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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 Nelly Korda faces her toughest test at US Women's Open 05/29/2024 04:15pm • LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) ��� No matter how easy Nelly Korda has made golf look over the last two months, not even the best player in her sport can expect an easy time at the U.S. Women's Open. The biggest and richest event in women's golf prides itself on being the toughest test, and Lancaster Country Cl US calls Algeria's proposed UN resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful 05/29/2024 04:01pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United States said Wednesday a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and halt to Israel���s military operation in the southern city of Rafah ���is not going to be helpful.��� Algeria, the Arab representative on the council, ci College sports departments gearing up for 'economic earthquake' with direct pay for athletes looming 05/29/2024 04:00pm • Iowa State has already scrapped plans for a new wrestling facility. Texas A&M laid off a dozen or so athletic staffers. That could be the tip of the iceberg when millions in college revenue starts going directly to the athletes and away from escalating coaching salaries, facilities and growing a Iga Swiatek saves a match point and comes back to beat Naomi Osaka at the French Open 05/29/2024 03:50pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Iga Swiatek played like the current No. 1 and the two-time defending champion at the French Open. No surprise there. That Naomi Osaka looked like the former No. 1 that she is ��� and on clay, no less ��� amounted to an announcement that she is still quite capable of elite tennis. Surg Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid 05/29/2024 03:46pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South Africans voted Wednesday at schools, community centers, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country���s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. It could put the young democracy into unknown territory. At stake is the thre Nigeria's new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed 05/29/2024 03:46pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly a half-century ago, sparking widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed without much public input. President Bola Tinubu' Condon emerges as NCAA leader in homers, batting average after beginning Georgia career as a walk-on 05/29/2024 03:43pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� Georgia coach Wes Johnson knows it wouldn't be fair to use Charlie Condon's success as a sales pitch for future walk-ons. After all, no one can expect a player to sign without a scholarship and then lead the nation in hitting and home runs. Condon is different, and Johnson says Loudoun Co. proposes 4 extra student days off so teachers can finish required trainings 05/29/2024 03:18pm • Loudoun County is proposing closing schools to students on four days next year to give teachers enough time to finish required trainings. The latest proposal, presented to the school board Tuesday night, involves closing school on a few days that the school district considers "stand-alone days" � Jets sign running back and return specialist Tarik Cohen, who last played in the NFL in 2020 05/29/2024 03:06pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� The New York Jets on Wednesday signed former Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen, who last played in the NFL in 2020 because of injuries. The 28-year-old Cohen was an All-Pro as a kick return specialist in 2018 and was selected for the Pro Bowl. He broke his right leg Singapore Airlines jet endured huge swings in gravitational force during turbulence, report says 05/29/2024 02:32pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� The Singapore Airlines jetliner that hit severe turbulence last week went through huge swings in gravitational force in less than five seconds, likely causing the injuries to people who weren't buckled into their seats, according to a preliminary report Wednesday by S The Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish 05/29/2024 02:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that flew at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home, the Washington Post acknowledged it had the same story more than three years ago and decided not to publish it. The Joe Brady places his trust in QB Josh Allen upon taking over the Buffalo Bills' play-calling duties 05/29/2024 02:12pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady has no intention of making big changes after having the interim tag removed from his title during an offseason that featured a departure of some of Buffalo���s top playmakers. For all the subtractions ��� Stefon Diggs being traded to Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause 05/29/2024 01:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intention to keep borrowing costs high as long as needed to curb persistently elevated inflation. A key reason for the delay in How your relationship with your car radio will evolve in the future 05/29/2024 01:11pm • As Congress debates a bill that would require new cars to be built with AM radios, we're getting a sense of how new technology will affect the relationship between a commuter and their car radio. Some things won't change, says Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association. "Audio is