By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez says the Rose Bowl will always be important to the Big Ten, but making the College Football Playoff is the priority for today’s players. The future of the Rose Bowl as a showcase game, mostly featuring teams from
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By Yenny Sanchez, CNN A father-daughter heart-to-heart — or, in this case, Hawke-to-Hawke — helped Ethan Hawke while he was working on his latest project. In a recent interview with CNN’s “New Day,” Hawke told Brianna Keilar and John Berman that his daughter Maya, an actress on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” provided inspiration when he needed
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By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press A grass fire spread to at least nine homes in a rural North Texas subdivision Tuesday, marking the second such damaging grass fire spread in the drought-ravaged region in as many days. The fire in the rural Rendon community, 11 miles (17 kilometers) southeast of Fort Worth, came one day
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith is the longest-tenured player on the Minnesota Vikings. He’s one of the oldest safeties in the NFL and turned 33 earlier this year. The six-time Pro Bowl pick clearly does not feel that old. He caught himself recently telling an acquaintance he
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca has joined West Ham from Sassoulo for a reported fee of 30 million pounds ($36 million) as the Premier League club finally brought in some help and competition for Michail Antonio up front. The 23-year-old Scamacca has signed a five-year deal with the option of a further 12
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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for Indigenous children. Chief Wilton Littlechild, a residential school
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Describing himself as playing a game of poker, Jerry Jones acknowledged he had options for who would be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys this season. In retaining Mike McCarthy for a third year, Jones decided the hand he held was worth playing a little
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Describing himself as playing a game of poker, Jerry Jones acknowledged he had options for who would be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys this season. In retaining Mike McCarthy for a third year, Jones decided the hand he held was worth playing a little
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By Jennifer Hansler and Devan Cole, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at the State Department on Tuesday. “The Secretary is deeply appreciative of the opportunity to meet with Shireen’s family,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a briefing, noting that
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new video of Miller’s deposition released by
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The recent announcement that both the series “Desus & Mero” and the partnership between the two co-hosts is no more was met on the internet with the type of grieving usually reserved for a celebrity death. It’s understandable given what The Kid Mero, Desus Nice and their beloved show —
Continue Reading LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have placed receiver Marquise Brown on the NFL’s active/non-football injury list because of a hamstring issue. The Cardinals acquired Brown and a third-round pick in a draft-day trade with the Baltimore Ravens, who received the No. 23 overall pick in return. Arizona hopes Brown can partially offset
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has set a date for its shareholders to vote to approve its $44 billion acquisition deal by Elon Musk, despite the company’s ongoing legal battle with the billionaire Tesla CEO over the deal. The company on Tuesday sent shareholders a letter saying it would hold a virtual special meeting
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Star linebacker Roquan Smith and defensive end Robert Quinn are on time for the Chicago Bears’ first training camp under general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Whether they’ll choose to participate when practices begin Wednesday remains to be seen. The Bears could
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The challenge, led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, claims that the federal
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has levied another round of massive penalties, this time against Michael McDowell and Front Row Motorsports, for illegal modifications discovered after McDowell’s sixth-place finish at Pocono Raceway. NASCAR fined crew chief Blake Harris $100,000 and suspended him for four races. McDowell was docked
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By Oren Liebermann, Zachary Cohen and Barbara Starr, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany, according to a memo obtained by CNN and confirmed by two US defense officials. The plan would allow Ukrainian troops to be treated at a US military
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has extended its deal with SiriusXM to broadcast and market the league’s games over North America another five years through the 2027 Super Bowl. The deal announced Tuesday extends an agreement first reached in 2004. SiriusXM subscribers will get access to every NFL game live on SiriusXM radio, the
Continue Reading The upcoming movie “Till” focuses on Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till Mobley, as she fights to get justice for her son. The film will be released in theaters in October.
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By Lauren del Valle and Oliver Darcy, CNN The lawyer for two Sandy Hook families that have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a jury on Tuesday to award his clients $150 million in damages in a trial that will determine how much money they receive. “Now that is a huge verdict to be
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Michael Conte, CNN The family of an American sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia fears that he has been given what amounts to a “a death sentence” and is calling on the Biden administration to designate him as wrongfully detained, which would trigger formal
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN It was just three days into Republican Rep. Peter Meijer’s term when a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol. A week later, the freshman voted to impeach Trump. Now, that vote could end his House career. A week before his primary, Republicans in Michigan and Washington say that Meijer’s
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By Matias Grez, CNN England’s women banished the heartbreak of their two recent major semifinal defeats by beating Sweden 4-0 to reach the final of Euro 2022. It didn’t all go host England’s way, however, as Sarina Wiegman’s side had to weather some serious first-half pressure from a world class Sweden side. But Beth Mead’s
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A month after releasing its landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court officially transmitted its judgment to the lower courts on Tuesday, a move that will likely trigger more state abortion restrictions to go into effect. Supreme Court rules state that after an opinion is
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Tierney Sneed, CNN A lawsuit putting at risk Americans’ access to free contraceptives took on new significance with last month’s Supreme Court opinion that drastically altered the legal landscape around abortion. A federal judge in Texas with a history of ruling against the Affordable Care Act — the target of this
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By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Massachusetts has become the latest state to ban school officials and employers from discriminating against people based on their natural hair. Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law Tuesday the Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles, or CROWN Act. The law bans workplace and school discrimination based on the
Continue Reading SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — England is heading back to Wembley Stadium for a European Championship final. This time it’s the women’s team going for the title. England swept past Sweden with a 4-0 win in the first Euro 2022 semifinal match and it was sealed with an impudent back-heeled goal by Alessia Russo. Germany or
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have released running back Chris Carson with a failed physical designation, potentially signaling an end to his career because of a neck injury. Carson’s future was in doubt the entire offseason after he was injured in Week 4 last year and eventually
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s revenue growth during the past quarter decelerated to its slowest pace in two years as advertisers reined in their spending amid fears of an economic recession. The regression reported Tuesday by Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet, is the latest sign that the tailwinds propelling big
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — En junio, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) recomendó que los científicos continuaran investigando todos los posibles orígenes de la pandemia de covid-19, incluida una fuga de laboratorio. Dos estudios recientemente publicados adoptan enfoques totalmente diferentes pero llegan a la misma conclusión: el mercado de mariscos de Huanan en Wuhan,
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