Florida executes Frank Walls for double murder conviction, marking the state's record 19th execution this year - more than any other state.

Skip Holtz stepped down after a four-year run coaching the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions. On Thursday, the team named three-time BCS champion AJ McCarron as the franchise's next coach.

Tahoe Truckee school district must switch to California sports league, creating winter weather travel dangers through Donner Pass that Rep. Kevin Kiley calls unsafe.

California candidate Esther Kim-Varet's campaign used wrong photo for endorsement announcement, sparking racial controversy in competitive House race.

Cardi B praised Saudi Arabia for its cleanliness and lack of homelessness while calling America "ghetto" and expressing declining feelings about her home country.

I have to ask: Why re-appear now? Why put yourself right back in the public eye?

Tourists resume on 231-8, still trailing by 158 runs
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Enough talk, Scott Boland is about to bowl the first over of day three. It’s much cooler in Adelaide, around 26 degrees.

“Honestly, it’s not England’s batting – that’s pretty much on par with Australia’s,” writes Andy Roberts. “The glaring difference is the bowling. If Australian batters look better, it’s because they are getting a lot more bad balls to hit. England couldn’t score any faster yesterday because the bowling was consistently accurate and tested the batter’s technique and concentration over after over, with no weak links. Compare that to England, with Jacks and Carse sending down rubbish time and time again.

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Jacinta Allan says husband Yorick Piper lost his driver’s licence after being intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on Thursday morning

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A tearful Jacinta Allan says she’s “deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed” after her husband lost his driving licence after being caught drink-driving during a trip to the supermarket.

The Victorian premier on Friday revealed her husband, Yorick Piper, was intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on his way to buy some groceries just before 9am on Thursday morning. He had been involved in a minor collision at an intersection shortly before the test.

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The royal had played on Wednesday as well, with a source telling us his participation was a complete surprise. 

The Colts didn’t check in with Andrew Luck before turning to Phillip Rivers. 

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro ordered his navy to escort ships out of port — a brazen challenge to President Trump’s newly declared “blockade” that risks a dangerous showdown with the US on the high seas.

The vast weight difference only adds to the pre-fight talking points, considering the large gap in skill sets between Paul and Joshua. 

Stand clear of the closing snorts! The MTA will dish out $7.3 million to expand its anti-fare evasion gadgets to nearly every subway station in the five boroughs — even though rule breakers have been laughing their way right past them. The MTA signed off this week on a deal with Boyce Technologies to add...

The couple have been shutting down split rumors since last month.

Prevost said he returned to the Catholic Church after years of struggling to find his place, since he believed the sins he had to confess were too jarring for the average priest to handle.

In state after state, a property-tax revolt could shape the political map ahead of the November 2026 midterms.

Joe Buck will be back in the baseball broadcast booth this season for ESPN, at least for one game.

The deal, set to close on Jan. 22, would end years of efforts to force ByteDance to divest its US business over national security concerns.

A heart-stopping encounter unfolded at an Aussie beach when a tiger shark came face-to-face with an unsuspecting dog.

Betts intended to suit up for the U.S. entry in the prestigious event, but his wife's pregnancy has changed his plans.

Deal with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, confirmed in internal memo, will allow app to continue operating in US

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US business to three American investors – Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX – ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States.

The deal is expected to close on 22 January, according to an internal memo seen by he Associated Press and Reuters. The TikTok chief executive officer, Shou Zi Chew, said in the memo that ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with the three investors.

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The duo defended each other on their "Behind the Table" podcast and claimed to only buy a few items.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named an architect of New York's controversial congestion pricing scheme as the city's new budget director on Thursday.

Top Senate Republicans sent a letter asking President Trump to allow Kyiv to purchase American weapons using the roughly $5 billion in frozen Russian funds in the US as the Kremlin resists the White House's peace plan to end the Ukraine war.