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NFL teams don’t use game-day roster flexibility with emergency QBs as often as one would think

Brian Schottenheimer is two games into his head coaching career with the Dallas Cowboys, and he didn’t have an emergency quarterback designated for either one. This after a year as Dallas offensive coordinator when the Cowboys had Trey Lance available as a third quarterback every week because they wanted to protect him from waivers. The NFL is […]

SEPT. 16, 2025

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery

Fanuse Adete, 38 years-old, holds up a candle she uses to light her home at night in the Menabichu district on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

 Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō in Japanese. That legacy is facing quiet resistance. While professional sumo — the sumo that the world […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don’t have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new research shows. Scientists studied a series of short videos of wild octopuses crawling, swimming, standing, fetching, and groping — among other common activities — to analyze how each of […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

Apple’s iPhone 17 line-up includes a new ultra-thin model and $100 price hike for Pro model

Apple on Tuesday rolled out its next generation iPhones, which include a new ultra-thin model and a slight price hike for one of its high-end models, while the company feels the squeeze of a global trade war. The iPhone 17 line-up includes a new slimmed-down model that will adopt the “Air” name that Apple already […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open championship and No. 1 ranking arrive thanks to his variety

Here’s the thing about watching Carlos Alcaraz play tennis: He will hit shots no one else would dare try, make them, then crack a smile and rile up a crowd by pointing to his ear or raising his fist. And here’s the thing about trying to beat Carlos Alcaraz at tennis: He is never quite the exact […]

SEPT. 8, 2025

Another New Hampshire man gets a pig kidney as transplant trials are poised to start

A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animals organs really might save human lives. The 54-year-old New Hampshire man is faring well after his June 14 operation, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Monday. “I really wanted to contribute […]

SEPT. 8, 2025

Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

This narrative- and policy-driven story looked beyond cities and captured the threats rural areas face amid proposals to cut affordable housing programs. Atlanta-based reporter Charlotte Kramon teamed up with Jesse Bedayn in Denver for in-depth coverage of a proposal to cut the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Housing advocates and nonprofit housing providers told Kramon that […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

China displays its military strength in a parade on the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII

BEIJING (AP) — China showcased its military might in a parade Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II as it seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage. Leader Xi Jinping, speaking before the parade, paid tribute to Chinese veterans of the war. Since coming to power in 2012, he has sought […]

SEPT. 3, 2025

Good wood: MLB hitters cutting down on strikeouts, even in age of increased velocity

Arizona’s Ketel Marte was on the defensive in the 10th inning of a recent game between the Diamondbacks and Reds, desperately fouling off a handful of 100 mph heaters and 90 mph sliders from Cincinnati flamethrower Graham Ashcraft in a riveting battle. Then on the 13th pitch of the at-bat, the All-Star second baseman muscled a […]

AUG. 27, 2025

For many families, every meal is a struggle in Venezuela’s economic crisis

Alnilys Chirino’s tiny fridge and pantry are almost empty — a handful of peppers and wilting herbs, a kilo of rice, half that of beans, a bit of canned meat, some flour. Chirino used to worry about food spoiling quickly under western Venezuela’s punishing heat. These days, her meager supplies rarely last long enough to […]

AUG. 27, 2025