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Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football 08/18/2024 10:10am • A new era has arrived in college football, with some of the most recognizable programs in history now playing in different leagues. The postseason is different, too. The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams, changing the calculus of the championship chase. There's also change for DNC kicks off in Chicago with plenty of politics and protests on tap 08/18/2024 04:44am • The Democratic National Convention begins Monday in the midst of a political whirlwind that's generated momentum for Vice President Kamala Harris, who became her party's presidential nominee only weeks after a poor debate performance led President Joe Biden to step aside. Earlier this summer, IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Results 08/18/2024 12:03am • Saturday At World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, Ill. Lap length: 1.25 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevrolet, 260 laps, Running. 2. (1) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chevrolet, 260, Running. 3. (18) Linus Lundqvist, Dallara-Honda, 260, Running. 4. ( Florida primary will set US Senate race but largely focus on state and local races 08/18/2024 12:02am • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Compared with the wild twists and turns of the presidential election, Florida's primary Tuesday will be relatively tame. The only statewide race on the ballot is for the Senate seat held by Republican Rick Scott, who will learn who he'll face in November. Local races will Maryland state senator pushes General Assembly to keep state's coastal bays in mind 08/17/2024 09:37pm • State Sen. Mary Beth Carozza talks with, from left, Sens. Benjamin Brooks, Malcolm Augustine and Brian Feldman about work to restore a shoreline along the Sinepuxent Bay. Photo by William J. Ford. Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-Lower Shore) loves the Chesapeake Bay, but she continues to make sure her Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled 08/17/2024 08:34pm • Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who���d been enrolled in Medicaid before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 480,000 of them��have been disenrolled as of this August. Typically eligibility determinations are made annually, but they���d been on pause nationwide amid the pandemic due to federal policy. NASCAR-Xfinity Cabo Wabo 250 Results 08/17/2024 08:34pm • Saturday At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2.00 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 128 laps, 51 points. 2. (1) Sheldon Creed, Toyota, 128, 38. 3. (10) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 128, 0. 4. (19) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 128, 34. 5. Hideki Matsuyama surges to a 5-shot lead in steamy Memphis 08/17/2024 07:25pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Hideki Matsuyama felt his lower back starting to act up. On a whim, he decided to put a new putter in his bag for the start of the PGA Tour postseason. And now the Japanese star has a five-shot lead going into the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. ���I am surpri Backup QB Josh Johnson goes 11 for 11 as the Ravens hold off the Falcons 13-12 08/17/2024 04:59pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Tavius Robinson took advantage of an opportunity to make a game-changing play. Robinson stopped Jase McClellan well short of the goal line on a 2-point conversion in the final minute to preserve Baltimore's 13-12 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Robinson, a linebacker who made Ronaldo scores but Al-Nassr loses 4-1 to Al-Hilal in Saudi Super Cup 08/17/2024 04:56pm • ABHA, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first domestic trophy in Saudi Arabia after Al-Nassr lost 4-1 to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on Saturday. The five-time Ballon d���Or winner scored the opening goal just before halftime in the season's curtain-raiser between Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US 08/17/2024 01:54pm • EVART, Mich. (AP) ��� Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. Smith, a Congo's humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency 08/17/2024 01:44pm • GOMA, Congo (AP) ��� Sarah Bagheni had a headache, fever, and itchy and unusual skin lesions for days, but she had no inkling that her symptoms might have been caused by mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency. She also has no idea where to go to get medical help Ignoring pressure and having fun, Cuba gets off to a winning start at the Little League World Series 08/17/2024 12:54pm • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ��� Marloon Herrera was crying. Happy tears. With Cuba trailing in the fifth inning of its Little League World Series opener on Thursday, Marloon lined a two-run double to give his team the lead. When the Czech Republic, representing Europe-Africa, made a pitching change Indonesia's new capital isn't ready yet. The president is celebrating Independence Day there anyway 08/17/2024 12:07pm • PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia marked 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony in the unfinished future capital of Nusantara, which was planned to relieve pressure on Jakarta but whose construction has lagged behind schedule. Hundreds of officials and invited guests we Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93 08/17/2024 10:37am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Silvio Santos, a Brazilian television executive and presenter known for his beaming smile and catchphrase ���Who wants money?��� has died after a decades-long career in the spotlight. He was 93. Santos owned the television network SBT and created several variety shows. The