Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Sleeping, eating, film work and a little 'panic.' How the Steelers dealt with emergency landing

The Pittsburgh Steelers are laughing off their unexpected detour to Kansas City

September 27, 2023
Sleeping, eating, film work and a little 'panic.' How the Steelers dealt with emergency landing
Sports

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker faces hearing over allegations he sexually harassed rape survivor

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker is facing a hearing next month over allegations that he sexually harassed activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year, according to USA Today. Michigan State hired an outside Title IX attorney to investigate the complaint and the investigation concluded in July, according to the report published Sunday. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5-6 to determine if Tucker violated the school’s sexual harassment and exploitation policy, and he could lose about $80 million remaining on his contract if he’s fired for cause, according to USA Today. Messages seeking comment

September 10, 2023
Michigan State coach Mel Tucker faces hearing over allegations he sexually harassed rape survivor
Sports

Presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton congratulate Coco Gauff on her US Open tennis title

Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title Saturday, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. After Gauff rallied to beat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, messages quickly poured onto the social media platform formerly known as Twitter in celebration of the 19-year-old American’s first Grand Slam title. “We couldn’t be prouder of you on and off the court — and we know the best is yet to come,” Barack Obama wrote. Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in Arthur Ashe Stadium on opening night, when Gauff

September 09, 2023
Presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton congratulate Coco Gauff on her US Open tennis title
Sports

Carl Nassib, first openly gay player to play in NFL games, announces his retirement

Edge rusher Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player to play in a regular-season game, announced his retirement on Wednesday. Nassib came out in 2021 while with the Las Vegas Raiders. He spent last season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “This is a bittersweet moment for me but after seven seasons and just over 100 NFL games I am officially retiring from football to focus on my company Rayze,” Nassib wrote on Instagram. “It really feels like just yesterday starting out as a walk-on at Penn State. “Football has given me more than I ever could have imagined. I

September 06, 2023
Carl Nassib, first openly gay player to play in NFL games, announces his retirement
Sports

Italy makes Basketball World Cup quarterfinals for 1st time in 25 years

For the first time in 25 years, Italy is going to the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup. Stefano Tonut and Giampaolo Ricci each scored 15 points and Italy reached the World Cup quarterfinals with a 73-57 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday in Manila, the final day of second-round play at FIBA’s biggest tournament. Italy (4-1) will play either the U.S. or Lithuania in Tuesday’s quarterfinals in Manila. The Italians are assured of their best World Cup finish since placing sixth in 1998. They were ninth in 2006, 10th in 2019 and didn’t qualify in 2002, 2010 and 2014.

September 03, 2023
Italy makes Basketball World Cup quarterfinals for 1st time in 25 years
Sports

Germany, Slovenia, US and Lithuania make World Cup quarterfinals

Luka Doncic and Slovenia are headed to the World Cup quarterfinals. So are the U.S., Germany and Lithuania. Out of the mix: Olympic bronze medalist Australia. Half of the World Cup quarterfinals field is now set, after those four nations won their opening second-round games Friday to secure spots in the knockout round. The U.S. rallied to hold off Montenegro 85-73 in Group J, and Lithuania topped Greece 92-67 in the late game in that group. The Americans and Lithuania are both 4-0 now; Greece and Montenegro fell to 2-2 and cannot catch the leaders with one game remaining for

September 01, 2023
Germany, Slovenia, US and Lithuania make World Cup quarterfinals
Sports

Japan rallies to beat Venezuela at World Cup, closes in on Olympic berth

Japan is one win away from getting back to the Olympics. Makoto Hiejima scored 23 points, Yuta Watanabe added 21 and Japan roared back from a 15-point third-quarter deficit to beat Venezuela 86-77 on Thursday in a classification round game at the Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan. Yuki Kawamura scored 19 for Japan (2-2), which would clinch a berth in the Paris Olympics with a win over Cape Verde on Saturday. Garlo Sojo led Venezuela (0-4) with 20 points, and Nestor Colmenares added 17. A win Saturday would give Japan its second consecutive Olympic berth. The team played in

August 31, 2023
Japan rallies to beat Venezuela at World Cup, closes in on Olympic berth
World

Russia’s election commission says the ruling party wins the most votes in occupied Ukrainian regions

Russia’s Central Election Commission said Monday that the country’s ruling party won the most votes in elections held in occupied Ukrainian regions as Russian authorities attempt to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. Voting for Russia-installed legislatures began last week . According to the Central Election Commission, lawmakers from the ruling party, United Russia, came out on top in the four Ukrainian regions Moscow annexed illegally in 2022 — Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia — and on the Crimean Peninsula, which the Kremlin annexed in 2014. Balloting in the

September 11, 2023
Russia’s election commission says the ruling party wins the most votes in occupied Ukrainian regions
World

What to stream this week: 'Barbie,' Dan & Shay, 'The Morning Show' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'

Tunes from Dan & Shay and Vic Mensa plus a genre-blending Hulu series “The Other Black Girl” set inside the world of publishing are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are a joyous season two of “Welcome to Wrexham,” “Barbie” can be bought for $30 and Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon return for season three of “The Morning Show.” NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — “Barbie” is finally coming to the small screen, giving audiences everywhere the freedom

September 08, 2023
What to stream this week: 'Barbie,' Dan & Shay, 'The Morning Show' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'
World

Local elections take place across Russia, but Ukraine is 'not on the agenda'

Local elections kicked off in Russia this weekend in 79 regions, with voters are casting their ballots for governors, regional legislatures, city and municipal councils. Russian authorities are also holding local elections in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed illegally last year — the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces. Voting for federal and local legislators is also underway on the Crimean peninsula, which the Kremlin annexed in 2014. Balloting in the occupied areas of Ukraine has been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a sham and a violation of international law. In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s

September 10, 2023
Local elections take place across Russia, but Ukraine is 'not on the agenda'
World

Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine

After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition. Along with ramping up its domestic arms production, Moscow is turning to an old ally with a vast arsenal — North Korea. Estimates say the reclusive and isolated Asian country has tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets that could give a huge boost to the Russian army. United States officials expect North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia in the coming days to seal a possible deal on munitions

September 10, 2023
Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine
World

Update your iPhone: Apple just pushed out a significant security update

Apple released a significant security update for iPhones and iPads Thursday to patch newly discovered security vulnerabilities in the devices’ system software. The issue was discovered by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, who said the software flaw was being “actively exploited” to deliver commercial spyware called Pegasus developed and sold by the Israeli company NSO Group. Pegasus is an expensive tool typically used to target dissidents, journalists and political opponents, so ordinary users likely have little to fear. Still, Citizen Lab recommends that all users should “immediately” update their devices. To install the update, open Settings on

September 08, 2023
Update your iPhone: Apple just pushed out a significant security update
World

Russian officials say 5 drones were shot down, including 1 that targeted Moscow

Five drones were shot down over three Russian regions overnight, with one targeting the capital, officials said Thursday. There were reports of no casualties. Meanwhile, Russia launched a fourth day of air attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Izmail, located on the Danube river. Oleh Kiper, regional Governor of Odesa, said infrastructure was damaged in the attack, including grain silos, and one person was injured. The attack came one day after a Russian missile struck a busy market in the eastern city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk, killing 17 and wounding at least 32. The attack overshadowed a two-day visit

September 07, 2023
Russian officials say 5 drones were shot down, including 1 that targeted Moscow
World

Brazil cyclone, Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in extreme weather now

Families perched atop houses pleading for help to escape the deadly flooding after a cyclone hammered southern Brazil, with the region’s governor calling it “an absolutely out of the ordinary event.” The world’s latest extreme weather disaster killed at least 31 people and left at least 1,600 homeless, authorities said Wednesday. The scope of the damage was enormous: Rio Grande do Sol Gov. Eduardo Leite said it was his state’s highest death toll from a climate event, with “entire cities that were completely compromised.” The toll included at least 15 bodies in a single house. Flooding also wracked Greece, Turkey

September 06, 2023
Brazil cyclone, Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in extreme weather now
World

China authorities arrest 2 for smashing shortcut through Great Wall with excavator

China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut. Authorities in China arrested the two men for smashing a path through a section of the ancient wall, a cultural icon and United Nations protected heritage site. The area of the breach was a broken-down section far from the restored segments most Chinese and foreign tourists are familiar with. State media showed a dirt road cut through a the wall against a rural landscape in Youyu County, hundreds of kilometers (miles) west of

September 06, 2023
China authorities arrest 2 for smashing shortcut through Great Wall with excavator
World

The Turkish president is to meet Putin with the aim of reviving the Ukraine grain export deal

The presidents of Russia and Turkey meet on Monday, with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking to persuade Russia to revive an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain and other commodities from three Black Sea ports despite the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin in July refused to extend the agreement, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations a year earlier. Russia complained that a parallel deal promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertilizer hadn’t been honored. It said restrictions on shipping and insurance hampered its agricultural trade, even though it has shipped record

September 04, 2023
The Turkish president is to meet Putin with the aim of reviving the Ukraine grain export deal
World

What to stream this week: Olivia Rodrigo, LaKeith Stanfield, NBA 2K14 and 'The Little Mermaid'

Olivia Rodrigo’s much-anticipated sophomore album and LaKeith Stanfield starring in the eight-part horror fantasy series “The Changeling” are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey, the video game NBA 2K14 pays tribute to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and the popular comfort show “Virgin River” returns for its fifth season on Netflix. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — The latest Disney live-action remake, “The Little Mermaid,” lands on

September 01, 2023
What to stream this week: Olivia Rodrigo, LaKeith Stanfield, NBA 2K14 and 'The Little Mermaid'
Entertainment|Travel

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Are you ready for some movies this summer

April 24, 2024
Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Live Nation reveals data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary

Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States

June 01, 2024
Live Nation reveals data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary
Sports|Technology

Angel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan's livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast

The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in when the league’s app couldn’t broadcast the game

May 04, 2024
Angel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan's livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast
Entertainment|Technology

What to stream this week: A Bon Jovi documentary, Idris Elba in 'Knuckles' and 'Anyone But You'

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell hit romantic comedy “Anyone But You” hitting Netflix, two teen ghost detectives who appear in DC comic books star in their own series called “Dead Boy Detectives" and a documentary detailing Bon Jovi’s rise to fame, breakups and breakdowns

April 19, 2024
What to stream this week: A Bon Jovi documentary, Idris Elba in 'Knuckles' and 'Anyone But You'
Entertainment|Technology

What to stream this week: Conan O’Brien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift will reign

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album “The Tortured Poets Department,” a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie “Migration” and Conan O’Brien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show “Conan O’Brien Must Go” for Max

April 12, 2024
What to stream this week: Conan O’Brien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift will reign
Entertainment|Technology

What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and “Dora the Explorer” gets a reboot on Paramount+

April 05, 2024
What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down
Entertainment|Sports|Technology

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years as a couple

April 05, 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce
Entertainment|Technology

What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from hip-hop hitmaker Bryson Tiller and percussion master Sheila E

March 29, 2024
What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

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