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The Minnesota Vikings were approaching a relatively clean bill of health entering the postseason but have lost one of their biggest contributors ahead of a pivotal season finale against the Detroit Lions. Following a 27-25 win over the Green Bay …

By TARA COPP, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available …

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is endorsing House Speaker Mike Johnson as he prepares to fight to keep his role leading Republicans in Congress. Trump said Monday in a post on his social …

Something interesting is emerging when it comes to the next chapter of the inflation story. For context, in the decade before COVID-19, the annual inflation rate (as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI)) ran at about 2 percent. When the global …

By Maureen O’Hare | CNN Sometimes it’s ignorance. Sometimes it’s hitting the airport bar too hard. Sometimes it’s being far from home and seemingly far from consequences. In the post-Covid era, more people are traveling than ever before. Record-breaking numbers …

Which winter gloves are best? With winter around the corner, it’s time to take inventory of our winter apparel and make a list of the items we still need to keep us warm. Between winter gloves getting a lot of …

Which snowboards are best? One of the most exhilarating and rewarding outdoor winter sports is snowboarding. While welcoming to all ages and skill levels, it can be a physically challenging, mentally stimulating and emotionally satisfying athletic pursuit. Of course, you need …

Lots of folks in SEC country have been saying it. It wasn’t 9-3 Alabama that would’ve had an honest chance to go all the way in the College Football Playoff. It wasn’t 9-3 Ole Miss, either. It was 9-3 South …

The New York Jets might be kicking the tires on a familiar face. Rex Ryan told radio host Jake Asman on “DiPietro & Rothenberg” on 880AM ESPN New York that he expects to interview for the vacant head coaching position …

On Sunday, Dec. 29, the Los Angeles Lakers sent D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a deal to acquire Dorian Finney-Smith. The move slams the door shut on Russell’s second tenure with the Lakers. The Lakers drafted …

When the New York Mets made Juan Soto the highest paid athlete in sports history, they deprived the New York Yankees of an offensive force that will be difficult to replace. Soto’s 7.9 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) number was sixth …

DEAR JOAN: My daughter has a dog that has been suffering with Cushing’s disease for several years now. She cannot get up on her own, cries when she wants to go out, wants to endlessly drink water and seriously can’t do …

By MARK KENNEDY | Associated Press NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87. Related Articles News …

The little guys, to the extent they can be considered little, are teetering. SMU was beaten decisively by Penn State, Clemson couldn’t handle Texas, and the ACC went 0-2 in the College Football Playoff. Now comes the Big 12’s turn. …

By María Paula Mijares Torres | Bloomberg For the winner of a $1.26 billion Mega Millions jackpot ticket sold in Northern California, the ecstasy of the big win may soon give way to the anxiety over some big choices. “This …

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of …

Plenty of people – parents and their kids, mostly – have heard of Captain Underpants, the tighty whitey-wearing superhero who fights crime with his unique “wedgie power.” Perhaps fewer have heard of the spin-off character Dog Man, also created by …

A South Bay organization is cleaning up creeks and rivers and recording the return of the king – salmon, that is. The East Bay Municipal Utility District recorded over 30,000 salmon returning to the Mokelumne River since September due to …

OAKLAND — A 42-year-old Hayward man was wounded multiple times early Monday in a drive-by shooting in East Oakland, authorities said. The man was in stable condition at a hospital. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Stockton man killed …

SAN JOSE — A Home Depot hardware store property that’s one of the anchors of a busy and high-profile retail and restaurant hub in San Jose has been bought for over $70 million. Realty Income Corp., acting through an affiliate, …