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Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump...
WR Cooper Kupp leading way on, off field for Seahawks ahead of Super BowlVideo
SAN JOSE, Calif. — While Cooper Kupp donned a T-shirt Thursday in vehement support of quarterback Sam Darnold, the veteran wide receiver simultaneously received heaps of praise from his teammates. Four years removed from the most productive season of his career, Kupp will become the sixth player in NFL history...
Burnett scores career-high 31, No. 2 Michigan routs Penn State to reach school-record 21-1 mark
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nimari Burnett scored a career-high 31 points, leading No. 2 Michigan to a 110-69 win over Penn State on Thursday night. The Wolverines have won seven straight to set a school record with a 21-1 overall record. They are 11-1 in the Big Ten, tied atop...
Gotterup shoots 63, Scheffler struggles in 1st round of Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chris Gotterup seems to have figured out TPC Scottsdale, giving him a chance to finally see the Saturday spectacle of the Phoenix Open. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will need to go low in his next round if he’s going to get to the weekend. Gotterup shot a bogey-free...
There is Olympic gold in the air up there, but many of these daredevils aren’t huge fans
LIVIGNO, Italy — Ask freestyle skier Colby Stevenson if he likes big air, the most high-flying event in a sport full of them, and his answer is short and to the point. “No,’ he said. “I have no real use for it.” Which makes him pretty much like a lot...
1980 U.S. ‘Miracle on Ice’ hockey team looks back on run as Olympics arrive
From the coffee shops and bars to the local grocery stores, the neighbors know all about Mike Eruzione, Buzz Schneider and John Harrington for their roles in one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. They are long since retired, now more focused on their golf games than...
U.S. opens women’s Olympic hockey tournament with rout of Czechia
MILAN — Of all the elite players making up the U.S. women’s national team’s roster, coach John Wroblewski insisted the one he couldn’t do without at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games was Hayley Scamurra. It’s a decision Wroblewski made upon taking over the team four years ago. and one immediately...
Republicans reject complaint about Tulsi Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it
WASHINGTON — The Republican leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected a top-secret complaint from an anonymous government insider alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld classified information for political reasons. The responses this week from Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Rick Crawford mean the...
Patriots OC Josh McDaniels takes winding path, returns to Super Bowl for 10th time
SAN JOSE, Calif. — When it comes to being an offensive coordinator in the NFL, few coaches have fared better than New England’s Josh McDaniels. As a head coach, it’s been a completely different story. The six-time Super Bowl champion is back in the title game after taking a one-year...
Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR’s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them — the youngest driver in the field — hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back...
U.S. figure skating squad chasing more Olympic gold as competition set to start
MILAN — The powerful U.S. figure skating squad will have its first opportunity to shine at the Winter Olympics on Friday when the team competition begins at the Milano Ice Skating Arena just hours before the opening ceremony. The Americans are the defending champions in the event. After they were...
Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein
Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday from Paul, Weiss,...
3 dead, 6 hurt after car hits bicyclist and crashes into Los Angeles grocery storeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Three people were killed and six others were hurt after a car collided with a bicyclist and then slammed into a grocery store Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after noon at a 99 Ranch Market in the city’s Westwood neighborhood,...
Tarik Skubal wins salary arbitration case, will be paid record $32 million
Tarik Skubal won his salary arbitration hearing with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner will be paid a record $32 million this year instead of the team’s $19 million offer. Jeanne Charles, Walt De Treux and Allen Ponak made the decision one day after...
Antetokounmpo remains with Bucks as NBA trade deadline passes
Giannis Antetokounmpo remained with the Milwaukee Bucks while plenty of other players changed addresses as the NBA trade deadline passed Thursday. Antetokounmpo had been the center of attention heading into the trade deadline amid reports that the Milwaukee Bucks started listening to offers for the two-time MVP and nine-time all-NBA...
Pizza Hut closing 250 stores as parent company considers selling the brand
Pizza Hut plans to close 250 U.S. restaurants in the first half of this year as its parent company considers a sale of the chain. Yum Brands said Wednesday it’s targeting underperforming Pizza Hut restaurants in its system. Pizza Hut has more than 6,000 locations in the U.S. Louisville, Kentucky-based...
Hims & Hers launches copy of Wegovy pill, prompting legal threats from drugmaker Novo Nordisk
WASHINGTON — Telehealth company Hims & Hers said Thursday it will launch a cheaper, off-brand version of the weight-loss pill Wegovy, just weeks after drugmaker Novo Nordisk launched its highly anticipated reformulation of the blockbuster medication. The announcement from Hims is the latest example of the company’s efforts to capitalize...
What to know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show’s Savannah Guthrie
There was no public response to an emotional plea from “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie after her mother’s apparent kidnapping, as authorities hunt for whomever might have forcibly taken Nancy Guthrie from her home in Tucson, Arizona, over the weekend. The case is urgent because the 84-year-old has a pacemaker...
Explosion in illegal coal mine kills at least 18 workers in India’s Meghalaya state
GUWAHATI, India — An explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya on Thursday, killing at least 18 workers and injuring another, authorities said. Police officer Vikash Kumar said rescue teams recovered 18 bodies from the site of the explosion in a remote area of...
ICE should ‘surround’ polling places in midterm elections, Steve Bannon says
Far right-wing firebrand Steve Bannon is calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to “surround” polling places in the upcoming midterm elections, a move that would amount to an unprecedented effort to intimidate voters. The ally of President Donald Trump claimed that ICE agents, who have spearheaded the president’s nationwide...
Morocco evacuates 140,000 people as torrential rains and dam releases trigger floods
RABAT, Morocco — More than 140,000 people were evacuated from their homes in northwestern Morocco as heavy rainfall and water releases from overfilled dams led to flooding, the Interior Ministry said. Stormy weather also disrupted maritime traffic between Morocco and Spain. Torrential rains and water releases from overfilled dams raised...
Mickey Lolich, hero of the 1968 World Series for the Detroit Tigers, dies at 85
DETROIT — Mickey Lolich, who earned three complete-game wins for the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 World Series, the last Major League Baseball pitcher to accomplish that feat, died Wednesday. He was 85. The Tigers said Lolich’s wife told them he died after a short stay in hospice care. An...
Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests
NEW YORK — During the early years of the covid-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study suggests they were right. The federally funded study published Thursday by the medical journal JAMA Oncology is being called the first to assess the...
Coworkers of different generations mentor each other to reduce workplace misunderstandings
NEW YORK — Barbara Goldberg brings a stack of newspapers to the office every day. The CEO of a Florida public relations firm scours stories for developments relevant to her clients while relishing holding the pages in her hand. “I want to touch it, feel it, turn the page and...
Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats’ video about ‘illegal orders’
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders” — escalating a dispute that President Donald Trump has publicly pushed. In letters first obtained by The Associated Press,...
