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Late heroics from Josh Reed, Freddie Dilione send Penn State to surprise win over Iowa
Josh Reed scored a career-high 25 points, shooting 9 of 12, and Penn State rallied to beat Iowa, 71-69, on Saturday, ending the Nittany Lions’ three-game losing streak. Freddie Dilione V scored 15 points, and Ivan Juric scored 11 for the Nittany Lions (12-17, 3-15 Big Ten). Penn State finished...
War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a...
What to know about U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon. He urged Iranians to “take over your government.” Iran launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles at...
NASCAR returns to road racing with Tyler Reddick on pole and chasing Cup Series history against Shane van Gisbergen
AUSTIN, Texas — Shane van Gisbergen was so dominant on road courses last season than many had looked at NASCAR’s first road race of 2026 like it was already settled: SVG in a runaway. Hold on. Tyler Reddick’s pursuit of racing history may yet have a say in that. Reddick...
Families tell of life in Texas detention center: Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7
LAREDO, Texas — A month after ICE agents sent the young Ecuadorian mother and her 7-year-old daughter to a sprawling detention center 1,300 miles from their Minnesota home, they were finally free. But when the bus pulled up to a migrant shelter in the border city of Laredo, dropping off...
From box office bomb to media powerhouse: Skydance’s 20-year rise to overtake Paramount, Warner Bros
NEW YORK — In its debut film, Skydance Productions released a special effects-laden World War I drama about fighter pilots with a starring role for an unknown actor, the company’s founder, David Ellison. It was a box office bomb. Twenty years later, in a twist fit for Hollywood itself, the...
Calls for peace and flashes of anger after US and Israeli attacks kill Iran’s Khamenei
BRUSSELS — World leaders urged peace and a return to talks Sunday as the military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran raised concerns that the violence could spread across the region, with Iran vowing devastating blows after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Massive explosions...
Russia condemns U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran as ‘unprovoked act of armed aggression’
Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy. In a statement posted to Telegram, the Foreign Ministry accused Washington...
A Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances
WASHINGTON — Gun rights and cannabis legalization are usually on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but both movements have brought about seismic shifts in the United States in recent decades. Now those forces are lining up for a rare overlap in a case coming before the Supreme Court on...
US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, with President Donald Trump calling on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the...
Read President Trump’s statement on Iran in full
President Donald Trump said in an 8-minute video posted on his Truth Social that the U.S. has begun “major combat operations in Iran.” He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach U.S. and appealed to the Iranian people to “take over...
Iran’s supreme leader is dead following major attack by U.S. and Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died following a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. President Donald Trump announced the death...
Trump orders U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in clash over AI safety
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties, culminating an unusually public clash between the government and the company over AI safety. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social...
Trump’s ‘pretty much’ decided whom to endorse in Texas’ Senate primary but isn’t yet saying a name
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump — who has long seemed like he just can’t seem to choose among friends in the Texas Senate Republican primary — says he’s “pretty much” decided whom to endorse in the critical March 3 contest. But as the showman president is wont to do, he...
Deaths on a boat off Cuba spotlight Florida anti-government groups
MIAMI — A stolen boat, with 10 people aboard, loaded with weapons, departs the Florida Keys but gunfire erupts before reaching Cuba. The explanation, according to the Cuban government, is the men aboard were terrorists who wanted to infiltrate the country. The fatal shooting broke out Wednesday amid heightened tensions...
Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and ’70s, dies at age 86
NEW YORK — Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n’ roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died. Sedaka, whose hits included “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”...
Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave amid federal probe
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho was put on paid leave Friday while he is part of a federal investigation, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters. Authorities have not provided details of the nature of the investigation involving...
Teenage girls face higher ACL injury risks; parents want better preventive measures
HARRISBURG — Sofia Tepichin was about 30 minutes into her club soccer team practice in October when she spotted a fast-approaching defender. She tapped the ball away and hopped over the defender’s outstretched foot, came down awkwardly, and heard a “pop.” She immediately fell to the ground, pain shooting through...
Sweden says it intercepted Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier
STOCKHOLM — A Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö, the Swedish military said Friday, in what the defense minister said was a violation of his country’s airspace. The armed forces said...
Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran talks but will wait to see what happens in further rounds
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’s “not happy” with Iran talks so far but that he’ll wait to see what happens in additional rounds of negotiations with the Middle Eastern country over its nuclear program. “I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing...
Target will stop selling cereals with synthetic colors by end of May
Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May. The Minneapolis-based discounter said Friday it had been phasing out synthetic colors in cereals for several years. Right now, 85% of its cereal sales already come from products made without synthetic dyes. Target said it has worked...
Pakistan is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan’s defense minister to say on Friday that the two countries are in a state of “open war.” Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan late Thursday, saying it was in retaliation for...
At least 55 Ghanaians killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine war, minister says
ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said 272 Ghanaians have been lured into...
Bill Clinton says he ‘did nothing wrong’ with Epstein as he faced grilling over their relationship
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein’s sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two...
U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as ‘clearly fake’ after anti-Canada slur
OTTAWA, Ontario — American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was disparaging Canadians after winning Olympic gold, calling it fake and something he would never say. The video includes fabricated...
