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NBC keeping same approach with Premier League coverage after record viewership last season 08/15/2024 05:32pm • Pierre Moossa knows in some quarters it isn't a popular answer. Yet, as NBC approaches its 12th season carrying England's Premier League this weekend, not many changes are planned in coverage. On the other hand, NBC doesn't have any reason to make massive changes after last season was the most-watch Starbucks is giving its new CEO a huge pay package and not making him move to Seattle 08/15/2024 05:08pm • Starbucks' incoming CEO could make well in excess of $100 million in his first year with the company under an incentive-laden contract, and he will not be required to relocate from his home in California to Seattle, the home of the global coffee giant. Starbucks announced on Tuesday that Brian Nicc The Latest: Trump holds news conference; Harris touts Medicare drug price cuts 08/15/2024 05:05pm • Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has invited reporters to his New Jersey golf club for a news conference ��� his second in as many weeks. Trump is meeting the press as he steps up his criticism of Harris for not holding a news conference or sitting down for interviews since President Joe Bi ���Hollywood Squares��� host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies at 98 08/15/2024 05:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on ���The Hollywood Squares,��� has died. He was 98. He died Thursday of kidney failure at his home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said. Sports on TV for Friday, Aug. 16 08/15/2024 04:40pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Aug. 16 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Sydney at Essendon 11:30 p.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Fremantle at Greater Western Sydney 2:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 ��� AFL: Brisbane at Collingwood 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS Virginia-run ABC liquor stores get security upgrades after $80K in thefts 08/15/2024 04:25pm • State-run liquor stores operated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) have been losing tens of thousands of dollars in Northern Virginia due to theft, and they are rolling out security upgrades as a result, police announced Thursday. Locks are being installed to restrict acc Lily Collins has found ���Emily 2.0��� in Paris 08/15/2024 04:11pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The new season of ���Emily in Paris��� will have many of the same elements as the first three: daring fashion, flirty romance and workplace drama. One thing that has changed? The lead actor���s confidence. Lily Collins, who plays Emily Cooper, said her life has mirrored her cha White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors 08/15/2024 03:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare���s costliest drugs. But how much older Americans can expect to save when they fill a prescription at their local pha Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha 08/15/2024 03:50pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country's troops had taken full control of Sudzha, the largest Russian town to fall to Ukraine's forces since the start of their cross-border incursion more than a week ago. Although it had a prewar population of o 'Feared for my life': Jury now has case of DC man who says fatal shooting of 13-year-old was self-defense 08/15/2024 03:30pm • Was it self-defense or murder? A D.C. jury is now weighing the fate of a man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after encountering the teen breaking into cars in his neighborhood last year. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Karon Bla Will Howard wins No. 2 Ohio State's quarterback competition. Devin Brown is backup again 08/15/2024 03:17pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Will Howard has won Ohio State's quarterback battle against Devin Brown and will be the starter when the No. 2 Buckeyes open against Akron on Aug. 31, coach Ryan Day said Thursday. Howard transferred from Kansas State after starting 28 games over four seasons, and he graded o Chicago police chief highlights officer training as critical to Democratic convention security 08/15/2024 02:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city���s preparations for the Democratic National Convention next week. Roughly 50,000 people are expected in Chicago for the convention, including thousands of anti-war act Katy Perry to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV VMAs 08/15/2024 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month. She will also perform. Previous recipients include Shakira, Beyonc��, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Missy Elliott. Perry will return to the MTV VMA sta August's supermoon kicks off four months of lunar spectacles. Here's how to watch 08/15/2024 01:40pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� The first of four supermoons this year rises next week, providing tantalizing views of Earth���s constant companion. Stargazers can catch the first act Monday as the full moon inches a little closer than usual, making it appear slightly bigger and brighter in the night US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors 08/15/2024 01:40pm • WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) ��� U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35 bill