Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began on Saturday in south Georgia, where the 39th US president’s life began more than 100 years ago. A motorcade with Carter’s flag-draped casket is heading to his hometown of Plains and past his boyhood home on the way to Atlanta. The procession began at the Phoebe Sumter medical center…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Jordan Whitehead was injured in a car accident on Saturday and will not play against the Saints on Sunday. The Buccaneers placed Whitehead on the reserve/non-football injury list and signed safety Ryan Neal from the practice squad. Whitehead has 79 tackles, two tackles for loss and one quarterback hit in 12…
Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days, both as chancellor and party leader, after talks about forming a coalition government collapsed. The chancellor said his party – the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) – and the Social Democrats had failed to agree on key issues. The liberal Neos, another party involved…
Jake Lloyd — the child star who played young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” — is finally talking about his mental health issues … diving into the recent treatment he received. The former actor spoke with author Clayton Sandell — co-writer of ‘Star Wars Timelines’ — alongside his mother,…
The Kansas City Chiefs were stranded at Kansas City International Airport on Saturday as an ice storm shut down operations, preventing their chartered jet from departing for their game against the Broncos on Sunday in Denver. The Chiefs tried to move up the flight as the weather, which had been predicted all week, bared down…
Watch: Tributes paid to ‘great man’ Carter at start of state funeral in Georgia Americans have been gathering to mourn Jimmy Carter as a nearly week-long state funeral gets under way for the 39th US president. Saturday’s procession from Carter’s home in Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta marked the beginning of the six-day public goodbye for…
Amit Yoran, CEO and chairman of Tenable H/O Tenable Amit Yoran, who ushered cybersecurity company Tenable into the public market as chief executive, died on Friday. He was 54. Yoran’s passing was confirmed by Tenable in a Saturday press release. While the company said his death was unexpected, Yoran went on medical leave early last…
All eyes are on a bushfire in Victoria that has been raging for weeks as southern Australia swelters through a three-day heatwave. Hot conditions are expected to continue on Sunday from central Australia to the south-east, with pockets in Victoria’s east and New South Wales’s south-east to experience severe conditions until late Sunday. Firefighters are…
Chaz Lanier scored 29 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee over No. 23 Arkansas 76-52 on Saturday and tie for the best start to a season in program history. The Volunteers (14-0, 1-0 SEC) are tied with the 1922-23 team for the best start, according to the school. Igor Milicic Jr. had 13 points and…
Brice Williams scored 16 points, Andrew Morgan added 12 off the bench and Nebraska beat No. 15 UCLA on Saturday, 66-58. The Cornhuskers (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) won their 20th straight home game to match the school record. The Huskers took the lead midway through the second half and turned back the Bruins (11-3, 2-1)…
