Pro Picks takes a look at the wild-card round
Wild-card games can be so unpredictable because, at times, the visitors come in with a better record than the host.
Wild-card games can be so unpredictable because, at times, the visitors come in with a better record than the host.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the clock in the Washington Monument's automated lighting system is likely out of sync after the monument went dark.
A month-by-month glance of newsworthy moments of 2016 in Texas County:
PARIS (AP) — French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen cheered Ford Motor Co.'s decision to shift investment from Mexico to the U.S., saying on Wednesday that it is victory for the protectionist policies she champions.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing of Dylann Roof in the deaths of nine people at a South Carolina church (all times local):
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has told reporters while leaving jail that he's sorry about the situation that put him behind bars but doesn't believe he should have been charged with assault.
"The Beautiful Dead" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Belinda Bauer
RAIDERS VS. TEXANSSaturday, 3:35 p.m. CST, ESPN, NRG Stadium
LIONS VS. SEAHAWKSSaturday, 7:15 p.m. CT, FOX, CenturyLink Field
NEW YORK (AP) — When August Wilson's widow first toured the set for the new movie based on his play "Fences," she carefully examined the modest two-story brick house, the small yard and the tree where a ball hung from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama is making her final visit as the nation's first lady to "The Tonight Show" on Wednesday.
DETROIT (AP) — Demand may be slowing, but U.S. consumers still bought a whole lot of cars and trucks in 2016.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday morning as December auto sales start to roll in. General Motors and Ford are trading higher. That's helping consumer-focused companies. The market is building on its gains from the day before.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann isn't happy with the San Francisco 49ers' decision to give Colin Kaepernick an award for "inspirational and courageous" player.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Comcast is hoping to make Wi-Fi in the home faster through an updated router — the machine that serves as data traffic cops for Wi-Fi networks.
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say an acquaintance of suspected Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri has been arrested in a separate case.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — People who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal nearly two years ago are tired of waiting for help to rebuild.
(AP) — Searchers in Arizona found the bodies of four members of a family Tuesday in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colorado, officials said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Drake leads the nominations for the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards with 12, including male artist of the year, while electronic duo The Chainsmokers has 11 nominations, including song of the year for "Closer" with Halsey.
NEW YORK (AP) — After more than half a century as an operatic powerhouse, Placido Domingo might easily take success for granted. Instead, each time he storms onstage as the ruthless ruler in Verdi's "Nabucco," he feels he has "more…
BOSTON (AP) — For the second time, a federal jury will be asked to decide if a drifter who carjacked and killed two Massachusetts men should be put to death for the weeklong crime rampage.
Theodore Melfi's buoyant "Hidden Figures" is an old-fashioned feel-good movie with powerful contemporary relevance, spearheaded by a trio of unstoppable actresses playing black women who wouldn't be stopped.
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say around three dozen people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train either hit something or derailed as it arrived at a New York City terminal.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tool, Chance the Rapper and Phoenix are set to the headline the Governors Ball music festival in New York City this summer.