3 weeks ago in Sports

Tennis great Venus Williams plans to start 33rd straight pro season in Auckland in January

Tennis great Venus Williams plans to play for a 33rd straight season on the WTA Tour, starting in Auckland in January. Organizers of the ASB Classic in New Zealand said Wednesday that the 45-year-old Williams would feature at their Jan. 5-11 event.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

‘Predator: Badlands’ sticks its 2 stars together to take the franchise to new places

"Predator: Badlands" belongs to a long-established cinema subgenre: two opposed people reluctantly stuck together with a common purpose. The film, the seventh in the franchise (not counting the "Alien vs. Predator" offshoots), has the buddy comedy energy that comes with that dynamic.

3 weeks ago in National

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration.

3 weeks ago in National

UPS plane crashes and explodes at a Kentucky airport, leaving at least 9 dead and others missing

First responders are searching for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Sesame Street’s new season: Bubba Wallace, Netflix and a whole lot of chickens

New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. "Sesame Street" launches its 56th season on Nov. 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new way to watch — via Netflix.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment, Music

Bruce Springsteen performs at New York Public Library gala

Bruce Springsteen was among six honorees Monday night at the New York Public Library's annual "Library Lions" gala, which pays tribute to "outstanding achievements" in arts, culture, letters and scholarship.

3 weeks ago in Sports

College Football Playoff opens with 1 game Dec. 19 and 3 more on Dec. 20; TV and kickoff times set

The College Football Playoff will open with one first-round game on Dec. 19 and three more on Dec. 20, CFP administrators announced Tuesday.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Adam Sandler will receive AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, his second AARP prize

Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP's Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday.

3 weeks ago in Sports

Jets trade star cornerback Sauce Gardner to Colts in stunning deadline deal

The New York Jets pulled off a stunner by saying so long to Sauce Gardner. The star cornerback, one of the team's most popular and accomplished players, was traded to the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday for a first-round draft pick in 2026 and another in 2027, along with wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, pending physicals.

3 weeks ago in Sports

Brissett fills in for Murray again as Cardinals end 5-game skid with 27-17 victory over Cowboys

Jacoby Brissett had a stock answer ready for the question of whether the Arizona quarterback has done enough to be the replacement, not just the fill-in, for Kyler Murray.

3 weeks ago in World

Bend a knee like Beckham: Soccer star is knighted by King Charles III

When it came time to receive his knighthood, soccer great David Beckham knew what to do. He bent his knee like, well, Beckham. King Charles III tapped his shoulders with the blade of a sword and "Becks" was transformed to Sir David Beckham.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards

Fashion powerhouse couple A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have another fashion icon award to take home after Rocky was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America prize on Monday.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the year before, as its sales more than doubled following the launch of its hit Switch 2 console in June, the company said Tuesday.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive

Something has changed for "Wicked" star Jonathan Bailey, something is not the same — he is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2025.

3 weeks ago in National

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor as Mamdani faces Cuomo in a generational battle

New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.

3 weeks ago in National, Trending

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

3 weeks ago in National, Trending

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the government to keep the nation's largest food aid program running.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment, Music

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as "Suspicious Minds" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" and was a featured singer with the Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s, has died at 78.

3 weeks ago in World

Famine spreads to two more areas in Sudan, global hunger authority says

Famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan, including a major city in Darfur where paramilitary fighters have been rampaging, a global hunger monitoring group said Monday, as the war has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster.

3 weeks ago in National

NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

New York City's mayoral candidates are making a final push Monday to get voters to the polls, as the race to lead America's biggest city nears its finale.