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Raiders WR Jakobi Meyers downgraded to doubtful for game vs. SteelersVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers was downgraded to doubtful Saturday because of an ankle injury, further weakening a thin position as Las Vegas prepares to host the Pittsburgh Steelers. If Meyers doesn’t play Sunday, the Raiders will be without their top two receivers against Pittsburgh. No. 1...
Tyler Warren’s record-tying game helps Penn State rally to beat Southern Cal in OTVideo
LOS ANGELES — Penn State traveled about 2,500 miles across the continent on its first road trip in the new Big Ten. The Nittany Lions then spent most of Saturday playing from behind against Southern Cal. Thanks to several clutch throws by Drew Allar, a few key defensive stops and...
Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage
CORTEZ, Fla. — Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton, many of whom were journeying home after fleeing hundreds of miles to escape the storm, spent much of Saturday searching for gas as a fuel shortage gripped the state. In St. Petersburg, scores of people lined up at a station that had...
Roger Goodell: Super Bowl could be played outside U.S.
LONDON — The NFL’s aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time, commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday. Goodell has shot down the idea in the past, but he told a fan forum in London that it’s a possibility. “We’ve always...
NASCAR playoffs roll into reconfigured Roval at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. — It’s elimination time in NASCAR’s playoffs at the reconfigured Charlotte Motor Speedway, where changes to the hybrid road course/oval called The Roval have created an uneasiness for the drivers racing for a championship. The field of 12 will be cut by four drivers after Sunday’s race, and...
No. 7 Alabama overcomes botched recovery of onside kick to beat South CarolinaVideo
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama was pushed to the brink of a second straight SEC upset loss. This time the Crimson Tide survived, if only barely. No. 7 Alabama (5-1, 2-1) botched the recovery of an onside kick to give South Carolina one last chance, but Domani Jackson intercepted LaNorris Sellers...
Darius Perrantes throws 2 TD passes, defense gets 2 TDs as Duquesne tops St. Francis (Pa.)
LORETTO — Ty Howard returned an interception 40 yards to open the scoring, and Darius Perrantes threw two touchdown passes and Duquesne rolled to a 38-7 win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday. The defending Northeast Conference champion Dukes (4-2, 2-0) led 17-0 at the half, and when the Red...
Lane Thomas hits grand slam off Tarik Skubal, Guardians advance
CLEVELAND — Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off Tarik Skubal, and Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers, 7-3, on Saturday in Game 5 of their AL Division Series, moving the Guardians into another postseason matchup against the Yankees. Cleveland will meet New York in the ALCS, setting up a series...
Heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again
BEIRUT — Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel continued to tell people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of its offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups. In Lebanon,...
Far from where Hurricane Milton hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage
WELLINGTON, Fla. — Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm’s center was forecast to make landfall on the opposite side of the peninsula and then cross the state well to the...
Harris’ doctor reports she’s in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter released Saturday that summarizes her medical history and status. Dr. Joshua Simmons, a U.S. Army colonel and physician to the vice president,...
Children and adults transported to Pa. hospital after ingesting ‘toxic mushrooms’
PEACH BOTTOM TOWNSHIP — Children and adults were transported to a hospital in Pennsylvania Friday night after being sickened by mushrooms, authorities said. Emergency medical personnel responded to a report around 9:30 p.m. of 11 people becoming ill after ingesting the mushrooms in Peach Bottom Township, the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Company...
Why is Donald Trump campaigning in California, a state he’s almost certain to lose?
LOS ANGELES — With the presidency on the line in battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, why would Donald Trump venture into California, one of the most solidly Democratic states, just weeks before Election Day? Trump is almost certain to lose California, and that won’t change after his scheduled Saturday stop...
Documents show OpenAI’s long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company
Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Services. Called OpenAI, the nonprofit told the IRS its goal was to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most...
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface....
Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv’s nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, local media reported Saturday. Officers reportedly descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert Friday night by Ukrainian rock band...
Yamamoto outduels Darvish in historic matchup as Dodgers beat Padres 2-0 to reach NLCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres, 2-0, on Friday and advance to the National League Championship Series. Yamamoto allowed two...
Mets rookie manager Carlos Mendoza has magic touch
NEW YORK — Like a lot of New York Mets this season, Carlos Mendoza got off to a terrible start. During his first eight days as a major-league manager, the team was rained out three times and opened 0-5. All at home. Immediately, his decisions were scrutinized and questions arose....
Mets and Yankees only 2 stops away from 1st Subway Series in 24 years
NEW YORK — Two stops away from a Subway Series. When the New York Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series on Thursday night, that put both Big Apple teams in baseball’s final four for the first time in 24 years. Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets punched...
49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall will return to practice for the 1st time since he was shotVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall is set to return to practice next week for the first time since he was shot in the chest in a robbery attempt nine days before the season opener. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday that the Niners will open...
‘The View’ abortion ad signals wider effort to use FCC regulation to spread message
An anti-abortion ad that aired during “The View” this past week and criticized the show’s personalities was the most visible manifestation of a campaign that is making use of a federal law that forbids broadcasters from turning it down. In the ad, a narrator says, “I am so sick of...
What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal
Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City. There were no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications....
ABC will air 6 additional ‘Monday Night Football’ games starting this week with Bills-Jets
ABC will simulcast six more ESPN “Monday Night Football” games, including Monday’s AFC East matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets. The addition of the six games means ABC will air 17 this season — 14 simulcasts with ESPN (including two playoff games) and three games exclusively...
Music Review: Charli XCX’s ‘Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat’ remixes, ranked
NEW YORK — This is the way Brat summer ends, not with a bang, but a Twitch live stream. On Thursday afternoon, hours after her deluxe, remixed, double-album version of her culture-shifting album “Brat” leaked — this one called “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat” — and...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied...
