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SEC contenders handling early schedule of beefier foes instead of cupcakes to boost playoff resumes 09/11/2024 04:41pm • One unknown to scheduling non-conference opponents years in advance is whether those future foes are as attractive when game day finally arrives as they were when the contract was signed. So-called ���cupcake��� guarantee games against overmatched lower-tier foes often end up providing a lopsided wi Pirates GM Ben Cherington says he expects manager Derek Shelton to return in 2025 09/11/2024 04:38pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington expects manager Derek Shelton to return next season. Cherington said Wednesday that Shelton remains ���the right person to manage this team in 2025��� despite an August swoon that dropped the Pirates out of postseason contention. Donald Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from Joe Biden's 09/11/2024 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting. Not even three months ago, Trump stepped off the de Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO 09/11/2024 04:28pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena. Sanders said de la Torre needs to answer to the American people ab What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate 09/11/2024 04:14pm • Amid a barrage of climate-infused weather disasters such as flooding and hurricanes, along with the shattering of heat records,wildfires and many Americans growing concerned about the planet's warming, climate change was barely discussed during the presidential debate. When asked the sole debate que Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement 09/11/2024 03:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was discriminatory, both sides announced Wednesday. The settlement came two months after Pochettino embarks on 'journey' with US men's team after turbulence at PSG and Chelsea 09/11/2024 03:28pm • Mauricio Pochettino didn't expect to be here. His appointment as United States men's national team head coach was not in the plans when he signed a two-year contract at Chelsea last season and made his triumphant return to the Premier League. But soccer management is a fickle industry and the U.S. h Indiana judge rules against abortion providers fighting near-total ban 09/11/2024 03:14pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� An Indiana county judge ruled Wednesday against abortion providers who are seeking to broaden access to the procedure under the near-total ban state lawmakers passed after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections in 2022. The providers ��� including the regional Planned Authorities find no smoking gun in Nassar records held by Michigan State University 09/11/2024 03:04pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Thousands of documents turned over by Michigan State University reveal nothing new about what the school might have known about years of sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the campus doctor who assaulted female athletes, the state attorney general said Wednesday. ���It was surp Campbell wants to say goodbye to the 'soup' in its name. It isn't the first to make such a change 09/11/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Campbell is ready to drop the soup ��� at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name at an annual meeting of investors on Tuesday. The 155-year-old food seller, which is most famous for its namesake canned soups, says it would now lik CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Wildfires plague U.S. West and Brazil, Yagi rampages in Vietnam 09/11/2024 02:34pm • Extreme weather is striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon, flooding in Nigeria and a lethal typhoon in Vietnam. The death toll from Typhoon Yagi reached at least 155 after flash flooding Wisconsin has a chance to regain some national relevance when it hosts No. 4 Alabama 09/11/2024 02:17pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin has a chance in one afternoon to regain some of the national relevance it has lost over the last few years. After finishing just one game above .500 three of the last four seasons, Wisconsin didn���t crack the preseason Associated Press Top 25 for the first time sinc US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents 09/11/2024 02:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 ���program fee��� each time she loaded money onto her daughter���s school lunch account. As more schools turn to cashless payment systems, more distric Harvard reports slight decline in Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling 09/11/2024 01:27pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University���s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. The impact of the ruling is still coming into focus at selective universities arou Court could clear the way for Americans to legally bet on US elections 09/11/2024 01:25pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Amid the explosion of legal gambling in the United States, some things have remained off-limits, including betting on the outcome of U.S. elections. But that could be about to change. A federal judge in Washington has struck down a decision by the Commodity Futures Tradi