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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass in relief of Joe Burrow, Evan McPherson kicked three field goals and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Detroit Lions 16-14 Thursday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor got his starters at least three plays. Burrow and the first-string offensive line played two series, with the franchise quarterback going 5 of 6 for 39 yards. Detroit’s […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Drew Allar threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another during an impressive debut as the Pittsburgh Steelers surged past the Green Bay Packers 28-9 in the preseason opener on Thursday night. Allar, a third-round pick from Penn State, was 10 of 13 for 154 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Wetjen and a 4-yard flip to Riley Nowkowski. Allar, who entered […]

TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its most severe warning for heavy rain in more than a dozen municipalities in Chiba prefecture as rain subsided Friday morning but forecast more rain later in the day. Photos […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday. The program, dubbed Operation Puppet Master, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping “violent opportunists and agitators.” The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is expected to lead the South Pacific nation’s government for a second term after his party won more seats than any other group in this week’s election. Voting continued for one of 24 Parliamentary seats in the country of 17,000 people, which is made up of 15 islands. Bad weather prevented electoral officers from reaching the island of Nassau […]

Aug 13 (Reuters) – Canadian Summer McIntosh won the women’s 400 metres individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on Thursday in a championship record four minutes, 28.01 seconds, rebounding from a disappointing start to the meet a day earlier. The three-times Olympic gold medallist, who finished a surprise second in Wednesday’s 200 freestyle final, topped the podium ahead of Australian Jenna Forrester (4:31.50) and Argentina’s Agostina Hein (4:32.54) in Irvine, […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Friday, poised for their strongest week in two months as benign inflation data dented expectations of an imminent U.S. rate hike, although faltering talks to end the war in the Middle East are likely to keep risk sentiment in check. Brent futures steadied at $87.03 per barrel after a drop on Thursday but were set for a 4% […]

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies — adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed — featured 26 members of the Hall of Fame emerging from the outfield corn just as the ghost players did in the movie. With some of the loudest […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a billionaire and a tech investor who also has one of the U.S.’ best-known surnames, Josh Kushner has managed to stay off the front pages and out of the world’s broader discourse to a remarkable degree. That’s all changed this summer, at least in the parts of the world with a passion for sports. The 41-year-old Kushner and his partner, former Disney CEO Bob Iger, […]