Associated Press stories, Page 67
Short-handed 49ers finish off Rams with 4th-down stop in OT
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Eddy Piñeiro hit a 41-yard field goal in overtime before the San Francisco defense stopped Kyren Williams on fourth down with 3:36 to play, and the short-handed 49ers hung on for a thrilling 26-23 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night. Mac Jones passed for...
Dodgers make quick work of Reds in 2-game series sweep
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out a postseason-high nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 8-4, on Wednesday night to advance to the National League Division Series. The defending World Series champion...
Minnesota Wild sign Kirill Kaprizov to richest deal in NHL history, $136 million over 8 years
The Minnesota Wild signed star left wing Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million extension on Tuesday, giving him the richest contract in NHL history. Kaprizov will count $17 million against the salary cap beginning next season. It’s the highest annual average salary of any player since the league’s cap...
Top 2026 NHL draft prospect Gavin McKenna looking forward to his Penn State debut
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Gavin McKenna admits he didn’t watch a lot of college hockey growing up in Western Canada. But the projected 2026 NHL draft’s top prospect saw enough last season to know he wanted to play for Penn State. McKenna met with reporters Monday for the first time...
Dolphins beat Jets but lose Tyreek Hill to gruesome knee injury
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Moments after Tyreek Hill was injured Monday night, the Miami Dolphins star receiver flashed a bright smile and told a few jokes to teammates as he was carted off the field at Hard Rock Stadium. Hill had just dislocated his knee on a scary play in...
Rory McIlroy calls out ‘unacceptable and abusive behavior’ from Bethpage fans at Ryder CupVideo
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup and then called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.” Over his five matches at Bethpage Black, McIlroy endured a torrent of insults about everything from his personal life to past failures on the golf course. People...
What to watch during MLB’s best-of-three Wild Card Series this week
PHOENIX — Major League Baseball’s postseason has delivered some spicy matchups for this week’s Wild Card Series, particularly in the American League. The four series begin Tuesday, highlighted by a matchup between the archrival Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. All games of the best-of-three series will be at...
NFL Week 4: Jalen Hurts throws 2 TDs and Eagles secure 20th victory in 21 games with win over Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. — The Philadelphia Eagles used a fake tush push, another special teams touchdown and a late defensive stop to stay undefeated. Jalen Hurts tossed two touchdown passes, Sydney Brown returned a blocked punt for a score and the Eagles beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-25 on Sunday for...
Reds earn 1st playoff berth since 2020 as they capitalize on Mets’ big fadeVideo
MILWAUKEE — The Cincinnati Reds are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2020 after overtaking the New York Mets for the National League’s third and final wild card on the season’s final weekend. Cincinnati got to the postseason with plenty of help from the stumbling Mets. The...
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs send banged-up Ravens to 1-3 with decisive victoryVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are getting healthier, deeper and more dynamic as the season presses on. The Baltimore Ravens? Pretty much the opposite of all of that. Patrick Mahomes threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns in a turn-back-the-clock kind of performance, and the Chiefs jumped...
Banged-up Ravens lose Lamar Jackson, 4 other starters to injuries against ChiefsVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson left with a right hamstring injury late in the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, adding to a wave of injuries that have decimated Baltimore on both sides of the ball. Left tackle Ronnie Stanley left with an ankle...
Giants’ Malik Nabers carted off against Chargers with knee injuryVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers was carted from the field with an injured right knee in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Jaxson Dart, making his first NFL start, launched a deep pass down the right sideline — a...
A list of notable shooting attacks on houses of worship in the U.S. in the past 20 years
A gunman opened fire inside a Michigan church during Sunday services, inflicting casualties after ramming his vehicle into the front door of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township. It was the latest of many shooting attacks on houses of worship in the U.S. over...
Tropical Storm Imelda forms and is expected to become hurricane off the U.S. East Coast in coming days
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane off the U.S. East Coast early next week. The storm caused disruptions in the Bahamas and nearby islands earlier Sunday before being declared a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center in Miami with winds of...
Oregon moves to No. 2 behind Ohio State in AP poll; Penn State drops to No. 7
Oregon moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Mississippi earned its highest ranking since 2015, Alabama jumped back into the top 10 and Virginia was in the Top 25 for the first time in six years in the wake of a volatile weekend...
Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age of 101, church officials announced. Nelson died at his home in Salt Lake City, the church announced. Nelson, a former heart surgeon, spent four...
‘One Battle After Another’ opens with $22.4 million
NEW YORK — “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s widely acclaimed American epic of rebellion and resistance, opened with $22.4 million in ticket sales from NorthAmerican theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Anderson’s ultracontemporary opus signifies a major gamble by Warner Bros. With “One Battle After...
Trump’s moves to consolidate power, punish enemies, draw comparisons to places where democracy faded
In 2007, eight years after becoming Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez revoked the license of the country’s oldest private television station. Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump suggested revoking the licenses of U.S. television stations he believes are overly critical of him. Since he returned to office in...
Iran weighs confrontation or diplomacy after UN sanctions reimposed over its nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear program, even as some pushed for continued negotiations to ease the economic pain squeezing the country. The sanctions imposed before dawn Sunday again freeze Iranian...
How Walmart plans to prepare America’s largest private workforce for an AI-driven future
BENTONVILLE, Ark — As artificial intelligence and demographic changes reshape the U.S. job market, the nation’s largest private employer is trying to identify the skills its workers and the broader labor force might need for the future. Walmart on Thursday hosted more than 300 workplace experts and representatives from other...
Denmark reports new drone sightings at armed forces’ locations. NATO boosts Baltic Sea vigilance
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish defense ministry said Sunday it had again observed drones at several of its armed forces’ locations overnight, a day after NATO announced it would enhance its vigilance in the Baltic Sea region. The ministry said in a statement it had “several capacities deployed” after drone...
Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds at least 10, as other regions hit too
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21 people dead last month. Kyiv bears...
Palestinian death toll tops 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump
CAIRO — The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza City. Israeli security forces meanwhile...
What’s the craic? Steelers and Vikings fans set for Dublin game
DUBLIN — Aiden Scott will catch up on sleep another time. The opportunity to watch his Steelers play in Ireland is pretty rare. The college student and his father, Aaron, arrived in Dublin on Saturday ahead of Pittsburgh’s game against the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park. They were decked out...
No. 6 Oregon beats No. 3 Penn State on Drew Allar interception in double OTVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Dillon Thieneman intercepted Drew Allar’s pass in the second overtime period and No. 6 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State, 30-24, on Saturday night. Jamari Johnson ran for a touchdown in overtime, Dierre Hill Jr. caught a touchdown pass, Jordan Davison ran for another score and Atticus...
