RandBall: The NFL franchise tag is very odd when you think about it
A reader asked RandBall for clarification on quarterback Sam Darnold and what it would mean for the Vikings to put the ...
Brooks: Bishop Mariann Budde bends her knee to God, not Trump
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. Unlike almost everyone else in President Donald Trump’s ...
A Canadian freighter gets trapped in ice on Lake Erie
A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin freeing ...
Scott's $72 million, 4-year contract finalized by Dodgers, who spent $452 million on 8 players
Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract was finalized Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising the World Series champions' offseason spending to $452 million on eight players.
Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during his ...
Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence 'free from ideological bias'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says ''act as barriers to American AI innovation." ...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to easily bring coal and ...
Victor Wembanyama scores 30, and Spurs roll past Pacers in Paris 140-110
Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110 on Thursday night.
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would pardon anti-abortion activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances.
Banks has 18 as Georgia Southern knocks off Coastal Carolina 85-58
Eren Banks had 18 points in Georgia Southern's 85-58 win over Coastal Carolina on Thursday. Banks added eight rebounds for the Eagles (11-9, 4-4 Sun Belt Conference). Avantae Parker added 13 points ...
FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year's hurricane in ...
Trump revokes protections for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top Iran aide
President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran ever since they took hardline ...