Author: damazah@gmail.com

Brooke PryorAug 19, 2026, 01:18 PM ETCloseBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.Multiple AuthorsPITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy is turning the keys of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense over to his young quarterbacks Friday night. Second-year signal-caller Will Howard will start against the New York Jets, while 2026 fourth-round pick Drew Allar will follow. Neither Aaron Rodgers nor Mason Rudolph will play in the second preseason game.”They’re young,” McCarthy said Wednesday…

The Cape Town Regional Court has adjourned proceedings over the immigration status of former Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, Chidinma Adetshina, as protesters demand that she be sent back to Nigeria. Ms Adetshina appeared before the court on Wednesday to seek to stop authorities from detaining her over her immigration status. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that she submitted an affidavit explaining the measures she had taken to regularise her status in South Africa. IOL, a South African news platform, reported that the court postponed the matter to 27 February 2027. Following the hearing, Ms Adetshina again said she was born in…

Australia’s foreign affairs minister has expressed “outrage” and will call in the Israeli ambassador over the IDF decision overnight not to open a criminal investigation into Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom.In a statement released on Thursday, Penny Wong called the timing of the decision, on World Humanitarian Day, “especially insulting”.Wong said she will call in Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman, and has directed Australia’s ambassador to Israel, Neil Hawkins, “to convey our views directly to Israel as the Australian Government considers next steps”.The April 2024 strike hit a convoy of World Central Kitchen vehicles, killing…

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil speaks to reporters Wednesday ahead of LIV Golf Indianapolis, LIV’s final event of the 2026 season.Zach SchenfischLIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil addressed reporters Wednesday at The Club at Chatham Hills for LIV Golf Indianapolis with a message of positivity. LIV Golf Indianapolis became the final event of the 2026 season after the cancellation of the planned team championship event in Michigan and is entering a critical transition period after the withdrawal of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF).Despite serious uncertainty about the future of LIV Golf past the 2026 season, O’Neil’s message was clear:…

OpenAI says it has slowed down training some of its most advanced AI models to improve security.In a blog post, external, the ChatGPT-maker said it was introducing new measures after its AI agents autonomously bypassed safeguards and hacked the tech start-up Hugging Face.It said training would be slowed for two weeks while it puts the upgrades in place.”The capabilities of frontier models are rapidly accelerating,” the company said. “Our ability to understand…and secure them must stay ahead.”Claude-maker Anthropic and Facebook-owner Meta reported similar kinds of hacks by their AI in the weeks following the initial announcement by OpenAI that some…

A convicted people smuggler who was found by the BBC to be living in Leicestershire has been arrested and charged with immigration offences.Twana Jamal Khdir, an Iraqi national who was once described as “the godfather” of the French migrant camps, previously served a sentence for people smuggling in France.Last month, the BBC revealed he was now living in the UK.The BBC has been told he was arrested on Tuesday near Uppingham in a joint operation led by the Midlands Criminal Financial Investigations team, with the support of Leicestershire Police.He was charged by the Crown Prosecution Service and appeared at Leicester…

Coffee is consumed around the world every day, and earlier research has associated coffee drinking with a reduced risk of conditions including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Scientists still do not fully understand the biological processes that might explain those connections. Now, new research from Finland suggests that regular coffee consumption is associated with healthier body composition, favorable metabolic markers, and distinct patterns involving sex hormones in men and women. Researchers at the University of Oulu analyzed information from 2,264 people who were 46 years old and taking part in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. The team investigated…

Manchester City look set to rival neighbours Manchester United for Manu Kone, Aston Villa interested in Tosin Adarabioyo and Tottenham in talks over Man City duo.Manchester City have identified Roma’s Manu Kone as a potential signing, with the France midfielder, 25, having already been linked with rivals Manchester United this summer. (Mail), externalAston Villa are interested in signing Chelsea’s English defender Tosin Adarabioyo, 28, as a potential replacement for Ezri Konsa following Arsenal’s deal for the 28-year-old England international. (Sky Sports), externalBenfica have also made contact with Chelsea over a potential deal for Adarabioyo. (Sun), externalTottenham are in talks to…

EXCLUSIVE: Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) has landed a lead role opposite Zoë Kravitz in Apple‘s mystery movie from My Old Ass helmer Megan Park, sources tell Deadline. No word yet on Exarchopoulos’ part. Reps for Apple declined to comment. This will mark the decorated French actress’s first American studio lead role. Park’s new film is untitled; its logline is being kept under wraps. Park is directing from her own script and exec producing, with Apple Studios and LuckyChap to produce in association with FilmNation. Tom Ackerley and Bronte Payne are overseeing for LuckyChap. Exarchopoulos broke out with her lead role…

The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump’s invalidated tariffs. The uptick in borrowing comes as longer term US obligations linked to social security and health care have been growing, while interest payments have climbed as well. Total public debt outstanding stood at $40.05 trillion at the close of business Tuesday, according to data released Wednesday by the Treasury Department. This stands in contrast to an earlier forecast by the Congressional Budget Office that overall borrowing would…