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Trump says he’ll name Andrew Ferguson head of FTC and Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Kimberly Guilfoyle as the ambassador to Greece and Tom Barrack as the ambassador to Turkey. Ferguson, who is already one of the FTC’s five commissioners,...
Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Throughout his first term in the White...
Scottie Scheffler wins PGA Tour player of year for 3rd straight time
Scottie Scheffler added another trophy to his awesome display Tuesday when he won the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour player of the year in a landslide, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win the award three straight times. Scheffler won 91% of the vote from players and...
Jonathan Powell, Joseph Yesufu 3-pointers help West Virginia beat NCCU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Jonathan Powell scored a season-high 17 points, Joseph Yesufu added 14 points and short-handed West Virginia beat North Carolina Central, 79-45, on Tuesday night. Before the game, West Virginia announced Tucker DeVries would be sidelined indefinitely with an upper body injury. DeVries started in the previous...
Penn State police won’t charge Jason Kelce over cellphone incident with fanVideo
Penn State police will not charge retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce after investigating an altercation with a fan over a cellphone before a Nov. 2 home game between the Nittany Lions and Ohio State. University Police and Public Safety public information officer Jacqueline Sheader confirmed in an email to...
South Korea’s national police chief and Seoul’s top officer detained over enforcement of martial law
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s national police chief and top police officer for the capital, Seoul, were detained for their roles in enforcing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree last week, police said Wednesday. The development comes hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Party submits a...
Reports: Left-hander Max Fried agrees to $218M, 8-year contract with YankeesVideo
DALLAS — Max Fried and the New York Yankees agreed to a $218 million, eight-year contract, the largest deal for a left-handed pitcher in baseball history, according to multiple reports. New York made the move two days after outfielder Juan Soto left for a pending $765 million, 15-year contract with...
Deadly chocolate factory blast caused by faulty gas fitting, safety board finds
Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate, a federal safety board said Tuesday. About 70 production workers and 35 office staff at R.M. Palmer...
Boeing is building new 737 Max planes for the first time since workers went on strike
Boeing is resuming production of its bestselling plane, the 737 Max, for the first time since 33,000 workers began a seven-week strike that ended in early November. The company said Tuesday that plane-building resumed at its plant in Renton, Washington, after going through a process of training workers and identifying...
Joe Burrow’s home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasion
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked, according to a report provided by the...
Analysis: After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon
For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history. It comes almost exactly one year after the Los Angeles Dodgers...
From wealth and success to murder suspect, the life of Luigi Mangione took a hard turn
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation’s top private universities. Friends...
Army, Navy have upcoming bowls, but focus remains on Saturday’s matchupVideo
LANDOVER, Md. — Army and Navy have combined to win 19 of 23 games this season and re-emerged as nationally relevant college football programs. For the first time since 2017, the two military academies are both going to a bowl game. None of that matters much to players and coaches...
Woman killed in crash as officer responds to threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home
ROME, Ga. — A motorist was killed as police responded to a bomb threat at the Georgia home of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities said. A police officer on the local bomb squad was traveling to the scene when he collided with another car on Monday, Rome police said...
Analysis: Eagles, prepping for Steelers, can fix any issues with one breakout passing gameVideo
The Philadelphia Eagles have to make sure they don’t beat themselves. A nine-game winning streak helped the Eagles (11-2) clinch their fourth consecutive playoff berth with a home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers coming up Sunday. Philadelphia is seeking an NFC East title and still have a chance at catching...
Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters’ phone records, watchdog finds
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected....
Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
The athletes whose lawsuit against the NCAA is primed to pave the way for schools to pay them directly also want a players’ association to represent them in the complex contract negotiations that have overtaken the sport. Grant House, Sedona Prince and Nya Harrison wrote to the judge overseeing what’s...
Browns place CB Greg Newsome on IR, waive WR Kadarius Toney after fumble vs. SteelersVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns placed cornerback Greg Newsome II on injured reserve Tuesday and waived wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who made two critical mistakes in Sunday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Newsome will miss the remainder of this season after injuring his hamstring in the 27-14 loss. Following the...
Florida edge rusher Jack Pyburn entering transfer portalVideo
Florida edge rusher Jack Pyburn, who ranks second on the team with 60 tackles this season, and former five-star prospect and Missouri edge rusher Williams Nwaneri are entering the transfer portal. Pyburn’s management agency, Addison Sports & Entertainment, confirmed his decision. Pyburn was one of the reasons the Gators (7-5)...
McConnell falls and sprains wrist after GOP luncheon, colleague says he is ‘fine’
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of medical incidents for him in recent years. McConnell, who is stepping down from his leadership post at the end of the year, was...
Key details about the arrest of a man in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
The 26-year-old man charged in last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO appeared in a Blair County courtroom on Tuesday, where he was denied bail and his lawyer said he’d fight extradition to New York City, where the attack happened. Luigi Nicholas Mangione was arrested Monday in last Wednesday’s attack on...
DA suggests judge could permanently halt Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction
NEW YORK — Prosecutors are urging a judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money criminal conviction but suggesting a willingness to end the case in a way that would preserve the verdict while avoiding punishment or a protracted legal fight. In court papers made public on Tuesday,...
U.S. says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday it will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the U.S. would work with groups in Syria and...
Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg says cancer has returned, spread
CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says the prostate cancer he thought had been eliminated by radiation has returned and spread. The Chicago Cubs great made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday. Sandberg announced in January that he had metastatic prostate cancer and in August said...
Tiger Woods will return at the PNC Championship with son Charlie
Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship with 15-year-old son Charlie, his first competition since the British Open in July and after having a sixth surgery on his back three months ago. Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship with Charlie every year since 2020. The tournament invites players...
