By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flags were at half-staff outside the Superdome and at nearby state buildings on Thursday as fans arrived a day later than scheduled for the Sugar Bowl — a game serving this season as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal between Notre …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside a Trump hotel was a member of the Army’s elite Green Berets.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oregon withstood many challenges en route to being the only unbeaten team and the top seed in the College Football Playoff. However, Ohio State’s opening flurry on offense and defense in the first half was too much to overcome as …

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN McGILL and JACK BROOK Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a …

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a …

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — College football playoff game in New Orleans postponed 24 hours in aftermath of deadly French Quarter attack.

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at Camp David and a field trip to the Gettysburg battlefield to demonstrate the consequences of war.But looking …

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Football coaches, perhaps more than other sports, are huge proponents of structure, routine, consistent messaging. Since the early days of his time in Happy Valley, Penn State’s James Franklin has adhered to the philosophy of 1-0. Yes, it’s a cliche. …

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Netflix will have one of its biggest days Wednesday since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time. “NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix” begins with a two-hour pregame show at 11 a.m., before Pittsburgh hosts Kansas City. …