The NFL has made tweaks to the kickoff format in hopes it will increase returns while keeping the aspect of the game safe, and one longtime special teams coordinator thinks it will do just that. The lack of kickoff returns put the NFL on notice following the 2023 season. With only 22% of kickoffs returned
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people. “This
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CNN By Jim Sciutto, Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Lauren del Valle, Josh Campbell, Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in their apartment in 2022, has agreed to a plea deal in his quadruple murder case, skirting the death penalty and bringing a possible
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By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Missouri Cash Pop” game were: 3 (three) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .318; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .312; Naylor, Arizona, .304; Frelick, Milwaukee, .300; Donovan, St. Louis, .295; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .295; Burleson, St. Louis, .294; Hoerner, Chicago, .293; Machado, San Diego, .293; Alonso, New York, .291; Pages, Los Angeles, .291; Tucker, Chicago, .291. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 82; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 67; Soto,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .356; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .338; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .325; Peña, Houston, .322; Kirk, Toronto, .315; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .314; Ramírez, Cleveland, .309; Meyers, Houston, .306; Clement, Toronto, .304; Greene, Detroit, .296. RUNS_Judge, New York, 73; Raleigh, Seattle, 59; Buxton, Minnesota, 53; Rooker, Athletics, 53; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 52; B.Lowe, Tampa Bay, 52;
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By TAMMY WEBBER, JUSTIN KABUMBA and MOSES SAWASAWA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Street lights erase the shadows where attackers once hid. Noisy, polluting diesel generators have gone silent. New businesses are taking root. In several Goma neighborhoods where almost nobody had electricity just five years ago, a small solar network is offering a
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for its source has sparked new questions around the growing problem of debris in Earth’s
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By DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company was thrown into doubt Monday as a U.S. judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% controlling stake in YPF in partial compensation for seizing the shares of former investors during its 2012
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Olivia Munn is sharing that she lives with a health condition not many people know about. Munn spoke about her experience with trichotillomania – a mental health condition that “involves frequent, repeated and irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body,”
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Noah Farley UPDATE: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (KIFI) — Authorities have identified 20-year-old Wess Val Roley as the suspect in Sunday’s ambush near Coeur d’Alene that left two firefighters dead and one seriously injured. During a press conference Monday afternoon, Sheriff Bob Norris not only named Roley but also worked to clear up several misconceptions and
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto, Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Lauren del Valle, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in their apartment in 2022, has agreed to a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in his quadruple murder case. The plea deal consisted of pleading
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order. A report released Monday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission also found a surge in early in-person voting
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake sued Universal Music Group — both his and Lamar’s record
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Flossie continued to gain steam off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast on Monday afternoon and was projected to turn into a hurricane overnight. Meanwhile, the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Barry dumped rain on eastern Mexico. Flossie strengthened with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). It was
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Three days after the Supreme Court said litigants attempting to get court orders broadly blocking President Donald Trump’s policies must do so through class action lawsuits, an administration lawyer said it plans to oppose such legal maneuverings in cases challenging the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The
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By Dianne Gallagher and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, is the leading potential candidate to run for Senate from North Carolina with Donald Trump’s backing, multiple sources tell CNN. Sen. Thom Tillis’ announcement that he won’t seek reelection next year opens a prize opportunity for North Carolina Republicans. Multiple
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday afternoon, the president of the United States was just another person complaining online about his service provider. Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill to cut taxes and reduce federal spending on some social safety net programs could have large implications for states, but for many it’s too late to do much about it this year. Tuesday marks the start of a new
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A Springfield, Mo., native will be the next chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court.
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have needed a significant upgrade for more advanced
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order and asked if the government would attempt to deport U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restrictions on birthright citizenship might take
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Immigration and administration lawyers on Monday battled over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang in a case that is likely to ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The attorneys sparred before a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday as the U.S. leader steps up his push on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — After working from home all day, your takeout order arrives and you start binge-watching your favorite show alone. Sounds ideal, right? Except doing this routinely could shorten your life. And that’s not because of the nutritional content of your dinner. It’s because having strong, positive relationships is one of
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — After declaring he was stepping away from the political spotlight, Elon Musk got right back in it. As the Senate debated President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Monday before a final vote, Musk issued a stark warning via his social media platform X. “Every member of Congress who
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis’ surprise retirement announcement over the weekend creates a sudden opening in next year’s midterm elections, setting off a scramble of successor speculation that includes both a former Democratic governor and a Trump other than the one who
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country’s new interim leader. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to “promote and support
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country’s new interim leader. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to “promote and support
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