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Nebraska football stadium renovation is scaled back for now and won't begin until after 2025 season 05/17/2024 02:55pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The proposed massive renovation of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium has been downsized for the time being, meaning the south end of the stadium won't be torn down after the 2024 season as originally planned, athletic director Troy Dannen said in a statement Friday. Former athletic What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues 05/17/2024 02:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would Principal Skinner respond if she did? Hard to say, but some NYU students facing discipline for their actions during this spring's pro-Palestinian protests have been assigned a 49-page work Buffalo Bills promote Matt Bazirgan to director of college scouting in series of scouting moves 05/17/2024 02:28pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills promoted Matt Bazirgan to the role of director of college scouting in a series of scouting department moves announced Friday under general manager Brandon Beane. Bazirgan completed his second season with the team in which he previously held the title of NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments during commencement speech 05/17/2024 12:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker appeared as the commencement speaker last week at Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school in Kansas, and said Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina's undergraduate body has died 05/17/2024 12:19pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ralph Kennedy Frasier, the final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina's flagship public university in the 1950s, has died. Frasier, who had been in declining health over the pas Sports on TV for May 18 - 19 05/17/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, May 18 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Brisbane 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Port Adelaide 4 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at West Coast AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Sports on TV for May 20 - 26 05/17/2024 10:00am • Adv18 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, May 20 COLLEGE GOLF (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. GOLF — NCAA Championships: First Round, Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, Calif. MLB BASEBALL 7:30 p.m. FS1 — Detroit at Kansas City NHL HOCKEY 9 p.m. ESPN — Playoffs: T He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own 05/17/2024 09:51am • It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24 years. It was more daunting — at times agonizing — to reach the decision six years later, in 2015, that God wanted him to t Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College's commencement 05/17/2024 08:37am • Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atch How DC-area educators envision the AP African American Studies course evolving 05/17/2024 05:35am • Students who take the Advanced Placement African American Studies course will learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but other topics, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, are optional, according to the College Board's framework for the course. The fo Rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return to countries they fled for safety 05/17/2024 12:02am • BANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to their home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death. The international rights group analyzed 25 cases that took place in Thailand betwe 70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated 05/17/2024 12:01am • On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in American schools. The message of Brown v. Board of Education was clear. But 70 years later, the impact of the decision is still up for debate. Have Americans truly ended segregation in fact, not just in l Breanna Stewart ruins Caitlin Clark's home debut by leading Liberty past Fever 102-66 05/16/2024 11:02pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark learned some tough lessons from her first two WNBA tests. She's struggled with fouls, expectations and, like most rookies, making a smooth transition from college ball to the pro level. And, here, there's no grading curve, as Clark found out T Why did former Md. Gov. Larry Hogan pivot on abortion? 05/16/2024 09:00pm • Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican running for the open U.S. Senate seat in the state, is leaning into the issue of abortion more than he ever has in his political career. In an interview with the New York Times, Hogan described himself as "pro-choice" and said that he supports legisl Maryland governor signs bills to tighten juvenile justice, expand gun safety measures 05/16/2024 08:42pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a juvenile justice reform bill Thursday that makes younger juveniles subject to state oversight in criminal cases, a move supporters said will combine accountability and rehabilitation to the benefit of children. “It really comes down to facing facts: Children in the s