Las Vegas — Formula One announced on Thursday that the Las Vegas Grand Prix will remain on the F1 calendar through at least 2037 after a new 10-year contract extension. The night race first debuted in 2023 and runs along the Strip; F1 chief Stefano Domenicali confirmed the extension in...
FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas confirmed several nonconference basketball matchups this week: the men's team is reported to face North Carolina on Dec. 1 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill and to host Central Michigan on Dec. 22 at Bud Walton Arena, while the women's program will host Wake Forest...
Oklahoma City — Texas Longhorns defeated Texas Tech 4-1 on Thursday at the Women's College World Series, sweeping the championship series to claim their second consecutive national title. Kayden Henry's seventh-inning home run and a two-run fifth-inning error produced the decisive runs while Teagan Kavan closed the game in relief. The...
Portland, Maine. This week The New York Times published accounts from multiple women who previously dated Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, saying he was emotionally volatile and at times physically aggressive, including claims that he yanked one woman from a taxi, twisted her arm and confined her in a room;...
Columbus, Ohio. Federal and state authorities this week charged multiple defendants in separate cases alleging they submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims for behavioral health services, with prosecutors saying schemes in Ohio resulted in tens of millions of dollars in alleged losses from 2020 through May 2026, and a local operator indicted...
St. Louis will host the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on March 25, 2028, USATF and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Thursday; NBC will broadcast the race live beginning at 12 p.m. ET. USATF CEO Max Siegel and USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland issued statements endorsing the city and...
Topeka — Republican contenders Scott Schwab, Charlotte O'Hara, Philip Sarnecki and Ty Masterson met in a televised GOP gubernatorial debate on Friday, June 5, with pre- and post-debate segments; the forum aired on KSN, WDAF, KSNT and KSNF as candidates sought support ahead of the August 4 primary, and local...
LOS ANGELES, United States – Independent horror films "Backrooms" and "Obsession" have topped the global box office, surpassing the latest installment of the long-running "Star Wars" franchise on opening weekend, according to industry data. Both projects were directed and produced by independent, social media–native creators, marking the first time such...
St. Paul, Minnesota. The Department of Human Services completed a five-month revalidation on May 31 of 5,583 high-risk Medicaid providers across 13 programs, approving 2,061 providers and notifying 3,411 that they would be disenrolled as part of an effort to prevent the federal government from withholding up to $2 billion...
Washington, United States – President Donald Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, the current director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a prominent Republican donor, to serve as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard’s departure from the intelligence leadership role. Pulte, an heir to a home construction fortune...
