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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 Colts' Samson Ebukam expected to miss season after suffering torn Achilles tendon in training camp 07/30/2024 01:02pm • WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) ��� Indianapolis Colts defensive end Samson Ebukam is expected to miss the entire 2024 season after suffering a torn Achilles tenon in Sunday's training camp practice. Coach Shane Steichen confirmed Ebukam's status after Tuesday's workout, Indy's first in full pads. The Colts we Man who followed woman into her NYC apartment and stabbed her to death sentenced to 30 years to life 07/30/2024 12:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A man who followed a woman from the street up six flights of stairs into her New York City apartment and stabbed her to death was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years to life in prison. Assamad Nash, 27, was sentenced in Manhattan state Supreme Court for the Feb. 13, 2022, murder of 35-ye The Taliban say they no longer recognize Afghan diplomatic missions set up by the former government 07/30/2024 12:27pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Taliban said Tuesday they no longer recognize Afghanistan���s diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government and that they will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with the previous administration. It���s the lates Missing centerpiece to WWI Memorial weeks away from unveiling 07/30/2024 11:47am • The largest freestanding bronze relief statue in the Western Hemisphere is nearing completion at the World War I Memorial in downtown D.C. The centerpiece of the memorial has been a decade in the making. ���I was speechless, and I'm not speechless very often. And I had been looking at it for