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North Carolina's absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week 09/13/2024 06:21pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from being sent. Russia expels 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying. The UK calls it 'completely baseless' 09/13/2024 06:18pm • Russia on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said it decided to expel them. The U.K. said the ���completely baseless��� move came weeks ago and was linked to its action in May to revoke the credentials of an attach�� at the Russian Embassy and limit Moscow���s diplomatic activities i Who's playing where? A cheat sheet on college football realignment 09/13/2024 06:07pm • The hits just keep on coming when it comes to realignment across college sports. Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past two years. It is no longer a surprise to see storied progra South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations 09/13/2024 06:04pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) ��� The government in South Sudan has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years citing the need to complete processes such as a census, the drafting of a permanent constitution and the registration of political parties. The Presidential Adviser on National Secur Whitehead becomes 1st CHL player to verbally commit to playing NCAA hockey 09/13/2024 05:41pm • Braxton Whitehead said Friday he has verbally committed to Arizona State, making him the first member of a Canadian Hockey League team to attempt to play the sport at the Division I U.S. college level since a lawsuit was filed challenging the NCAA's longstanding ban on players it deems to be profess Longtime AD and 2-time national champion baseball coach Tanner to switch roles at South Carolina 09/13/2024 05:22pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner knew it was time for change more than a decade ago with his program at its most successful. Tanner could not escape that same feeling as athletic director these past few months even with Gamecock athletics trending upward. Tanner, 66, After storms like Francine, New Orleans rushes to dry out 09/13/2024 04:55pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Hurricane Francine rapidly strengthened before making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, flooding a cemetery and dumping rain on New Orleans, a city that relies on a uniquely complicated network of canals and pumps to get Sports on TV for Sept. 14 - 15 09/13/2024 04:15pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Sept. 14 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL Finals: Brisbane at Greater Western Sydney, Semifinal AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN���S) 11 p.m. FS2 ��� AFL: North Melbourne at Melbourne AUTO RACING 4:25 Election 2024 Latest: Harris concentrates on Pennsylvania while Trump stumps in the West 09/13/2024 03:57pm • Former President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Western states on Friday as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris fixes her attention on the battleground state of Pennsylvania in the East. Trump held what was billed as a news conference at his Los Angeles-area golf club in the morn Michael Brown's death a decade ago set off a new chapter of social change 09/13/2024 03:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� There have been moments before, times of heartbreak and grief that led to anger and calls for justice. Sometimes, they never make it past a few sparks. Sometimes they smolder for a little bit before dying out. And sometimes, in certain conditions, they light a fire. Ten years ago, As civic knowledge declines, programs work to engage young people in democracy 09/13/2024 03:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Flanked by stained-glass windows, 54 New York City high school students challenge one another to imagine an ideal democracy. Wood-paneled walls are covered in haphazardly taped posters that students worked together to create. Ideas are written in Crayola marker under categories suc Pope says sex abuse is ���demonic��� as he weighs in on new scandal in French church 09/13/2024 02:57pm • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) ��� Pope Francis called sexual abuse ���demonic��� on Friday as he weighed in on the latest sex assault revelations against a legendary French priest, Abbe Pierre, who devoted his life to advocating for the homeless. Abb�� Pierre, who died in 2007, was one of France���s m Nevada is joining the list of states using Medicaid to pay for more abortions 09/13/2024 02:39pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Nevada is primed to become the 18th state to use Medicaid funds to increase access to abortion for lower-income women. The change is a result of a court ruling that became official this week after the state government declined to appeal it within 30 days of the release of a writte New supermarket planned for shuttered Giant site on D.C.-Maryland border 09/13/2024 02:33pm • The owner of a former Giant grocery store site on the Prince George's County border with D.C. is advancing plans for a new market there. Temple Hills-based Lee & Seo Investment Co. is seeking contractors for the first phase of a two-phase project to expand and convert the roughly 22,000-square- All welcome: Advocates fight to ensure citizens not fluent in English have equal access to elections 09/13/2024 02:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� In the heart of Las Vegas��� Chinatown, on the second floor of a sprawling shopping plaza that serves as a hub for the city���s Asian community, residents gather for a celebration of the annual Dragon Boat Festival. Some stop in to grab shiny, red packages of premade zongzi, a ric