NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Dustin May left his start against the New York Mets with a bruised right scapula after throwing one pitch Wednesday night. May was hit in the upper back by A.J. Ewing’s 106 mph line drive leading off the bottom of the first inning. The ball ricocheted o
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war. Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace high re
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Nvidia has been in serious talks to acquire AI platform Hugging Face in a deal that would value the company at more than $13 billion, Business Insider reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Ca
ATLANTA (AP) — NFL players will face a one-game suspension this season if they accumulate three penalties in certain designated categories, the league and the players’ union announced Wednesday. The NFL and the NFLPA said in a statement that they have agreed to place a greater emphasis on five healt
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in a federal court against Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, seeking damages of 500 million reais (about $97 million) for the company’s alleged failure to protect children online. The move comes i
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has set the timeline for Bryan Kohberger’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students, and he is warning attorneys on both sides that he will hold any new evidence in the case to a strict legal standard. Fourth District
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Shovelful by shovelful, investigators sifted through the charred remnants of a Montana home where four generations of a family were killed as they gathered for Sunday dinner, searching for evidence that might help explain what happened and why. Alan Smith, 44, killed his grand
By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) – The San Jose Earthquakes acquired playmaking midfielder Eduard Lowen from St. Louis City on Wednesday for $425,000 in general allocation money and up to $500,000 in conditional GAM, pending performance-based incentives. Lowen, 29, was in his fourth s
By Ann Saphir Aug 26 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyer on Wednesday offered a detailed rebuttal to the accusations of mortgage fraud that U.S. President Donald Trump asserts provide cause to fire her, saying they rely “on untried and unproven allegations of criminal wrongdoing.
Some Hollywood decisions defy logic. Like, who looked at the world of Looney Tunes, those unhinged cartoons of our youth, and thought: Let’s add a bunch of personal injury lawyers. Such is the premise of the clunky, too-earnest, live-action-toon-hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme,” a film initially mothballed
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit three countries in and around the Caribbean when he travels to the region for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, which begins Nov. 1 in St. John’s, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. Charles’ autumn tour will begin Oct. 27 in th
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced a drought disaster on Wednesday for more than two dozen cities and towns in Puerto Rico as water woes deepen across the U.S. Caribbean territory, with no relief in sight. More than 33% of Puerto Rico is under extreme drought, and another 30%
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Meta will pay up to $18 billion to resolve claims by U.S. states that Facebook and Instagram are designed to keep young users hooked, ending one of the highest-profile tests of allegations that social media companies harm children. The agreement, reached during a California federa
BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Alibaba’s Qwen has released a new multimodal model, Qwen3.8-Flash, that delivers stronger coding and office-task performance while cutting training costs, it said in a statement on Wednesday published on social media. • As e-commerce growth stagnates, AI has become the bi
The first large site in the continental U.S. for testing technologies that generate electricity from ocean waves is now open after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration. The federal approval is notable because President Donald Trump has created massive hurdles for clean
Fun-to-drive coupes have been on the wane in the past few decades, which makes it worth paying attention when a new one shows up. The Honda Prelude returns after a 26-year hiatus for 2026, and it’s got some interesting elements to it. It comes standard with a frugal hybrid powertrain — which you wou
Ukrainian long-range drones struck for the second time in five weeks a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, causing a fire that burned it to the ground, local authorities said on Wednesday. The depot in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow, which is several hundred kilomet
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of people were reported missing after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure. Officials said 384 tourists
BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Thousands of revelers descended on Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, where they painted the small Spanish town red with up to 165 tons of overripe tomatoes. Loaded trucks plodded through the crowd with people in their cargo beds throwing tomatoes at the re
TAIPEI, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Taiwan must demonstrate its resolve to defend itself and pass a six-year, T$210 billion ($6.6 billion) special budget to buy military drones, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday ahead of a crucial vote in the opposition-controlled parliament. Taiwan’s government says
Aug 26 (Reuters) – German companies are increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks that they suspect are linked to foreign intelligence services, a study by digital industry association Bitkom showed on Wednesday. More than one in three companies hit by cyberattacks, or 37%, said they had attribute
BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Many people were feared dead or missing after a mudslide hit major border crossing between China and Nepal in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. “At approximately 10:30 AM (0230 GMT) on August 26, due to a mudslide occurring on
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Aug 26 (Reuters) – China’s Moonshot AI is negotiating revenue-sharing agreements with Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google that would allow the U.S. cloud giants to host its blockbuster Kimi K3 model, three people familiar with the talks said. Any deal could mark the first big
SEC joins Big Ten in banning pros from returning to college, including basketball players The Southeastern Conference has passed a rule banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues. With Tuesday’s move, the SEC joins the Big Ten in taking a st
Pakistan Delivers US Offer to Iran To End Blockade, Reopen Hormuz By The Media Line Staff Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir delivered a US proposal to Iran offering an end to economic sanctions and the naval blockade in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting atta
Israeli Arms, Iranian Drones and Turkish Oil: Azerbaijan’s High-Stakes Balancing Act Bordering Russia and Iran while cultivating Israel and Turkey, Baku seeks security through competing partnerships—and offers itself as a mediator when its allies collide By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line “We canno
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Raiders’ offensive line is far from proven, no wide receiver has emerged as a true No. 1 and a rookie could be the starting running back entering the season. Probably not the ideal situation to start a first-year quarterback, but players drafted first overall — as Fernando
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a California man with what they said was a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol complex. Police detained 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, shortly after 3 p.m., when the truck he was
The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for a record-breaking nine months was released from immigration detention, according to his family. His arrest sparked intense backlash after The Associated Press reported that his son was entering his ninth month on the USS A
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government issued a travel alert for Americans planning to visit Mexicali in northern Mexico and temporarily suspended consular activities in the border city due to a “potential threat,” without providing details. The notice, released Monday night, said that because of in
