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J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings win after being eliminated from playoffs before kickoff at Cowboys 12/15/2025 01:04am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — J.J. McCarthy has back-to-back wins for the first time as an NFL quarterback, and three more games to show the Minnesota Vikings that he can help get them back into the playoffs next season. While Minnesota (6-8) was eliminated from playoff contention before kickoff of its United Airlines flight from Dulles to Tokyo makes emergency landing 12/14/2025 08:02pm • A United Airlines plane conducted an emergency fuel dump and landing at Dulles Airport after an engine failed during takeoff, on Saturday. Questions have been raised in response to the United Airlines 777-200-Extended Range jet, flight 803's fuel dump and why the pilots were forced to do it. A Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause 12/14/2025 07:00pm • Impulsive, anxious, overheated, scatter-brained, depressed and in pain are just some of the terms that many women use to describe themselves when they reach perimenopause, or the years that precede reaching menopause. These descriptions were brought on by the mental and physical symptoms caused by d No. 13 Baylor leading scorer Taliah Scott leaves game against No. 2 Texas after rolling right foot 12/14/2025 04:07pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Baylor scoring leader Taliah Scott left the 13th-ranked Bears' loss to No. 2 Texas when her right foot turned awkwardly after she stepped on the foot of a defender making a move toward the basket Sunday. Scott was in obvious pain when she remained on the floor along the ba Hassett says Federal Reserve can reject Trump's views if he is chair 12/14/2025 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump's choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the president's views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates. Kevin Hassett, in an in Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families 12/14/2025 01:33pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the Vatican's 2025 Holy Year. The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to par Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to its worst day in 3 weeks 12/12/2025 05:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for superstar artificial-intelligence stocks knocked Wall Street off its record heights on Friday. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% from its all-time high for its worst day in three weeks. The weakness for tech stocks yanked the Nasdaq composite down by a market-leading 1.7%, Islanders' Horvat leaves game with lower body injury 12/11/2025 11:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Islanders leading scorer Bo Horvat suffered a lower-body injury about seven minutes into the second period in Thursday's game against Anaheim and did not return to the contest. Horvat became tangled with Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson at 6:52, limped off ice and immediately went do 5 Best ETFs for Tax-Loss Harvesting 12/11/2025 07:00pm • Year to date, passive investors who built most of their portfolios around major index benchmarks such as the S&P 500 are likely sitting on sizable, unrealized gains. Stock pickers may have had a very different experience. Not every company in the S&P 500 has been a winner, and several names Dak Prescott embraces a must-win finish for Cowboys, starting with visit from Vikings 12/11/2025 06:46pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott feels the weight of the Dallas Cowboys having to win all of their remaining four games for their best chance to make the playoffs — and, he says, not in a bad way. “It's not heavy,” the star quarterback said Thursday. “Even if I feel it, and obviously I The US stock market hits record highs, even as worries about an AI bubble continue 12/11/2025 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street set records on Thursday, even as a sell-off for Oracle and worries about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology weighed on the market. The S&P 500 inched up 0.2% and eked past its prior all-time closing high, which was set in October. The Dow Jone MyPillow founder and Trump supporter Mike Lindell says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026 12/11/2025 02:03pm • SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in 2026. Lindell made AP All-Big 12: Texas Tech has 7 first-team picks with LB Jacob Rodriguez the top defender 12/11/2025 01:25pm • Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez was named The Associated Press Big 12 defensive player of the year Thursday, when he was among seven first-team picks on the all-conference team from the playoff-bound Red Raiders. BYU's Kalani Sitake was named the Big 12's top coach and Cougars running back LJ Dortmund stung by Schlotterbeck’s criticism before returning to Bundesliga duty 12/11/2025 11:01am • BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund will need to cool tempers after Nico Schlotterbeck’s criticism of his teammates before facing Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday. The defender didn’t hold back as he blasted substitutes Serhou Guirassy and Karim Adeyemi for “losing every ball” after going Fairfax Co. approves plan to significantly increase fees for trespass tows 12/10/2025 06:37pm • The fee that drivers have to pay if their car gets towed in Fairfax County, Virginia, is going up, as part of a plan the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday night. For passenger cars, drivers will now have to pay $210, an increase from the current $150 fee. The move comes months after a