Sports

Tiger Woods withdraws from Genesis Invitational after death of mom

Feb. 10, 2025

Tiger Woods announced Monday he will no longer participate in the Genesis Invitational as he was still "processing" the death of his mother. Woods revealed last week that his mother, Kultida, had died. She was 78. "I planned to tee it up this week, but I’m just not ready," Woods said in a statement. "I did my best to prepare, knowing it’s what my Mom would have wanted, but I’m still processing her loss.

Sports

British Open joins U.S. Open in offering direct pathway for LIV golfers

Feb. 10, 2025

The British Open has joined the U.S. Open in offering a direct pathway for players from the breakaway LIV Golf circuit to get into the field for this year's major championship. The leading player not already exempt in the top five of LIV's individual standings following its tournament in Dallas in late June will be awarded a spot at the world's oldest major taking place at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland the following month, the R&A said Monday.

Automotive

Toyota’s expanded $14B North Carolina EV battery plant ready to roll

Feb. 10, 2025

The first batteries made at Toyota Motor Corp.’s newly expanded North Carolina plant will begin shipping in April, the automaker announced Wednesday. The facility in Liberty is the automaker’s 11th manufacturing site in the U.S. and first in-house battery manufacturing facility outside Japan, according to the release. Batteries produced in North Carolina will be used in Toyota’s hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles assembled in North America, the company said.

Business

Trump says he has directed U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

Feb. 10, 2025

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site. “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.” The move by Trump is the latest in what has been a rapid-fire effort by his new administration to enact sweeping change through executive order and proclamation on issues ranging from immigration, to gender and diversity, to the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Sports

Super Bowl halftime show dancer displays Palestinian, Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar performance

Feb. 10, 2025

A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flag together with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them toward the end of the performance, the NFL said. The NFL identified the person, who was dressed in black like other dancers on the field, "as part of the 400-member field cast."

Business

Wasabi worries and truffle troubles: Tariffs threaten crops that U.S. farmers struggle to grow

Feb. 10, 2025

Tibor Fischl has been growing goji berries in Sonoma, California, and Washington’s Yakima Valley since 2013. “I don’t recommend it,” he said. The nutrient-packed East Asian fruit, which is typically sold dried and blitzed into smoothies or sprinkled over granola, is among the many specialty foods that consumers in the United States rely on foreign growers to provide. A handful of American farmers grow small volumes of those ingredients domestically, from truffles and lavender to wasabi. Many say it’s tough going, and warn there’s no way they could satisfy U.S. demand at reasonable prices if shifting trade policies were to make their products’ foreign-grown counterparts pricier or harder to get.

Sports

With Chiefs' Super Bowl thrashing, the GOAT debate between Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady is paused

Feb. 10, 2025

With the quarterback widely considered the greatest of all-time watching from the Fox broadcast booth Sunday, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes had the opportunity to accomplish a feat not even Tom Brady could boast. Instead, Mahomes and the Chiefs left New Orleans with their ambitions of a third consecutive Super Bowl title thwarted by Philadelphia in a 40-22 loss in Super Bowl 59.

Sports

Jalen Hurts' Super Bowl win is just the latest in his 'unprecedented journey'

Feb. 10, 2025

Jalen Hurts didn’t look like someone who had just won a Super Bowl, someone who had a masterful performance in leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a dominant 40-22 victory over the back-to-back defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. But here he was, moments removed from confetti falling on his face and winning game MVP, his usual calm and collected self. Not too high, not too low. A smirk here and there.

Sports

Philadelphia Eagles demolish the Kansas City Chiefs to win their second Super Bowl

Feb. 10, 2025

Fueled by a harassing defense, Philadelphia denied a Kansas City coronation in Super Bowl 59, dethroning the Chiefs in a rout that delivered the Eagles their second championship in seven seasons by a score of 40-22. Quarterback Jalen Hurts earned MVP honors after throwing for two touchdowns and running for one more.

Sports

Super Bowl 2025: Eagles defeat Chiefs 40-22; Jalen Hurts MVP; Kendrick Lamar performs at halftime

Feb. 10, 2025

The Kansas City Chiefs entered Super Bowl 59 attempting to make history as the only team in the NFL’s Super Bowl era to win three consecutive titles. Instead, by the third quarter Sunday, a far different kind of unprecedented event was unfolding — the Chiefs were on the verge of becoming the first Super Bowl team ever held scoreless.