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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa says rebuilding trust with WR Tyreek Hill is ongoingVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyreek Hill’s work to regain the trust of his Miami Dolphins teammates remains ongoing after the All-Pro wide receiver took himself out of the 2024 regular-season finale and indicated he wanted to play elsewhere. After the Dolphins wrapped up the first day of training camp, quarterback...
Giants open camp with Jaxson Dart in spotlight, but Russell Wilson still starting QBVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jaxson Dart is squarely in the spotlight as someone the New York Giants hope will be their quarterback of the future. The future is not here yet. For all the attention Dart is getting as a first-round draft pick, coach Brian Daboll made it clear when...
House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
WASHINGTON — House Democrats launched a bid Wednesday to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, goading GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made...
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said...
3 Haitian police officers and 2 civilians killed as gangs overrun a central region
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three Haitian police officers and two civilians were killed in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, the government and a police union said Wednesday. The officers were members of a specialized unit known as UDMO, which is largely activated during protests and disturbances. A...
Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death
LOS ANGELES — A doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. He stood next to his lawyer and...
Review: Villains steal the show in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’Video
More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism. Though the Fantastic Four go to the very origins of...
SMU’s successful bid to join ACC leads to playoff berth, record donations — and more interest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SMU bet on itself when it made a bold bid to join the Atlantic Coast Conference — and it has paid off big time. Now the Mustangs are looking build on that momentum in Year 2. The Dallas-based school chose to forego nine years of media-rights distribution...
After much speculation, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announce ‘Buckingham Nicks’ reissue
NEW YORK —They’re not going their own way anymore. After much speculation, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announced Wednesday the reissue of “Buckingham Nicks,” more than 50 years after the release of their only full-length album as a duo. Originally released in 1973, “Buckingham Nicks” is not currently...
Big Ten notebook: Hoosiers ready to prove they’re no one-hit wonder
LAS VEGAS — After a surprising 10-0 start, a program-record 11 wins and a trip to the College Football Playoff, some believe Indiana is destined to take a step backward in 2025. Coach Curt Cignetti and his team, however, didn’t get the memo. “We’re not looking to sustain it, we’re...
Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here’s why it’s not been declaredVideo
For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Even though Israel eased a 2½-month blockade on the territory in May, aid groups say only a trickle of assistance is getting into the...
U.S. home sales fall in June as prices soar to new heights
LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels. Existing home sales fell 2.7% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.93 million...
UN’s top court decides what polluting countries must do about climate changeVideo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.’s highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the climate crisis. After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations who fear they could disappear under rising...
Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho studentsVideo
BOISE, Idaho — Police released documents Wednesday detailing their investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students. Police in Moscow, Idaho released dozens of pages of documents just hours after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the years-long case. In one of the...
Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption lawVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian activists called for more protests Wednesday against a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major demonstration against the country’s government in more than three years of war. The legislation has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international rights groups....
Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
NEW DELHI — Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior police...
Trump announces trade deal with Japan that lowers threatened tariff to 15%
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States...
German court acquits satirist over social media post following Trump assassination attempt
BERLIN — A German court on Wednesday acquitted a satirist who was charged with having approved of an assassination attempt against Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign in a social media post and disturbed the public peace. In a quickly deleted post under his alias “El Hotzo” on...
Browns place Deshaun Watson on PUP list; expected to miss season
BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson was placed on the physically unable to perform list by the Cleveland Browns as veterans reported to training camp Tuesday. Watson could miss the entire season while recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in January. That occurred three months after he initially injured it...
Flash floods kill 3 tourists and leave 15 missing in northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept away several vehicles carrying tourists in northern Pakistan, killing at least three people and leaving 15 others missing, officials said on Tuesday. Pakistani rescue officials say the above-normal monsoon rains since June 26 have killed at least 225 people...
ACC notes: Mario Cristobal blames defense for Miami’s collapse
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Miami Hurricanes were on a trajectory to reach the ACC championship game last season for the first time since 2017 after starting 9-0. Then came a late-season collapse that included losses to Georgia Tech and Syracuse that allowed Clemson to leapfrog them into second place in...
Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors announced felony charges Tuesday in connection with a car crash outside a nightclub over the weekend that injured at least 37 people and led to the driver being shot. Fernando Ramirez, 29, was charged with 37 counts of attempted murder and 37 counts of...
U.S. Olympic, Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. The change, announced Monday with a...
San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs by adopting strict new parking limits the mayor says are necessary to keep sidewalks clear and prevent trash buildup. The policy, up for final approval by San Francisco supervisors Tuesday, targets at least 400 recreational...
Saints safety Tyrann ‘Honey Badger’ Mathieu retires after 12 NFL seasons
New Orleans safety Tyrann Mathieu, a three-time All-Pro who was known as the “Honey Badger” for the relentless play in college that made him a Heisman Trophy finalist, said on the day the Saints opened training camp Tuesday that he is retiring from the NFL after 12 seasons. “As I...
