Report: A's make long-term offer to ROY Nick Kurtz

The Athletics have made a long-term extension offer to slugging first baseman Nick Kurtz, the New York Post reported on Thursday.

No financial details were available, and there is "no word on the likelihood of getting it to the finish line," according to the report.

Kurtz, who turns 23 on March 12, was a unanimous choice as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2025 after batting .290 with 36 home runs, 86 RBIs and a 1.002 OPS in 117 games.

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The A's drafted Kurtz with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 draft out of Wake Forest. He batted .344 with 12 home runs and 40 RBIs in 33 games in the minors from 2024-25.

The A's have a recent track record of signing players to extensions before they are arbitration eligible. In the past year, they have signed outfielders Tyler Soderstrom (seven years, $86 million) and Lawrence Butler (seven years, $65.5 million) and All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson (seven years, $70 million).

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Report: A's make long-term offer to ROY Nick Kurtz

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T'Wolves' Anthony Edwards, Magic's Desmond Bane each fined $25K by NBA for throwing balls into the stands

TheNBA has finedMinnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards and Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane$25,000 apieceafter both players threw balls into the crowd during separate games on Tuesday night.

Edwards' incident happened at the end of the first half of Minnesota's124-121 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The four-time NBA All-Star rebounded the final shot of the half, then cocked back and tossed the ball down the court well after the buzzer went off. His throwreportedly hit a fansitting next to a stanchion at the other end of the court.

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At the end of theMagic's 110-109 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Bane caught the ball following Deandre Ayton's post-buzzer basket and fired a shot down court.

Edwards played 38:20 and scored 34 points during the victory. The 24-year-old is averaging 29.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.4 steals in 49 games this season for the 36-23 Timberwolves.

Bane, 27, is in his first season with Orlando. Through 57 games he's averaging 20.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1 steal for the seventh place Magic.

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T'Wolves' Anthony Edwards, Magic's Desmond Bane each fined $25K by NBA for throwing balls into the stands

TheNBA has finedMinnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards and Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane$25,000 apieceafter b...

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Senators F Brady Tkachuk objects to 'fake' AI-generated White House TikTok

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk set the record straight Thursday on an AI-generated video posted on the White House TikTok account that appeared to show him dissing the Canadian hockey team.

Tkachuk, who helped lead the U.S. to its first men's hockey gold medal since 1980 with a 2-1 win over Canada on Sunday in the Milan Cortina Olympics, discussed the video published the day of the final that showed him during a 4 Nations Face-Off press conference last year saying, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---s a lesson."

"Well, it's clearly fake, because it's not my voice, not my lips moving," Tkachuk told reporters in Ottawa ahead of the Senators' first game back from the Olympic break against the Detroit Red Wings. "I'm not in control of any of those accounts. I know that those words would never come out of my mouth. So, I can't do anything about it."

The video, which amassed over 11 million views on TikTok, discloses that it uses AI generation. The song "Free Bird" underscored Tkachuk's fake quote before the video transitioned to highlights of the American victory.

"It's not my voice. It's not what I was saying," Tkachuk said. "I would never say that. That's not who I am, so I guess I don't like that video because that would never come out of my mouth and (I) never had that thought."

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Tkachuk also said he wasn't the person who shouted, "Close the northern border," during the American players' congratulatory phone call with President Donald Trump.

"I've been seeing stuff that people think it's me. But if you watch the video, it's not my voice," Tkachuk said. "I don't know how that took a storm on its own when I give everything I have here. It's crazy when things go on social media, how fast they go. I would never say anything like that."

Upon its return to the U.S., the men's hockey team visited the White House on Tuesday for Trump's State of the Union speech. Trump created controversy during the postgame call when he told the U.S. men he would likely be impeached if he didn't also invite the gold medal-winning U.S. women's team.

Tkachuk, 26, was a first-time Olympian and produced three goals with two assists in six games. He's tallied 37 points (14 goals, 23 assists) in 37 games for the Senators this season.

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Romanian court rejects Wiz Khalifa's appeal against 9-month jail sentence for drug possession

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession in the Eastern European country.

The Constanta Court of Appeal's decision came after Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, filed an appeal last month against theDecember conviction. The sentence came after Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Constanta County.

Prosecutors said the rapper was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage.

The court convicted Khalifa of "possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption."

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The appeals court on Thursday rejected as inadmissible Khalifa's appeal to annul the sentence, and ruled as unfounded a request to suspend the sentence.

The Associated Press contacted Khalifa's representatives via email to request a comment on the latest legal developments, but has not yet received a response.

That December conviction came after a lower court in April issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei ($830) for "illegal possession of dangerous drugs," but prosecutors appealed that decision and sought a higher sentence.

Romania has some of the harsher drugs laws in Europe. Possession of cannabis for personal use is criminalized and can result in a prison sentence of between three months and two years, or a fine.

It isn't clear whether Romanian authorities will seek to file an extradition request, since Khalifa is a U.S. citizen and doesn't reside in Romania.

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Sylvester Stallone reveals grueling ‘Rocky’ prep: ‘If you want it to feel real, you have to live it’

Sylvester Stallone on Wednesday shared the grueling, body-punishing work it took to make the fight scenes in "Rocky" look like the real thing.

"Before Rocky ever stepped into the ring on screen, there were hours like this," the 79-year-old wrote on his Instagram while sharing a video that showed Stallone and Apollo Creed actor Carl Weathers working out theirboxing choreography.

"Repetition. Footwork. Timing," he added. "Getting hit and getting back up. I wrote the script in 3½ days, but the physical work took months. Nothing about it was accidental. If you want it to feel real, you have to live it."

In the throwback video,Stallone and Weathersare figuring out each punch and fall, with Stallone saying to his costar of the titular character, "So, I'm a little hurt. You've got me stung with the jabs."

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He then throws himself against the ropes after Weathers gives him a fake punch, telling his costar he needs to be closer to the edge of the ring because he wants to "fly into the ropes" and grab his hand around them when he falls.

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"These ropes are like guitar wires," he joked.

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"Left, right," he told Weathers where to throw his punches before launching himself 180 degrees against the ropes again.

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"Now, I'm going to hang," Sylvester continued, explaining the camera should be positioned low to see Rocky from the perspective of the ground. "When he gets up, the bell rings. Carl raises his hand."

He then explained that Rocky should get picked up by his team and have water thrown on his face and be told, "'Why didn't you take bookkeeping in high school?'"

Weathers then pulls more punches at him, with Stallone advising the late "Happy Gilmore" actor, "You've got me hurt" and to "throw left, then right" before Stallone hurls himself to the ground.

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Stallone then continued to direct Weathers on what jabs to take, joking, "Beat me! Beat me! I love it!" before he finally gets a couple of his own punches in, and the two fall down laughing."

Stallone received a flood of praise from fans in the comments on the commitment to his first role, including comedian David Spade who wrote, "V cool."

Last month, Stallone shared a post of himselfat the gymadmitting he hadn't been in one "in a long time."

"Its kind of like, in a way, a sanctuary, a church. We pray to get better, to feel better physically, so, you have the strength to arrive at your goals really confident and ready to face any challenge," he said.

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He added in the caption, "Every year it gets harder and harder, but that's why you gotta push harder and harder. blood sweat and tears."

"Rocky" won three Oscars in 1977 for best picture, best director and best film editing, and Stallone was nominated for best actor and best original screenplay.

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While filming "Rocky IV," which came out in 1985,Stallone broke ribsduring his legendary fight scene with costar Dolph Lundgren.

"I didn't know it happened. We were both getting hit in that fight," Lundgren told "Fox & Friends" last year. "We shot for two weeks in Vancouver, and I got back to L.A. … The producer called and said, 'Hey, Dolph, you got two weeks off.' I said, 'That's great, what's going on?' 'Sly's in the hospital.' I found out that way."

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Lundgren, who played Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago, admitted the news took him by surprise.

"I did feel a little guilty. You know, he hit me too. He was the boss. I did what he told me, which was good. Go really hard with the body, you know those Russian uppercuts. I don't know if it was my body or exhaustion or my punches. I don't know, but he did get hurt. I'm sorry about that," he said.

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.

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FBI moving command post in Nancy Guthrie investigation, source says

The FBI is moving its command post in theNancy Guthrieinvestigation from Tucson, Arizona, to Phoenix, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.

The transition is being done because the large Phoenix command post will be able to operate more efficiently for the long term and most of the agents who have been working on the investigation in Tucson are based in Phoenix, the source said.

The investigative squads,evidencerecovery teams and SWAT teams will all remain in Tucson as they are assigned to the FBI's Tucson office, which is a large satellite office.

Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1, sparking a massive search effort.

The investigation is still running at full speed, the source said. Leads are still being worked, andvideo footageis still being reviewed. Digital evidence, including cellphones, is being analyzed. Tips are still being followed.

The source said a lot of the work going forward does not require boots on the ground in Tucson and can be done from Phoenix or offices anywhere in the country.

A second law enforcement source briefed on the investigation said when a major case breaks, the FBI surges resources fast. It brings in extra agents, stands up a command post and throws everything at the time-sensitive work that has to happen in those initial critical days.

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That work includes neighborhood canvasses, evidence collection and running down every lead as soon as it comes in, the source said. That work in the Guthrie case is now done.

The source familiar with the investigation noted those specialized resources, including the hostage rescue team from Quantico, Virginia, are always readily available. They can be back on the ground in Tucson quickly if something breaks in the case.

The FBI has received over 23,600 tips since Guthrie's disappearance, which was reported to authorities Feb. 1. More than 1,500 of those tips have come in since the family offered arewardof up to $1 million this week, according to a law enforcement source.

Meanwhile, the house where authorities believe Guthrie was abducted in the middle of the night will soon bereturned to her family, a law enforcement source said.

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Top Democrats accuse Bondi and DOJ of Epstein files 'cover-up'

Top Democrats on Thursday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department of a "cover-up" over how they have handled the release of theJeffrey Epstein files.

"We're here today to put a shot across the bow of the Department of Justice and the Trump administration that we are going to reveal this massive cover-up," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference. "We will not rest. It's an all-out oversight effort, we're going to pull on every thread. We're going to chase every lead. We'll talk with whistleblowers."

Outside aHouse Oversight Committee depositionof former secretary of state and first lady Hillary Clinton related to Epstein on Thursday, Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, also accused the Justice Department of a cover-up.

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"At this very moment, the Department of Justice continues to lead a White House cover-up, and we are going to be demanding over the next few days that the remaining files that have not been released get released to the public," Garcia said.

Garcia said that includes therecent discoverythat the DOJ appears to have withheld some which Garcia said include accusations against Trump.

"It is unconscionable, it is illegal, and Pam Bondi and the president need to answer where those files are," he said.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on the Democrats' allegations.  But in astatementposted on X on Wednesday, it vowed to publish any documents if they are "found to have been improperly tagged in the review process."

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"Several individuals and news outlets have recently flagged files related to documents produced to Ghislaine Maxwell in discovery of her criminal case that they claim appear to be missing," the DOJ account said. "As with all documents that have been flagged by the public, the Department is currently reviewing files within that category of the production. Should any document be found to have been improperly tagged in the review process and is responsive to the Act, the Department will of course publish it, consistent with the law."

Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also said that they sent a letter to the Justice Department and the FBI requesting that they preserve records related to the management of the Epstein files over the course of the Trump administration.

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The Democrats accused the Trump administration of "mishandling the files for a year" and said that after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the White House broke the law in producing the vast majority of files after the deadline.

They said it also broke the law by violating the legislation's protection for victims by publishing some records without redacting personally identifiable information and including nude photos where names and faces could be identified.

Blanche and Bondi wrote to Congress last month that more than 500 attorneys and others had been involved in reviewing the documents. In a Jan. 30 statement, the DOJ said, "The Department coordinated closely with victims and their lawyers to ensure that the production of documents includes necessary redactions. We want to immediately correct any redaction errors that our team may have made; so, the Department has established an email inbox for victims to reach us directly to correct redaction concerns when appropriate."

Trump has consistently denied allegations of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein or any knowledge of Epstein's crimes.

"It's clear that Donald Trump and his Republican enablers are executing a cover-up and conceal strategy. Heads are rolling at the highest levels in the United Kingdom. Will heads roll in the United States?" Durbin said.

"As I told General Bondi during last year's Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, quote, 'Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today but eventually you will,'" Durbin said.

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