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Simone Biles puts Tokyo behind her, will serve as one of the faces at Paris OlympicsVideo
Simone Biles has spent the last three years moving past the Tokyo Olympics. The gymnastics superstar understands not everyone has. No matter how many national titles she wins or how many times she stands atop the podium at the world championships, Biles knows she remains frozen in time to critics...
British Open ’24: How to watch, who are the favorites and more to know about golf’s oldest event
TROON, Scotland — Here’s a look at the British Open going into the weekend at Royal Troon. Golf’s oldest championship returns to this century-old links of Royal Troon for the 10th time. This is golf’s final major championship of the year. Here’s what you need to know: How to watch...
Biden’s ability to win back skeptical Democrats is tested at a perilous moment for his campaign
WASHINGTON — Despite a week of campaign stops, interviews and insistence that he is the best candidate to confront Republican Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has done little to soften the push for him to exit the 2024 race. Biden has weighty options before him this weekend that could set...
EA Sports College Football 25, among most anticipated sports video games in history, hits the market
EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play. The game officially launched Friday, with EA Sports increasing its server capacity ahead of...
Astros’ Justin Verlander set to throw bullpen on path back from injury
SEATTLE — Houston righty Justin Verlander is expected to throw another bullpen session Saturday as the three-time Cy Young winner tries to work his way back from neck discomfort that landed him on the injured list a month ago. Houston manager Joe Espada said Verlander and Luis Garcia are expected...
Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese on same team at WNBA All-Star weekend
PHOENIX — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese once again will step into the spotlight during All-Star Weekend with their matchup against the U.S. Olympic team. They’ll get to team up for the first time on the WNBA All-Star team after being rivals in college. Reese’s LSU squad topped Clark’s Iowa...
Florida man arrested, accused of making threats against Trump, Vance on social media
JUPITER, Fla. — A Florida man accused of making threats against former President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance and their families on social media was arrested on Friday, police said. The Jupiter Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Michael W. Wiseman on charges of written...
Chiefs veterans report to training camp, where their rookies are ready to make impactVideo
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs know exactly what they have returning from last season. They know what Patrick Mahomes, the two-time league MVP, can do under center. They are quite familiar with how much tight end Travis Kelce means to the offense. And they know that their...
NASCAR drivers eager to test skills on Indianapolis’ oval after 3 years on road courseVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Austin Cindric attended races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway most of his life, dreaming of the day he could compete on the historic 2.5-mile oval. On Sunday, he’ll finally get a chance to join his racing heroes. Yes, NASCAR and race officials ended their three-year attempt to rev up...
Guardians sign No. 1 overall draft pick Travis Bazzana
CLEVELAND — Travis Bazzana, the top overall pick in the MLB amateur draft out of Oregon State, signed his first professional contract with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Bazzana formally inked the deal at Progressive Field, agreeing to an $8.95 million deal, a person familiar with the negotiations said. The...
U.S. says Iran moving forward on key aspect of developing nuclear bomb
ASPEN, Colo. — Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb and has made strides in developing a key aspect of a weapon since about April, when Israel and its allies overpowered a barrage of Iranian airstrikes targeting Israel, two top Biden administration officials said Friday. Secretary of State...
NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor charged with failing to update address on sex offender registry
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor was charged in Florida with failing to update his address on the state’s sex offender registry, according to court records. The former New York Giants linebacker turned himself in to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday and was...
Shane Lowry keeps calm, carries British Open lead after 2nd round at Royal TroonVideo
TROON, Scotland — Shane Lowry was a surprising model of calm amid all the calamity in the British Open on Friday. Lowry was not immune from the endless punishment Royal Troon dished out on a day when Tiger Woods missed another cut, along with nine of the top 20 players...
Tiger Woods ends his season by missing the cut in British Open
TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps should come to expect. Woods matched his highest 36-hole score as a professional — 156 — to miss the cut for the third straight time in a...
3 courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed, yet she still isn’t
A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison. Yet Sandra Hemme is still behind bars, leaving her lawyers and legal experts puzzled. “I’ve never seen it,” said Michael Wolff, a...
What’s known about the massive tech outage causing worldwide disruptions
NEW YORK — Much of the world faced online disarray Friday as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries — grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air. At the heart of the massive disruption is CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides...
Weird Al on new music, Sabrina Carpenter, a decade of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and 40 years of ‘Eat It’
Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented for Yankovic, but it was the first comedy album to reach the top spot since 1963’s...
Bangladesh security forces fire bullets and sound grenades as protests over government jobs escalate
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital as internet and mobile services were cut off following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs. Several people were killed, media reports said....
Pogacar closing in on 3rd Tour de France title after dominant win in the Alps
As the finish line approached, Tadej Pogacar looked over his shoulder and saw an empty road. Moments later, he was a giant step closer to clinching a third de France Tour title by winning another tough mountain stage on Friday. Pogacar pulled away from Jonas Vingegaard to be 5 minutes,...
Drone strike by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 1, wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel — An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in the group’s first lethal strike into Israel. The aerial strike — the first lethal Houthi attack in Israel — rumbled through the center...
Russia convicts U.S. reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated
YEKATERINBURG, Russis — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated. The swift conclusion of the secretive trial in Russia’s highly politicized legal system could...
Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked banks and media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and other services on Friday, highlighting the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a handful of providers. The trouble with the...
Texas A&M not as noisy, which is good for Mike Elko
DALLAS — Texas A&M paid $75 million to fire Jimbo Fisher and hired Mike Elko away from Duke to bring some stability to a program that has been suffering through years of dysfunction. “A lot going on, it made it hard to kind of focus on football at times,” left...
In accepting GOP nomination, Trump describes assassination attempt, honors Corey Comperatore
MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in a speech where he described how he felt during an assassination attempt that could have ended his life. “I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Trump told the packed convention...
Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson among NFL stars with something to prove
NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers knows all eyes are on him. That’s nothing new for the four-time NFL MVP. But the 40-year-old New York Jets quarterback enters this season, his 20th in the league, with plenty to prove after missing all but four snaps last year because of a torn...
