TV legends Alex Trebek and Larry King, who both died in recent months, received tributes during the Daytime Emmys ceremony Friday, but that wasn’t the only honor bestowed upon them. Both won Emmys, too.

“Jeopardy!” host Trebek, who died in November after a brave battle against Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, took the prize for game show host, with syndicated “Jeopardy!” winning for outstanding game show. King, who died in January after being hospitalized for COVID-19, received the outstanding informative talk show host Emmy for “Larry King Now” on Ora TV. 

Trebek, King and another beloved talk host, Regis Philbin, who died in July, received special notice during the in memoriam segment of the CBS

The Tampa Bay Lightning took another step toward a repeat Friday night when they defeated the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup semifinals.

The Lightning are the first defending champions to reach the Stanley Cup Final since the Pittsburgh Penguins won back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017.

Yanni Gourde scored the lone goal shorthanded 1:49 into the second period off assists from Anthony Cirelli and Alex Killorn. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves to keep the Islanders at bay and earn yet another shutout. 

It was the first Game 7 in league history to end 1-0 with a short-handed goal. Vasilevskiy also set an NHL record with shutouts in four consecutive series-clinching

Some stores in the Pacific Northwest are selling out of portable air conditioners and fans as residents accustomed to mild summers brace for a heatwave that could bring triple-digit temperatures to major cities.

Seattle and Portland are poised for temperatures nearing or surpassing 100 degrees, and cities across the region are also expected to feel the burn of this sizzling heat, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski wrote.

The Dalles, Oregon, which has a population of approximately 16,000, could approach its all-time record of 112 degrees on Sunday and Spokane, Washington, could also make history with its slated slew of 100-degree temperatures.

“A dangerous heatwave is impacting the Pacific Northwest and into southern California,” the National Weather

COVID-19 vaccinations and rapid tests may determine whether Vanderbilt baseball faces a North Carolina State team that’s near full strength in Saturday’s College World Series bracket final.

The Commodores won 3-1 over N.C. State on Friday, which forced an elimination game Saturday with a championship series berth on the line.

The Wolfpack had only 13 players available Friday, including nine position players and four pitchers. Before the game, N.C. State announced “several players” had been placed in COVID-19 protocols.

The unique situation turned the postgame news conference into a discussion about COVID-19 vaccinations for N.C. State coach Elliott Avent, who tried to avoid the topic.

“I’m not going to talk about that,” Avent said when

MINNEAPOLIS — When Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in April, the sizeable crowd at the intersection of 38th and Chicago burst into cheers and tears.

But when Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Friday, a much smaller crowd gathered at the memorial known as George Floyd Square had a more muted reaction.

Marcia Howard, a former teacher and organizer who can be found at the square nearly every day, led the crowd in chanting Floyd’s name and “one down, three to go,” in reference to the other officers charged in Floyd’s death. Behind her, a calendar hanging on a

12-story beachfront building ‘pancaked’ when it collapsedUrgent search for survivors continues FridayBuilding was undergoing an inspection but cause remains unknown

SURFSIDE, Fla. – A burning electrical smell filled the air and photos of missing people hung on a fence Friday night near the rubble of a 12-story beachfront condominium building that collapsed just north of Miami early Thursday morning. Nearly 160 people are still unaccounted for and at least four are dead.

Thick smoke coming from the remains of Champlain Towers South darkened the sky and made it difficult to breathe. Officials said a fire continued to burn underneath the rubble, despite efforts to put it out.

At a Friday night press conference, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella

Current Louisiana law allows concealed carry with a permit and training.Neighboring Texas and Mississippi have passed expanded concealed carry laws.

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed a bill to allow people to carry concealed handguns in Louisiana without a permit or training, which could fuel a growing movement for a veto-override session from the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Senate Bill 118 by Monroe Republican Sen. Jay Morris would have allowed anyone 21 and older to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Current law allows concealed carry with a permit and training.

Though the bill won overwhelming support in the Legislature, Edwards, the only Democratic governor in the Deep South, has said he

MINNEAPOLIS – In sentencing Derek Chauvin to 22 1/2 years in prison, the criminal justice system has shown it can act swiftly and severely when faced with a police officer’s slow-motion murder of a Black man that’s recorded by bystanders and witnessed by millions.

The question is whether the example made of Chauvin will change anything for the many Black men and people of color who are disproportionately killed by police – often in an instant with inconclusive video and no witnesses.

In Chauvin’s case, the public saw a rarity as the levers of the justice system seemed to move decisively: indictment, conviction, a stiff sentence, a historic civil settlement, plus upcoming trials on federal civil

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Loved ones of the almost 160 people who are unaccounted for continue to wait for news after a 12-story condominium building collapsed Thursday just north of Miami.

As of Friday, 159 people were still unaccounted for, authorities said. At least four people are dead.

Relatives issued a statement identifying one of the deceased as Stacie Fang. Her son, Jonah Handler, was rescued from the rubble hours after the collapse.

News of the condo collapse has reverberated globally as missing residents have roots around the world. Among them are Orthodox Jews from Russia, Argentine Americans and the sister of Paraguay’s first lady.

As of late Thursday, 20% of the people unaccounted for in the

Criminal charges are expected to be filed against the Trump Organization as soon as next week in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s long-running inquiry into the financial dealings of former President Donald Trump’s namesake company, a Trump attorney said Friday.

Trump attorneys met with local prosecutors Thursday in an attempt to persuade officials not to proceed, Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti said in an interview with USA TODAY.

“In my more than 50 years of practice, never before have I seen the District Attorney’s Office target a company over employee compensation or fringe benefits,” Fischetti said. “Even the financial institutions responsible for causing the 2008 financial crises, the worst financial