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Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited aboutVideo
VENICE, Italy — Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt. But while the allure of A-listers on those picturesque docks is a welcome return to form after last...
Traveling over Labor Day weekend? Have a back-up plan for cancellations and delays, and be patient
Many children have gone back to school in the U.S., and the days are getting shorter, but there is still one more excuse to use the swimsuits and beach towels before packing them up: Labor Day. Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed for the long...
Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stopVideo
ANCHORAGE — A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, killing one person and injuring three in the latest such disaster to strike mountainous southeast Alaska. The landslide Sunday afternoon prompted a mandatory evacuation of nearby homes in the city,...
Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says
NEW YORK — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. “I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he could...
She’s the sitting vice president. She’s the candidate of change. How Harris is having it both ways
WASHINGTON — She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years. She’s also the presidential candidate of just five weeks promising a “new way forward.” Kamala Harris is having it both ways as she hits the campaign trail after the Democratic National Convention, taking credit...
Trump is expected to tie Harris to chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on 3rd anniversary of attack
Former President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 service members. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery to pay his respects to...
Ravens OL coach, Sewickley native Joe D’Alessandris dies
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Joe D’Alessandris, whose nearly half-century of coaching offensive linemen eventually brought him to four different NFL teams, has died. He was 70. The Baltimore Ravens, D’Alessandris’ employer since 2017, announced that he died Sunday. He was hospitalized earlier this month with an unspecified illness, and that...
Even players aren’t sure who will be at their best for U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Tennis fans unable to decide who has the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open have company as the year’s last Grand Slam tournament is set to begin Monday. Even the players themselves aren’t sure what to expect. “We’ve seen people, all the time, surprise...
Other than Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR playoff field is shaky
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Truex Jr. should feel safe heading to Darlington Raceway for the Cup Series’ regular-season finale. The 2017 series champion has a 58-point cushion in the playoff standings, likely enough considering the most any driver could make up is roughly 60. Thirteen of the 16 postseason...
Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to BMW Championship
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Keegan Bradley went from the last man in the BMW Championship to a winner Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 for a one-shot victory that opened up all sorts of possibilities he never imagined possible a week ago. Bradley pulled away from mistake-prone Adam Scott early...
Florida team rallies to beat Taiwan, win Little League World Series title
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Lathan Norton scored from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Fla., rallied Sunday to beat Taiwan, 2-1, in eight innings and claim the Little League World Series championship. Taiwan clung to a 1-0 from the first inning until Florida’s last at-bat. The team...
Michigan receives notice of allegations from NCAA related to sign-stealing investigation
Michigan has received the final version of a notice of allegations from the NCAA related to an investigation into an in-person scouting and sign-stealing operation being run by a football staffer, the NCAA and the school said Sunday. Michigan previously received a draft of the NOA that included allegations of...
Lydia Ko wins Women’s British Open soon after Olympic gold
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Lydia Ko covered her face with her hands and cried tears of joy. An Olympic gold medal. Entry into the Hall of Fame. And now another major championship title — at the home of golf, no less. Summers don’t come much better than that. Ko completed...
Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey sells at auction for over $24 millionVideo
DALLAS — The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions said the New York Yankee slugger’s jersey went for a record-breaking $24.12 million after a...
Schools are competing with cellphones. Here’s how they think they could win
Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school. Even fewer actually showed up. When she got to high school last fall, Isabella found the problem was even worse:...
Hurricane Hone sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fearsVideo
HONOLULU — Hurricane Hone passed just south of Hawaii on Sunday, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on the drier sides of the islands. Hone (pronounced hoe-NEH) had top wind of 85 mph Sunday...
Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit — a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like...
Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama high school football player died Saturday, a day after he was critically injured during a game. Morgan Academy quarterback Caden Tellier was hurt following a tackle in the third quarter of the school’s game Friday night against Southern Academy in Selma, headmaster Bryan Oliver told...
Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen to win the Dutch Grand Prix, cut standings gapVideo
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lando Norris just can’t seem to get his starts right. For once, it didn’t stop him beating Max Verstappen. Norris started on pole position but was slow off the line — a persistent problem for him — allowing Red Bull driver Verstappen to jump ahead. Norris closed...
Harris campaign says it’s raised $540 million and saw a surge of donations during the convention
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it has now raised $540 million for its election battle against Republican nominee former President Donald Trump. The campaign has had no problems getting supporters to open their wallets since President Joe Biden announced on July 21 he was ending his campaign and quickly...
Tim Walz’s exit from Minnesota National Guard left openings for critics to pounce on his military record
WASHINGTON — John Kolb, a retired Minnesota National Guard colonel, knew Tim Walz by reputation as an “excellent leader” who adroitly guided the enlisted troops in his field artillery battalion. But Kolb was stunned by what he saw when Walz left the military and entered politics. Walz retired from the...
Harrison Burton wins a wild NASCAR Cup race at Daytona for a playoff berth no one saw coming
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Out of his ride and far removed from the playoff picture, Harrison Burton changed his fortunes with a lap to remember Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Burton passed two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch on the final lap in overtime to pick up his first...
5 people die in shelling of a Russian border region while Russian fire hits a hotel with reporters
KYIV, Ukraine — Five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, officials said Sunday, while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured. Twelve other people were wounded in the Russian village of Rakitone, 38 kilometers (23 miles)...
Israel, Hezbollah trade their most intense fire in months and then pull back
JERUSALEM — Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over. The cross-border attacks came as high-level talks resumed in Egypt aimed at a cease-fire...
‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was a decisive move that helped bring about the end of World War II, but survivors and the...
