Patriots Put Romeo Doubs on Injured Reserve
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots moved wide receiver Romeo Doubs to injured reserve Monday with a shoulder injury he suffered while scoring in Sunday’s win over the New York Jets. Doubs came down hard on the shoulder after a diving grab in the end zone in the first quarter, a 42-yard touchdown that
Grupe, Poona Ford Done for Season as Rams Injuries Mount
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — A preseason Super Bowl favorite now sits at 2-4 and absorbed another round of bad news Monday, when coach Sean McVay said the Rams will be without two players for the rest of the season and a third for up to 10 weeks after Sunday's home loss to Arizona. Kicker Blake
Raiders Target Third-Quarter Slump After Three-Game Skid
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Raiders keep walking out of halftime in decent shape and walking off the field with losses, and coach Klint Kubiak said Monday the staff is taking apart its halftime routine to find out why. Las Vegas opened the season 3-0 before a run against contenders turned into a three-game skid. After
Five-Loss Wisconsin Ranked No. 4 by NCAA Volleyball Panel
MADISON, Wis. — A tough early schedule is paying off for Wisconsin volleyball. The NCAA Division I selection committee placed the Badgers fourth in its in-season top 16, a spot higher than they have reached in the coaches poll all season, even though they have already lost five matches. The committee, which reviewed 64 teams
Jackson State Retakes No. 1 in HBCU Football Polls
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State is back on top of the HBCU football rankings this week, reclaiming No. 1 in both the coaches and media polls after Morgan State's stumble opened the door. The Tigers, now 6-1, beat Florida A&M 27-17 on Saturday and collected nine of the 17 first-place votes from coaches. Alabama A&M
Japan Launches Probe to Fetch Soil From Mars Moon Phobos
TANEGASHIMA, Japan — Japan sent a spacecraft toward Mars early Tuesday, local time, on a mission designed to land on the larger Martian moon, Phobos, gather a handful of its surface material and carry it back to Earth. The Martian Moons eXploration probe, known as MMX, rode an H3 rocket off the pad at the
Navy Raises Gecko Robotics Ship Inspection Deal to $300M
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The U.S. Navy is betting bigger on climbing robots and artificial intelligence to keep its warships out of the repair yard, more than quadrupling the cap on a maintenance inspection deal with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics to $300 million. The expansion, announced Tuesday, comes only six months after the Navy and the General
TikTok Staff Warned Leaders of Child Safety Risks
OAKLAND, Calif. — Employees inside TikTok spent years pressing company leaders about dangers the app posed to children, from minors appearing in paid sexual livestreams to teens slipping past age limits, and many of them came away frustrated with the response, according to sworn depositions filed in federal court in March. The testimony belongs to
Midterm Ad Spending Tops $10B as Super PACs Pour in Cash
WASHINGTON — Money for political ads in this year’s midterm elections has blown past $10 billion, a record for a non-presidential year, and the total is on track to climb to about $11.6 billion by the Nov. 3 vote, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. The previous midterm high was $8.9 billion in 2022. The
Cost of Living Anger Drives Protests Across Europe
PARIS — The unrest that swept French cities over the weekend is part of a wider wave of anger across Europe, where hundreds of thousands of people have marched against high rents, fuel and food bills and public services they say are falling apart. France drew the biggest crowds, with more than half a million