Angeles Clippers. Utah went 17-65 overall, 8-44 in Western Conference action and 10-31 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Jazz ave...

Toronto Raptors vs. Atlanta Hawks Atlanta; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hawks -5.5; over/under is 235.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Hawks host the Toronto Raptors for the season opener. Atlanta went 40-42 overall and 30-22 in Eastern Conference play last season. The Hawks averaged 118.2 points per game last season,...

San Antonio Spurs vs. Dallas Mavericks Dallas; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mavericks -3; over/under is 225.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Mavericks host the San Antonio Spurs in the season opener. Dallas finished 39-43 overall, 8-8 in Southwest Division action and 22-18 at home last season. The Mavericks averaged 11...

Sacramento Kings vs. Phoenix Suns Phoenix; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -3.5; over/under is 227.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns host the Sacramento Kings in the season opener. Phoenix finished 36-46 overall and 9-7 in Pacific Division play a season ago. The Suns averaged 27.8 assists per game on 41.2 made fie...

Real Salt Lake (12-17-5, 10th in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Portland Timbers (11-12-11, eighth in the Conference during the regular season) Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Portland +114, Real Salt Lake +213; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Real Salt Lake visits the...

Orlando City SC (14-9-11, seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Chicago Fire (15-11-8, seventh in the Conference during the regular season) Chicago; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Chicago -101, Orlando City SC +234; over/under is 3.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City visits the Chicago Fir...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Two late wickets by a 38-year-old debutant spinner Asif Afridi checked world champion South Africa’s progress in the second and final test against Pakistan on Tuesday. Left-armer Afridi (2-24) picked up the wickets of half century-maker Tony de Zorzi (55) and Dewald Brevis got dismissed for his second du...

Detroit Red Wings (5-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-4, in the Atlantic Division) Buffalo, New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Red Wings will attempt to extend a five-game win streak with a victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Buffalo has a 2-2-0 record in Atlantic Division play and a 2-4 reco...

Seattle Kraken (3-1-2, in the Pacific Division) vs. Washington Capitals (4-2, in the Metropolitan Division) Washington; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Capitals -260, Kraken +210; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals host the Seattle Kraken in a non-conference matchup. Washington has a 4-2 record overa...

Montreal Canadiens (5-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Calgary Flames (1-6, in the Pacific Division) Calgary, Alberta; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames will try to stop a six-game slide when they play the Montreal Canadiens. Calgary is 1-6 overall and 0-3-0 in home games. The Flames are second in the league...

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — When he fired the engine on his race car before last year’s NASCAR finale, Chase Briscoe sat inside the cockpit and cried like a baby. As an Indiana native aspiring to make it to the top levels of motorsports, he gravitated to Tony Stewart, a fellow Hoosier, three-time Cup champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer. I...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Verstappen is chasing perfection as he pursues a fifth Formula 1 championship. After his dominant weekend at the United States Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver says anything is possible. “The chance is there. I think it is exciting, and I’m really just very excited for the end,” Verstappen said after his thi...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights starting goaltender Adin Hill left Monday’s game against Carolina with an apparent leg injury midway through the first period with the Knights up 1-0. After making a save, Hill went down to the ice and stayed there for several minutes. After a brief discussion on the ice with team trainer Kyle Moore,...

MONTREAL (AP) — Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky and Jake Evans scored in the third period, helping the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Monday night. Oliver Kapanen also scored for Montreal in fifth win in six games. Nick Suzuki and Alex Newhook each had two assists, and Jakub Dobes stopped 30 shots. Slafkovsky gave...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Monday night. Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev and William Karlsson also scored and Mitch Marner had two assists for Vegas, which still hasn’t lost in regulation (5-0-2). Akira Schmid stopped 23 shots after relievi...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mark Scheifele and Jonathan Toews scored in the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory. Scheifele extended his goal streak to five games when he made it 2-1 with 4:54 left. Toews’ tying power-play goal at 2:41 was his first since Ap...

DENVER (AP) — Shooting guard Christian Braun agreed to a $125 million, five-year contract extension with the Denver Nuggets on Monday. His agent, Bill Duffy, confirmed the deal to The Associated Press. It was first reported by ESPN. The 24-year-old Braun is coming off a season with the Nuggets in which he moved into the starting li...

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels has agreed to a four-year, $100 million rookie contract extension, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Hawks announced an extension with Daniels, but did not reveal terms of the agr...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Although Luka Doncic has always loved the ocean, he had never lived in a coastal city until this year. Ljubljana, Slovenia; Madrid; and Dallas are all fine stopovers on the journey of a transcendent basketball player, but they’re not exactly near the beach. A water view is not the biggest reason Doncic is...