IRVING — The NFL will consider expanding replay assist to include facemask penalties and other plays. Officials have missed several obvious facemask penalties this season, including two in a three-week span during Thursday night games. "When we see it, because I see it like yourselves and the fans, I have...
Patrick Mahomes on Playing 3 Games in 11 Days: ‘It’s Not a Good Feeling’
KANSAS CITY — You can count Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes among those who are not exactly thrilled about the NFL forcing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions to play three times over an 11-day span in the coming weeks. The Chiefs are among four teams — the Texans,...
Selena Gomez Reveals Engagement to Benny Blanco
LOS ANGELES - Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it's being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated performer announced she was off the market in an Instagram post Wednesday of her ring and an embrace with her fiancé, with...
Louisiana Rapper NBA Youngboy Gets Nearly 2 Years in Jail for Gun Charges
LOGAN, Utah — A federal judge in Utah sentenced Louisiana rap artist NBA Youngboy to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges after he acknowledged having possessed weapons despite being a convicted felon. The rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, reached an agreement that resolved Utah state...
North Carolina Trustees Approve Bill Belichick’s Deal Ahead of His News Conference
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina's trustees have approved terms of the deal to hire Bill Belichick as the Tar Heels' new football coach, and the school is set to hold its introductory news conference for the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Thursday afternoon. The board met in the morning to...
Trump Has a New Favorite Foreign Leader. He’s Known as ‘the Madman.’
Opinion by Michelle Goldberg on Dec. 9, 2024. Javier Milei, the wild-haired Argentine president known by his supporters as “the madman,” has lately edged out Hungary’s Viktor Orban as the MAGA movement’s chief international inspiration. Donald Trump has called Milei his “favorite president,” and Milei was the first foreign leader...
Biden Commutes Roughly 1,500 Sentences and Pardons 39 People in Biggest Single-Day Act of Clemency
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday...
Colleges Warn Foreign Students to Get to Campus Before Trump Takes Office
With students at many colleges wrapping up final exams this week and preparing for their winter break, a number of schools, including Harvard University, University of Southern California and Cornell University, are advising their international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20. During...
Far-Right Militias Seek Role in Trump Deportation Plan
A few days after the election, William Teer, who runs the Texas Three Percenters, a local far-right militia group, wrote to President-elect Donald Trump with an offer: His organization could help Trump carry out his plan to deport millions of people who are in the United States illegally. “In support...
Trump Says His First Acts Will Include Deportations and Jan. 6 Pardons
President-elect Donald Trump said in a new interview that he will use the opening hours of his presidency to pardon people convicted of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, begin deportations of immigrants lacking permanent legal status and increase oil production. He also said during the interview, which...