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USC hopes that piling up big plays can help it address its Big Ten road woes 09/10/2025 04:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Big plays might help solve Southern California���s Big Ten road woes. The Trojans have piled up explosive gains through two comfortable wins against overmatched opponents to start the season, and will now look to keep the trend going when they open conference play at Purdue (2-0 Missouri voters and lawmakers clash over who should be able to initiate constitutional amendments 09/10/2025 03:58pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri voters and the lawmakers they elect could be headed for a clash at the ballot box over the power to set public policy. Citizen activists rallying Wednesday at the Missouri Capitol kicked off an initiative petition drive for a proposed constitutional amendment th NBA's 'heave rule' will allow deep end-of-quarter shots without hurting player shooting percentages 09/10/2025 03:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected. The league has approved a change in the way statistics on those shots are recorded, which could spur players to take more heaves from very, very deep with She was adopted into an abusive home in the US. Decades later, ICE deported her back to Brazil 09/10/2025 02:18pm • It sounded like freedom, like a world of possibility beyond the orphanage walls. Maria Pires was getting adopted. At 11 years old, she saw herself escaping the chaos and violence of the Sao Paulo orphanage, where she���d been sexually assaulted by a staff member. She saw herself leaving Brazil fo Movie Review: Paul Mescal, Josh O���Connor collect folk songs in tender ���The History of Sound��� 09/10/2025 02:17pm • If the algorithm was overseeing casting for a tender, queer romance, it���s likely that at least one combination would involve Paul Mescal and Josh O���Connor. They are two of Hollywood���s most promising next generation stars, and, not insignificantly, internet boyfriends who have captured the popu Sports on TV for Thursday, Sept. 11 09/10/2025 02:10pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Sept. 11 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL Playoffs: Hawthorn at Adelaide, Semifinal AUTO RACING 3:05 p.m. FS2 ��� NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Practice, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn Black student dragged from his car and beaten by Florida officers files federal lawsuit 09/10/2025 01:27pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Jacksonville law enforcement officers violated the civil rights of a 22-year-old Black college student when they pulled him from his car and beat him during a traffic stop, according to a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Jacksonville on Wednesday. A video showing a Jac Despite dismissal, Prince William School Board chair 'reassured' by judge's ruling in transgender rights suit 09/10/2025 12:40pm • Prince William School Board chair Dr. Babur Lateef told InsideNOVA he feels ���reassured��� after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from nearby school districts over transgender bathroom policies. Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. on Sept. 5 dismissed the lawsuit filed by Fairfax and Arlington County No. 8 Notre Dame takes off reins on CJ Carr and will turn him loose against No. 16 Texas A&M 09/10/2025 12:37pm • SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) ��� No. 6 Notre Dame played it safe with a new starting quarterback on the road in its season-opening loss at then-No. 10 Miami. It may have cost coach Marcus Freeman more than a victory. He also acknowledged losing some sleep. So with the Fighting Irish back on their own turf Unranked Florida faces a daunting stretch with coach Billy Napier's job on the line 09/10/2025 12:22pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida coach Billy Napier has a path to a fifth year in Gainesville. It's one of the most perilous in school history. The now-unranked Gators (1-1), coming off an embarrassing loss to South Florida in the Swamp, have an opportunity to climb out of their latest early seaso Trump's signature, a symbol of presidential power, is under new scrutiny thanks to the Epstein case 09/10/2025 12:09pm • The signature of an American president is one of the planet's most powerful symbols. It can set your tax bill, your immigration status and who does or does not get aid from the world's largest economy. Now, though, Donald Trump���s distinctive signature is being scrutinized for a decidedly unpreside Dan Brown on his new book, 'The Secret of Secrets,' and how he manages the writing process 09/10/2025 11:43am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The plots of Dan Brown's novels have so many turns that even the author has to make sure he can keep it all organized. ���Anybody who writes a thriller needs to have a plan. There's a great saying that the thriller writer who starts a book without knowing where���s he's going is j BetMGM Bonus Code WTOP150: Claim $150 MLB, Packers-Commanders Bonus 09/10/2025 11:35am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Activate BetMGM bonus code WTOP150 and win big on the NFL, MLB, college football and more. New users can grab a $150 bonus in select st Trump loves the spotlight that comes with sports. He especially loves when it's on him 09/10/2025 11:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump couldn't stand to cede the spotlight in 2020 as the Washington Nationals opened their pandemic-shortened season at home against the New York Yankees by having Dr. Anthony Fauci throw the first pitch. ���I think I���m doing that on Aug. 15 at Yankee Stadium, Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers 09/10/2025 11:02am • Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major cement, oil and gas producers contributed significantly to all of the heat events considered in the stud