NFL Awards Live Updates | Will Anderson Jr. makes it a Texans’ Two-Step on Rookies of the Year

NFL Awards Live Updates | Will Anderson Jr. makes it a Texans’ Two-Step on Rookies of the Year

LAS VEGAS — Live updates from the “NFL Honors” awards show, where the Associated Press NFL MVP, Coach of the Year and more will be revealed: Will Anderson Jr. won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award, outgaining both Jalen Carter and Kobie Turner by two first-place votes. The Texans’ defensive end received 16 … Read more

Nevada jury awards $130M to 5 people who had liver damage after drinking bottled water

Nevada jury awards 0M to 5 people who had liver damage after drinking bottled water

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court jury awarded more than $30 million … Read more

Usher to discuss upcoming Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

Usher to discuss upcoming Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Usher found fitting a successful three decades of music into a super-short Super Bowl halftime show a challenge, but the multiple Grammy winner decided to concentrate on past hits, moments from his popular Las Vegas residency and possibly draw from his new album. “I was very mindful of my past, celebrating my … Read more

The Paris Olympics medals to be made with metal chunks from the Eiffel Tower

The Paris Olympics medals to be made with metal chunks from the Eiffel Tower

PARIS — An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and … Read more

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from HIV/AIDS to the COVID-19 pandemic that made him famous. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s … Read more

Christian Bale breaks ground on foster homes he’s fought for 16 years to see built

Christian Bale breaks ground on foster homes he’s fought for 16 years to see built

PALMDALE, Calif. — PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Bale broke ground Wednesday on a project he’s been pursuing for 16 years — the building of a dozen homes and a community center in Los Angeles County intended to keep siblings in foster care together. The Oscar winner stood with a grin and a shovel full … Read more

Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults

Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration on Wednesday backed off its plans to impose rules that advocates feared would have restricted gender-affirming medical treatment for adults in a way no other state has. The rules proposed by two state departments would have required the psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medial ethicists to have roles in creating gender-affirming care … Read more

Taylor Swift is demanding this college student stop tracking her private jet

Taylor Swift is demanding this college student stop tracking her private jet

SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off. In late December, Swift’s camp hit Jack Sweeney, a junior studying information technology at the University … Read more

Prince William thanks public for messages to King Charles and Kate, says they mean ‘a great deal’

Prince William thanks public for messages to King Charles and Kate, says they mean ‘a great deal’

LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Prince William returned to royal duties Wednesday for the first time since his father, King Charles III, announced his cancer diagnosis and his wife, Kate, was hospitalized for abdominal surgery. Speaking about his families’ health scares in public for the first time, the 41-year-old heir to the throne thanked the … Read more