The Atlanta Falcons won’t be in the playoffs next week after falling to the New Orleans Saints in a blowout on the road in Week 18. But Falcons head coach Arthur Smith gave Saints head coach Dennis Allen an earful about how Sunday’s blowout finished in the Superdome in New …
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A high-profile German opposition politician on Monday formally founded a new party that combines left-wing economic policy with a restrictive approach to migration and other positions that some observers believe could help it take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany. Sahra Wagenknecht said her “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance — …
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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will miss the rest of the season with a serious shoulder injury, the team announced on Monday. The Grizzlies said Morant suffered a “subluxation of his right shoulder” at a training session on Saturday. After experiencing ongoing soreness, the team said he had an MRI …
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The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office said Tuesday she will hand back a royal honor in response to mounting fury over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft because of a faulty computer system. The British government is considering whether to offer …
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Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora said Wednesday that a local Cucapah Indigenous leader, Aronia Wilson, has been found dead. 9 BODIES FOUND IN VEHICLES NEAR MEXICAN FUEL PIPELINE Known in Mexico as Cucapahs, members of the Cocopah Indian Tribe also live across the border in Arizona, …
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Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, weighed in Thursday on where she thinks Bill Belichick could end up following his departure from the New England Patriots after 24 years. As reports trickled out about Belichick leaving the Patriots, rumors started to fly about the coach’s next steps. The Atlanta Falcons, …
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STOCKHOLM – Norway’s Parliament has formally endorsed a move to exclude coal companies from the country’s $900 billion oil fund because of their impact on climate change. Friday’s decision was expected after a parliamentary committee last week unanimously recommended dropping coal investments. The new guidelines, which will take effect by …
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BERLIN – The U.N. human rights chief is voicing alarm over reports of violence and intimidation by a militia attached to the youth wing of Burundi’s ruling party, the Imbonerakure. Zeid Raad al-Hussein said Tuesday its actions “could tip an already extremely tense situation over the edge.” He said his …
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Al Qaeda-linked militants in eastern Libya declared holy war — or jihad — on the local Islamic State affiliate after one of their senior leaders was killed Wednesday by masked gunmen, which set off clashes between the rival groups that left 11 people dead on both sides, including a top …
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BERLIN – The U.N.’s special envoy for Syria says he has accepted an invitation from the government to travel to Damascus for talks with officials there. The office of Staffan de Mistura said Sunday that he wanted to give the Syrian government the opportunity to express their views about the …
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