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A very strong quarter at General Motors is overshadowed by potential headwinds for industry 07/23/2024 01:48pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� U.S. customers who bought a new General Motors vehicle last quarter paid an average of just under $49,900, a price that helped push the company's net income 15% above a year ago. And GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said he doesn���t see his company cutting prices very much, Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament is returning to Indianapolis for semifinals and title game 07/23/2024 01:37pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� The semifinals and championship game of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament will return to Indianapolis in 2025, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The games will be played in Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler campus. The semifinals are March 31 and the title game April 2. Firs How college sports video games became the entry point to dismantle the NCAA's amateurism rules 07/23/2024 01:28pm • Sonny Vaccaro knew nothing about the law. He did know a lot about college sports and was sure the athletes who were driving millions of dollars in revenue to their schools should be paid. Michael Hausfeld knew nothing about college sports, but it didn't take long for the attorney who built his reput 2 killed when small plane crashes after takeoff from Long Island airport 07/23/2024 12:57pm • RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) ��� A small plane crashed shortly after takeoff on New York's Long Island, killing both people who were on board, authorities said. The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 took off from MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma at about 6:15 p.m. Monday and crashed after the pilot tried Memphis tabbed as American Athletic Conference favorite ahead of UTSA and Tulane 07/23/2024 12:40pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Memphis has been tabbed as the preseason favorite in the American Athletic Conference after a vote of media who cover the league. The preseason poll was released Tuesday during the league's kickoff event involving coaches and players from all 14 teams. The Tigers got Formula 1 in the spotlight with Belgian GP as NASCAR and IndyCar start Olympic break 07/23/2024 11:37am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR begins a two-week Olympic break, a welcome respite for drivers in the middle of long, hot, challenging season. The series resumes at Richmond on Aug. 11. Last race: Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson held off Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick in overtime t Malaysia evacuates 123 citizens from violence-hit Bangladesh 07/23/2024 11:24am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysia evacuated 123 of its citizens from Bangladesh on Tuesday in response to violent unrest that has killed dozens of people. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution greeted the evacuees, including 80 students, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after they landed They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public's imagination. Then Target came along 07/23/2024 11:18am • Over the past two decades, Gee���s Bend quilts have captured the public���s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation UPS boosts volume in US for first time since 2022, but profit and revenue slide 07/23/2024 11:03am • UPS boosted its volume in the U.S. for the first time since 2022 during its second quarter, but profit and revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, partly due to a hefty charge. Shares dropped more than 13% at the opening bell Tuesday. CEO Carol Tome said the package delivery company returned Americans are on a roll again in the major championships 07/23/2024 10:42am • TROON, Scotland (AP) ��� Europeans first took over Augusta National when Sandy Lyle of Scotland won the Masters in 1988, the start of seven European winners in a span of nine years. Padraig Harrington kicked off Irish golf's big run of winning majors in five of six years. He won the British Open in Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more 07/23/2024 10:28am • The Angelina Jolie-directed war film ���Without Blood," a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh���s contemporary tragicomedy ���Hard Truths��� will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation l Venice Film Festival lineup includes ���Joker 2,��� films with Pitt, Clooney, Jolie, more 07/23/2024 10:02am • Five years after ���Joker��� won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Todd Phillips is returning with the sequel. ���Joker: Folie �� Deux��� will play in competition with 20 other titles, festival organizers said Tuesday. The highly anticipated follow-up to the blockbuster comic book As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps 07/23/2024 09:37am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan V��zquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents the town with a cheerful ���Good afternoon!��� and a smile and casually asked if they� Aer Lingus pilots vote to accept a pay raise. It ends a dispute that canceled hundreds of flights 07/23/2024 08:39am • LONDON (AP) ��� Pilots at Ireland���s national airline, Aer Lingus, have voted to accept a pay increase and end a labor dispute that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, the two sides said Tuesday. Members of the Irish Air Line Pilots��� Association backed the 17.75% raise recommended by German government, mainstream opposition move to protect highest court against extremist forces 07/23/2024 08:02am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's governing coalition and the conservative opposition on Tuesday presented a plan to protect the country's highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by extremist or authoritarian politicians. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann cited experiences in Poland