Drivers navigating Miami’s busy streets are doing a double-take this week, courtesy of a massive public health blitz timed to coincide with the FIFA World Cup. Capitalizing on the large crowds flooding Miami to watch soccer, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation …
Gooooal! Safe sex billboards with soccer ball condoms greet FIFA World Cup crowds Read MoreBy OWEN CAMEROS Everything about the 2026 World Cup is bigger and different, and the stadium in Toronto is no exception. Upgrades to the home of Toronto FC of the MLS and the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts were a …
Stadium upgrades in Toronto get positive reviews as biggest World Cup ever set to kick off Read MoreBy TALES AZZONI, AP Sports Writer GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — In Brazil, home of soccer-mad fans and the five-time world champions, the only way to watch all 104 games of the World Cup will be through a streaming platform anchored …
As FIFA entices a new generation of fans, a Brazil influencer’s platform will stream all 104 games Read MoreBy GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Folarin Balogun chose to play for the United States precisely because of the opportunity he’s about to get over the next few weeks. Balogun could have stuck with England, where …
US hoping Folarin Balogun and his fellow strikers can end their traditional World Cup scoring woes Read MoreBy ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up this week to just below its high for the year, the latest sign that borrowing costs on home loans remain elevated relative to where they were …
Average US long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.52%, just below its high for the year Read MoreBy TALES AZZONI and DIANA DE LA MORA GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — With the World Cup about to begin, heavily armed police and National Guard officers are patrolling the streets of Guadalajara as authorities try to reassure visitors and residents …
Guadalajara ramps up security and promises safe World Cup after cartel violence scare Read MoreBy FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts on Thursday, a spinoff of the Trump Accounts investment funds meant to give $1,000 to every newborn …
Melania Trump unveils a spinoff of Trump Accounts for foster kids Read MoreUniversal Studios Hollywood plans to roll out the red carpet for two new tentpole movies coming soon to theaters while also celebrating three blockbuster franchises with a Mega Movie festival this summer. Universal Mega Movie Summer will kick off on …
Universal Studios Hollywood rolls out red carpet for Mega Movie Summer Read MoreMiles Robinson’s reaction said it all. The usually even-keeled Robinson let out his emotions. Frustration, rage, disbelief and disappointment poured out of him as he laid in a heap on the turf of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. He slammed his fist into …
Miles Robinson fulfills World Cup dream after devastating injury Read MoreHarry was out for lunch when he had the deadly reaction (Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire) A teenager died on holiday in Benidorm after a suspected reaction to vape oil, his family have said. Harry Whitton, from Dundee, died in the …
Teenage Brit dies on Benidorm holiday ‘after reaction to vape oil’ Read MoreA seagull walks along the top of a wall (Picture: AFP) Locals are outraged after a tourist is alleged to have punched a seagull in a Cornish seaside town. It was reported that the suspect, who was with his family, …
Tourist grabbed seagull and ‘punched it close to death’ in front of horrified kids Read MoreThe story of Braden Montgomery’s first major-league game could’ve been the script for a movie. And as luck would have it, the narrators were two legendary broadcasters. Steve Stone and Bob Costas were in the Chicago Sports Network booth for …
Braden Montgomery’s White Sox debut a hit on the field — and in the booth Read MoreDENVER – Perhaps it wasn’t a surprise that Colin Rea gave up two long balls in the homer-happy environs of Coors Field on Tuesday. Or that Jacob Webb was a victim of the round-tripper a night later. These Cubs hurlers …
While Cubs search for fixes in slumbering lineup, homer-plagued pitching staff needs help, too Read MoreKeir Starmer and John Healey speaking on a trip to Turkey (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) ‘My first duty, the duty above everything else, is to keep our country safe, and to keep our people safe.’ Those are the words of …
Why John Healey’s letter could be a terminal diagnosis for Starmer’s leadership Read MoreStephen Ogilvie lost an eye after he was attacked in Belfast The victim of a knife attack in Belfast was set on fire by a man he was living with years prior. Stephen Ogilvie, 44, lost an eye among other …
Belfast victim was drugged and set on fire in previous attack Read MoreDENVER — Matthew Boyd’s return from the injured list was supposed to be a boost for a banged-up Cubs rotation. Instead, the team will slow down their Opening Day starter’s comeback, and he won’t make a start this weekend in …
Sore shoulder sparks Cubs to ‘back off’ Matthew Boyd’s IL return, Javier Assad likely starter this weekend Read MoreBy JULIA FRANKEL JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court was weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 17 months ago in Gaza and appeared via video conference before the judges …
Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention Read MoreBy NICOLE WINFIELD, HELENA ALVES and RENATA BRITO ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who …
Pope slams world’s indifference to migrants while visiting onetime ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands Read MoreLos Angeles Neighborhood Councils are official, elected advisory bodies within the city government that represent local communities to City Hall. They consist of local volunteers who advocate for their areas on key issues like land use, homelessness, and public safety, …
The West Hills Neighborhood Council’s beautification committee engages in activities to improve the community Read MoreBy COLLEEN BARRY and NICCOLÒ LUPONE MILAN (AP) — Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages, according to Associated Press interviews with five former …
Foreign workers say they were paid less than $2 an hour to build a new US Consulate in Milan Read More