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University of Wisconsin fires former porn-making chancellor who wanted to stay on as a professor 09/27/2024 11:29am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system's campuses for making pornographic films. Joe Gow, who had served as chancellor of Takeaways on AP's story about challenges to forest recovery and replanting after wildfires 09/27/2024 11:09am • The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive ��� and where ��� as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But Jaguars Pro Bowl TE Evan Engram is doubtful to play at the Texans this week 09/27/2024 11:04am • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Jaguars coach Doug Pederson all but ruled out Pro Bowl tight end Evan Engram for Jacksonville's game at Houston on Sunday. Pederson called Engram doubtful to return in time for the AFC South matchup after missing the last two games. Engram strained a hamstring in pregame Joe Wolf, who played for North Carolina and 7 NBA teams, dies at 59 09/27/2024 10:42am • Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd ��� the Bucks' G League affiliate ��� was 59. ���T Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba chosen to lead Japan's ruling party and become prime minister 09/27/2024 10:39am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party leadership is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party���s governing coalition controls parliament. Conside Man City's Rodri will miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery 09/27/2024 09:41am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester City midfielder Rodri will miss the rest of the season after undergoing ACL surgery on Friday. The Spain international also had meniscus damage. ���This season is over (for him). We got the worst (news possible) but it is what it is,��� City manager Pep Guardi As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles 09/27/2024 09:31am • BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) ��� Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months. "That's two to three inches of growth on the spruce,��� said Stevens-Rumann, interim director at the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Her Prince Harry���s Sentebale organization leading initiative to support young people in Southern Africa 09/27/2024 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Prince Harry���s latest philanthropic move will gather world business leaders and philanthropists to work towards fostering prosperity in Southern African communities, specifically focused on young people. In early October, Harry���s charity organization Sentebale, which he co-fou Ben Seghir's return to form is helping Monaco's strong start to the season 09/27/2024 07:47am • PARIS (AP) ��� Monaco's strong start to the French league has coincided with Eliesse Ben Seghir's return to form. The 19-year-old Morocco midfielder is catching the eye in coach Adi H��tter's Monaco side, which is unbeaten and level on points with defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille Star quarterbacks Milroe, Beck gear up for rematch of SEC Championship Game 09/27/2024 07:10am • Jalen Milroe is always a threat to break loose for a long run or uncork a deep ball whenever the defense leaves an opening ��� or he creates one. Carson Beck is a big-game veteran who makes few mistakes and could well wind up being the No. 1 NFL draft pick. Now, the two quarterbacks are set to meet Alex Ovechkin has scored on a lot of goalies. They are in awe of him as he chases Gretzky's record 09/27/2024 07:10am • Alex Ovechkin's teammates have gotten used to him passing hockey greats and reaching new milestones on a regular basis. The greatest of the great is yet to come. All eyes are on Ovechkin as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. He is just 42 away from breaking a mark tha Brazil goalkeeper Alisson set to return from injury for Liverpool in Premier League 09/27/2024 06:26am • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ��� Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker is back in training and is set to return to the team for the trip to Wolverhampton in the English Premier League on Saturday. Liverpool manager Arne Slot gave a positive update on Friday on the Brazil international, who has missed the l New British leader vows his nation will reengage on global leadership 09/27/2024 05:08am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took the international stage at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for the first time with a message: His nation is returning to ���responsible global leadership.��� The Labour Party leader, who won a landslide election victory in Ju Giants' Malik Nabers, Cowboys' Micah Parsons injured in Thursday night game 09/27/2024 01:32am • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� Two of the NFL's young stars were injured Thursday night when Giants receiver Malik Nabers sustained a concussion and Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons an ankle injury. ���It was a banger today,��� Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs said after Dallas' 20-15 victory. "A lo Ex-Chili Peppers guitarist denies a manslaughter charge in the death of a pedestrian 09/27/2024 01:22am • Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, a former Red Hot Chili Peppers member who also has played with Pearl Jam, pleaded not guilty through his attorney Thursday to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge in the death of a pedestrian. Authorities say Klinghoffer, 44, was driving an SUV and making a left turn in Alha