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FIFA’s newly expanded Club World Cup kicks off in Miami on June 14, featuring some of soccer’s biggest stars like Lionel Messi and greatest teams like Real Madrid. But the launch of the new-look tournament, staged in the United States, also comes with uncertainty over how it will be embraced in an already bloated calendar where soccer is played virtually year-round.This is world governing body FIFA’s big play to get a stronghold in the club game. Until now, club soccer’s marquee events have been regional competitions such as the prestigious Champions League, which is organized by European soccer body UEFA.FIFA…

Shari Redstone, chair of Paramount Global, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, a spokesperson for Redstone confirmed Thursday. “Shari Redstone was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this spring,” the spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. “While it has been a challenging period, she is maintaining all professional and philanthropic activities throughout her treatment, which is ongoing. She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent.”No further details were immediately provided. The 71-year-old Redstone is the non-executive chair of the Paramount Board of Directors and the controlling shareholder of National Amusements, Paramount Global’s parent company. Paramount Global…

PARIS (AP) — The biggest difference Coco Gauff sees between the player who lost her first Grand Slam final at the 2022 French Open at age 18, and the one who will play for the trophy again on Saturday at 21, this time against No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, is the way she views the importance of the occasion.Three years ago at Roland-Garros, Gauff was making her debut on that sort of stage and with that sort of prize at stake. It felt like the outcome meant absolutely everything, a burden that was a lot at the time and made her…

We can now put a price on Elon Musk’s very public breakup with President Donald Trump.Musk’s net worth dropped by $34 billion on Thursday, one of the worst single-day wipeouts of his personal wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Until Thursday, Musk had mostly kept his criticism geared toward the GOP’s “big beautiful bill.” Everything changed once Musk’s rant against the president turned personal. Musk denied Trump’s characterization that Musk was only critical of the bill because it would remove tax credits that benefit Tesla. He then went further in his tirade, digging up old tweets from the president that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University.Trump’s proclamation, issued Wednesday, marked the latest attempt by his administration to cut off the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college from a quarter of its student body, which accounts for much of Harvard’s research and scholarship. Harvard filed a legal challenge the next day, asking for a judge to block Trump’s order and calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands. Harvard said the president was attempting an end-run around…

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Texas in Game 2 on Thursday night.The Game 3 showdown on Friday matches teams looking for their first national title.Canady, who allowed a go-ahead, two-run single for Texas while trying to walk a member of the Longhorns in the sixth inning of an eventual 2-1 loss in the series opener on Wednesday, again went the distance for the Red Raiders. She has pitched…

Anysphere, the maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, has raised $900 million at a $9.9 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. The round was led by returning investor Thrive Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and DST Global. The massive round is Anysphere’s third fundraise in less than a year. The 3-year-old startup secured its previous capital haul of $100 million at a pre-money valuation of $2.5 billion late last year, as TechCrunch was first to report.  AI coding assistants, often referred to as “vibe coders,” have emerged as one of AI’s most popular applications, with Cursor leading the category. Anysphere’s…

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.The woman, an otherwise healthy 71-year-old, developed “severe neurologic symptoms,” including fever, headache and an altered mental status, four days after she filled a nasal irrigation device with tap water from her RV’s water system at a Texas campsite, the CDC report said.She was treated for primary amebic meningoencephalitis — a brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba.” Despite treatment, the woman experienced…

The clock started ticking when Michelle Mazzola’s son, Guy, was diagnosed with autism before his second birthday. Doctors told her the sooner Guy received therapy for his nonverbal communication and behavioral challenges, the better chance he had of reaching his full potential — and perhaps entering a kindergarten with neurotypical students.Like many parents, Mazzola hoped to find therapists who were covered by their insurance. So she consulted a directory of providers listed as “in-network” on her insurance company’s website.Mazzola spent two weeks calling providers on the list, but found no viable options.“Probably 50% of the time no one answered the…