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New contract and healthy offseason help remake image of Colts running back Jonathan Taylor 08/05/2024 05:37pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor looks like his old self at training camp. He's happy, healthy and focused — a stark contrast from the guy who arrived last summer with an injured ankle and a somber approach to a nasty contract spat. Teammates understood the sur Notre Dame OT Charles Jagusah out for season with chest injury; considered a possible starter 08/05/2024 03:06pm • SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame offensive tackle Charles Jagusah will miss this season after he tore a muscle in his chest during preseason practice. The school announced Monday that Jagusah is expected to have surgery after injuring his right pectoralis muscle. The second-year player and forme Georgia tops preseason USA Today Coaches Poll; Ohio State picked second 08/05/2024 02:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Georgia will open the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll a year after having its two-year run as national champion end. The Bulldogs received 46 of the 55 first-place votes from college football coaches in the team released on Monday. Preseason No. 2 Ohio S Harris once wanted to ban fracking. Trump wants voters in energy-rich Pennsylvania to remember 08/05/2024 01:46pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing the need to win battleground Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris is swearing off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking, but that hasn't stopped Republican Donald Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position to win over voters in a state where the natu Washington attorney general and ex-sheriff who helped nab Green River Killer race for governorship 08/05/2024 12:43pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer are vying to become the next governor of a Democratic stronghold that hasn’t had an open race for the state's top job in more than a decade. Democrat Bob Fergus Sports betting roundup: U.S. men's basketball team keeps winning, but not always covering the spread 08/05/2024 11:38am • As the Paris Olympics enter the final week of competition, the U.S. men's basketball team is winning but not always covering the spread. The Americans beat Puerto Rico 104-83 on Saturday to finish pool play, but failed to cover the 36.5-point spread. At the BetMGM online sportsbook, 64% of the money Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us? 08/05/2024 11:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys and even testicles. But are they actually harming you? Evidence suggests they might, but it's limited in scope. S Americans abroad help countries grow women's basketball for Olympic opportunity 08/05/2024 08:35am • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Germany has lots of players who can score. The Germans knew they needed a point guard for the Paris Games with the country making its Olympic debut in women's basketball. Alexis Peterson, a native of Columbus, Ohio, has proven to be a perfect fit. The guard who p What did Summer McIntosh do over school vacation? The Canadian teen won 3 golds and a silver 08/05/2024 06:08am • NANTERRE, France (AP) — After winning three gold medals and a silver swimming at the Paris Games, it's back to high school for Canadian teen sensation Summer McIntosh. She will take some time to catch her breath and decompress back home in Ontario during a short break from the pool — and then s What's new across DC-area school districts this year? 08/05/2024 04:38am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series "WTOP Goes Back to School" this August and September. The end of the summer is quickly approaching and University System of Maryland, AFSCME sign contract covering multiple campuses 08/05/2024 12:42am • The University System of Maryland signed a multicampus contract with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Friday that will standardize labor benefits for workers at nine campuses in Maryland. The contract and memorandum of understanding cover approximately 5,700 non Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term 08/05/2024 12:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government. He recently described political opposition as “enemy fire that’s coming over the target,” while urging allies to be “fearless at t Michigan's Moore faces allegations of NCAA violations in sign-stealing investigation, AP sources say 08/04/2024 08:50pm • Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is facing allegations he violated NCAA rules related to an investigation into impermissible scouting and sign-stealing that hung over the program through its run to last season's national championship, three people briefed on an impending notice of allegations told The 5 Ways to Get More Money From Your Graduate School 08/04/2024 08:00pm • Graduate school can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be if you're savvy about finding money that you don't have to repay. Your financial aid package for graduate school may include any combination of grants, fellowships, assistantships, work-study, scholarships and loans. If it doesn't quite cov 2024 Olympics schedule Aug. 5: Simone Biles wraps up competition with two events 08/04/2024 04:07pm • PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles wraps up competition with two events as gymnastics comes to a close, surfing hands out its medals, track features the women's 800 meters and the U.S. women chase a second straight gold medal in 3x3 on Monday at the 2024 Olympics. After dominating the first week of the Oly