No. 11 Southern California (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) at Minnesota (2-3, 0-2), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). BetMGM College Football Odds: USC by 8½. Series record: USC leads 6-1-1. What’s at stake? The theme of 11th-ranked USC’s entry into Big Ten play has so far been slow starts and fast finishes. The Trojans
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department and Microsoft on Thursday announced the seizure of more than 100 web domains that a Russian intelligence agency allegedly used to try to hack current and former US officials, civil-society groups and Russians living in the US. The sweeping hacking campaign sought to gather intelligence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Thursday said 224 political prisoners in Belarus must be urgently released. More than 65,000 people have been detained since Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020 unleashed a brutal crackdown on dissent. It followed mass protests that broke out after an
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi’s first MLS Cup playoff match with Inter Miami will be on Oct. 25. And it’ll be aired live on a massive screen spanning an entire block of New York’s Times Square. Major League Soccer announced Thursday that Inter Miami’s opener will be the lone playoff
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. The latest changes announced Thursday herald the next step in an AI-driven makeover
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. The latest changes announced Thursday herald the next step in an AI-driven makeover
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of eight guards charged in the deaths of two inmates at a troubled maximum security prison in Wisconsin has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge. The Wisconsin State Journal reports former Waupun Correctional Institution guard Sarah Ransbottom pleaded no contest last week to a charge of violating a law
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new documentary captures the horror of the Hamas attack on a music festival in Israel, in time for the first anniversary of the event. It’s a harrowing experience, but also a political hot potato, according to its distributor. It is available on Paramount+ and Showtime in the
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer Masters chairman Fred Ridley says Augusta National sustained a lot of damage from Hurricane Helene, just like the rest of the area. Ridley is in Japan for the Asia-Pacific Amateur. He says he’s confident the Masters will go on as scheduled the second full week in April. He says the focus now
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing. Jurors deliberated for about six hours before coming back with
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gymnastics star Simone Biles is giving the men’s side of the sport a welcome boost. Several members of the U.S. men’s Olympic team that captured bronze in Paris have joined Biles for her post-Olympic tour. Biles says the decision to include men was designed to show fans of the
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity — artists of color and women left out of top prizes; rap and contemporary R&B stars ignored — a reflection of the Recording Academy’s electorate. An evolving voting body, 66% of whom have joined in
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity — artists of color and women left out of top prizes; rap and contemporary R&B stars ignored — a reflection of the Recording Academy’s electorate. An evolving voting body, 66% of whom have joined in
Continue ReadingVirginia Tech (2-3, 0-1 ACC) at Stanford (2-2, 1-1), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ACC Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: Virginia Tech by 8 1/2. Series record: Stanford leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Virginia Tech looks to rebound from a crushing late loss at Miami last week and give the Hokies their first conference win of
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about a possible interview, the publisher sent an unusual demand last week: an interview would cost $250,000.
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump said in a new video posted Thursday that she believes there is “no room for compromise” when it comes to a woman’s “individual freedom,” after The Guardian reported excerpts from her forthcoming book in which she says she supports abortion rights “free from
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French Union of Auschwitz Deportees president and Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia has died. He was 91. Perahia was deported as a child to the Nazi death camp of Bergen-Belsen. The Union of Auschwitz Deportees said in a statement that he died on Monday in the eastern Paris suburb of Saint-Mande. The union
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been arrested and deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leaders. Cambodia’s prison department confirmed reports that Nuon Toeun was arrested last week by Malaysian authorities following a request from
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a speeding bus carrying wedding guests has plunged into a ravine in southwestern Balochistan province, killing at least seven people. They also say that 17 were injured in Thursday’s accident near Quetta, the provincial capital. A spokesman for the health department said the victims were brought to a
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members have attacked a small town in central Haiti and killed killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. At least 50 others were injured. Government prosecutor Venson François called it a “massacre” in an interview Thursday with Radio Caraïbes. Dozens of people crowded around
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