Hometown favorite Nelly Korda takes 4-shot lead in LPGA Drive On Championship

Hometown favorite Nelly Korda takes 4-shot lead in LPGA Drive On Championship

BRADENTON – Hometown favorite Nelly Korda shot a 3-under 68 with an eagle-birdie finish Saturday to take a four-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship. Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory at Bradenton Country Club, Korda rebounded with the late flurry after making consecutive bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8…

Pratt Institute to expand footprint at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Pratt Institute to expand footprint at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Dock 72 needed some good news — and it got it. Developers Boston Properties and Rudin snared Pratt Institute as a new tenant. The 62,570 square-foot lease will bring to the Brooklyn Navy Yard cutting-edge waterfront office building Pratt’s new MFA studios, which will have the entire third floor. The venerable private college will move…

Roger Penske is closing in on his first Rolex 24 at Daytona victory since 1969

Roger Penske is closing in on his first Rolex 24 at Daytona victory since 1969

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Roger Penske was in position to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the first time since 1969 when one of his two Porsche entries — the one with Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden in the lineup — was leading with under four hours remaining Sunday. Penske last won the most…

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’

French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest. Activists hurl soup at ‘Mona Lisa’

PARIS — France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to their…

How to watch Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers in NFC championship: Channel, livestream, time

How to watch Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers in NFC championship: Channel, livestream, time

The Detroit Lions are just one win away from the first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. To get there, they’ll have to beat the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game on Sunday. The Niners also have some unfinished business — they’ve lost in the NFC title round the past two seasons….

A quiet weekend at the box office with ‘The Beekeeper’ on top and some Oscar boosts

A quiet weekend at the box office with ‘The Beekeeper’ on top and some Oscar boosts

Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “ The Beekeeper ” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4 million to take the No. 1…

How to watch Chiefs vs. Ravens in AFC championship: Channel, game time, livestream

How to watch Chiefs vs. Ravens in AFC championship: Channel, game time, livestream

Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens host Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC championship on Sunday. The Ravens were the No. 1 seed in the AFC and cruised in their first postseason game, beating the Texans 34-10 last weekend. The Chiefs — a No. 3 seed — are playing in the…

Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, AP-NORC poll finds

Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, AP-NORC poll finds

NEW YORK — A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Two-thirds of U.S. taxpayers say they…

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are in Saudi Arabia to continue their around-the-world preseason tour

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are in Saudi Arabia to continue their around-the-world preseason tour

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Inter Miami played six preseason matches last season. Most were behind closed doors with few people watching, all took place in Florida and the biggest news probably came when some fans prematurely set off fireworks and got ejected from the exhibition-season opener. It’s wildly different this season. Such is life in…

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa’s regional bloc as tensions deepen

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa’s regional bloc as tensions deepen

ABUJA, Nigeria — Three West African nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday, accusing the bloc of “inhumane” sanctions to reverse the coups in their nations. The juntas said in a joint statement read on state television that they have…

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