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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...
Tropical Storm Ophelia moves inland over North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with wind and rain
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Tropical Storm Ophelia swirled across North Carolina after making landfall near Emerald Isle on Saturday morning, lashing eastern parts of the state with rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water. The storm came ashore with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph (110 kph) at around 6:15 a.m....
Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets in Social Security and disability...
Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering. Sevastopol was put on air raid alert for...
Ravens look to improve to 3-0 when they host Indianapolis, backup QB Gardner MinshewVideo
BALTIMORE — The last time the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts met, it was a prime-time showcase for Lamar Jackson and Jonathan Taylor. Only one of those two stars is available this week when the teams face each other again. For a while, Jackson’s contract dispute with the Ravens was...
49ers extend coach Kyle Shanahan, GM John Lynch
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers gave coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch multi-year contract extensions Friday. The duo joined the 49ers together in 2017 and by their third season built up a team that had won just two games the year before they arrived into...
Panthers rule out QB Bryce Young for Week 3; veteran Andy Dalton to start vs SeahawksVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Andy Dalton will start for the Carolina Panthers at quarterback Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks after rookie Bryce Young was ruled out with a sprained ankle. Jake Luton will serve as Carolina’s backup quarterback. Panthers coach Frank Reich said Young is expected to miss one to two...
Bengals’ Joe Burrow returns to practice ahead of Monday’s showdown vs. RamsVideo
CINCINNATI — Quarterback Joe Burrow participated in practice Friday, a good sign for the Cincinnati Bengals that a lingering calf injury may not keep him out of the Monday night game against the Los Angeles Rams. Burrow walked to the practice field in full pads and afterward the team listed...
Blackhawks’ Nick Foligno impressed with Connor Bedard, ready to help lead Chicago
CHICAGO — Nick Foligno texted and called Connor Bedard over the summer, and the veteran had the rookie over to his home. It was a full-circle moment for Foligno ahead of his 17th NHL season. “It brings me back to when I was 19 and I came into the team...
Auto workers expand strike to 38 locations in 20 states, targeting Stellantis and GM
The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts-distribution centers in 20 states. Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union’s demands during negotiations over the past week, UAW President Shawn Fain...
Oklahoma judge arrested in Texas capital, accused of shooting parked cars and causing collision
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off. Brian Lovell, an...
9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after medical panel finds torture left him psychotic
WASHINGTON — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants too mentally ill to stand trial, after a military medical panel found that the man’s abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him psychotic. Guantanamo military commission spokesman Ronald Flesvig confirmed the ruling by...
With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history
NEW YORK — Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Suzyn Waldman fell madly in love with two things: baseball and Broadway shows. During the 1950s and ’60s, the long arm of AM radio brought both into her home. “I can still hear Ned Martin of the Red Sox reciting poetry...
Sen. Bob Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say
NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on charges that they took bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car for a range of corrupt acts, including having the Democrat use his influence over foreign affairs to benefit the authoritarian...
