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DeChambeau gets 2-shot penalty

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was given a two-shot penalty after his second round at the British Open on Friday that dropped the American star out of the final group and raised initial doubts about whether he would show up on the weekend at Royal Birkdale. In a dramatic ...

Messi, Yamal meet for World Cup

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn't think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub. Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when that infant blossomed into Lamine ...

Disappointed France, England meet for 3rd

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — France and England agree on this: Neither team wanted to be playing on Saturday. France was a favorite to win the World Cup. England was close to ending a decades-long wait for its first World Cup title since 1966. Both fell one match short of their ultimate goals after losses in the semifinals. And instead of playing in Sunday's final — that game will be between Argentina and Spain — England and France will face each other in a consolation match for third place. "None of us wanted to play in this game for third place," France defender Ibrahima ...

Data center ban won’t solve water woes in West

Oshkosh, Wis., is considering a one-year moratorium on data centers due to water consumption and land use. This proposal is part of a wider debate as communities cope with the increasing resource demands of the data center boom. What if data centers used no water at all? A hyperscale facility in Phoenix is estimated to save 138 million gallons annually, using an advanced thermal cooling system. Instead of pushing for restrictions, lawmakers should foster innovations that reduce water use. Water scarcity should shape how we build data centers, not if they should exist. In the ...

Iran war may shape policy for decades

The war with Iran that never really ended is back on. Like everybody else, including the Trump administration and the Iranian regime, I have no idea how it will end. But it eventually will, and how it will be remembered will matter enormously. Politics is about many things, but whether you call it "spin," "framing" or "narrative competition," storytelling is never far from the heart of it. As the philosopher Richard Rorty observed, "Competition for political leadership is in part a competition between differing stories about a nation's self-identity, and between differing symbols of ...