Associated Press stories, Page 24
Bengals’ playoff hopes need miracle after uncharacteristic error by Joe Burrow and porous defense
Expecting Joe Burrow to play perfect football for six weeks after returning from a turf toe injury and lead the Bengals to the playoffs was always a tall order, even though they nearly managed it last year by winning their last five games. The harsh reality is that unless Burrow...
Matt Campbell introduced as Penn State’s 17th football coach
UNIVERSITY PARK — As he steadily built up Iowa State’s football program, Matt Campbell regularly turned down other head coaching gigs until his dream job came open. After a decade in Ames, the 46-year-old from Massillon, Ohio, couldn’t say no to the chance to take over one of college football’s...
Big Ten ties record with 9 teams in AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll; UConn, Texas still 1-2
The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The conference set the mark last year on Dec. 2 and this week has three teams in the top 10 alone. UConn still is No. 1,...
Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10
Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend. Purdue, which had spent the past three...
Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis named 1st-team All-ACC; 2 others selected to 2nd team
Pitt redshirt junior linebacker Kyle Louis was a first-team selection, and kicker Trey Butkowski and linebacker Rasheem Biles earned second-team honors on the Associated Press All-ACC teams released Monday. Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King, Miami defensive end Rueben Bain Jr. and Virginia coach Tony Elliott won top individual honors. King...
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that...
Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix
NEW YORK — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio along with the power to reshape much of the nation’s entertainment landscape. Emerging just...
A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal
HOMS, Syria — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release the prisoners. Arrested in 2018 for fleeing compulsory military service, the father...
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls ‘woke’ culture
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Trump,...
Trump proposes $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package on Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war. He unveiled the plan...
What to know about changes to Disney parks’ disability policies
ORLANDO, Fla. — Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder proposal that seek to expand eligibility. The battle over who can skip...
Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire
ALLENTOWN — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act. For a critical sliver of the Republican majority, the impending expiration of what...
Where things stand in the peace talks on the Ukraine war
President Donald Trump has unleashed the most extensive diplomatic effort to end the fighting in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, but Washington’s efforts have run into sharply conflicting demands by Moscow and Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet Monday with European allies as...
If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you
DETROIT — Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for...
The Joe Burrow boost in Cincinnati proves short-lived
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Joe Burrow boost to Cincinnati’s playoff aspirations lasted but a week. In his second game after missing 10 weeks with a toe injury, Burrow threw interceptions on consecutive pass attempts in the fourth quarter, and the Bengals squandered a 10-point lead in a 39-34 loss...
Shedeur Sanders’ first 300-yard game not enough as key mistakes prevent Browns from beating Titans
CLEVELAND — It took only three starts for Shedeur Sanders to get his first 300-yard passing game in the NFL. However, it didn’t end up giving the Cleveland Browns a victory. Sanders passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score, but an interception in the...
Key GOP senator says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed 2 survivorsVideo
A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable,” the Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, and he would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon were to declassify...
Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens
ORLANDO, Fla. — Elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn’t control his emotions. “Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable,” he said after Sunday’s vote announcement. “Thoughts are so far clouded.” Kent received 14 of 16 votes from the contemporary era committee, two...
Bills rally for 39-34 win over Bengals thanks to Josh Allen’s 4 TDs, Christian Benford’s pick-6Video
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen threw for three touchdowns and ran for one, Christian Benford scored the go-ahead TD on a 63-yard interception return, and the Buffalo Bills rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 39-34 on Sunday. Allen scored on a 40-yard rush, breaking...
Judge deals setback to Justice Department effort to seek new indictment against James Comey
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they had relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. The ruling Saturday night from U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly...
Matsuyama rallies in the Bahamas and beats Noren in a playoff to win Hero World Challenge
NASSAU, Bahamas — Hideki Matsuyama ended his season the way he started it, winning the Hero World Challenge on Sunday when he closed with an 8-under-par 64 and then hit 9-iron to 2 feet for birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Alex Noren. Matsuyama, who began the year...
Zohran Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video to social media on Sunday explaining immigrants’ right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, days after federal agents carried out a raid in Manhattan. In the video, Mamdani vowed...
Tony Pollard runs for 161 yards and 2 TDs as Titans outlast Shedeur Sanders and Browns 31-29
CLEVELAND — Tony Pollard rushed for a career-high 161 yards and two touchdowns, Cam Ward passed for two scores and the Tennessee Titans held off the Cleveland Browns, 31-29, on Sunday to snap a seven-game skid. Cleveland’s Shedeur Sanders passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns in his third start,...
NFL Week 14: Daniel Jones hurt in Jaguars’ 11th consecutive home win against the Colts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence threw two touchdown passes, Travis Etienne ran for two scores and the Jacksonville Jaguars moved atop the AFC South with a 36-19 victory against rival Indianapolis on Sunday. The Jaguars (9-4) won their fourth consecutive game and extended the Colts’ misery in Jacksonville. Indianapolis (8-5)...
Notre Dame joins Iowa State and Kansas State in declining bowl bids
Snubbed by the College Football Playoff, Notre Dame snubbed its nose at a second-tier bowl game. The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish responded to getting dropped in the CFP rankings for the second consecutive week by turning down an invitation to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla. “Overwhelming shock and...
