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'K-pop Idols' documentary looks at how the K-pop industry is embracing diversity 08/30/2024 03:53am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� An Apple TV+ documentary series, ���K-pop Idols,��� premiering Friday, offers an intimate look at how the K-pop industry is embracing diversity while grappling with challenges in a field that demands perfection. The six-part series features Korean American star Jessi and FIFA aims for the perfect pitch at 2026 World Cup following fields called a disaster at Copa America 08/30/2024 03:00am • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� The 2026 World Cup is coming to North America with an ambitious plan, expanding the field by 50% and spreading the soccer spectacle over 16 cities in three countries with multiple climates and elevations. FIFA, aiming to create the perfect pitch for every venue, partnere North Carolina ekes out 19-17 win on Minnesota's missed FG as time expires; Heels QB Johnson injured 08/30/2024 02:45am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� North Carolina's primary goal for this work-in-progress season is figuring out how to avoid the late fade that spoiled the last two years with star quarterback Drake Maye. This finish in the season opener at Minnesota was a good first step. Noah Burnette made four field goals, t China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says 08/30/2024 02:05am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said Wednesday after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Sullivan���s first t After diversity pushback, some faculty feel left in dark at North Carolina's flagship university 08/30/2024 12:02am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Keely Muscatell always told prospective students they could study anything they dreamed of at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Now, with many diversity programs across the state's public university system at risk of elimination, she isn't so sure. ���We���ve h Monangai ties career-best with 165 yards rushing and scores TD as Rutgers beats Howard in opener 08/29/2024 11:33pm • PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) ��� Reigning Big Ten Conference rushing champion Kyle Monangai matched his career-best by running for 165 yards and a touchdown to lead Rutgers to a 44-7 victory over two-time defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion Howard on Thursday night. Transfer quarterback Atha Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign 08/29/2024 11:29pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign, but insisted her ���values have not changed��� even as she is ���seeking consensus.��� Sitting with he Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencing 08/29/2024 11:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing next month. Lawyers for the current Republican nominee asked the federa The interview: Kamala Harris' inaugural sit-down was most notable for seeming ... ordinary 08/29/2024 11:25pm • After avoiding a probing interview by a journalist for the first month of her sudden presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris' first one Thursday was notable mostly in how routine it seemed. CNN's Dana Bash, sitting down with Harris and running mate Tim Walz in a Georgia restaurant, aske Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict 08/29/2024 10:51pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday as the latter wound up a three-day visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan, on his first trip t Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past 08/29/2024 10:35pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� In a small auditorium in the seaside capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny late Wednesday in a lengthy debate punctuated by snickers, applause and outbursts. The government had asked residents of the div The Latest: Trump campaigns in Michigan, Wisconsin; Harris sit down for interview with CNN 08/29/2024 09:55pm • Former President Donald Trump is campaigning Thursday in Michigan and Wisconsin as he ramps up battleground state travel heading into the traditional Labor Day turn toward the fall election. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down Thursday for Idaho judge considers whether to hold quadruple murder trial in small university town or elsewhere 08/29/2024 08:59pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city during a hearing Thursday, citing the widespread media coverage of the case and the impact that coverage can have on potential juror b The 49ers look to bounce back from another playoff heartbreak and win an elusive Super Bowl 08/29/2024 08:08pm • SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (14-6) EXPECTATIONS: After following up losses in the NFC title game in the 2021 and '22 seasons with an overtime loss in the Super Bowl to Kansas City last season, anything short of the franchise's long-awaited sixth Super Bowl title would be viewed as a disappointment. Coach Ky The 49ers bid to become first team to 3-peat in NFC West in nearly two decades 08/29/2024 08:07pm • The NFC West has been a one-team show the past two years with the San Francisco 49ers winning every game against their division rivals, except when they rested their starters. If the Niners want to become the first team to win the NFC West three straight years since Seattle did it from 2004-07, it c