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Northeastern University student sues sorority and landlord over fall from window 08/28/2024 12:20pm • BOSTON (AP) — A Northeastern University student and her parents are suing a sorority, its chapter president and a landlord after the student fell from a window and suffered critical injuries at a party. Sarah Cox, then a junior at the university in Boston and a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority Browns counting on Deshaun Watson's return from shoulder surgery to build on playoff berth in 2023 08/28/2024 12:19pm • CLEVELAND BROWNS (11-7) EXPECTATIONS: Riding the NFL's top-ranked defense, the Browns made the playoffs last season despite a rash of injuries at quarterback only to get blown out by Houston 45-14 in the wild-card round. Their chances to go further could hinge on QB Deshaun Watson's health after he Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo dies in hospital days after collapsing during game in Brazil 08/28/2024 12:18pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo died Tuesday at a hospital in Brazil five days after collapsing during a game at Sao Paulo. He was 27. Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the Nacional defender died at 9:38 p.m. local time following “cardiorespir Jaguars try to bounce back from a late-season collapse with a revamped defense and a retooled O-line 08/28/2024 12:12pm • JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9-8) EXPECTATIONS: Winning the AFC South and returning to the playoffs would be a step forward following last year’s late-season collapse. It might be needed to keep coach Doug Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke off hot seats. The Jaguars started 8-3 before losing five Aaron Rodgers is back for the Jets and so are lofty expectations to end a 13-year playoff drought 08/28/2024 11:58am • NEW YORK JETS (7-10) EXPECTATIONS: Playoffs or bust. And for a franchise that has the NFL's longest active postseason drought at 13 years, that's no easy task. But with the 40-year-old Aaron Rodger back and healthy after tearing his left Achilles tendon on his fourth snap of the season last year, th Frontier Airlines returns to Dulles Airport 08/28/2024 10:08am • Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines will return to Dulles Airport with flights to Orlando and Atlanta. Frontier discontinued Dulles operations in the first quarter of 2022, along with exiting Newark Liberty International. Frontier will begin daily nonstop service to Atlanta's Hartsfield Interna German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack 08/28/2024 09:54am • BERLIN (AP) — Top German officials said Wednesday they will hold talks with the country's opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration following the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of America's Cup sets sail in Barcelona with New Zealand defending the Auld Mug 08/28/2024 09:52am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The world's oldest international sports trophy, best yachtsmen and cutting-edge design and technology will come together in Barcelona when the 37th edition of the America’s Cup starts on Thursday. Five boats – from Italy, the United States, Britain, Switzerland and Fran Lukaku lands in Italy to finalise move to Napoli and rekindle winning relationship with Conte 08/28/2024 09:13am • NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Excitement is ramping up in Naples over the rekindling of the winning combination of Romelu Lukaku and Antonio Conte. Chelsea forward Lukaku landed in the Italian city on Wednesday to finalise his transfer to Napoli, and more than 100 fans greeted the Belgian international whe What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial? 08/28/2024 09:07am • HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that's seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The trial of Stand News ' former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen an 6 Polish students and a lecturer freed from detention in Nigeria, foreign ministry in Warsaw says 08/28/2024 08:08am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Six Polish students and a lecturer from the Warsaw University who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released, the Polish foreign ministry said Wednesday. They are in good health and will be returning home this week. The ministry's spokesman, Pawel Wron Church sex abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope Francis’ visit brings new attention 08/28/2024 07:03am • DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared that the global clergy sexual abuse scandal that has compromised the Catholic Church’s credibil Bangladesh's interim government led by Yunus lifts ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party 08/28/2024 06:16am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday lifted a ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party that was imposed by the former prime minister who was ousted in nationwide protests against her rule. Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on A No. 24 NC State opens against FCS foe Western Carolina with eye on looming Tennessee matchup 08/28/2024 06:10am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — N.C. State found plenty of offseason help in the transfer portal. Coach Dave Doeren is set to get his first look at how those pieces fit together and what must improve before a looming marquee matchup. Western Carolina visits the 24th-ranked Wolfpack on Thursday night, opening NFL teams can now sell shares to private equity funds after letting other pro leagues lead. Why now? 08/28/2024 06:00am • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The NFL has finally relaxed a few of its strict rules around team ownership, formally approving the entry of private equity funds into the equation. Owners voted on Tuesday at a special meeting in Minnesota to allow up to 10% stakes in individual clubs by investment groups, an