Nick Dunlap is the first winner of the American Express event on the PGA Tour who likely leaves home without an American Express card. The 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama is an amateur golfer, so he couldn’t accept the $1.5-million prize earmarked for the winner of the tournament once known as the Bob…
EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers signed Corey Perry on Monday for the remainder of the season, adding the veteran winger to the hottest team in the NHL nearly two months since the Chicago Blackhawks terminated his contract for unacceptable conduct. Perry, 38, signed a a pro-rated deal for the league minimum $775,000 plus performance…
New York is poised to become the seventh-worst state in the US to take up retirement in 2024, according to a recent study from WalletHub. States that fared worse than New York include Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Mississippi, New Jersey and Kentucky, which landed in last place. WalletHub ranked all 50 US states on how retirement-friendly…
The AP Top 25 had another week of upheaval, with teams bouncing around like kernels in a popcorn maker. The same two teams remained at the top amid the poll turmoil. Reigning national champion Connecticut stayed No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, receiving 44 first-place votes from a 61-person…
Conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan got into a heated debate with MSNBC host Ari Melber on HBO’s “Real TIme with Bill Maher” when the scribe claimed that the left-leaning network pushes “propaganda all the time.” The show’s host Bill Maher played referee between his two guests on Friday night, as Sullivan argued that America’s political divisions…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jaguars are filling their defensive coordinator position with Atlanta’s Ryan Nielsen, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Nielsen spent last year as the defensive coordinator with Atlanta. The Jaguars initially requested to interview Nielsen after firing Mike Caldwell, but the Falcons blocked the interview request. But that was nullified when Atlanta fired…
The pace of job cuts by US employers accelerated in 2023, with the number of layoffs surging 98% compared with the previous year. That is according to a new report published by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which found that companies planned 721,677 job cuts last year, a substantial increase from the 363,832 layoffs reported in 2022. The…
Kansas State has its best ranking in 21 years after the Wildcats moved up to fourth in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll on Monday. The Wildcats, who climbed three spots, were last ranked this high in 2003. They have a key Big 12 Conference showdown Monday night at No. 13 Baylor. Kansas State is…
Elon Musk admitted to being “naive” about the recent rise in antisemitism after visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on Monday — an experience the tech mogul described as “incredibly moving.” “It hits you much more in the heart when you see it in person,” Musk, the world’s richest person, said after touring the…
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Gilead fell more than 10% on Monday after a key drug from the company did not significantly extend the lives of patients with a certain lung cancer in a late-stage trial. The results are a blow to Gilead, which is working to become a power player…
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