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ACC freed to focus on future with legal fight resolved, Commissioner Jim Phillips says
CARY, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference opened 2025 mired in a legal fight with two member schools while waiting on broadcast partner ESPN to extend a media deal with the league for the long term. Those issues long resolved, the league has been focused on the future, building its...
Honda recalls 256,600 vehicles because of software error that may lead to loss of drive power
NEW YORK — Honda is recalling more than 256,600 of its Accord Hybrid vehicles across the U.S., because of a software error that may result in sudden loss of drive power. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall covers certain Honda Accord Hybrids between...
Court settlement calls for NPR to get $36M in government funds to operate U.S. public radio system
WASHINGTON — National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations. The settlement, announced late Monday, partially resolves a legal dispute in...
Ohio State faces uncertainty with star receivers ahead of final home game vs. Rutgers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State might head into its final home game of the regular season without a full deck on offense. Coach Ryan Day did not rule out star receivers Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate for this weekend when the top-ranked Buckeyes play host to Rutgers, but he also...
NTSB finds 2 blackouts struck huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore bridge
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Two electrical blackouts, one caused by a loose wire and another by problems with a fuel pump, disabled the controls of a huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse last year and kill six construction workers, National Transportation...
QB C.J. Stroud to miss 3rd straight game with concussion when Texans host Bills
HOUSTON — Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud is still recovering from a concussion and will miss a third straight game when the Texans host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night. Stroud returned to practice Tuesday for the first time since he was injured, but coach DeMeco Ryans said the short week...
Federal judges block Texas from using its new U.S. House map in 2026 midterms
A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map that touched off a nationwide redistricting battle and is a major piece of President Donald Trump’s efforts to preserve a slim Republican majority ahead of the 2026 elections. The ruling is a blow to Trump’s rush...
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers steps down from public commitments after Epstein emails
BOSTON — Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University who once served as U.S. treasury secretary, says he will step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an...
Federal judges block Texas from using its new U.S. House map in the 2026 midterms
EL PASO, Texas — Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to have GOP lawmakers in multiple states redraw...
Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won’t have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram
SAN FRANCISCO — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday...
Judge approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company
A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of opioids. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane was set to give his reasoning Tuesday for approving the plan, which requires members of the Sackler family who own the...
Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has largely resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system to even TribLive’s own site early Tuesday. At 10:40 a.m., Cloudflare said its...
Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed U.S. intelligence findings that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Trump warmly welcomed the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia on his first White House visit in seven...
Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, and Trump agrees to sign bill
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump...
Netanyahu applauds UN adoption of U.S. Gaza plan, Hamas rejects it
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday applauded the United Nations’ approval of the Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza, while Hamas rejected the plan as a foreign instrument of control. The resolution that passed the U.N. Security Council on Monday authorizes an international stabilization force...
On emotional night, Cowboys honor late teammate, defeat Raiders
LAS VEGAS — The Cowboys spent 11 days mourning defensive end Marshawn Kneeland before taking the field Monday night. Dallas then paid tribute to Kneeland by dominating the spiraling Raiders for 60 minutes. Dak Prescott passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns in a 33-16 victory over Las Vegas, the...
Aficionados fret as Trump moves to make pasta great againVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta. Mamma mia. It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the...
Honor Huff, DJ Thomas guide unbeaten West Virginia to 81-59 victory over Lafayette
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman DJ Thomas had 25 points off the bench, Honor Huff hit eight 3-pointers and scored 24 and West Virginia beat Lafayette 81-59 on Monday night. Huff missed both of his shots from inside the 3-point line for the Mountaineers (5-0), but he made his final seven...
Hamels, Braun, Kemp among 12 newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot as Beltrán heads 15 holdovers
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Cole Hamels, Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp are among 12 newcomers on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, and Carlos Beltrán heads 15 holdovers after falling 19 votes shy in 2025 balloting. Howie Kendrick, Daniel Murphy and Rick Porcello also are among the first-time eligibles,...
Bears coach Ben Johnson not ready to talk playoffs with team in sole possession of NFC North lead
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are in unfamiliar territory: in sole possession of the NFC North lead and staring down at the rest of the division. The Bears (7-3) have won seven of eight after squeezing past the Minnesota Vikings, 19-17, to pull out yet another down-to-the-wire game, and they’re...
Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Portland, Chicago being sent home
Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will continue to stay off the streets amid court battles over their domestic mission by the Trump administration, a defense official said Monday. The withdrawal of soldiers — sent from...
Shedeur Sanders’ NFL debut marred by home break-in during game, AP source says
CLEVELAND — Shedeur Sanders’ uneven performance in his NFL debut wasn’t the only bad thing to happen to him Sunday. The Browns rookie quarterback discovered Sunday night that his suburban Cleveland home had been burglarized during the game, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Associated Press...
Ja’Marr Chase’s spitting incident is the latest example of Bengals’ lack of discipline
Just when Cincinnati Bengals fans thought this season couldn’t get worse, Ja’Marr Chase spat on Jalen Ramsey during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 34-12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers to provide the ugliest moment of a brutal year. It was also another sign that the Bengals might be the league’s...
Trump administration sues California over law banning masked federal agents
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Monday over California’s new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to have identification while conducting operations in the state. The federal government has argued the laws threaten the safety of officers who are facing “unprecedented” harassment, doxing,...
Fed’s Lisa Cook blasts mortgage fraud allegations against her as ‘baseless’ in letter to AG Bondi
WASHINGTON — In a letter to Attorney General Pam Biondi on Monday, lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage fraud. President Donald Trump used the accusation as a basis to seek her firing, the first time a president has...
