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She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use 09/04/2024 05:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is working to trademark uses of her now-viral words. Lebron filed to trademark “very demure very mindful” for various entertainment and advertising Welsh rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit welcomes the chance to play a new position with a new NFL team 09/04/2024 05:10pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Louis Rees-Zammit always envisioned himself as an NFL receiver. The Welsh rugby star changed teams last week, moving from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and now has changed positions, too. He spent five months working as a running back with the two-ti Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi is left off list of contenders for soccer's biggest individual prize 09/04/2024 05:08pm • Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest soccer player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award — the sport's most prized individual honor. The record eight-time winner and holder of the trophy did not feature W Commanders sign Sam Cosmi to an extension, aim to protect Jayden Daniels as much as possible 09/04/2024 04:59pm • ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Protecting rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is one of the biggest priorities for the Washington Commanders, starting this weekend in his NFL debut at Tampa Bay and for the rest of the season. A rebuilt offensive line is at the forefront of that effort, a process that involved A missing 13-year-old wound up in adult jail after lying about her name and age, a prosecutor says 09/04/2024 04:18pm • ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates at a Pennsylvania jail after she lied to authorities about her age and identity following a shoplifting arrest, a prosecutor said. Someone at the Beaver County jail even Phillies slugger Bryce Harper leaves game at Toronto after being hit on left elbow by pitch 09/04/2024 04:13pm • TORONTO (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper left Wednesday’s game at Toronto after being hit on the left elbow by a pitch. Harper winced in pain and grabbed his elbow after he was struck by a 92 mph fastball from right-hander Bowden Francis in the first inning. Harper stayed Md. Gov. Moore tells WTOP 'we can be respected on the global stage' if Kamala Harris is elected 09/04/2024 04:01pm • It's been a few weeks since Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took the stage during the Democratic National Convention to deliver a speech and show his support to get Vice President Kamala Harris elected. Now major Harris surrogates such as Moore are on the push for the next nine weeks to get her to the Wh Tyler Reddick was ill with a stomach virus at Darlington en route to NASCAR regular-season title 09/04/2024 03:45pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyler Reddick was so ill at Darlington Speedway that he was desperate to expel his stomach virus during the race because he didn't think he could make it the 500 miles to the finish. But the regular-season title was on the line — a bonus worth 15 playoff points — and Red Van Zweden earned $1.5M as New York Philharmonic music director in 2022-23 09/04/2024 03:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Music director Jaap van Zweden earned just over $1.5 million from the New York Philharmonic in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2023, and Deborah Borda received slightly more than $1.7 million in her final season as CEO. The Philharmonic released its 2022 tax return Wednesday, cover Patrick Queen wants to be 'The Guy.' The inside linebacker will get his chance in Pittsburgh 09/04/2024 03:39pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patrick Queen is well-versed in the labels attached to him. They pop up whenever the Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker happens to search his name in social media. The labels — Queen estimates there are at least 100 or so out there — run the gamut. He can't do this. He Civil rights activist Sybil Morial, wife of New Orleans' first Black mayor, dead at 91 09/04/2024 03:33pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sybil Haydel Morial, a civil rights activist, widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, and mother to former Mayor, Marc Morial, has died at age 91. Her family announced her death Wednesday in a statement issued by the National Urban League, which Mar The US is considering the creation of a UN peacekeeping operation for Haiti to fight gangs 09/04/2024 02:52pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, U.S. assistant secretary for Wes Volleyball popularity at all-time high for girls amid US Olympic success and college game's exposure 09/04/2024 02:41pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As summer turns to fall, a repurposed industrial building on the southwest side of Omaha becomes a hive of activity. More than 200 girls ages 11 to 14 in T-shirts, shorts and kneepads rotate among eight practice courts at the Premier Nebraska Volleyball facility. They worked on Jaguars owner Shad Khan has 'the best team assembled' in franchise history and expects 'winning now' 09/04/2024 02:25pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Addressing players and coaches on the eve of training camp, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan said “winning now” is his expectation. He believes it should be theirs, too. “Make no mistake: this is the best team assembled by the Jacksonville Jaguars ever,” said Hondurans disillusioned with leader amid scandal and end to US extradition treaty 09/04/2024 02:15pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An incriminating admission by the brother-in-law of Honduras' president just days after the country announced it would end its longstanding extradition treaty with the U.S. is feeding fears among Hondurans that the country's legacy of corruption is continuing. Presiden