Hurricane Hone brings heavy rain, damaging winds and power outages to Hawaii’s Big Island

Hurricane Hone strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached Hawaii Sunday morning, bringing damaging wind gusts and flooding rain to the Big Island. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) in Honolulu said Hurricane Hone reached
Lydia Ko wins 2024 Women’s British Open, marking third career LPGA Major

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko won the AIG Women’s Open Championship at St. Andrews on Sunday, finishing with a score of seven-under. Ko’s latest achievement comes shortly after she earned Olympic Gold at the 2024 Paris Summer
Umpire Nick Mahrley carted off field after broken bat from Yankees’ Stanton hits him in neck

MLB plate umpire Nick Mahrley was carted off the field in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game between the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies after he was hit in the neck by a shattered bat from
Guatemalan man indicted on smuggling charges in deaths of 53 migrants left to die in trailer in Texas

On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced in San Antonio that a Guatemalan man has been charged with helping coordinate the 2022 smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, who were found dead in
FDA approves new Covid vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for the upcoming fall and winter season. The shots should be available within days; as
Atlanta Falcons cornerback A.J. Terrell agrees to $81M contract extension

Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday that the Atlanta Falcons have reached a deal with cornerback A.J. Terrell, signing the veteran to a four-year, $81 million contract. Terrell, the 16th overall pick in the 2020 draft,
Philadelphia Eagles acquire wide receiver Jahan Dotson from Washington Commanders

The Philadelphia Eagles announced on Thursday they have acquired wide receiver Jahan Dotson through an intra-division trade with the Washington Commanders. The Eagles agreed to send a third-round pick and two-seventh-round picks from the 2025 NFL Draft
Fifth body found inside superyacht that sank off Sicily

Italian authorities say a fifth body has been found in the search for those missing from the superyacht Bayesian, which sank earlier in the week after it was caught in the storm while anchored off the coast
Longtime New Jersey congressman Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. dies at age 87

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Pascrell was slated to run for
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill skips practice with thumb injury

Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill was held out of team drills during Wednesday’s joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla. due to a thumb injury. Hill was initially seen with a removable