NFL — Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers: Three Defensive Players Injured in Opener vs Jets Update Coach Mike Tomlin on injuries: Derrick Harmon – knee – out DeShon Elliott – knee – out Malik Harrison – knee – out Joey Porter Jr. – optimistic about availability Nick Herbig – optimistic about availability Pittsburgh edged New York 34–32 on a Chris Boswell 60-yard FG with 1:03 left, but Joey Porter Jr. (hamstring), DeShon Elliott (knee) and Malik Harrison (knee) exited injured. Evaluations ongoing, per Mike Tomlin. Week 1 Final: Steelers 34–32 Jets Game Recap The Steelers opened the season with a dramatic victory…
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Disciplinary News Wicklow SFC: Heavy Bans After Rathnew vs Carnew Emmets Brawl Five Rathnew players sanctioned with bans of up to five years after off-field brawl in Aughrim. Both clubs fined; appeals remain possible. Major Sanctions Following Quarter-Final Brawl Wicklow GAA has issued heavy punishments after shocking scenes at the Senior Football Championship quarter-final between Rathnew and Carnew Emmets in Echelon Park, Aughrim, on 30 August. The match ended in controversy after a serious fight broke out on the terrace in the closing minutes. Footage of the incident, which has circulated widely on social media, shows a mass brawl involving…
Apple on Tuesday kicked off an event featuring the unveiling of a new lineup of iPhones headlined by a new thinner smartphone as the tech giant explores new design features. Apple’s new thinner smartphone offering is known as the iPhone Air and is will be in the middle of the company’s iPhone lineup between less expensive iPhone 17 models and more expensive iPhone 17 Pro models. The iPhone 17 will be $799, while the iPhone Air will cost $999 and the iPhone 17 Pro will total $1,099. The company said the iPhone Air is its thinnest iPhone ever, and it’s only…
President Donald Trump’s push for lower interest rates is drawing criticism from allies and opponents alike, raising fresh concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and the potential risks to the U.S. economy. On Sunday, billionaire Republican megadonor and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, calling for interest rate resolution but warning that the president’s attacks on the Fed chair carry “steep costs.” “Runaway inflation during the Biden administration cost the Democrats in the 2024 elections. Rightfully, President Trump and his administration have made controlling inflation a priority,” Griffin said, alongside co-author Anil Kashyap, a…
In the dusty, extra-wide lumber aisle of Home Depot, a contractor taps the neatly piled boards as he walks, sizing up the wood that will soon become the backbone of his next project. He’s on contract to rebuild a privacy fence in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., beloved for its quiet, narrow streets and century-old homes. The project is a simple one, but comes with an elevated price tag. It’s a frustration shared nationwide, as rising prices for humble materials strain construction budgets of all sizes. REAL ESTATE VETERAN WARNS ‘HOPELESSNESS’ IN HOUSING MARKET THREATENS THE AMERICAN…
Apple might not admit it (at least not yet), but the iPhone Air is more than just a slimmed-down version of the company’s latest handset or a more sophisticated take on its usual Plus model. It’s a super sleek preview of its upcoming foldable. Now this might seem like a stretch and there’s something to be said about the difference between a traditional OLED display and one that’s meant to be bent. However, the arrival of a foldable iPhone has become one of the tech world’s worst-kept secrets. Still not convinced? Well, consider this. If you were in charge at…
Alongside all of the new iPhones, Apple Watch models and other hardware, today’s Apple event brought forth news of when you’ll be able to install iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS 26 and visionOS 26. You’ll be able to install these operating systems on compatible devices on September 15 when they move out of beta. There are two major changes this year. The first is Apple’s shift to the Liquid Glass design language across its devices. It’s a significant overhaul of the design of Apple’s operating systems, with a focus on translucency and fluidity. The other big update is…
by Hannah Allam ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the weeks leading up to July 9, Ayman Soliman told friends he was terrified of losing the sanctuary he’d found after fleeing Egypt in 2014 and building a new life as a Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Soliman, 51, was to show up at 9 a.m. on that date for his first check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement since losing his asylum status. He’d been granted the protections in 2018 under the first…
by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. This summer, worried parents called the principal at Chalmers Elementary on Chicago’s West Side to ask if the district had shuttered the school. They had noticed second-floor windows boarded up. But despite years of declining enrollment, the school wasn’t closing. It was undergoing major…
by Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk, The Connecticut Mirror This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. A Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles working group will examine portions of the state’s towing law, potentially leading to more extensive reforms than those passed by the legislature last session. The 10-member committee, which met for the first time Monday, must report its recommendations to lawmakers by February. It was originally tasked with examining a more narrow piece of the Connecticut law that…