PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is still in the NFL's concussion protocol, forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to play against Dallas without their star quarterback. The Eagles will turn to backup Kenny Pickett on Sunday because Hurts is still dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion suffered against Washington. Hurts was...
Struggling Kings Fire Coach Mike Brown, AP Source Says
SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the firing hadn't been announced...
US Homelessness up 18% as Affordable Housing Remains Out of Reach for Many People
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Warren Upton, the Oldest Living Survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dies at 105
HONOLULU — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the...
An Online Debate Over Foreign Workers in Tech Shows Tensions in Trump’s Political Coalition
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the...
A 9th Telecoms Firm Has Been Hit by a Massive Chinese Espionage Campaign, the White House Says
WASHINGTON — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials...
Mavs Star Luka Doncic Will Be Out a Month With Calf Injury
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic will be out about a month before being re-evaluated for a calf injury sustained in a Christmas Day loss to Minnesota, a person with knowledge of the injury said Friday. Doncic underwent an MRI on his strained left calf, the person told The...
Surging Rams Host Cardinals in Rematch of Rare Blowout Loss for McVay
INGLEWOOD — When the Los Angeles Rams host the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night, one team will be steaming toward a division title, while the other will be playing out a disappointing non-playoff season. If you had only watched these NFC West rivals' first meeting in Week 2, you would...
Chargers Focus on Avoiding a Letdown in Matchup with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH — If Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh has given any thought to the possibility of clinching a playoff berth in his first season with the team with a win at New England on Saturday, he isn't letting it show. "Just attacking, that's our mindset. Win the next game,"...
Lions Head Into NFC Title Game Rematch vs. 49ers Seeking Top Seed
SANTA CLARA — Dan Campbell stood at the podium after Detroit blew a 17-point lead to San Francisco in last season's NFC title game and talked about how that might have been the Lions' only shot at reaching the Super Bowl. The coach knew how difficult it would be to...