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Colts lock up RB Taylor to 2-year extension

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor got his wish. A little more than a week after reiterating he wanted to stay with Indy for the rest of his career, Taylor took a big step toward fulfilling that pledge by signing a two-year, $44 million contract extension, ...

NASCAR changing stage break rules

(AP) — NASCAR plans to implement a new stage-break procedure for its Cup Series races beginning this weekend at Iowa Speedway and continuing through the remainder of the season. Under the new rules, when a natural caution occurs with 10 or fewer laps remaining in Stage 1 or Stage 2, it ...

Memphis playoff event won’t be part of top tier in PGA Tour’s new schedule

(AP) — The PGA Tour confirmed Wednesday the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the leadoff postseason event since 2022, would not be part of the top-tier Championship Series in 2028. After more than a week of piecemeal announcements which tournaments would be part of Championship Series, the tour said Memphis, Tennessee, would not be on the list. That also raises questions about the future of the FedEx Cup — the name and structure — when the overhaul begins in 2028. Memphis has hosted a PGA Tour event since 1958. It was given World Golf Championship status in 2019 when the tour lost ...

Belichick says son, Heels’ DC, is on medical leave

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, is on medical leave, his father said Thursday morning. The Tar Heels are in the second week of preseason camp. UNC opens the season Aug. 29 against TCU in Dublin, ...

Lindsay Clancy sobs during murder trial as jurors view autopsy photos of her youngest child

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy sobbed uncontrollably Thursday as jurors viewed autopsy photos of the youngest of her three children who she strangled in 2023, until the court eventually had to take an unscheduled break. In the second week of her Massachusetts murder trial, prosecutors brought more friends, a former work colleague and her former father-in-law to testify about Clancy's mental and emotional state. For the most part, they said she was open about her postpregnancy mental health struggles but seemed like a loving mother who cared for her kids. The prosecution wants ...

Trump signs 2 immigration actions to limit birthright citizenship and curb ‘birth tourism’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court, he's ready to try again. The president said he was signing two executive actions on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States. The written executive order released later Thursday was narrower in scope than the previous ...