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Aug 15 (Reuters) – A Canadian-bred bird was sold for $346,000 at the International Falcon Breeders Auction in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, making it the most expensive sale so far at this year’s event, and the second-highest price ever achieved at the annual auction.  Bred by the Jim Wilson farm in Ontario, Canada, the juvenile three-quarter gyr super white falcon was sold on the seventh night of the auction, which […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – American Kate Douglass reclaimed the women’s 50 metres freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49 seconds in the preliminaries at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. Douglass and fellow American Gretchen Walsh, her training partner and former University of Virginia teammate, have traded the record this summer. Walsh set the previous mark of 23.55 at the Sette Colli meet on June 28. She posted […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group and developer of a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, the Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The investment is being discussed as part of Nvidia’s negotiations with OpenAI and SB Energy over the chip company providing around $100 billion in […]

Three-time Pro Bowl defender Jamal Adams was carted off the field in his first game with the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday. The team has not announced details about the injury. Adams, 30, appeared to sustain the injury during a touchdown play early in the second quarter, when Jaxson Dart connected with Malachi Fields for a 15-yard pass. Adams stumbled while defending receiver Calvin Austin III and stayed on the turf. […]

The Houston Texans signed veteran Brett Rypien to a contract on Saturday and placed fellow quarterback Graham Mertz on season-ending injured reserve. The move comes two days after Mertz tore his ACL during the Texans’ 27-7 preseason loss to the visiting Los Angeles Chargers. Rypien, 30, will be the third quarterback on the depth chart behind starter C.J. Stroud and veteran backup Davis Mills. Rypien has made four NFL starts […]

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani took a big step on Friday toward returning to game action on the mound. He threw a 34-pitch bullpen session using his full mix of pitches. This was his first bullpen session since July 22 while on the road in Philadelphia. Ohtani was shut down from throwing after that because he experienced a setback with his sore left knee. He also has dealt […]

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was placed on the seven-day injured list Saturday with a head injury. Guerrero exited Toronto’s 3-1 win over the New York Yankees in the sixth inning on Friday after taking a knee to the head by shortstop George Lombard Jr. while sliding into third base. “He had a headache last night. I think it’s one of those where the doctors wanted to […]

The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store and gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs are impacting the decisions of both households and businesses. Here’s a snapshot of prominent economic data and news that occurred over the past week and what it potentially means for […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eighteen children were among the nearly 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this week, police said Saturday after rescuers recovered more bodies. The ferry capsized in strong waves Tuesday and police said 22 more bodies were recovered since then, bringing the death toll to 68. The aging ferry was traveling from Kariba town to rural and fishing communities in […]