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Michigan, Washington field overhauled teams in quest to return to national championship game 07/25/2024 05:46pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� When Michigan and Washington arrived at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday, it marked the first time they'd been on the same field since January's national championship game. Much has changed in six months. Their big-name coaches, Jim Harbaugh and Kalen DeBoer, have moved on to new WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett wants to smash a guitar over your head at the Frederick Keys ballpark 07/25/2024 05:26pm • He's one of the most decorated champions and promoters in professional wrestling history, launching entire companies behind the scenes, then strutting to the ring, talking trash and smashing guitars over opponents' heads. WWE Hall of Famer and current AEW star Jeff Jarrett visits Nymeo Field Amazon Prime Video's global reach was a major factor in 11-year agreement with NBA 07/25/2024 05:00pm • Jay Marine is finally able to relax and celebrate after a hectic couple of months. The global head of sports programming for Amazon Prime Video found out Wednesday afternoon that they will be carrying the NBA beginning with the 2025-26 season, along with ESPN/ABC and NBC. Warner Bros. Discovery matc West Virginia is asking the US Supreme Court to consider transgender surgery Medicaid coverage case 07/25/2024 04:58pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that found the state's refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. In April, Daughter of Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley on trial, accused of abandoning newborn in cold 07/25/2024 04:52pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� The trial began Thursday for the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, who is accused of abandoning her baby after giving birth in the woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022. Attorneys for Alexandra Eckersley, 27, said she didn't kn Yuval Sharon's contract as Detroit Opera artistic director extended 3 years through 2027-28 season 07/25/2024 04:51pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Yuval Sharon���s contract as artistic director of the Detroit Opera was extended Thursday for three years through the 2027-28 season as he shifts the company toward themed seasons. Sharon is planning America for 2025-26, Faith for 2026-27 and Sustainability for 2027-28. He said he w 'To continue what he could not': Scholarship honors slain Bethesda student 07/25/2024 04:27pm • Carolyn Korman described her late son, 20-year-old Alexander "Xan" Korman, as passionate about photography, generous in sharing his skills and happy to see others succeed. To illustrate her point, she spoke about the time he got to photograph a youth basketball tournament attended by NBA supersta Chicago police chief says out-of-town police won't be posted in city neighborhoods during DNC 07/25/2024 04:26pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Outside police agencies that'll help secure the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month will not be posted in city neighborhoods, Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Thursday as federal authorities released maps of convention security perimeters. The renewed atte IBM, ServiceNow rise; Waste Management, Ford fall, Thursday, 7/25/2024 07/25/2024 04:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: International Business Machines Corp., up $7.96 to $191.98. The technology and consulting company beat analysts' second-quarter financial forecasts. ServiceNow Inc., up $97.92 to $828.79. The technology automa UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as 'extreme heat epidemic' breaks records 07/25/2024 04:23pm • After three of Earth's hottest days ever measured, the United Nations called for a flurry of efforts to try to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures, calling it ���an extreme heat epidemic.��� ���If there is one thing that unites our divided world, it's that we're all increasin Olympic tennis schedule has Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in action Saturday 07/25/2024 04:13pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all are on the Paris Olympics' tennis schedule Saturday, the first day of action at Roland Garros. Serbia's Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both. Nadal and Alcaraz are teammates in doubles for South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time 07/25/2024 03:56pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country's new most senior judge. Her term is due to start on Sept. 1, when she will replace Chief Justice Raymond Kamala Harris is using Beyonc��'s 'Freedom' as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem 07/25/2024 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In Vice President Kamala Harris' first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyonc��'s ���Freedom,��� a cut from her 2016 landmark album, ���Lemonade.��� ���We As Harris considers a running mate, what are states' succession rules for VP candidates? 07/25/2024 03:14pm • The 2024 White House campaign has thrust a handful of governors and senators into the mix for vice president, and that has drawn attention to rules of succession in the contenders' home states should they win. Each state has its own rules for naming replacements when elected officials leave office. Northern Virginia OmniRide users to face new schedule, higher fares 07/25/2024 02:52pm • OmniRide is implementing changes to many of its bus routes in the greater Prince William area ��� including on OmniRide Express, Metro Express and local routes ��� beginning July 29, according to a news release from the agency. The OmniRide Express base fare will also increase from $9 each way to