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Illinois' football home is now known as Gies Memorial Stadium after alumnus makes $100M donation 09/09/2025 02:46pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� Illinois' football stadium will be known as Gies Memorial Stadium after alumnus and philanthropist Larry Gies made a $100 million donation to the school's athletic department. The school announced Tuesday the gift is the largest in the athletic program's history. Gies' name Maryland governor criticizes Trump in reelection campaign announcement 09/09/2025 02:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for president in 2028, officially announced his reelection campaign for governor on Tuesday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump in a video announcement. The governor said that while h US household income rose slightly last year, roughly matching 2019 level 09/09/2025 01:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The income for the typical U.S. household barely rose last year and essentially matched its 2019 peak, the Census Bureau said Tuesday, a stark illustration of the impact that the pandemic inflation spike had on Americans' finances. The report also showed that the highest-earning There's hope in Florida, with the state's 7 FBS teams off to a combined 11-3 start 09/09/2025 01:41pm • CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) ��� It���s early. A lot will happen over the next three months of college football. Nobody is guaranteed anything. That said, hope reigns all across Florida. No. 5 Miami, No. 10 Florida State and No. 18 South Florida are all in the AP Top 25. Those three teams are 2-0, as is AP finds major disaster declarations are taking longer under Trump 09/09/2025 01:25pm • TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) ��� As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony's new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport. Seconds later, a tornado tore apart the one-story brick house and damaged the truck while lifting it partly in the air. Anthony emerged unhurt. B France's prime minister is ousted as the nation drifts into turmoil 09/09/2025 01:02pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Another prime minister gone. Another crisis unfolding. In France, what once shocked is now routine. Prime Minister Fran��ois Bayrou submitted his resignation Tuesday after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament. The third toppling of a head of government in 14 months leaves P US-Apple-Books-Top-10 09/09/2025 12:05pm • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. Framed in Death by J. D. Robb (St. Martin���s Publishing Group) 2. The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith (Little, Brown and Company) 3. Tom Clancy Terminal Velocity by M.P. Woodward (Penguin Publishing Group) 4. Billion-Dollar Ransom by Duane Swierczynski &amp Sidney Crosby understands why trade talk surrounds him as the Penguins keep losing 09/09/2025 12:03pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Sidney Crosby is well aware of the trade talk swirling around him, now that he and the Pittsburgh Penguins have gone three seasons without making the playoffs. Going into another at age 38 with little realistic hope of the team contending, the three-time Stanley Cup champion ackno Cracker Barrel suspends plans to remodel restaurants after logo blowup 09/09/2025 11:53am • Cracker Barrel said Tuesday it���s suspending remodels of its restaurants after criticism from many longtime fans. The announcement came two weeks after Cracker Barrel backtracked on a separate plan to modernize and simplify its logo. Fans of the chain had also loudly criticized that move. Lebanon, PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts 09/09/2025 11:47am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members ��� at one point almost half ��� lived in Canada, and they were withdrawing support out of anger at President Donald Trump's desi New York Liberty are set to enter playoffs healthy and confident despite No. 5 seed 09/09/2025 11:46am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Liberty are finally healthy heading into the playoffs and the defending champions have confidence they can win another title. The road won't be easy as the team is a No. 5 seed and will most likely have to start the postseason on the road in Phoenix. Since the WNBA cha For McIlroy and the Europeans, the Ryder Cup buildup starts now 09/09/2025 11:27am • On paper, the European team heading to New York to defend the Ryder Cup could hardly be more similar to the winning lineup two years ago. Look closer and plenty of things are different. Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have moved to LIV Golf. Bob MacIntyre, a rookie in Rome, is now among the world���s t Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids 09/09/2025 11:09am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� At a Home Depot parking lot, a man patrols on a bicycle for federal immigration agents, toting a megaphone on his hip so he can blast a warning to day laborers waiting to land a landscaping or construction job. The workers from Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere carry whistles t Climate tracking apps measure your carbon footprint. Here's how they work 09/09/2025 10:46am • This idea of a carbon footprint comes up a lot in news coverage about personal climate impact. The concept is simple: It includes anything that you add to planet-warming emissions, ranging from the gas consumed by your car to the energy required to produce the food you eat. Reducing your carbon foot J.J. McCarthy rallies the Vikings in the fourth quarter of his debut for a 27-24 win over the Bears 09/09/2025 10:44am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� J.J. McCarthy���s long-awaited debut for the Minnesota Vikings was looking more like a nightmare. Even so, coach Kevin O'Connell could sense things were going to change. And he told his quarterback that at halftime. ���You are going to bring us back to win this game,��� O���Connell