Spoiler alert: This story discusses important plot points and the ending of “F9,” so beware if you haven’t seen it yet.

Not only did “F9” take the “Fast and Furious” franchise to space – come on, you knew it was only a matter of time – but the action extravaganza reunited estranged brothers, settled an old score and paid tribute to one actor’s lasting legacy.

Naturally, our hero Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew onceagain saved the world from a dangerous threat in various over-the-top ways, keeping the villainous hacker Cipher (Charlize Theron) from taking over weapons systems across the globe with the Project Ares device. (Helpful in that effort

Much of the Wolfpack was asleep on the east coast when NC State baseball’s season came to a bitter end at 2:10 a.m ET, following an already disheartening day in Omaha.

The NCAA announced early Saturday morning the 1 p.m. College World Series game between Vanderbilt and NC State would be ruled a no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols. 

“The NCAA and the committee regret that NC State’s student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to continue in the championship in which they earned the right to participate,” the NCAA said in a statement. 

NC State athletics director Boo Corrigan released a statement Saturday morning and said the last 24 hours have

One would not normally seek out the annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology (SAA) for intrigue and drama, but this year’s web-based conference provided some heat.In April, San Jose State University anthropology professor Elizabeth Weiss was set to deliver a pre-recorded address to the meeting. Her talk, titled “Has Creationism Crept Back into Archaeology?” discussed the role of “religious literalism” as a way of determining whether human remains should be repatriated to indigenous communities near where the remains were found. 

‘Trust the science’ fails when liberalism dominates science

The problem with “returning” the remains to indigenous people is that there often isn’t sufficient scientific evidence the remains ever belonged to

The town of Surfside received a required 40-year inspection report for the Champlain Towers South 16 hours after the beachside building’s catastrophic failure.An October 2018 inspection report found “abundant” cracking and spalling of the columns, beams and walls in the garage under the tower that collapsed early Thursday.

The town of Surfside posted a dozen documents to its website late Friday night relating to the collapsed Champlain Towers South, including a required 40-year inspection report that was posted as “unverified” and received 16 hours after the Florida condo building’s catastrophic failure.

“The report was not formally submitted or authorized by the property owner Champlain Towers,” the note said, adding that it

Seattle, Portland brace for 100-degree heat 

The normally mild Pacific Northwest faces a potentially record-breaking heat wave this weekend. Temperatures will near or surpass 100 degrees in cities such as Portland and Seattle. That’s hotter than in Miami, where highs in the upper 80s are expected. “More than one hundred record high temperatures are forecast this weekend through Thursday,” the National Weather Service tweeted. The heat will also add to drought and wildfire threats.

Trump heads to Ohio for a rally 

Former President Donald Trump heads to Ohio on Saturday for his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House, an event that could signal how engaged he will be in next year’s congressional elections and possibly offer clues about whether he

MILWAUKEE — In the long two days between Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer spent considerable time plotting ways to slow Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young.

“It’s kind of that fun time of year when you play great players from series to series in the different ways that they kind of test you defensively,” Budenholzer said 105 minutes before Game 2 on Friday. “I guess as coaches, you’re just trying to see if there’s something that makes sense for our group, for our players defensively, that puts them in their best position to succeed against a player that is very gifted and