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APRIL 24, 2026

Nvidia’s AI chip sales surged again in latest quarter, but worries about a tech bubble persist

Nvidia’s sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets remained a hot commodity during the company’s latest quarter, but the demand wasn’t quite feverish enough to ease recent worries that the AI craze may be fading. The results announced Wednesday were hotly anticipated because Nvidia has emerged as key barometer of a two-year-old AI boom that has […]

AUG. 27, 2025

Chase Briscoe’s playoff expectations increase with JGR as NASCAR postseason starts at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The pressure has ramped up for defending Southern 500 winner Chase Briscoe as the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs approach.

AUG. 30, 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

5 former players are running baseball operations in the majors. More could be on the way

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Shortly after his playing career ended, Jerry Dipoto took in a game at Wrigley Field with former big league manager Jim Fregosi. After a particularly nasty strikeout by Eric Gagne, Dipoto laughed. Fregosi promptly slapped Dipoto on the back of his head. “He said, ‘I’m just going to remind you today. […]

FEB. 25, 2025

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka is back in a Slam’s 3rd round for the 1st time in 3 years

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in, she sailed a forehand service return well long and, just like that, trailed 5-0. Osaka strode to the sideline for the changeover, plopped herself down and draped a white […]

JAN. 15, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek head into 2026 in search of a career Grand Slam

Carlos Alcaraz knows what matters the most to him in 2026 and isn’t shy about telling the world: He wants to win the Australian Open to complete a career Grand Slam. That would make him the ninth man in tennis history with at least one singles championship from each of the sport’s four most prestigious tournaments — and, at 22 […]

JAN. 15, 2026

Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ turns an apocryphal text about Jesus’ youth into a horror film

In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text about the life of Jesus was simultaneously spreading. Although the Infancy Gospel of Thomas didn’t make it into the New Testament, it remained popular among Christians for centuries. When filmmaker Lotfy Nathan was introduced to the apocryphal text […]

NOV. 13, 2025

The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth’s detailed attack plans against the Houthis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen’s Houthis this month on behalf of the United States […]

MARCH 28, 2025

People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog

It turns out many Americans aren’t great at identifying which personal decisions contribute most to climate change. A study recently published by the National Academy of Sciences found that when asked to rank actions, such as swapping a car that uses gasoline for an electric one, carpooling or reducing food waste, participants weren’t very accurate when assessing […]

AUG. 13, 2025

Villagers in southern Lebanon begin to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal

KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon. Top Lebanese leaders denounced the continued presence of the Israeli troops as an occupation and […]

FEB. 18, 2025

Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida. His second White House is looking a lot like the inside of […]

JAN. 28, 2025