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ATLANTA (AP) — By the time Patrick Cantlay wrapped up his fourth birdie in the last five holes for a 6-under 64 to take the lead, and Tommy Fleetwood dried himself off from a double bogey with a pair of birdies for a 67 to catch him, the Tour Championship was left with tantalizing possibilities.At stake on the final day of the season was the FedEx Cup.And the Ryder Cup.There was Fleetwood, embracing yet another chance to get his first PGA Tour title. There was Scottie Scheffler, who wins all the time.And right in the thick of it was Ryder…
Five people are dead after a tour bus with more than 50 passengers lost control and rolled over on a major highway in western New York on Friday, state police said.The bus was traveling back to New York City from Niagara Falls, police said. It was going eastbound on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, around 30 miles northeast of Buffalo and 40 miles southeast of Niagara Falls.”For unknown reasons, the vehicle lost control, went into the median, over-corrected and ended up in the ditch” on the side of the road, state Trooper James O’Callaghan said. The bus was…
Former Meta executive Nick Clegg has delivered a biting review of Silicon Valley culture and its so-called “tech bros.”Speaking with The Guardian to promote his coming book, “How to Save the Internet,” Clegg, who was Meta’s president of global affairs before announcing his resignation in January, described the California tech hub as “cloyingly conformist.””Everyone wears the same clothes, drives the same cars, listens to the same podcasts, follows the same fads,” he said. “It’s a place born of an immense sort of herd-like behavior.”Before Meta, Clegg was the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats and the country’s deputy prime minister…
NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in seven innings, Trevor Story homered and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 12-1 on Saturday.Star rookie Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman each drove in a run for Boston, which defeated New York for the eighth straight time after losing the rivals’ first meeting on June 6. The Red Sox, second in the NL East to Toronto, moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the Yankees in the division. Boston and New York are both in position for wild-card playoff spots.Crochet (14-5) took over…
Would you be interested in a $10,000 monthly check with no strings attached?That’s a reality that former OpenAI researcher Miles Brundage said could be possible in the age of AI.Tech leaders have long called for a universal basic income, or UBI, to offset job loss due to artificial intelligence.A universal basic income is generally considered a monthly government stipend for the entire population. It differs from the guaranteed basic income programs that many cities and states are experimenting with these days. Those typically provide recurring payments to a specific population based on socioeconomic status. So far, most of these experiments…
DUBLIN (AP) — Rocco Becht passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, helping No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Kansas State 24-21 in the Aer Lingus Classic on Saturday.Becht was 14 for 28 for 183 yards. He found Dominic Overby for a 23-yard TD in the first quarter and passed to Brett Eskildsen for a 24-yard score in the third quarter.With 2:26 to go, Iowa State coach Matt Campbell had his team go for it on fourth-and-3 at the Kansas State 16-yard line. Becht found Carson Hansen for 15 yards and iced the game.“He called a great…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler’s season is over.Wheeler was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome and will require additional surgery that’s expected to sideline him for six to eight months, the team announced Saturday.Wheeler had a follow-up evaluation following a procedure Monday to remove a blood clot from his upper right arm. After receiving a second opinion, it was recommended that Wheeler undergo thoracic outlet decompression surgery in the coming weeks. Such a surgery would threaten Wheeler’s ability to start the 2026 season on time.“It’s disappointing, but everybody knows it’s out of our control,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson.…
ECONOMY BOROUGH, Pa. (AP) — A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital, officials said.Twenty-five Aliquippa Junior High students and three adults were headed to a game in nearby Gibsonia. The crash occurred in Economy Borough, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh.Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O’Brien said he didn’t have information on the medical status of those taken to hospitals.O’Brien said he understood the bus turned on its side during the crash but came back upright as the students were…
College football returned on Saturday — for a few schools, anyway. A small slate of games, including No. 17 Kansas State and No. 22 Iowa State playing in Ireland, gave viewers hungry for college football something to nibble on before the season kicks into high gear next weekend. It’s called Week 0 and offers fans more than, well, nothing. Other games included Stanford at Hawaii; Fresno State and Kansas; Sam Houston at Western Kentucky; and Idaho State at UNLV. Why there’s a Week 0Under NCAA rules, the first games in college football typically take place the Saturday before Labor Day.…
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Liu Wei-Heng pitched 5 1/3 innings to help Taiwan beat Aruba 1-0 in their Little League World Series international semifinal on Saturday, giving Taiwan a chance to win its first LLWS title since 1996.The Taiwanese will play the winner of the U.S. semifinal between Connecticut and Nevada.In a game dominated by defense, Chen Shi-Hong opened up the third inning with a full-count walk. He advanced on a passed ball and a single, then scored on an errant throw from third baseman Liam Peña Caraballo to first.Facing runners on second and third with nobody out, Aruba…