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OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — The first shot of the 125th U.S. Open on Thursday embodied so much of what this championship is about. Matt Vogt, an Indiana dentist who went through 54 holes of qualifying, sent his tee shot soaring into the rough at Oakmont.Vogt, who once caddied at Oakmont before moving on to root canals, managed to use the severe slope of the first fairway for his ball to tumble onto the green for a par.There are high expectations everywhere at the major known as the toughest test in golf — for Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1; for…

Just weeks after winning the Champions League for the first time in its history, Paris Saint-Germain’s eyes are now fixed on FIFA’s shiny new Club World Cup.The newly-crowned European champion can add the world title to a trophy haul that also included a French league and cup double this season.“We want to finish the season in style with the cherry on the cake,” coach Luis Enrique said.PSG had already qualified for the rebooted Club World Cup in the United States, but its Champions League triumph may still have come as a relief to FIFA.That’s because, while the winner of the…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — What Alistair Docherty thought was smoke was really the powder bursting out of the freshly deployed airbag.There was no mistaking the blood and glass covering everything in the wrecked white minivan.Docherty was driving May 20 when he got T-boned in an intersection, two days before the Korn Ferry’s Visit Knoxville Open. On June 2, the 31-year-old, who missed his PGA Tour card by two spots at the end of last season, qualified for the U.S. Open. At 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Docherty will tee off at Oakmont. It’s no stretch to say he’s happy to be here,…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — TJ McConnell stole inbounds passes not once, not twice, but three times in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. He waved his arms, pumped his fists and shouted at an already delirious crowd to make more noise.Bennedict Mathurin made just about every shot, calm and cool, always coming up with the bucket that Indiana needed.Separately, they couldn’t seem more different. Together, they were a two-man bench wrecking crew for the Pacers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals — two of the biggest reasons why Indiana has a 2-1 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Leading the Stanley Cup Final 2-1, the Florida Panthers can move to the verge of a second consecutive championship if they beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 at home Thursday night. The Panthers were upbeat and relaxed at their final full practice before the potential swing game, with players downplaying the gravity of the situation.“I feel like every game’s so big during this time,” center Anton Lundell said Wednesday. “The stakes gets higher. Everybody wants to win. But we both know for both teams it’s a big game, and we want to be good.”They…

To get hired at Cursor, an AI coding assistant built by Anysphere, you can’t use AI in your interview.”We actually still interview people without allowing them to use AI, other than autocomplete, for first technical screens,” said Michael Truell, the cofounder and CEO of Anysphere, on an episode of Y Combinator’s podcast published Wednesday.”Programming without AI is still a really great time-boxed test for skill and intelligence,” Truell said, adding that those are core qualities he looks for in a teammate.There’s another reason behind the rule: fairness.”We’ve hired lots of people who are fantastic programmers who actually have no experience…

Defense tech company Voyager Technologies closed its first day of trading 82% higher than its initial public offering price.Voyager, which provides software for space and defense tech companies, priced its New York Stock Exchange debut at $31 per share on Tuesday. It offered 12.4 million shares and closed at $56.48 per share on Wednesday. Shares continued climbing after hours.Voyager plans to use the cash injection from the offering to fund investment in research and development programs and buy assets needed for growth, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. A portion of the proceeds may also be used to…

Ananda Lewis, a former MTV VJ, has died at the age of 52.Lakshmi Emory, whom Lewis once described as a “phenomenal sister” in a birthday message, shared news of her death in a June 11 Facebook post.“She’s free, and in His heavenly arms,” she wrote next to a black-and-white photo of Lewis. “Lord, rest her soul.”Emory did not share additional details, including Lewis’ cause of death.Lewis was an MTV staple in the late ‘90s, hosting “Total Request Live” and video countdown show “Hot Zone.” She also hosted her own talk show “The Ananda Lewis Show” in 2001.Lewis was diagnosed with…

Gun deaths among children have risen over a 13-year period in states with lax firearm laws, according to a new study published this week in JAMA Pediatrics, a peer-reviewed medical journal.Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho and Georgia were among the states that saw a jump in pediatric gun deaths after amending their firearms restrictions following a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that applied the Second Amendment to the states, researchers found.Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital and the study’s lead author, said he started the research after wondering why gun deaths among children were so high. Firearms are…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday eight new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisory committee, some of whom have been critics of shots — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.It comes just two days after Kennedy removed all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), claiming the panel was plagued by conflicts of interest and was a “rubber stamp” for all vaccines.The ACIP makes recommendations on the safety, efficacy and clinical need of vaccines, and the CDC has the final say on whether or not…