12+ min ago (305+ words) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett listens to a question during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. Credit: AP/Jason Behnken TAMPA, Fla. " It's been a season of missed opportunities for the Arizona Cardinals, who once again contributed heavily to their own demise in Sunday's 20-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Cardinals (3-9) have dropped four in a row and nine of 10 overall. They've lost seven times by four or fewer points and came up short against the NFC South-leading Bucs (7-5) despite finishing with 386 yards of total offense to outgain an opponent for a fifth time in their nine losses. "I know every time I get up here I sound like a broken record, but it's just execution. In a of lot of those critical (situations), I've got to…...

21+ min ago (379+ words) Tennessee forward Janiah Barker (0) grabs the ball defended by UCLA center Lauren Betts (51) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Credit: AP/Damian Dovarganes LOS ANGELES " Gabriela Jaquez made 10 of 14 shots for 29 points and No. 3 UCLA defeated 14th-ranked Tennessee and former teammate Janiah Barker 99-77 on Sunday, snapping the Lady Volunteers' five-game winning streak. Kiki Rice added 20 points and tied her career high with 11 rebounds for the Bruins (8-1). Jaquez made a career-high five 3-pointers. Gianna Kneepkens had 19 points, hitting four 3-pointers, and Angela Dugalic had 14 points and six rebounds. Lauren Betts had seven points in her return after missing a 30-point win over Duke with a left arm injury. Barker led the Lady Vols (5-2) with a career-high 25 points. She transferred from UCLA last spring after one season in which she made three starts…...

24+ min ago (503+ words) Artillery shells of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall are displayed in Unterluess, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Markus Schreiber STOCKHOLM " The world's biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries' rising military spending, according to a report released Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said the revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew to $679 billion in 2024, the highest figure it has recorded. The bulk of the increase was down to companies based in Europe and the United States, but there were increases around the world " except in Asia and Oceania, where problems in the Chinese arms industry led to a slight fall. Thirty of the 39 U.S. companies in the top 100 " including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman…...

25+ min ago (486+ words) A former Manhasset private equity executive convicted in federal court'of defrauding thousands of investors has been granted clemency by President Donald Trump. Credit: AP/Angelina Katsanis President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Manhasset private equity executive'David Gentile, a little more'than a week after the start of his federal prison sentence for running a $1.6 billion fraud scheme that ripped off thousands of investors, the White House confirmed to Newsday on Sunday. A Brooklyn federal jury convicted Gentile, 59, the founder and former CEO of GPB Capital, in August 2024 of securities and wire fraud, for misleading more than 10,000 investors into believing that the returns from his three investment funds would buy and operate car dealerships that would generate enough profit to pay out 8% annual returns, according to prosecutors. When Gentile's'investment returns fell short of his promise, he and his partners used…...

29+ min ago (220+ words) President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. "If you want to have it released, I'll release it," the president said during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida. He said the results of the MRI were "perfect." The White House has so far declined to detail why Trump had an MRI during his physical last month, or on what part of his body. The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has said that the president received "advanced imaging" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center "as part of his routine physical examination…...

42+ min ago (161+ words) Firefighters respond to the fire on Fifty Acre Road South on Sunday afternoon. Credit: Joseph Sperber A house fire broke out Sunday afternoon on Fifty Acre Road'South in St. James, sending smoke and flames into the sky, according to authorities and witnesses. The fire tore through a two-story split-level ranch home, prompting firefighters to close down traffic on the nearby Woodlawn Avenue at North Country Road and Fiore Court, according to the Suffolk County police. There has been no official word on the extent of the damage done to the building or any injuries caused by the blaze. More than a dozen St. James Fire Department trucks and police cars surrounded the home around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. The home's interior was charred, with a mattress strewn onto the front lawn and a bookshelf lying on the roof. Gratitude, gathering and giving…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (467+ words) Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid tries to rally the fans after making a basket and getting a foul during the second half of an NBA Cup basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Philadelphia. Credit: AP/Chris Szagola PHILADELPHIA " Joel Embiid returned to the starting lineup for the 76ers on Sunday against Atlanta after he missed the last nine games in large part because of a sore right knee. Embiid had played in only six of 20 games and averaged 19.7 points and 5.5 rebounds for a Sixers team that has hovered around .500 without him. The 76ers are 4-2 with Embiid. The 76ers upgraded Embiid to questionable on the injury report on Sunday afternoon and the two-time NBA scoring champion was cleared to play after his pregame workout. The 76ers will play for the first time this season with their All-Star trio of Embiid, oft-injured Paul George and…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (348+ words) A Texas-based nonprofit fighting'youth gun violence'will help sponsor an annual scholarship at the American Ballet Studio in Bayport in honor of'Emily Finn, the 18-year-old Sayville college freshman'allegedly shot and killed Wednesday by her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend at'his Nesconset home. "The Foundation will help financially sponsor one promising girl's continued dance education, establishing a legacy that mirrors Emily's own passion and potential," the Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, founded in the wake of the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, mass school'shooting, wrote in a statement. The nonprofit will also plant a memorial tree in the Finger Lakes National Forest'in Finn's honor. Its Youth Gun Violence Memorial Initiative, which began in September, plants a tree in a national forest in memory of young people who have lost their lives to gun violence. A memorial service for Finn is set for Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (386+ words) A Texas-based nonprofit fighting'youth gun violence'will help sponsor an annual scholarship at the American Ballet Studio in Bayport in honor of'Emily Finn, who was a student and teacher at the ballet studio. Credit: American Ballet Studio A Texas-based nonprofit fighting'youth gun violence'will help sponsor an annual scholarship at the American Ballet Studio in Bayport in honor of'Emily Finn, the 18-year-old Sayville college freshman'allegedly shot and killed Wednesday by her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend at'his Nesconset home. "The Foundation will help financially sponsor one promising girl's continued dance education, establishing a legacy that mirrors Emily's own passion and potential," the Youth Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, founded in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas mass school'shooting, wrote in a statement. The nonprofit will also plant a memorial tree in the Finger Lakes National Forest'in Finn's honor. Its Youth Gun Violence Memorial Initiative, which began…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (323+ words) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. " Chance Moore had 11 points and eight rebounds, Amir Jenkins scored 10 points, and West Virginia beat Mercyhurst 70-38 on Sunday. Treysen Eaglestaff had nine points and eight rebounds and Brenen Lorient scored all his nine points in the first half for West Virginia (6-2). Mercyhurst's 38 points were the fewest allowed by the Mountaineers since Coppin State also scored 38 on Dec. 20, 2017. WVU scored the first 10 points in a 16-2 opening run and never trailed. The Lakers scored 13 of the next 15 points " which included 3-pointers 35 seconds apart by Bernie Blunt " to trim their deficit to three a little more than nine minutes into the game but got no closer. West Virginia scored the final eight points in a 21-7 spurt to close the first half and took a 17-point lead into the intermission. The Mountaineers shot 64% (16 of 25 from the field, scored 13 points off nine Mercyhurst…...