Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Cybercriminals who hacked Rhode Island’s system for health and benefits programs have released files to a site on the dark web, a scenario the state has been preparing for, Gov. Daniel McKee said Monday. The state has an outreach strategy to encourage potentially…
NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told The Associated Press in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The players in this year’s Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the other’s school song when the contest ended. It was an acknowledgment that the future could bring moments when the opponents that day are teammates on deadlier fields. That ethos also guides a group in…
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As 2024 winds down and 2025 looms on the horizon, it’s time to look back at the year that was in pop culture. We asked our staff to pick their favorite movies, music and television from the past year, and now we are sharing it with you. The rules are pretty simple: the film just…
Penn State and James Franklin are gearing up for their Fiesta Bowl matchup against Boise State, but that did not stop the Nittany Lions head coach from getting asked how to fix college football just a few days before the program’s biggest game in years. In his media availability this weekend, Franklin stepped away from…
December 30, 2024 4:40 pm ET Now that the dust has settled, Damon Jackson has made the decision not to retire from MMA. Jackson (23-8-1 MMA, 6-6-1 UFC) took his gloves off and left them in the middle of the octagon following his first-round submission loss to Jim Miller at UFC 309 in November. All…
Taylyn HadleyDecember 30, 2024 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Los Angeles Dodgers’ front office is seen as the best in baseball according to a survey of executives and coaches by The Athletic. One executive told The Athletic that the first-place vote for Los Angeles was “self-explanatory. They are elite at everything.” Dodgers president of baseball operations…
Arkansas defeated Texas Tech 39-26 in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Saturday, but the win that put the Hogs over .500 on the 2024 season may not be how the game is best remembered. Late in the game, offensive lineman Fernando Carmona approached a pile of players and was spotted stepping on Red Raiders…
ESPN’s latest Football Power Index gives the Texas Longhorns a 79.4% chance to defeat Arizona State and advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals. According to ESPN, FPI is defined as “a predictive rating system designed to measure team strength and project performance going forward.” Because the FPI is a mathematical model that takes into…
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