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Buffalo Bills sign safety Terrell Burgess to shore up injury-depleted position 07/31/2024 01:56pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills shored up an injury-depleted position by signing safety Terrell Burgess to a one-year contract on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Burgess has four seasons of NFL experience after spending last year appearing in 12 games, including one start, with the Washington Dwight Freeney defied the odds and scouts by spinning his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 07/31/2024 01:24pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The conventional wisdom heading into the 2002 NFL draft was Dwight Freeney was too small to play defensive end or hold up against the run. Critics also contended his trademark spin move would hit a wall against the league's bigger, stronger offensive linemen. Former Colts gener Vikings sign veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau in latest move to shore up secondary 07/31/2024 12:34pm • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed eight-year veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau on Wednesday, the fourth defensive back they've added since the beginning of training camp as they try to address gaps in depth and experience. Moreau, who was a primary starter for Denver last season with Novak Djokovic is into the Paris Olympics quarterfinals. Russia's Daniil Medvedev loses 07/31/2024 12:32pm • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic is back in the Summer Games singles quarterfinals for the fourth time in five appearances at the Olympics. What he really wants, of course, is a gold medal, pretty much the only significant achievement missing from his remarkable resume. Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Ser Movie Review: ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ brings beloved book to life in a familiar story 07/31/2024 12:18pm • “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” the famed 1955 children’s picture book, is getting the three-dimensional treatment nearly 70 years after its release. The picture book, written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson, follows Harold, a child who can create whatever he can imagine, so long as he dra Defending champion Germany leads Paris Olympics qualifying for equestrian team dressage final 07/31/2024 12:11pm • VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Led by Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and equestrian record holder Isabell Werth, defending champion Germany topped qualifying Wednesday for the Paris Olympics team dressage final. Riding Dalera, the horse which also helped her win individual dressage gold at the Tokyo Games t Andre Johnson dedicating Hall of Fame honor to Houston as first Texan to earn a spot 07/31/2024 12:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Andre Johnson knows his induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame isn’t simply about him. As the first Houston Texan to become a member of the esteemed group, the receiver is representing so much more. “This was for the whole city of Houston. It’s for the whole organization,� Loudoun Co. student launches nonprofit to support women experiencing mental health challenges 07/31/2024 11:55am • Ria Badhwar was 5 years old when her parents got divorced, and in the years that followed, she watched as her mother dealt with severe depression and anxiety. For a long time, Badhwar said her mom was unhappy with the way her life had turned out. She lost her sense of purpose. In late 2022, he Full-time scientist and part-time basketball player Canyon Barry chases gold in 3x3 at Paris Games 07/31/2024 11:47am • PARIS (AP) — Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player. His full-time job is system engineer for a defense and space contractor. Barry, who will take the courts at the Paris Games searching for a 3x3 gold medal for the U.S. men's team, has an undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston John Force Racing picks Beckman to sub for injured Force as team chases Funny Car title 07/31/2024 11:34am • BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Drag racing Hall of Famer John Force may contend for another Funny Car title, even though he won't drive the rest of the season as he recovers from a traumatic brain injury after a crash in Virginia last month. John Force Racing president Robert Hight announced this week pa From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions 07/31/2024 11:10am • GJADER, Albania (AP) — Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy may see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s beh Former ballerina in Florida is convicted of manslaughter in her estranged husband's 2020 shooting 07/31/2024 11:06am • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A former ballerina has been convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. A Manatee County jury returned the guilty verdict late Tuesday against Ashley Benefield, court records show. She had been charged with second-degree murder, Olympic history for Jasmine Moore. She's the 1st US woman to qualify for triple and long jump 07/31/2024 11:05am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jasmine Moore always loved jumping. For a while when she was a kid, she thought all those leaps, with a few twirls mixed in, might make her part of America's Team — as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. How's this for a backup plan: She’s on America’s team in Paris. The Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 166 in landslides in southern India 07/31/2024 11:03am • NEW DELHI (AP) — More than a thousand rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a second day Wednesday after multiple landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 166 people in southern India, police said. Torrents of mud and water had swept through tea estates and villages and At the Olympic beach volleyball venue, the Eiffel Tower stars in a très French show 07/31/2024 10:58am • PARIS (AP) — The biggest beach volleyball star at the Paris Olympics can’t set, spike or dive around the sand. But she sure is pretty. The Eiffel Tower has been stealing the show from the competition below at the Summer Games so far, with fans and players alike ooh-la-la-ing over the nonpareil s