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Serena Williams says she is not coming back to tennis 12/02/2025 04:04pm • Serena Williams threw cold water on the idea that she might be preparing to return to tennis, writing on social media Tuesday that she is ���NOT coming back,��� after a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said the 23-time Grand Slam champion had registered with the sport's Jim Mora makes bold promise for Colorado State's football future 12/02/2025 03:30pm • FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) ��� Former UConn football coach Jim Mora says the prospect of coaching at Colorado State first piqued his interest six years ago. The Rams' new coach said he went back through his texts and found one from 2019 expressing interest in the job that went to Steve Addazio followi Conor Benn eyes WBC welterweight title shot after being made No. 1 challenger 12/02/2025 03:23pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Conor Benn announced he has been made the No. 1 challenger for the WBC welterweight world title held by Mario Barrios. The 29-year-old London native moved up three spots in the rankings, including above Manny Pacquiao. Barrios is expected to fight Ryan Garcia in February. The challen Cam Smith at Australian Open trying to make first 36-hole cut of the year 12/02/2025 03:16pm • More than two years without a win, Cameron Smith goes into the Australian Open this week at Royal Melbourne with another streak he is trying to end. He has yet to make a 36-hole cut in the seven tournaments he has played this year outside of the LIV Golf League, including the four majors. Smith also 'Never satisfied' Patriots head into bye week on a 10-game winning streak after beating Giants 12/02/2025 03:04pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ��� The New England Patriots went from winning 11 consecutive AFC East titles during the Bill Belichick and Tom Brady era, to looking up to Buffalo in each of the past five seasons. Following a dominant 33-15 win over the New York Giants on Monday night, New England heads into Multi-platinum rapper Toosii has committed to playing football at Syracuse 12/02/2025 02:02pm • Rap artist Toosii is taking time off from his multi-platinum music career by going forward with his dream to pursue football after saying he has committed to Syracuse University. The 25-year-old made the announcement in a message posted Monday on social media, and a person with knowledge of the deci A list of mass killings in the United States this year 12/02/2025 01:33pm • The latest mass killing in the United States occurred Saturday night when three children ages 8, 9 and 14, and a 21-year-old adult were killed in a shooting at a child���s birthday party in California. Eleven people were also wounded at a Stockton banquet hall. This is the country���s 17th mass kill Denny Hamlin testifies that signing NASCAR's charter deal would have been a 'death certificate' 12/02/2025 01:09pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin outlined the precarious situation facing NASCAR teams, testifying Tuesday in the federal antitrust trial against the stock car series that the race team he co-owns spent more than $700,000 to the series in 2022 alone and how agreein BetMGM Missouri Bonus Code WTOP1500 Scores $1,500 First Bet During Launch Week 12/02/2025 12:42pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Set up a new account with BetMGM Missouri bonus code WTOP1500 to qualify for this $1,500 first bet. Go all in on the NBA, NFL, NHL, col 'This is not who we are': DC-area members of the Afghan community mourn guard member's death 12/02/2025 12:42pm • Mustafa Kazemi placed purple daisies in front of a picture of Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member who was killed in a shooting in D.C. on Wednesday. His friend followed, laying down yellow daisies alongside his. The pair approached a makeshift memorial in honor of Beckstrom a The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port 12/02/2025 12:38pm • Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the 218 victims of the blast on Aug. 4, 2020. The explosion tore through Beirut and did billions of dolla Nigeria's president nominates ex-military chief for defense minister weeks after he was forced out 12/02/2025 12:35pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to step down. There was no immediate explanation for why Gen. Christopher Musa, who led the military from 2023 to October, was returning, pending par Abdul Carter getting benched again is a sideshow of the Giants' lost season 12/02/2025 12:28pm • Abdul Carter was benched for the start of a second game in three weeks since Mike Kafka took over as the New York Giants' interim coach, and the No. 3 pick's public punishment has become a sideshow of what has turned into a miserable season for the team on and off the field. After the Giants lost 33 Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84 12/02/2025 12:16pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, Michigan, after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from t Despite US trade war, OECD expects global economy will grow 3.2% this year 12/02/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump���s trade wars, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday, upgrading its outlook for global and U.S. economic growth this year. The 38-country OECD now forecasts t