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Authorities find no smoking gun in Nassar records held by Michigan State University 09/11/2024 03:04pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Thousands of documents turned over by Michigan State University reveal nothing new about what the school might have known about years of sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the campus doctor who assaulted female athletes, the state attorney general said Wednesday. ���It was surp Campbell wants to say goodbye to the 'soup' in its name. It isn't the first to make such a change 09/11/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Campbell is ready to drop the soup ��� at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name at an annual meeting of investors on Tuesday. The 155-year-old food seller, which is most famous for its namesake canned soups, says it would now lik CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Wildfires plague U.S. West and Brazil, Yagi rampages in Vietnam 09/11/2024 02:34pm • Extreme weather is striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon, flooding in Nigeria and a lethal typhoon in Vietnam. The death toll from Typhoon Yagi reached at least 155 after flash flooding Wisconsin has a chance to regain some national relevance when it hosts No. 4 Alabama 09/11/2024 02:17pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin has a chance in one afternoon to regain some of the national relevance it has lost over the last few years. After finishing just one game above .500 three of the last four seasons, Wisconsin didn���t crack the preseason Associated Press Top 25 for the first time sinc US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents 09/11/2024 02:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 ���program fee��� each time she loaded money onto her daughter���s school lunch account. As more schools turn to cashless payment systems, more distric Harvard reports slight decline in Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling 09/11/2024 01:27pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University���s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. The impact of the ruling is still coming into focus at selective universities arou Court could clear the way for Americans to legally bet on US elections 09/11/2024 01:25pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Amid the explosion of legal gambling in the United States, some things have remained off-limits, including betting on the outcome of U.S. elections. But that could be about to change. A federal judge in Washington has struck down a decision by the Commodity Futures Tradi Editorial Roundup: United States 09/11/2024 01:08pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 6 The Washington Post on Chinese subterfuge in the U.S. Evidence ��� including a bombshell indictment this week of a senior New York political figure ��� is mounting that China is not content to run a police state just at ho Workers at UK's biggest steel plant get better severance deal ahead of green transition 09/11/2024 12:06pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's government unveiled on Wednesday details of a new support package for workers who face losing their jobs at the country's biggest steel plant ahead of its transition to a greener way of production. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said workers at the Port Talbot Steelwo US Postal Service squeeze on shipping consolidators could raise consumer costs 09/11/2024 12:01pm • The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation's doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal Service slow losses but that could see the higher costs passed on to consumers. Consolidators move abou College football picks: Welcome to rivalry weekend in September for divorced Pacific Northwest foes 09/11/2024 11:42am • Welcome to rivalry weekend in September. As college football fans adapt to the new world order brought on by conference realignment and playoff expansion, among the changes are a pair of rivalries that used to cap off regular seasons now taking place before summer ends. Despite a nasty divorce last IOC move on election rules puts up legal hurdles to Coe running for top Olympic job 09/11/2024 11:28am • GENEVA (AP) ��� In a move by the IOC that apparently could block Sebastian Coe as an expected presidential candidate, the Olympic governing body has clarified its complex election rules before a deadline Sunday to enter the race. A letter was published Wednesday after being sent by the International Movie Review: Two ideas compete for the soul of 'My Old Ass' but sweetness finally wins 09/11/2024 11:26am • They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor. ���Dude, I'm you,��� says the guest, as she nonchalantly burns a 'smores on a campfire next to a very high and stunn The UK will hold an inquiry into a notorious slaying during Northern Ireland's Troubles 09/11/2024 11:10am • LONDON (AP) ��� The British government said Wednesday it will hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane, a lawyer whose 1989 slaying raised questions of collusion between U.K. security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. Finucane, who had acted for Irish Republican A 'Focused on the future': DC-area residents, politicians react to presidential debate 09/11/2024 11:00am • In a city whose business is politics, it was no surprise that people packed D.C.-area bars and restaurants to watch Tuesday's presidential debate. Hundreds at The Admiral restaurant and bar in Dupont Circle were glued to 15 big screen TVs to witness Vice President Kamala Harris battle against