CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow melted from rooftops — signs of a warming world. “I definitely thought we’d be wearing all the layers,” said Jay Tucker, who came from Virginia to cheer on Team USA…
Super Bowl Sunday was more like the Kenneth Walker III show. With Walker leading the way, the Seattle Seahawks were in total control throughout the 2026 Super Bowl and took down the New England Patriots for a 29-13 victory and the Lombardi Trophy. And none of it would have been possible without Walker, who was…
Big Tech stocks were treading water in premarket trading on Monday, after a bruising week that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from their market caps. As of 6:12 a.m. ET, Oracle was up 1.5% and Microsoft had edged 0.8% higher. Meta was down 0.3% and Amazon was down 0.1%. Alphabet fell 0.6% and Nvidia…
NatWest’s shares fell nearly 5% in early market moves on Monday after the company announced a £2.7 billion ($3.7 billion) deal to acquire one of the U.K.’s largest wealth managers, Evelyn Partners. The deal will see NatWest double its total assets under management to £127 billion, up from £59 billion, the British bank said in…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar. The DGA Awards, held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, is among the most reliable Academy…
For the Seattle Seahawks, the party is just getting started. For everyone else, there is no party at all. There is only misery and the bitter memory of a disappointing 2025 season. So, to borrow a phrase from a should-be-Hall-of-Fame coach, “We’re on to 2026.” And who will be the best and worst teams next…
Aerial view of Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, taken from an airplane on April 3, 2025. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images The Cuban government said international airlines can no longer refuel there due to fuel shortages after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that supplies the communist country with…
The European Commission has told Meta it intends to impose “interim measures” to stop the tech giant from excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp. On Monday, the EU informed the company that its preliminary view was that it had “breached” EU antitrust rules. The investigation is still ongoing, and measures are subject to Meta’s reply…
The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) — undeniable symbols of Puerto Rico. From a small Caribbean island…
The men’s college basketball season keeps on delivering. A thriller between Duke and North Carolina, a Gonzaga loss to a WCC team not named Saint Mary’s, and Arizona continues to demolish everything in its path: It’s been a wild week in men’s college hoops. February is the month when players and coaches realize they are…
