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The Indiana Pacers have agreed to terms with guard T.J. McConnell on a four-year extension worth $45 million. Agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman confirmed the deal in an email to The Associated Press. McConnell is now under contract with the Pacers through the 2028-29 NBA season. The 32-year-old is coming off career highs in scoring in the regular season and in the playoffs on Indiana's run to the Eastern Conference final. The Western Pennsylvania native has played nine years in the league with the Philadelphia 76ers and Pacers since making his debut in October 2015.

The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Tommy Pham for assignment. Friday's move ends the outfielder's second stint with the team after one month. The Cardinals recalled outfielder Jordan Walker, who had a strong rookie season in 2023 before struggling this year. Pham was acquired along with starting pitcher Erick Fedde from the Chicago White Sox on July 29 as part of a three-team trade that sent Michael Kopech and Tommy Edman to the Dodgers. Pham hit a grand slam in his first game for the Cardinals but was 2 for 28 in his last 10 games.

Nebraska's top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures of registered voters. That is well over the nearly 62,000 needed to get the repeal on the ballot. Signatures also had to be collected from 5% of the registered voters in at least 38 of Nebraska’s 93 counties to qualify. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen confirmed Friday that just more than 62,000 signatures had been verified. Evnen says the 5% threshold was met in at least 57 counties.

"Horrific" is not a word you normally hear from an athlete who has just medaled in a big-time race.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey will seek reelection next year and plans to make the announcement official next week, according to a newly created website.

NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered the Taxi and Limousine Commission to make all new taxis wheelchair-accessible until New York City meets the 50% threshold it agreed to in a 2013 settlement agreement.

Game week has arrived for John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens returned to practice Friday after three days off. The focus can now turn to next Thursday’s season opener at Kansas City. The Chiefs earned the right to play in that game as the defending Super Bowl champions. They beat the Ravens on the way there in the AFC title game. Offensive lineman Patrick Mekari, safety Eddie Jackson and rookie linebacker Adisa Isaac were not at Baltimore's practice during the portion open to reporters Friday. Harbaugh said Jackson had flight issues, while Mekari and Isaac were dealing with “standard operating stuff.”

IndyCar returns to the Milwaukee Mile after an eight-year absence with a championship on the line between a pair of drivers each seeking a third series championship. In one corner stands points leader Alex Palou, who is seeking his second consecutive IndyCar title and third in four years. In the other is Will Power, winner of the 2022 championship sandwiched between Palou’s two titles. Palou carries a 54-point lead into this weekend’s doubleheader. One race is Saturday night and the other is Sunday. Palou could theoretically put Power away with a race to spare. But Power has seven career starts, including a victory, at Milwaukee. Palou has tested once at Milwaukee and never won on an oval.

United States defender John Brooks has returned to Hertha Berlin on a two-year contract with his former club in Germany’s second division. The 31-year-old center back came up through Hertha’s youth system and played five seasons with the Berlin club after turning professional. Brooks played last season for Hoffenheim and became a free agent this summer when his contract expired. Hertha was relegated from the Bundesliga after the 2022-23 season. Brooks has played 45 times for the U.S. but his last international game was in 2021.

A Texas-based school group continues to launch its revolutionary AI-based schools, claiming their methodology delivers faster results than other educational formats. Last year, the Austin, Texas-based Alpha School made headlines with its “2 + 4” teaching method that frees students of traditi…

Nigerian striker Gift Orban has scored a second-half double to give Lyon a thrilling 4-3 win over Strasbourg in the French league. Lyon was behind after three minutes and although it equalized just before halftime, two goals early in the second half put Strasbourg in the driving seat again on Friday. English defender Ashley Maitland-Niles pulled a goal back and then Orban came off the bench to score twice in quick succession to give Lyon all three points. Strasbourg sits in seventh place in Ligue 1; Lyon is 11th.

A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos. Friday's decision by Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels represents a major victory for the city’s nine casinos, most of which are winning less money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But it's a setback for workers who have been trying for four years to ban smoking in their workplaces.

Attorneys say the city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives of a woman killed by police during a shootout with a gunman at a Trader Joe’s store six years ago. The father and brother of 27-year-old Melyda Corado sued for wrongful death. The settlement was announced Friday. Corado was an assistant manager in July 2018 when a gunman being chased by police got into a shootout as he ran inside. Police said Corado was caught in the crossfire. A family attorney says the death was preventable. The City Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately comment on the settlement.

NEW YORK — Jewish students at Columbia University say they were harassed, ostracized and, in rare cases, the victims of physical violence last school year, according to a long-awaited report by a university-wide task force on antisemitism.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF treatments, a proposal at odds with the actions of much of his own party. It reveals the former president’s realization that abortion and reproductive rights are major liabilities for his chances of returning to the White House. Even before his surprising announcement Thursday on treatments for in vitro fertilization, Trump had been promoting the idea that the Republican Party was a “leader” on IVF. Yet that characterization has been rejected by Democrats, who have seized on the common but expensive fertility treatment as another dimension of reproductive rights threatened by Republicans.

A proposal to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks will be on the November ballot. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Friday ruled that the casino campaign gathered enough voter signatures for the measure to go before voters. The Secretary of State’s office previously found that the campaign came up short on signatures. Missouri’s constitution only allows casinos on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The ballot measure seeks authorization for one casino on the Osage River, which feeds into the Lake of the Ozarks.

A California man lied to U.S. customs officials when he declared he was shipping himself ceramic tiles from Turkey worth less than $600 as part of his plan to “get rich,” according to federal prosecutors.

MIAMI — Lionel Messi has been training with his teammates after six weeks off with an ankle injury and has not been ruled out of the Inter Miami game Saturday on the road against the Chicago Fire, according to coach Tata Martino.

Johnny Gaudreau was known as “Johnny Hockey” for his lifelong journey in the sport he loved along with his family. He and his younger brother, Matthew, died when they struck by a drunken driver while riding bicycles not far from their childhood home. Undersized from the time he first put on skates growing up in New Jersey just outside Philadelphia, Gaudreau excelled in college and thrived in the NHL despite being well under 6 feet tall and weighing less than 180 pounds. Those who knew him also remembered him for how he embraced life off the ice.

ATLANTA — For as much as Rory McIlroy lamented his loss to Bryon DeChambeau in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst in June, there was something good about it.

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes, provide anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ nursing home residents, and help protect against the spread of infectious disease outbreaks. The bill passed Thursday. It would require long-term care facilities to provide staff training on the rights of LGBTQ+ older adults and those living with HIV. It would bar staff from discriminating based on a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status or HIV status. Long-term care facilities would also be required to develop outbreak response plans to help contain the spread of disease. It's now awaiting Gov. Maura Healey's signature.

A south Georgia man has died after he was bitten by a police K-9 during a pursuit last week. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of Kevin Kennedy. Investigators say the chase began when a state trooper saw Kennedy driving a four-wheeler and tried to pull him over. He didn't stop, so the trooper chased Kennedy through fields until the four-wheeler overturned. Kennedy ran away, and he was chased down by a K-9 who bit him. The trooper called for medical assistance as he arrested Kennedy and noticed the bite wound. Kennedy's family says his death could have been prevented.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A nonpartisan organization announced Friday it has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Public Safety seeking more information about how the state’s top officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, responded to civil unrest after George Floyd was killed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a red state like Missouri, the results of the traditional straw poll at the Missouri State Fair tend to offer few surprises and this year is no different. But a record number of rural Missourians wanted to have a say.

FMW Media's New to The Street announces the broadcasting of its national TV business show, Episode 594, airing on Bloomberg TV as sponsored programming, Saturday, August 31, 2024, at 6:30 PM ET featuring IMG Academy with Merrill Private Wealth, ZAPP Electric Vehicle, The Sustainable Green Te…

Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a database used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The research database — called LAION — is a huge index of online images and captions that’s been a source for leading AI image-makers such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. But a report last year by the Stanford Internet Observatory found it contained links to sexually explicit images of children, contributing to the ease with which some AI tools have been able to produce photorealistic deepfakes that depict children.

Manchester United has signed Uruguay defensive midfielder Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain for an an initial 50 million euros ($55.7 million) on the final day of the summer transfer window. Ugarte is United’s fifth signing of the window after striker Joshua Zirkzee, center backs Leny Yoro and Matthijs de Ligt, and full back Noussair Mazraoui. It takes the club’s summer spending on new players to around $240 million. The 23-year-old Ugarte has been a target of United throughout the summer and looks set to be the long-term replacement for 32-year-old Casemiro. United sold Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay to Napoli for 30 million euros ($33 million), a transfer which created space in the squad for Ugarte.

The Miami Dolphins have stamped their approval of coach Mike McDaniel for the long haul.

Union Berlin has gone top of the Bundesliga after beating St Pauli 1-0. The goal came after 34 minutes when Benedict Hollerbach fired home from the edge of the penalty area after St Pauli failed to clear a corner. The result means Union will spend Friday night at the top of the table after winning four points from its first two games. St Pauli remains bottom after two consecutive defeats.

LOS ANGELES — Jay Kanter, prolific film producer and agent to Hollywood notables including Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe, has died. He was 97.

ATLANTA — Two Republican activists have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Fulton County to remove people they believe are ineligible from its voting rolls.

PHILADELPHIA — Columbus Blue Jackets superstar Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, were struck and killed by a vehicle while riding their bicycles in Oldmans Township, N.J., on Thursday evening. Johnny was 31 years old, and Matthew was 29. They were slated to celebrate their sister’s w…

England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has left Arsenal after losing his place in the team to David Raya and joined fellow Premier League club Southampton. Ramsdale has reportedly moved for an initial 18 million pounds ($23.7 million) and on a four-year deal on the final day of the summer transfer window. Hours later, Arsenal signed Brazilian goalkeeper Neto from Bournemouth on a season-long loan deal to also be the backup to Raya. Two seasons ago, Ramsdale was named in the Premier League’s team of the year but fell out of Arsenal’s side last year following the signing of Raya. Ramsdale was part of England’s squad at the recent European Championship but didn’t play a game.

Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he fights to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his state conviction. In a letter to the trial judge made public Friday, Trump’s lawyers asked that he hold off on a decision on Trump’s request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the indictment in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling. The judge had said he would rule Sept. 16. Trump’s lawyers also urged the judge to postpone Trump’s Sept. 18 sentencing while the U.S. District Court in Manhattan weighs their request that it seize the case from state court.

Prince Harry and Prince William were both in attendance for the funeral of their uncleLord Robert Fellowes on Thursday — but didn’t show each other any brotherly love.

Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge shows price pressures easing as rate cuts near

The Milwaukee Brewers broke a 4-4 tie in the 10th inning on a double play as designated runner Eric Haase scored, and Devin Williams made it stand up for a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a doubleheader. The Brewers improved to 6-5 in extra inning games. The Red dropped to 3-4. Pinch hitter Brice Turang had a bunt single that moved Haase to third against Alexis Diaz. The Reds closer had two consecutive blown saves in his last two appearances. Williams entered the game for the bottom of the 10th. He has retired 24 straight Reds batters dating back to 2022.

ATLANTA — Stockbridge leaders are hoping to save a piece of television history before it’s lost to demolition.

LOS ANGELES — California taxpayers will pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who alleged that Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is now running for lieutenant governor, sexually harassed her.

DENVER — Amid the Friday morning heat in Denver, more than 100 Coloradans gathered around a bus stop pole that previously hosted racist signs targeting migrants and Vice President Kamala Harris.