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WNBA and Aces file motions to dismiss Dearica Hamby's lawsuit 09/12/2024 03:40pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The WNBA and Aces have filed motions to dismiss former Las Vegas player Dearica Hamby's federal lawsuit that alleges mistreatment over her pregnancy. Hamby filed the suit about a month ago, alleging the Aces discriminated and retaliated against her, resulting in her January 2023 t Oklahoma governor delays vote on minimum wage hike until 2026 09/12/2024 03:30pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahomans will vote on gradually increasing the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour but not until 2026, angering supporters who are questioning the timing set by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. Stitt signed an executive order this week setting the vote for June 2026, which is t Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies at 86 09/12/2024 03:17pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru���s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was announced by his daugh Should targeting penalties include ejections? Some coaches say no, but the policy isn't going away 09/12/2024 03:14pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Alabama and Wisconsin will both play the first half of Saturday's intersectional matchup without a linebacker who was penalized for targeting a week earlier. Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell would prefer a scenario in which both the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide���s Justin Jefferson Panthers rally to support second-year QB Bryce Young after disappointing 37-point loss to the Saints 09/12/2024 03:13pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Bryce Young was standing on the sideline in the closing moments of Carolina's 47-10 season-opening loss at New Orleans when teammate Miles Sanders came over to stand next him, dabbed him up and tapped the second-year quarterback on the helmet. A disappointed Young managed a Patriots and Seahawks, two once-proud franchises fallen on hard times, meet with a chance to go 2-0 09/12/2024 02:59pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ��� The New England Patriots were so bad last year they fired six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick. The Seattle Seahawks weren���t much better, reason enough to get rid of Pete Carroll ��� the only coach ever to lead them to the NFL title. And on Sunday night, one Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region 09/12/2024 02:58pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine's forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II, Ukraine's president said Thursday. Russia���s Defense US consumer watchdog moves to permanently ban Navient from federal student loan servicing 09/12/2024 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has filed a proposed order to permanently ban Navient from directly servicing federal student loans, which the agency says will put an end ���years of abuse." Under terms of the Thursday order, which Navient agreed to without admitting an Georgia Republican leader seeks policy changes after school shooting but Democrats want more 09/12/2024 02:37pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies to foster student mental health, detect guns and encourage people to safely store guns after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. But Republican Jon Burns of Newington is No. 12 Utah and Utah State renew rivalry for the first time since 2015 09/12/2024 02:01pm • No. 12 Utah (2-0) at Utah State (0-2), Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: Utah by 18 1/2. Series record: Utah 79-29-4. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Utah and Utah State renew their rivalry for the first time since 2015 with the Utes making the trip to Logan. The Utes domi Ruling blocks big changes to Utah citizen initiatives but lawmakers vow appeal 09/12/2024 01:58pm • Utah voters won���t decide this November on a proposal to amend the state constitution that would let state lawmakers rewrite voter-approved ballot measures but the question will remain on ballots with just weeks to go until the election, a judge ruled Thursday. Legislative leaders vowed to appeal t US cites Egypt's help in Gaza as Washington sends full military aid despite human rights concerns 09/12/2024 01:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3 billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money over human rights concerns and citing Cairo's role as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. The State Department said Secreta Wreck of French steamship that sunk in 1856 discovered off New England coast 09/12/2024 01:43pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� The French steamship Le Lyonnais, a marvel for its time, was feared lost forever when a maritime disaster in 1856 sent her to the bottom of the ocean off Massachusetts. Generations later, a marine salvage crew is ready to write the next chapter in the history of the passenge The Sundance Film Festival may get a new home. Here are the 3 finalists 09/12/2024 01:00pm • The Sundance Film Festival has narrowed its search for a new home down to three finalists. One option remains a combination of Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, the latter its base for over 40 years. The other two, Boulder, Colorado, and Cincinnati would find the country���s foremost showcase for A bag of Cheetos created a huge impact on a national park ecosystem 09/12/2024 12:43pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor. Seems inconsequential, right? Hardly. Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a ���world-changing��� event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean