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Ford joins growing list of companies changing diversity policies after conservative pressure 08/28/2024 05:07pm • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) ��� Ford Motor Co. has joined the ranks of companies that have pulled back on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while facing pressure from conservative groups. CEO Jim Farley sent a memo to all employees early Wednesday outlining the changes, including a decision to stop Probe is closed into owners of Pulse nightclub, where 49 died in mass shooting 08/28/2024 05:07pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges. Victims' families and survivors of the killing of 49 patrons at the LGBTQ-friendly club had asked law enforcement to investigate them for possib UCF Knights begin second season in Big 12 with nonconference matchup against New Hampshire 08/28/2024 04:44pm • New Hampshire vs. UCF, Thursday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: UCF by 41 1/2. Series Record: First Meeting. WHAT���S AT STAKE? UCF is eager to jump back into the season after going 6-7 in its inaugural year in the Big 12. Preseason prognosticators pick the Knights to finish eighth Everyone starts out chasing Scottie Scheffler for the FedEx Cup title at East Lake 08/28/2024 04:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Former British Open champion Shane Lowry is a newcomer to the Tour Championship and to the format at the FedEx Cup finale. He is No. 13, meaning he will be at 3-under par and seven shots out of the lead when he tees off Thursday. He has 72 holes to make that up. And from all the mon Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention 08/28/2024 04:33pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that's only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he create Here���s everything you need to know about the Venice Film Festival 08/28/2024 04:26pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is underway, with major Hollywood films and stars arriving in Italy. The festival kicked off Wednesday with the world premiere of ���Beetlejuice Beetlejuice��� before it opens in theaters worldwide next week. Here���s everything you Once teammates, wrestler Bill Goldberg and Deion Sanders reunite at Colorado through Goldberg's son 08/28/2024 03:36pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ��� Hall of Fame pro wrestler Bill Goldberg isn't just another celebrity that coach Deion Sanders has walking along the Colorado sideline. He's not just another big name brought in to deliver motivational speeches. Goldberg���s got a vested interest in the program with his son, G It's a tough time for college presidents, but Tania Tetlow thrives as a trailblazer at Fordham 08/28/2024 03:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tania Tetlow has earned a reputation as a trailblazer. She became the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of two Jesuit schools ��� first at Loyola University New Orleans and now at Fordham University in New York City. Fordham had previously been led by Catholic p New Indiana coach Cignetti counts on father's old-school values, new faces to spur quick turnaround 08/28/2024 03:01pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Curt Cignetti's old-school style runs through his veins. The new Hoosiers coach expects his players to arrive on time, be prepared to work and ready to win. And in his world, like his father's, there are no acceptable excuses. Yes, Cignetti learned those values on the football No. 11 Missouri opens the season against new-look Murray State at sold-out Faurot Field 08/28/2024 02:49pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was being serious when he described the No. 11 Tigers' season-opener against Murray State on Thursday night ���probably the most difficult opening game that we faced since we've been here." That's saying something given they opened against No. 2 Al Railroad BNSF stresses safety but is still held back by longstanding industry issues, report finds 08/28/2024 02:48pm • Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn't always reach front-line workers who often don't feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being disciplined, according to an assessment released Wednesday by regulators. The Fed 2024 Paralympics schedule Aug. 29: Cyclists, swimmers and taekwondo fighters all go for gold 08/28/2024 02:47pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Competition gets underway at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, with athletes getting their first medals in four of the 22 scheduled sports. The first Paralympian medalists will be the track cyclists at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome. There is a packed day of swimming Monsoon floods tear through a village in Yemen and kill 13 people 08/28/2024 02:24pm • SANAA, Yemen (AP) ��� Rescue workers in northern Yemen have recovered the bodies of 13 people who went missing after a flash flood inundated a village, authorities said Wednesday, as officials said 99 people have been killed since the start of heavy seasonal rains. Yemen's current monsoon season ha Pittsburgh Steelers are handing their offense to veteran QB Russell Wilson 08/28/2024 02:22pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to let Russell Wilson cook. Coach Mike Tomlin announced the nine-time Pro Bowler as the starter on Wednesday, putting an end to a largely perfunctory quarterback competition with Justin Fields in which the 35-year-old Wilson held the ���pole posi Defense seeks to undermine accuser's credibility in New Hampshire youth center sex abuse case 08/28/2024 02:18pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� Lawyers for a man charged with raping a teenage girl at a youth holding facility in New Hampshire tried to erode the accuser���s credibility at trial Wednesday, suggesting she had a history of lying and changing her story. Now 39, Natasha Maunsell was 15 and 16 when she was he