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Anthony Hopkins on his debut album: 'My first love is music' 08/12/2026 10:15am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It may be hard to believe, but even Sir Anthony Hopkins doubts himself sometimes. ���There���s a part of me which says, ���you didn���t write that,������ he recalls of composing his debut album, ���Life Is a Dream.��� ���What���s it called? Impostor syndrome.��� Thankfully, it did Sports on TV for Thursday, Aug. 13 08/12/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Aug. 13 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:55 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL: Adelaide at Fremantle CFL FOOTBALL 9 p.m. CBSSN ��� BC at Calgary COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN���S) 8 p.m. BTN ��� TCU at Wisconsin GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF ��� DP W Today in Sports - Michael Phelps ends his career at the Rio Olympics with 23 career gold medals 08/12/2026 10:10am • Aug. 13 1919 ��� Upset scores a win against Man o��� War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red���s only loss in 21 starts. 1933 ��� Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 in the final round. 1935 ��� The first roller derby begins in Chic Hungary's government plans interventions on Danube River to keep nuclear plant running 08/12/2026 10:10am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Authorities in Hungary will begin taking steps to raise the level of the Danube River this week in order to ensure the country's only nuclear power plant can continue operating, Prime Minister P��ter Magyar said on Wednesday. Persistent drought and successive extreme heat Sports on TV for Aug. 17 - 23 08/12/2026 10:00am • ADV15-16 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 17 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 4 p.m. ESPNU ��� American Legion World Series: TBD, Semifinal, Shelby, N.C. 7 p.m. ESPNU ��� American Legion World Series: TBD, Semifinal, Shelby, N.C. MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN ��� Detroit a Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law 08/12/2026 10:00am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed the bill call it a beginning to correcting past overreach by the judiciary and security agencies and help Google unveils latest Pixel phones with slimmer cameras and more AI features 08/12/2026 10:00am • Google on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of Pixel phones, with slimmer cameras that include more a powerful zoom and artificial intelligence features designed to help users accomplish things with fewer taps and swipes. With the improvements, the search giant hopes to give users a reason to bu DC police lieutenant pleads guilty in child sex abuse sting 08/12/2026 09:48am • A D.C. police lieutenant has pleaded guilty after being caught in a child sex abuse sting operation in Harford County, Maryland. Court records show Matthew Mahl, a 23-year veteran with the D.C. police department, was arrested in April after prosecutors said he traded sexually explicit messages wi Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed 08/12/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was unchanged at $4.37 a bushel. Sept. wheat rose by 1.75 cents at $6.32 a bushel. Sept. oats fell by 2.75 cents at $3.20 a bushel. Aug. soybeans rose by 7.5 cents at $11.55 a bushel. Neonode: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/12/2026 09:28am • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� Neonode Inc. (NEON) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.1 million in its second quarter. The Stockholm-based company said it had a loss of 13 cents per share. The developer of touch-based technologies posted revenue of $477,000 in the period. _____ This story was Former NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck part of latest CTE frontier ��� diagnosing brain disease in the living 08/12/2026 09:15am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively unscathed, enjoying middle adulthood with his wi Chinese automaker Chery buys Nissan plant in Africa as EV production shifts to new markets 08/12/2026 08:56am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Chinese automakers are increasingly shifting from exporting vehicles to building them in Africa, betting that rapid urbanization, a growing middle class and supportive government policies will make the continent one of the industry���s last major growth markets. It���s part o LiveOne: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 08/12/2026 08:51am • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ��� BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ��� LiveOne, Inc. (LVO) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.6 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Beverly Hills, California-based company said it had a loss of 23 cents per share. The company posted revenue of $19.4 million in the period. Thai government orders gun control review after 2 deadly shootings near Bangkok 08/12/2026 08:51am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� The Thai government pledged Wednesday to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok in less than a week. The country has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia despite its fairly restrictive gun laws. The two recent sho Inflation cooled last month as gas prices fell, though costs remain elevated 08/12/2026 08:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Inflation cooled last month as gas prices fell, though costs remain elevated.