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Justin Fields doesn’t care what the depth chart might say for the Pittsburgh Steelers — he wants to start Week 1. When Fields was traded to the Steelers back in March, he was relieved that the Chicago Bears gave him another opportunity elsewhere, considering all signs pointed to what they did in the 2024 NFL Draft: Take quarterback Caleb Williams …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal an extradition order to the U.S. on espionage charges for publishing classified U.S. military documents, the British High Court ruled Monday. Judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled in favor of Assange after his lawyers successfully argued that the U.S. government’s assurances that he would be entitled to the same free speech protections as …

A Greek judge dismissed charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations, after a prosecutor told the court Greece lacked jurisdiction. Shortly after the trial opened in the southern Greek city of Kalamata, public prosecutor Ekaterini Tsironi recommended that …

The alleged leaders of a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government went on trial on Tuesday, opening the most prominent proceedings in a case that shocked the country in late 2022. Nine defendants faced judges at a special warehouse-like courthouse built on the outskirts of Frankfurt to accommodate the large number of defendants, lawyers and media dealing with …

At least six Egyptian women died Tuesday after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo, authorities said. The accident, which happened in Monshat el-Kanater town in Giza province, also injured nine other passengers, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Giza is one of three provinces forming …

There is a reason why Brandin Cooks has been on five NFL teams in his career. Cooks has been traded four times, an NFL record he shares with Eric Dickerson – but it is hardly because of a lack of talent or issues in any locker room. As a matter of fact, the wide receiver had a 1,000-yard season with …

LIV Golf continues to chase the biggest names in the sport, but newly crowned PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele is apparently not interested. After winning his first major over the weekend in record fashion, Schauffele’s father told Dylan Dethier of Golf.com that winning a major and the exemptions that come with it are not a sign that Schauffele is considering …

Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, filed for divorce last week after seven years of marriage. Reasons for the divorce were not immediately known, but according to a report, it seems like it had been brewing for some time. Us Weekly said Stoll was “lonely” in their marriage, and the four-time major champion was “a hard person to be …

Xander Schauffele earned his first major win on Sunday at the PGA Championship, and it was a wild day for his family. As Schauffele’s six-footer lipped in for the victory — a miss would have forced a playoff with Bryson DeChambeau — he raised his arms in the air in what seemed like a relaxed sigh of relief. It was …

German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday for “Kairos,” the story of a tangled love affair during the final years of East Germany’s existence. The novel beat five other finalists, chosen from 149 submitted novels, for the prize, which recognizes fiction from around the world that has been translated into …