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NFL Week 4: Jalen Hurts throws for 319 yards, Elliott’s 54-yarder lifts 4-0 Eagles past Commanders in OTVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts threw for 319 yards and two touchdowns, and Josh Elliott kicked a 54-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Eagles to a 34-31 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday for their second straight 4-0 start. Elliott also kicked field goals of 41, 47...
Buck Showalter fired as New York Mets manager
NEW YORK — Buck Showalter was fired Sunday as New York Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer. The 67-year-old Showalter said before the game against Philadelphia on Sunday that he will not return next year, and a few minutes later...
Lamar Jackson has 4 TDs as Ravens roll to 28-3 win over Browns and rookie QB Thompson-RobinsonVideo
CLEVELAND — Baltimore was missing two receivers and its starting left tackle, later joined on the sideline by the starting right tackle. Its thin secondary was further depleted when two more defensive backs got hurt. The Ravens were undermanned against the NFL’s top-ranked defense. None of that mattered to Lamar...
Derrick Henry leads Titans to rout of BengalsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ryan Tannehill threw for 240 yards and a touchdown, and the Tennessee Titans rebounded from the franchise’s worst offensive performance in 49 years by routing the Cincinnati Bengals, 27-3, on Sunday. The Titans (2-2) managed only 94 yards in losing last week in Cleveland, and they bounced...
AP Top 25: Georgia’s hold on No. 1 loosens, but top 7 unchanged
Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened Sunday as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62 while extending their streak atop the rankings to 16 straight weeks. The Bulldogs needed a late touchdown to escape with a win at...
Former Pirates, Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at 57
BOSTON — Tim Wakefield, who became the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57. The...
Trump aims to lock down supporters in Iowa counties that he flipped from Democrats in 2016
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump will be in southeast Iowa on Sunday in the middle of a fall campaign push aimed at locking in supporters with large organizing events. As he has with his other recent travels to the leadoff caucus state, Trump will campaign in an area...
Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for Europe
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting the gold Ryder Cup, the very trophy that turns them into one nation, one team, with one purpose. The celebration was...
Matt Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy saysVideo
WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said...
Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here’s what you need to know
NEW YORK — Federal student loan borrowers will need to start making payments again this month after a three-year-plus pause due to the pandemic. You should expect a bill that lays out how much you have to pay each month at least 21 days before your due date. It’s likely...
Pennsylvania governor’s voter registration change draws Trump’s ire in echo of 2020 election clashes
HARRISBURG — Donald Trump has a familiar target in his sights: Pennsylvania’s voting rules. He never stopped attacking court decisions on mail-in ballots during the covid-19 pandemic, falsely claiming it as a reason for his 2020 loss in the crucial battleground state. Now, the former Republican president is seizing on...
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn, family
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president broke routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The gathering...
$1.04 billion Powerball jackpot tempts players to brave long odds
DES MOINES, Iowa — An estimated $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs Monday night, tempting players to spend a couple dollars on a long shot at instant riches. The prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery prize behind earlier drawings of Powerball and Mega Millions, the other nearly...
West Virginia stages 2nd-half rally, ends TCU’s Big 12 win streak
FORT WORTH, Texas — West Virginia defensive lineman Sean Martin was among the players forced off the field on a tough night for injuries for the Mountaineers. He was back out there at the end. Martin and Mike Lockhart blocked field goals in the final five minutes after Michael Hayes...
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
WASHINGTON — The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed...
Chase Elliott looks for his first win in a season of disappointment for NASCAR’s most popular driverVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — It has been a year since Chase Elliott won a Cup Series race, a drought that played a role in NASCAR’s most popular driver missing the playoffs in what is guaranteed to be the worst season of his career. As Elliott returns for Sunday’s race at Talladega...
Williams, Wheeler lead Howard to big 35-10 victory over Robert MorrisVideo
MOON TOWNSHIP — Quinton Williams accounted for three touchdowns, and Ian Wheeler scored on two long runs, leading Howard to a 35-10 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. After a scoreless first quarter, Williams hit Nah’Shawn Hezekiah with an 8-yard touchdown pass, then Robert Morris tied it with a 13-yard...
Field goal with 3 seconds left gives Duquesne win over LIU in NEC opener
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Brian Bruzdewicz kicked a 34-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining to give Duquesne a 31-28 win over Long Island on Saturday in a Northeast Conference opener for both teams. LIU’s Devon Wells sprinted 90 yards for a tying touchdown with 3:33 remaining, but the Dukes (2-2,...
Europe builds 5-point lead in Ryder Cup, but Patrick Cantlay gives Americans hopeVideo
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Europe has a five-point lead and history on its side in the Ryder Cup. No team has ever come back from that large a deficit going into the singles session. The Americans have not won on the road before a flag-waving crowd in 30 years. The...
Allar throws for a TD and runs for another as No. 6 Penn State beats Northwestern 41-13Video
EVANSTON, Ill. — Out of sync and tied at halftime, Penn State found its rhythm. Once the Nittany Lions did, there was no stopping them. Drew Allar threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, and No. 6 Penn State beat Northwestern, 41-13, on Saturday. “That was my message...
U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las VegasVideo
LAS VEGAS — It looked like a typical U2 outdoor concert: Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit sky before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and frontman Bono, who kneeled to ground while singing the band’s 2004 hit “Vertigo.” This scene may seem customary, but the visuals were created...
Donald Trump’s rivals search for paths to stop him as he blazes his own trail
DES MOINES, Iowa — Having stood out in two presidential debates, Nikki Haley has booked her largest venue in Iowa since launching her campaign. She’s hoping to fill a 600-person hall in a western Des Moines suburb on Saturday. That would be a huge number for most of her rivals....
On the brink of a federal shutdown, House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate
WASHINGTON — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate. The...
The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured
LONDON — Several people were injured after the Flying Scotsman, the historic steam locomotive that’s celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands on Friday, authorities said. The National Railway Museum said the “shunting incident” took place at...
Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church. On a crisp sunny...
