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College football turns upside down, but this final 4 is a collection of the sport’s big programs

In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again. The moral of this story: Who knows? Other than something doesn’t totally add up when not one of the top four teams, all of which received the...
Jets interview Mike Vrabel Ron Rivera for coach, ESPN analyst Louis Riddick for GM

The New York Jets interviewed former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel on Friday for their coaching vacancy. Vrabel is the second known coaching candidate to meet with the Jets, who announced they completed their interview with him. New York also spoke to former Washington and Carolina coach Ron Rivera on...
Double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the U.S. with snow, ice and biting cold

A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast. Starting Saturday, millions of people are going to be hit by moderate to heavy snow...
Rudy Giuliani faces contempt hearing as lawyers for election workers pursue $148M judgment

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani showed up Friday for a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment won on behalf of two Georgia election workers. Judge Lewis J. Liman has said he may rule at the hearing whether the...
U.S. fines JetBlue $2M for ‘chronic’ flight delays on several East Coast routes

The Transportation Department said Friday it will hit JetBlue Airways with a $2 million penalty for chronically late flights along the East Coast, and half the money will go to passengers who were delayed. The agency said it’s the first time it has fined an airline for chronic delays on...
David Fincher gives ‘Seven’ a final, 4K UHD glow up for its 30th anniversaryVideo

For David Fincher, seeing “Seven” in 4K was an experience he can only describe as harrowing. That or a high school reunion. “There are definitely moments that you go, ‘What was I thinking?’ Or ‘Why did I let this person have that hairdo’?” Fincher said in a recent interview with...
Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk

WASHINGTON — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health. Americans should be better...
Montenegro to tackle gun control after mass killing left 12 dead

PODGORICA, Montenegro — A top-level meeting in Montenegro on Friday looked for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman fatally shot 12 people in a second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country. An emergency session of Montenegro’s National Security Council is expected to...
Will a devastating New Year’s Eve explosion change Hawaii’s fireworks culture?

HONOLULU — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed-martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal fireworks. The increasingly sophisticated displays, loved by some and loathed by others, are so prevalent that some people consider...
CFP semifinals by the numbers: All 4 teams are members of the exclusive 900-win club

The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams to get some new blood. The final four are decidedly blueblood. The semifinals match Penn State against Notre Dame at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Texas against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10. All four teams are...
Trump’s strength and unpredictability can help end the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable,” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However, Zelenskyy said it won’t be possible to end the almost three years of war in...
South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It’s the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads...
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote

WASHINGTON — Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. A collection of hardline Republicans convened in the back of the House chamber during a tense roll call...
Biden’s final actions as president leave some transgender people feeling unsupported

President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and sought to push them out of public life. “Your president has your back,” Biden assured trans people in his first...
Republicans’ trust in accuracy of U.S. elections jumps after Trump’s win, AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON — A majority of Republicans say they are confident in the 2024 vote count after Donald Trump’s win, according to a new poll that finds a sharp turnaround from GOP voters’ skepticism about U.S. elections after the president-elect spent four years lying about his loss to President Joe Biden....
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in Qatar

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people in Gaza, including children, overnight and into Friday, hospital and emergency response workers said, as health workers and Israel’s military traded claims over reported evacuation orders for two hospitals in the territory’s largely isolated north. The assertions over...

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