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Ohio bill would require pro teams to play on natural grass, not artificial turf 07/30/2024 04:23pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Two Ohio lawmakers were joined by an NFL players union representative on Tuesday in unveiling legislation to require the state���s professional sports teams to play on natural grass. The effort is clearly aimed at the Cincinnati Bengals, which installed a new nearly $1 millio Officer fatally shoots armed man on Indiana college campus after suspect doesn't respond to commands 07/30/2024 03:59pm • FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) ��� A police officer fatally shot an armed man on a northeastern college campus Tuesday after the suspect failed to respond to officers' commands, police said. The shooting at Purdue University Fort Wayne prompted school officials to close the campus for the remainder of Tuesda Bills add experience at safety by signing Kareem Jackson to a 1-year contract 07/30/2024 03:45pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) ��� The Buffalo Bills added depth to their retooled safety position by signing Kareem Jackson to a one-year contract on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Jackson has 14 years of NFL experience, and split a suspension- and fine-filled season last year between Denver and Houston. Selected William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died 07/30/2024 03:30pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80. Calley died on April 28, according to his Fl Baylor extends women's basketball coach Nicki Collen's contract through the 2029-30 season 07/30/2024 03:26pm • WACO, Texas (AP) ��� Baylor has extended the contract of women's basketball coach Nicki Collen through the 2029-30 season after a 74-28 record and NCAA Tournament appearances in each of her first three years with the Bears. The Big 12 school announced the extension on Tuesday. ���Nicki has demonstra Serena Williams, Nicole Kidman and other A-list celebrities watch Biles win another Olympic gold 07/30/2024 03:18pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Celebrity spotting was again part of the event at a raucous Bercy Arena when Simone Biles powered a dominant U.S. women���s gymnastics team to the Olympic title on Tuesday night. A-listers Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and Serena Williams gathered at the Olympic venue to watch the mo Florida begins Billy Napier's third season with a revamped staff and hope for a winning season 07/30/2024 03:07pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida coach Billy Napier took a significant swing at solving his program's problems this offseason. He revamped his defense, his special teams, his strength and conditioning program and even hired a new team nutritionist. Although the results of Napier���s make-or-break Falcons owner Arthur Blank says optimism is increased by new names atop the QB depth chart 07/30/2024 03:01pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) ��� Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says having new names atop the quarterback depth chart is among the reasons he is ���more optimistic than I've been in several years��� about his team's outlook. Blank, 81, has owned the Falcons since 2002, and he acknowledged Tuesday t A suspect was killed and an Iowa officer seriously injured in a Des Moines shootout 07/30/2024 02:51pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A suspect is dead and a police officer seriously injured during a Tuesday shooting in Iowa, Des Moines police said. A fellow officer shot the injured officer in the back of his shoulder through a gap of his body armor during a shootout with a suspect, police Sgt. Paul Pari Ex-clients of Social Security fraudster Eric Conn won't owe back payments to government 07/30/2024 02:37pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� The U.S. Social Security Administration is notifying some former clients of disgraced Kentucky attorney Eric Conn that they no longer owe money back to the government for overpayment of disability benefits. Conn was charged in a $500 million disability scheme nearly a decade The Latest: Simone Biles and Team USA win women's gymnastics team gold 07/30/2024 02:31pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Simone Biles and the U.S. women took the gold the gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, completing their ���redemption tour��� after taking second in the 2021 Tokyo games. Italy came in second and Brazil in third. Team USA soaks it in The U.S. women���s gymnastics team gra Spirit Airlines is going upscale. In a break from its history, it will offer fares with extra perks 07/30/2024 02:21pm • Spirit Airlines is moving farther away from its history as a fee-happy budget airline and will start selling tickets that include some of its most popular extras in bundles. The Florida-based airline said Tuesday the top ticket will be a ���Go Big��� package that includes priority check-in, a roomie Amazon is responsible for hazardous items sold by third-party sellers, US agency says 07/30/2024 01:55pm • Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company, a U.S. government agency ordered Tuesday. In a unanimous vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said it determined that the e-commerce company was a ��� Devin Hester rewrote NFL record book with his spectacular returns. Now, he goes into Hall of Fame 07/30/2024 01:23pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A few years before Devin Hester began to etch his name into the NFL's record book with one spectacular return after another, Mark Sadowski was scouting a Miami-North Carolina State game for the Chicago Bears in 2004. He watched as the Hurricanes' speedy sophomore took the opening ki How will kickoffs look different in 2024 and what other rule changes are coming to the NFL 07/30/2024 01:13pm • The NFL will have a new look this year when it comes to kickoffs. Owners voted this spring to overhaul the kickoff, hoping to revive a play that had little action last season after most kicks resulted in no returns while still prioritizing player safety. Owners also approved other rule changes, inc