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Pakistani mountaineer known for rescue missions dies during descent on Broad Peak 08/12/2024 08:01am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A Pakistani climber known for taking part in high-altitude rescue missions died during a descent from one of the country's tallest mountains, officials said Monday. Murad Sadpara, 35, died of a wound sustained when a rock hit him on the 8,047-meter (26,400-foot) high Broad Peak in Layoffs aren���t just to cut costs, they���re cover for firing employees, survey finds 08/12/2024 07:57am • Companies often present layoffs as a painful decision to cut costs and streamline operations for the organization���s viability, but often layoffs are not objective moves to rightsize. They can also serve as cover for firing underperforming employees, a new survey from Resume Builder found. The s Pick-Six: Sam Pittman, Billy Napier, Dave Aranda are coaches in need of change of trajectory in '24 08/12/2024 06:10am • Self-awareness is one of the endearing traits that made Arkansas fans embrace Sam Pittman during his first two seasons as coach of the Razorbacks. Pittman's honesty is admirable, even if his approval rating in Fayetteville has plummeted after going 4-8 last season. ���I���m popular now, just in the Baseball is back in the Olympics in 2028. What the rosters will look like is hard to say 08/12/2024 06:00am • The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028. That leads to the inevitable discussion of what the rosters could look like. Commissioner Rob Manfred said last month he was open to the possibility of major leaguers participatin US women's basketball future looks bright, but the rest of the world is closing the talent gap 08/12/2024 05:00am • PARIS (AP) ��� U.S. women���s basketball players have been saying for years that winning in the Olympics isn't easy and France showed at the Paris Games that their comments are more than just rhetoric to keep fans interested. The rest of the world is catching up to the U.S., though Olympic gold shou Nationals Notebook: Curtain coming down for Corbin 08/12/2024 04:07am • Patrick Corbin was supposed to be the final piece of the puzzle to a starting rotation that was going to put the Washington Nationals over the top when he signed his six-year, $140-million contract in 2019. And by going 14-7 with an ERA of 3.25 in the regular season before contributing in the pos The DC Black Film Festival returns to Miracle Theatre 08/12/2024 04:03am • Filmmakers of color are getting a chance to shine this week on Barracks Row in Southeast D.C. The eighth annual D.C. Black Film Festival returns to the historic Miracle Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, followed by a virtual festival extension from Aug. 18 to Aug. 25. "It's just be How a young generation in Bangladesh forced out the leader who ruled for much of their lives 08/12/2024 03:40am • Jannatul Prome hopes to leave Bangladesh to study more or possibly find a job after she finishes her university degree, frustrated by a system that she says doesn't reward merit and offers little opportunity for young people. ���We have very limited scope here,��� said the 21-year-old, who would hav How a Mexico City hospital transforms into a coming-of-age celebration for its patients 08/12/2024 01:21am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The smell of hairspray clouds Alexa Flores L��pez as she gets the finishing touches of an intricate updo on her thick black hair. When Alexa found out she was going to have a quincea��era ��� the traditional celebration for a 15th birthday in Mexico ��� she could barely contain Israel widens evacuation orders in southern Gaza. Hamas wants plans for a deal instead of more talks 08/12/2024 01:06am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. The airstrike was one of the deadliest attack Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change 08/12/2024 01:05am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began peacefully weeks ago and were primarily led by students frustrated with the system that t Cal Raleigh homers twice, knocks in 5 as Mariners finish off 3-game sweep of Mets with 12-1 win 08/11/2024 11:30pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Cal Raleigh hit two home runs, Luis Castillo struck out nine and the Seattle Mariners completed a spirited sweep of the New York Mets with a 12-1 win on Sunday. Castillo gave up four hits and walked two in six innings, completing a tour de force series for Seattle���s starters. Geor Bangladesh's chief justice resigns under pressure as Yunus-led interim government starts working 08/11/2024 11:22pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Bangladesh���s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned Saturday following new protests by a group of students and other demonstrators, as the country���s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus started functioning days after a mass uprising forced Prime Minis Aaron Rai takes advantage of Max Greyserman's late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship 08/11/2024 10:09pm • GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) ��� Aaron Rai took advantage of Max Greyserman's late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Rai closed with a 6-under 64, with the 29-year-old Englishman making a 6 1/2-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th to post at 18-under 262 in the Stetson Bennett shakes off 4 INTs, throws winning TD in final seconds as Rams edge Cowboys, 13-12 08/11/2024 09:26pm • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� For 57 minutes on Sunday afternoon, Stetson Bennett very much looked like a quarterback who had not seen the field in nearly a year. In the last 3 minutes, though, Bennett led the Los Angeles Rams on a game-winning drive that might have brought back memories of him leading