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Japan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for Super Bowl
TOKYO — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. To make sure all her fans know, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., has sent a message on...
Commanders are hiring Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator, AP source saysVideo
Kliff Kingsbury is joining the Washington Commanders just in time for their latest search for a franchise quarterback. The Commanders are hiring Kingsbury as their offensive coordinator, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the...
Taylor Swift wins album of the year Grammy for a record 4th timeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift won album of the year at the Grammy Awards for “Midnights,” breaking a record for most wins in the category with four. She began her speech by thanking her producer and friend Jack Antonoff and added, “I would love to tell you this is the...
Former Robert Morris player Earl ‘The Twirl’ Cureton, who won 2 NBA championships, has diedVideo
DETROIT — Earl “The Twirl” Cureton, who started his college basketball at Robert Morris and later won two NBA championships in 12 seasons in the league, has died. He was 66. Cureton, who served as a community ambassador for the Detroit Pistons for the last 10 years, died “unexpectedly” on...
Senators release a $118 billion package that pairs border policies with aid for Ukraine, Israel
WASHINGTON — Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, setting off a long-shot effort to push the bill through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. The proposal could be...
NFC outlasts AFC in Pro Bowl Games showcasing flag football
ORLANDO, Fla. — All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill catching a pass over the middle and flashing world-class speed on the way to scoring a touchdown. Receiver Keenan Allen taking a lateral from C.J. Stroud, juking a defender to buy time before throwing across the field to tight end Evan Engram...
Steve Wilks, 49ers reach Super Bowl after roller-coaster run as defensive coordinator
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Steve Wilks has had a roller coaster ride in his first season as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. Faced with a tricky task of taking over a successful defense that still had the same position coaches and system of his predecessor DeMeco Ryans, Wilks...
Chiefs’ sustained success boosts small businesses’ bottom lines
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Anthony Oropeza still remembers the day Travis Kelce walked into his studio at the InterUrban ArtHouse in suburban Kansas City, where some of his acrylic and mixed media works were hanging from the walls. Kelce was helping to deliver a grant for the community arts hub,...
Record-setting storm dumps heavy rain on Los Angeles, with flash flood alerts still in effectVideo
LOS ANGELES — A storm of historic proportions dumped a record amount of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes while people living in homeless encampments in many parts of the city scrambled for safety. About 710,000 people statewide...
2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey
The 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on June 11. Semifinals will be played on July...
2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New JerseyVideo
The 2026 World Cup final will be played July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on June 11. The U.S. team will play its opener June...
Trade deadline, MVP race and more outdoor hockey are on tap for the 2nd half of the NHL seasonVideo
TORONTO — Even during the All-Star break, Nathan MacKinnon kept thinking ahead to the second half of the NHL season. “You try not to eat too much,” MacKinnon said. “You’re looking in the mirror, and you look fat.” Maybe MacKinnon — and plenty of other players around the league —...
2 people killed, 4 injured in Denver shooting, police say
DENVER — Two people have died following an early morning shooting on Sunday in a residential area of Denver that left four other people injured, police said. A man and a boy were killed, said police department spokesperson Sean Towle. The injuries to the other victims were not specified. “We...
Haley uses her appearance on ‘SNL’ to poke fun at her Civil War gaffe and jab at a stand-in TrumpVideo
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked fun at herself over a campaign misstep, but her primary target during a “Saturday Night Live” appearance was Donald Trump, joining in a skit that mocked a stand-in for the former president over his refusal to debate her and questioned his mental...
Asked if he supports RNC chairwoman, Trump suggests there will ‘probably be some changes made’
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump issued a warning to the Republican National Committee’s chairwoman in an interview aired Sunday, saying when asked about her that there would “probably be some changes made.” Trump had been asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo about Ronna McDaniel, who has been...
Denny Hamlin wins exhibition Clash at the Coliseum as NASCAR moves race up a day to avoid California storm
LOS ANGELES — Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he would be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California. Hamlin,...
The 2024 Grammy Awards are here with SZA, Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét leading the nominations
LOS ANGELES — The 66th Grammy Awards are set to take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and there’s a lot to be excited about. Women outpace men in the major categories, so expect to see a spotlight on its female nominees. “That’s the same throughout the...
Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped 50 years ago. Now she’s famous for her dogs
LOS ANGELES — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group. The 19-year-old college student’s infamous abduction in Berkeley, California, led to Hearst joining forces with her captors for a 1974 bank robbery that earned...
A woman stole a memory card from a truck. The gruesome footage is now key to an Alaska murder trial
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman with a lengthy criminal history including theft, assault and prostitution got into a truck with a man who had picked her up for a “date” near downtown Anchorage. When he left her alone in the vehicle, she stole a digital memory card from the center...
U.S. warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks
JERUSALEM — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an “open-ended military campaign” across the...
How Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner
NASHUA, N.H. — When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah. After years of bending Washington to his will with a single tweet, Trump was, at least for a moment, diminished. He was a one-term Republican president rejected by voters and then shunned by large swaths of...
Joe Biden sails to victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, clinching a state he pushed to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago. Biden defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Rep....
West Virginia goes cold in home loss vs. No. 22 BYU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Fousseyni Traore had a season-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 22 BYU to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Kerr Kriisa scored a season-high 23 points for West Virginia (8-14, 3-6 Big 12). Jesse Edwards added 16 points, and RaeQuan Battle...
How the Chiefs have become The New America’s Team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The polarizing moniker still is applied to the Dallas Cowboys these days, regardless of whether it rings as true as it did during their 1990s heyday, when Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith led them to three Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. “America’s...
Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner shine in NHL All-Star tourney
TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner of the Maple Leafs shined in the NHL All-Star 3-on-3 tournament Saturday on home ice in Toronto. Matthews scored twice, including the winner, and had an assist, and Marner added a goal to beat reigning MVP Connor McDavid’s team 7-4 in the final....
