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Mike Williams makes Jets return after absence during tumultuous week

Mike Williams returned to the Jets' practice facility on Thursday after missing a walkthrough the previous day for what the team cited as personal reasons. The veteran receiver was publicly criticized by quarterback Aaron Rodgers for running the wrong route in a loss to the Bills late Monday night, a day after the Jets fell […]

Yankees’ Oswaldo Cabrera steps up in Jazz Chisholm’s absence

DETROIT — Oswaldo Cabrera continues to hit. Cabrera had two of the team’s four hits on a generally subdued day in a 4-0 loss to the Tigers, and he also showed some strength at third base and continued to thrive as a utility player when called upon. With Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the disabled list […]

Tyrone Taylor helping Mets survive Starling Marte’s absence

SEATTLE — Starling Marte was a key part of the Mets’ lineup until he was placed on the disabled list in late June with right knee soreness. More than six weeks later, Marte remains sidelined — he’s rehabbing in the minor leagues and is scheduled to report to Double-A Binghamton on Sunday — but the […]

Lawmakers on Trump assassination task force share rare bipartisan ‘commitment’; omitted reps question absence

After House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, nominated candidates to serve on the Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force, committee members expressed a bipartisan desire to determine how the historic tragedy happened in the first place. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican whose district includes the Butler Farm Show […]

Vice President Kamala Harris’ absence at Netanyahu speech not without precedent

Vice President Kamala Harris announced that instead of co-chairing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress, she will attend a planned event in Indiana, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule in Indianapolis. Because it is a joint meeting The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate […]