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A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season 08/14/2025 09:47am • It is a well-versed group of athletic directors, former coaches and players along with a sports writer, who will be armed with statistics, analytics, charts and graphs and enough highlights to start their own college football network as they settle into their work on the College Football Playoff sel New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move 08/14/2025 09:02am • Since New York began licensing recreational marijuana stores about three years ago, the state has been using a simple tactic to ensure pot shops are kept a legally-mandated distance from local schools: Measure from the door of the dispensary to the door of the school. But officials recently made a s South Africa starts a soul-searching 'national dialogue' about poverty, inequality and other issues 08/14/2025 08:52am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African is starting a ���national dialogue��� Friday that is meant to bring all sectors of society together to discuss the country���s most pressing issues and find solutions. The talks, initiated by President Cyril Ramaphosa after calls from civil society, are expected t What to know about the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska 08/14/2025 07:49am • The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening where East meets West ��� quite literally ��� in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering. Whether it can lead to a deal to produce peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2 years af Surrounded by water, Dutch swimmers have plenty of places to cool off 08/14/2025 06:35am • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� While Parisians have recently rediscovered the pleasure of swimming in the Seine, Amsterdammers have been enjoying a cooling dip in the Dutch capital's Ij waterway for years. In a country dominated by waterways, canals, rivers and below-sea-level pastures, wild swimming is on the Champions League winner PSG may find it harder to defend the French title 08/14/2025 04:44am • PARIS (AP) ��� Paris Saint-Germain lost only twice in Ligue 1 last season and benefited from a lack of domestic rivalry to also embark on a victorious Champions League campaign. This French season might be more difficult for coach Luis Enrique and PSG. Marseille and Monaco are determined to mount cr Barred from Bolivia's elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes 08/14/2025 01:00am • EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) ��� Barred from appearing on Sunday���s ballot, former leftist president Evo Morales has launched a scrappy campaign for a presidential contender with no name, no face and no formal platform. The contender's known as ���Nulo" ��� Spanish for the null-and-void vote. Nulo has a r Hunter Brown reaches 10 victories, helping the Astros beat the Red Sox 4-1 08/13/2025 10:43pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Hunter Brown allowed only a run in 6 2/3 innings for his 10th victory, Jeremy Pe��a and Yainer Diaz homered and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Wednesday night. Brown (10-5) allowed six hits and three walks and held Boston to 1 for 6 with runners in scoring positio FBI returns stolen Hern��n Cort��s manuscript to Mexico 08/13/2025 10:35pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Nearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador Hern��n Cort��s signed it and decades after someone swiped it from Mexico's national archives, the FBI returned a priceless manuscript page to Mexico on Wednesday. The FBI said in a statement that the document had changed hands va The Latest: Trump warns of ���very severe consequences��� if Putin continues Ukraine war 08/13/2025 10:09pm • U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that there will be ���very severe consequences��� if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop his war in Ukraine after their Friday summit in Alaska, though he did not say what those consequences might be. Trump���s comment came after a virtu US teen pilot claims innocence after charges dropped in Antarctica flight case 08/13/2025 09:43pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Ethan Guo, an American pilot and influencer who has been trapped in Antarctica for several weeks, maintained Wednesday that he is ���innocent��� of the accusations against him, after being charged by Chilean authorities with submitting a false flight plan to reach the White Leaving a top Trump administration post? The president may have an ambassadorship for you 08/13/2025 09:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Diplomacy may be soft power, but in President Donald Trump's administration, it's also lately a soft landing. National security adviser Mike Waltz was nominated as United Nations ambassador after he mistakenly added a journalist to a Signal chat discussing military plans. Trump t Loudoun Co. schools vote to keep bathroom, locker room gender policy despite Education Dept. finding 08/13/2025 08:08pm • The Loudoun County School Board voted not to comply with a request from the U.S. Department of Education to sign a resolution agreement to change the Virginia school system's policy allowing transgender students to use facilities that match their gender identity instead of their biological sex. I Will Medicare Cover Care If You're Traveling? 08/13/2025 08:00pm • If you're going on a big trip, especially overseas, there's a lot to remember. Are your bags properly packed? Do you have your passport? Did you remember your sunscreen? Health insurance is probably the last thing on your mind, and that can trip any traveler up. Unfortunately, most health insuranc The 10 Most Valuable Car Companies in the World 08/13/2025 08:00pm • Not so long ago, it seemed that automakers' biggest challenge was how to get bigger and better electric vehicles (EVs) to market at a price point competitive with Chinese upstarts like Xiaomi and BYD. The incoming Trump administration had signaled renewed fondness for expansive tariffs to level the