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Byron advances to NASCAR’s round of 8 with win at Texas, the 300th overall for Hendrick MotorsportsVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — William Byron took the lead for the first time after the final restart with six laps left to win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, advancing to the round of eight in the NASCAR playoffs while giving Hendrick Motorsports its 300th victory. With Bubba Wallace and...
Megan Rapinoe gets triumphant send-off as United States beats South AfricaVideo
CHICAGO — Megan Rapinoe got a triumphant send-off, and the United States beat South Africa 2-0 on Sunday. Trinity Rodman and Emily Sonnett scored, and the U.S. sent its captain toward retirement with one final victory as a member of the national team. The 38-year-old Rapinoe was presented a framed...
Joe Burrow’s status unclear as Rams and Bengals meet for 1st time since Super Bowl
CINCINNATI — The last thing Joe Burrow saw in Super Bowl 56 was Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald slinging him to the ground. Donald made it look too easy, charging around blockers, wrapping up the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and throwing him down on fourth-and-1 as Burrow tossed an...
Reachable par-4 is highlight on Ryder Cup course built for drama
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Rory McIlroy’s chances of winning the Italian Open a year ago at the Marco Simone course that will host this week’s Ryder Cup vanished when his tee shot on the reachable par-4 16th splashed into the pond right of the green. That came two days after...
NFL Week 3: Dolphins rout Broncos, scoring the most points by an NFL team in a game since 1966
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins scored the most points in a game by an NFL team since 1966, overwhelming the Denver Broncos 70-20 on Sunday behind rookie speedster De’Von Achane’s 203 yards rushing and Tua Tagovailoa’s no-look shovel-pass TD. The Dolphins set a franchise record for scoring and...
Frustrated Fighting Irish lament miscues that led to late loss against BuckeyesVideo
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The anguish was evident all over coach Marcus Freeman’s face Saturday night. Notre Dame needed one stop to beat No. 6 Ohio State for the first time since 1936, and yet it couldn’t finish the job. Instead, a series of miscues over the final, frantic minutes...
Matt Gay kicks 4 FGs over 50 yards, including OT winner, as Colts beat Ravens 22-19Video
BALTIMORE — Matt Gay capped a terrific day of kicking with a 53-yard field goal in overtime, giving the Indianapolis Colts a 22-19 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Gay made a record four kicks from beyond 50 yards, including a 53-yarder that tied it in the final minute...
Myles Garrett, Cleveland’s defense devour Titans, Deshaun Watson has 2 TD passes in Browns’ 27-3 winVideo
CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett sacked quarterback Ryan Tannehill 3 1/2 times and fronted a Cleveland defense that limited Tennessee to 94 yards as the Browns rolled to a 27-3 win over the Titans on Sunday. Six days after the Browns (2-1) lost star running back Nick Chubb to a season-ending...
‘Expend4bles’ opens with epic flop while ‘Nun 2’ claims top spot again at the box office
LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t enough to save ” Expend4bles ” from a debut box office flop. The fourth installment suffered the action-packed franchise’s worst opening weekend while ” The Nun 2 ” took home the top spot for a third straight week, Comscore reported on...
Weakening Ophelia still poses a risk of coastal flooding and heavy rain in some parts of the U.S.Video
Nearly a day after being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia still threatened parts of the Northeast on Sunday with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. As Ophelia weakened, a new tropical storm named Philippe brewed in the...
AP Top 25: Colorado falls out of rankings after 1st loss and Ohio State moves up to No. 4
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the...
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military...
Residents prepare to return to sites of homes demolished in Lahaina wildfire 7 weeks ago
HONOLULU — From just outside the burn zone in Lahaina, Jes Claydon can see the ruins of the rental home where she lived for 13 years and raised three children. Little remains recognizable beyond the jars of sea glass that stood outside the front door. On Monday, officials will begin...
Usher to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
LOS ANGELES — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music megastar, who has...
With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down government
WASHINGTON — Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown. In public overtures and private calls, Republican lieutenants of...
Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say
ST. LOUIS — Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the air. “I remember...
Archaeologists unearth largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza, find rare lead sarcophogi
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip have found dozens of ancient graves, including two sarcophagi made of lead, in a Roman-era cemetery — a site dating back some 2,000 years that archaeologists describe as the largest cemetery to be discovered in Gaza. Workers came upon...
Russian airstrikes kill 2, wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, the region’s governor reported Sunday as the war in Ukraine entered a 20th month. According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the city of Beryslav, destroying an unspecified number of...
Allar, defense lead No. 7 Penn State past No. 24 Iowa 31-0Video
STATE COLLEGE — Drew Allar threw four touchdown passes, and Penn State’s defense forced four turnovers to lead the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions past No. 24 Iowa, 31-0, on Saturday. Tyler Warren caught two touchdowns, and Khalil Dinkins and KeAndre Lambert-Smith caught one each for the Nittany Lions (4-0, 2-0 Big...
Cubs manager David Ross texts Pirates’ Derek Shelton about comments
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross reached out to Derek Shelton on Friday night after the Pittsburgh Pirates skipper took exception to Ross’ description of the Pirates. The contending Cubs dropped two of three in a series against the Pirates this week. Following the Pirates’ 8-6 win Thursday at...
Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of ColoradoVideo
EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes, and No. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Coach Prime’s “Cinderella story,” routing No. 19 Colorado, 42-6, on Saturday. The Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) were up 35-0 at the half half after coach Dan Lanning sent them into the matchup...
Nicco Marchiol throws TD in 1st start; West Virginia holds off Texas Tech
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nicco Marchiol threw a touchdown pass in his first start, CJ Donaldson added a short TD run and West Virginia held off Texas Tech, 20-13, in their Big 12 opener Saturday. Texas Tech backup quarterback Behren Morton came on for the injured Tyler Shough in the first...
Anthony Chiccitt’s 4 1st-half TD passes highlight 46-0 victory for Robert Morris
Anthony Chiccitt threw four touchdown passes in the first half and Robert Morris had little trouble in thumping NCCAA-member Virginia Lynchburg, 46-0, on Saturday. Chiccitt opened the game with scoring throws of 60 yards to Noah Robinson and 66 yards to Landen Lucas before finishing the first half 11 of...
Reddick now in NASCAR’s playoff mix at Texas after missing cut last year and then winning thereVideo
Tyler Reddick this time made it into the Round of 12 that starts in Texas, where last year he won a tumultuous and tiring race right after just missing the cut in NASCAR’s playoffs. With a win at Kansas after opening these Cup Series playoffs with a runner-up finish at...
The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?
WASHINGTON — The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for deep cuts, force a confrontation over federal spending. While some government entities will be exempt — Social Security checks, for...
