Oct 9 (Reuters) – Mike Ditka, a Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end best known as the slick-haired and mustachioed head coach who led the NFL’s Chicago Bears to their only Super Bowl triumph in 1986, has died. He was 86. Ditka’s death was announced in…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture on Friday is expected to lower its estimate of how much of last year’s corn harvest was fed to livestock after it reported a bigger-than-anticipated jump in grain stocks last week, analysts…
DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – An Omani flydubai co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted by the bloc two years ago are more than capable of tackling rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen told Reuters on Friday. There are mounting concerns worldwide…
By Bo Erickson and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump has not publicly commented on the Pentagon’s unprecedented plan to livestream the military execution of the gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009. Speaking…
By Field Level Media Oct 09 (Field Level Media) – Portland Thorns star forward Sophia Wilson’s suspension for pulling an opponent’s hair was extended to a second match. The NWSL announced Thursday that Wilson must sit against Bay FC on Oct. 18 and the North…
(Corrects year to 2001 in paragraph 15) By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Thursday that it would livestream the firing squad execution of the man who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, raising questions…
By Field Level Media Oct 09 (Field Level Media) – Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees will be inducted into the Saints Ring of Honor on Sunday afternoon in New Orleans. The Super Bowl-winning signal-caller will become the ninth member honored by the franchise at…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it. Adem El Adeb, 19, told Reuters that he tried to convince Saif al-Din…
BELFAST, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Northern Irish police will interview the region’s first minister, Michelle O’Neill, in relation to an investigation into a protest that has blocked a Protestant parade from marching through a Catholic area for almost two weeks, O’Neill said on Friday. Thousands…
