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Roster sizes, the future of walk-ons and other topics on minds of SEC's football coaches 05/28/2024 05:39pm • DESTIN, Fla. (AP) ��� Southeastern Conference football coaches are bracing for the impact of a potential downsizing of rosters around the NCAA. The coaches convened Tuesday for the league's spring meetings with potential roster issues among the questions on their minds following a settlement agreeme Brock Purdy counts on a healthy offseason leading to even more progress 05/28/2024 05:33pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� Brock Purdy's brief time in the NFL has been a bit of a whirlwind with him going from ���Mr. Irrelevant��� to fill-in starter for a contender as a rookie to a MVP finalist and Super Bowl quarterback last season. After spending the 2022 offseason preparing for the draft a Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94 05/28/2024 05:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," developed the raucous prison-sports comedy "The Longest Yard" and helped create the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died at age 94. Ruddy died ���peacefully More people make 'no-buy year' pledges as overspending or climate worries catch up with them 05/28/2024 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off retail therapy at Target. A 26-year old in England banned carbonated drinks from her shopping list. These three women, who don���t know each other, all started the year resolving to sp Wisconsin unions argue for overturning 2011 law that ended nearly all collective bargaining 05/28/2024 05:00pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Public worker and teachers unions argued Tuesday that their lawsuit seeking to strike down a Wisconsin law that drew massive protests and made the state the center of a national fight over union rights should be allowed to proceed, even as the Republican-controlled Legislature Dan Bylsma rediscovers the joy in coaching and lands another NHL job with Seattle Kraken 05/28/2024 04:45pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� When Dan Bylsma took the job as an assistant coach in the American Hockey League in 2021, his hope was to rediscover some enjoyment being a coach. Being back on an NHL bench at that point was the furthest thing from his mind. ���I think I needed to discover the joy of coaching again Russia's wealthy elite could face higher income tax as authorities propose a new, progressive system 05/28/2024 04:36pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russia's wealthy elite could face higher income taxes, according to a proposal the country's finance ministry floated on Tuesday. The proposal, which would likely have to go through parliament for approval and subsequently a signoff by President Vladimir Putin, comes as Russia conti Big changes for the NCAA likely to upend scholarship limits and roster sizes across college sports 05/28/2024 04:34pm • Cody McDavis' life changed forever with a few strokes of a pen. McDavis grew up in a single-parent home where his mother worked three jobs to afford life's essentials. There was zero chance of paying for college if not for a basketball scholarship to Northern Colorado. ���The assumption was if I d Insmed, Agios rise; DraftKings, Atlantica fall, Tuesday, 5/28/2024 05/28/2024 04:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: United States Cellular Corp., up $5.24 to $48.22. T-Mobile is buying the telecommunications company's wireless operations and some spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. Energy Transfer LP, up 5 ce Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline 05/28/2024 04:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party���s official convention in Chicago in August ��� a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio. The Democratic Nationa How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 5/28/2024 05/28/2024 04:16pm • Most U.S. stocks fell as a tick higher in bond yields tightened the screws a bit on Wall Street following a three-day weekend. The S&P 500 closed little changed Tuesday and is sitting just below its record set a week ago. Roughly two out of every three stocks in the index fell. The Dow Jones In White House condemns loss of life but plans no policy changes after Israeli airstrike led to civilian deaths in Rafah 05/28/2024 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� White House condemns loss of life but plans no policy changes after Israeli airstrike led to civilian deaths in Rafah. Fairfax Co. students create mobile bed to help student with disabilities return to school 05/28/2024 03:58pm • At Chantilly Academy on Tuesday afternoon, senior Sebastian Nowicki held a measuring stick against a mobile medical bed situated in the back of the classroom. He highlighted newly installed storage containers underneath the main frame as a few of his peers watched on. A few minutes later, the Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that 05/28/2024 03:08pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� Aquaman might not mind if the oceans rise, but moviegoers might. That's one of the takeaways from a new study conducted by researchers who set out to determine if today's Hollywood blockbusters are reflective of the current climate crisis. The vast majority of movies failed Blue Jackets hire Waddell as president of hockey ops and GM, with Davidson shifting to advisory role 05/28/2024 02:36pm • The Columbus Blue Jackets named Don Waddell as their general manager and president of hockey operations on Tuesday, bringing in an experienced NHL executive to try to help turn around the franchise. Waddell joins the club days after stepping down as GM of the Carolina Hurricanes with his contract se