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Oklahoma to chase record 4th straight national title at Women's College World Series 05/29/2024 07:08pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma is chasing history again. The Sooners head into the Women���s College World Series with the opportunity to win an unprecedented fourth straight national title. They open double-elimination bracket play Thursday against No. 10 seed Duke. Last year's team dominated to b Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records 05/29/2024 07:06pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Buck Leonard. Charlie ���Chino��� Smith. Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players ��� historic figures like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige and Mule Suttles ��� were incor On spelling's saddest day, hyped National Spelling Bee competitors see their hopes dashed 05/29/2024 06:46pm • OXON HILL, Md. (AP) ��� When Achyut Ethiraj's final appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended far earlier than he anticipated, the 14-year-old grimaced at the microphone, walked off the stage quietly and exited the ballroom with his mother's arm draped around his back. Achyut had plenty Brian Keefe will remain coach of the Washington Wizards after serving as an interim in that role 05/29/2024 06:16pm • The Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their coach on Wednesday, sticking with the man who led the team on an interim basis from late January until the end of the season. Keefe was in his first season as an assistant coach for the Wizards when he was promoted to interim head coach on Jan. 25, r 'Are you with me?' Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term 05/29/2024 06:02pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� President Joe Biden renewed his election-year pitch to Black voters on Wednesday, lashing out at Donald Trump���s ���MAGA lies��� and saying the winner of this year's White House race will make crucial decisions, including on nominees for the Supreme Court, that could affect th The Latest | Israel expands Rafah offensive, saying it now controls Gaza's entire border with Egypt 05/29/2024 05:55pm • Israel���s military said Wednesday it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza���s border with Egypt, without elaborating. Capturing the strategic Philadelphi corridor signals that Israel has deepened its offensive in southern Gaza. Palestinians in the border city of Rafah reported heavy figh Black men who were asked to leave a flight sue American Airlines, claiming racial discrimination 05/29/2024 05:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline Wednesday, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination. Three of the men filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York. They said they were told to leave a plane waiting Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that? 05/29/2024 05:32pm • Melinda French Gates ' has a long history of supporting the women���s movement, but it���s her new eye-popping funding commitments that could finally change women���s groups��� long-running lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the United States directly benefits women and girls. That Kansas rewards athletic director Goff with long-term contract and large raise 05/29/2024 05:24pm • LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP) ��� Kansas athletic director Travis Goff has signed a seven-year contract extension that keeps him with the Jayhawks through 2031 and includes a hefty raise starting at $1.3 million a year. The school announced Goff's new deal Wednesday. Goff had originally signed a five-year New Jersey police union calls for 'real consequences' for drunk, rowdy teens after boardwalk unrest 05/29/2024 05:07pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey's statewide police union said Wednesday there needs to be ���real consequences��� for drunken, rowdy teens and adults who create mayhem in public places following a series of disturbances at Jersey Shore towns over the Memorial Day weekend that included the st Rangers need Panarin, Kreider and Zibanejad to start scoring to beat the Panthers in East final 05/29/2024 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� If the New York Rangers are going to have any chance to win the Eastern Conference final against the Florida Panthers, it's time for their top offensive players to find the net. Through the first four games of the series, Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad haven't sco Career and season MLB records that changed following the addition of Negro Leagues statistics 05/29/2024 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Major League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Players like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Satchel Paige now hold significant standing on MLB's career and season leaderboards. Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated 05/29/2024 04:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball���s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb���s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson���s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Louisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn't relaxed 05/29/2024 04:23pm • A synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of increasing the cancer risk for the nearby majority-Black community in Louisiana told a federal appeals court it will have to shut down ���likely permanently��� if it's forced to meet the Biden administration���s deadline to reduce emissions. Denka Performan American Airlines, Advance Auto Parts fall; Chewy, Dick's Sporting Goods rise, Wednesday, 5/29/2024 05/29/2024 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: ConocoPhillips, down $3.71 to $115.25. The energy company is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion. Robinhood Markets Inc., up 62 cents to $21.09. The online broker an