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Could a future big league ballplayer be staying with your family this summer? 05/03/2024 08:13am • This summer, lots of us will check out youth baseball near where we live, but there's a special opportunity for fans to connect with up-and-coming ballplayers. Every summer, fans flock to historic Fireman's Field, a few blocks from the tiny downtown in Purcellville, Virginia, to watch the Pur As China's Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda 05/03/2024 12:02am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi will start the tour in Paris on Monday, meeti Washington adds four assistant coaches including Tony Bland, who was part of 2017 FBI probe 05/02/2024 11:36pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Washington coach Danny Sprinkle announced the hiring of four assistant coaches on Thursday, including former Southern California assistant Tony Bland, a key figure in the 2017 FBI probe designed to clean up college basketball. Bland was most recently the head coach at St. Bernard Hi More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses 05/02/2024 11:11pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer accidentall Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century — at least, not yet 05/02/2024 10:02pm • In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler’s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. Like so many college students across the country protesting the Israel-Hamas war, Sattler feels the historic weight of the anti-Vietnam Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools 05/02/2024 09:32pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings. Lawmakers pushed the proposal through the House and Senate in t Jill Biden recognizes her fellow teachers at a swanky White House dinner for answering 'a calling' 05/02/2024 09:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden on Thursday paid tribute to her fellow teachers, hosting the 2024 national and state teachers of the year at a swanky White House dinner to honor their commitment to their students and excellence in the classroom. “Tonight we celebrate you because teaching isn't just Group of Five conference football tournament that interferes with playoff would be hard to sell 05/02/2024 08:56pm • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A postseason football tournament involving only schools from outside the Power Four conferences could only work if it doesn't interfere with the 12-team College Football Playoff, the commissioner of the Mountain West said. Gloria Nevarez told the AP she has seen the presen Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza 05/02/2024 08:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is essential for democracy, The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks 05/02/2024 08:33pm • Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he spoke to Egypt’s intelligence chief and “stressed the positive spirit of the movement in studying the cease- Global Citizen NOW urges investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and youth outreach 05/02/2024 08:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — This week's Global Citizen NOW conference featured appeals for long-term investments in the African continent's fast-growing youth population and increased outreach to young changemakers worldwide, as the international advocacy organization seeks to drive resources toward antipover College Admitted Student Days: What to Know 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Each spring, colleges hold admitted student days exclusively for accepted students. It's a chance for them and their families to ask questions of faculty, meet current students and future classmates, learn about programs and see what life on campus is like. Admitted student days usually are held bef The Latest | Arrests top 2,000 as protests against Israel-Hamas war roil college campuses 05/02/2024 07:58pm • The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 2,000. The Associated Press has tallied arrests at 35 schools since a tent encampment began at Columbia University on April 17. Student protests have popped up at many college an Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students 05/02/2024 07:25pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. Sanders sign Sports on TV for Friday, May 3 05/02/2024 07:15pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, May 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at Carlton 11:30 p.m. FS1 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney at Sydney 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Melbourne AUTO RACING 12:25 p.m. ESPN2