HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Gardner Minshew will be the Las Vegas Raiders’ starting quarterback going into the season, coach Antonio Pierce said Sunday. Minshew beat out Aidan O’Connell for the starting spot. The Raiders host the San Francisco 49ers on Friday in their final preseason game. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
A new era has arrived in college football, with some of the most recognizable programs in history now playing in different leagues. The postseason is different, too. The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams, changing the calculus of the championship chase. There’s also change for some of the game’s biggest names. Jim
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Investigators have discovered human remains during a search of property in southeastern Michigan that belongs to a man whose wife disappeared more than three years ago and is presumed dead. Dee Warner’s family reported her missing in April of 2021. Her husband, Dale John Warner, 56, was charged in November
HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It’s after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock’s F-250 pickup truck. He flashes a low smile as he slowly maneuvers through the sawgrass, down dirt roads deep in the Florida Everglades. His windshield just confirmed it: When the dew point drops in the dead
CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention , hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic injustice and the war in Gaza . While Vice President Kamala Harris has energized crowds of supporters as she prepares to accept the Democratic nomination, progressive activists
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun his ninth diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, with hopes for the quick conclusion of a ceasefire agreement hanging in the balance. Before another high-level meeting of ceasefire negotiators in Cairo later this week, Blinken
Tropical Storm Ernesto churned away from Bermuda and headed further into the Atlantic but sent powerful swells rolling toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with at least one death and prompting many rescues. The National Weather Service posted a coastal flood advisory and warned of high risk from rip currents along the
“ Alien: Romulus ,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, where it was playing in 3,885 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Including $66.7 million from international showings in 49
CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday, with delegates and officials descending on Chicago after a wild few weeks that saw the party switch out its nominee, upending what had already been an unprecedented campaign year. With the departure of President Joe Biden from the campaign, and Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift
