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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department' is here. Is it poetry? This is what experts say 04/19/2024 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” But just how poetic is it? Is it even possible to close read lyrics like poems, divorced from their source material? The Associated Press spoke to four experts to assess how Swift's latest album s Nebraska's governor says he'll call lawmakers back to address tax relief 04/19/2024 05:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes. On the last day of the 60-day session Thursday, some lawm Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes 04/19/2024 04:44pm • The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaig FAU hires Isaiah Austin, whose NBA playing plans were derailed, as an assistant coach 04/19/2024 04:13pm • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Isaiah Austin never wanted to become a coach. And now, he sees it as his calling. The former Baylor center — whose plans to play in the NBA were thwarted when he was diagnosed in 2014 with Marfan syndrome — was introduced Friday as an assistant coach on new coach John J Texas spring signals time for Ewers to slow down and enjoy football in 2024 before NFL draft 04/19/2024 03:58pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers figured his football career had always been in such a rush that it was time to slow down. Enjoy the spring. Enjoy the 2024 season, and Texas' move into the Southeastern Conference. The NFL, which is still his goal and dream, can wait a year. And t Arizona State hit with NCAA sanctions for improper football recruiting visits during pandemic 04/19/2024 01:16pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State and four former members of its football coaching staff have reached an agreement with the NCAA on penalties for impermissible in-person contact with recruits during the COVID-10 dead period. Two others are contesting portions of their respective cases via a writte Judge drops some charges against ex-Minnesota college student feared of plotting campus shooting 04/19/2024 12:40pm • NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed some of the most serious charges against a former Minnesota college student who police and prosecutors feared was plotting a campus shooting. Waylon Kurts, of Montpelier, Vermont, who was then a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, was charged l UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player 04/19/2024 11:34am • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn freshman Stephon Castle has entered his name into the NBA draft, becoming the fifth Husky starter to at least explore moving on after Connecticut's latest NCAA title run. UConn and coach Dan Hurley confirmed the move Friday on social media after it was first reported by FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes 04/19/2024 10:51am • MEMPHIS (AP) — FedEx on Friday pledged $25 million over the next five years to be used in sponsorship deals with University of Memphis athletes, a huge boost for the school's name, image and likeness compensation efforts. The Memphis-based shipping giant said the program will initially focus on fo Sports on TV for April 20 - 21 04/19/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, April 20 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Brisbane AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 12:30 p.m. FS1 — ARCA Menards Ser Sports on TV for April 22 - 28 04/19/2024 10:00am • Adv20 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 22 MLB BASEBALL 7:30 p.m. FS1 — Chicago White Sox at Minnesota NBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. TNT — Playoffs: TBD TRUTV — Playoffs: TBD (BetCast) 10 p.m. TNT — Playoffs: TBD TRUTV — Playoffs: TBD (BetCast) NHL HO First-year Michigan coach Sherrone Moore might display some of his QB options in spring game 04/19/2024 05:20am • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore will have a lot of big decisions to make in his first season as Michigan's coach, leading the defending national champions after Jim Harbaugh bolted to coach the Los Angeles Chargers. Who he chooses to start at quarterback will be a closely watched issue this Michigan State's new coach Jonathan Smith and QB Aidan Chiles know each other well from Oregon State 04/19/2024 05:10am • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State is breaking in a new football coach and quarterback this year. The Spartans may benefit from how familiar the pivotal people in the program are with each other because they both were at Oregon State last season. Jonathan Smith, who led the Beavers for six Virginia law allows the state’s colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals 04/19/2024 04:30am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed measure into law Thursday that allows state colleges and universities to directly pay their athletes through name, image and likeness compensation deals, a measure believed to be the first of its kind. The law, which takes effect July 1, Laborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa 04/19/2024 02:07am • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Street vendors in Mali's capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest months. This year, an unprecedented heat wave has led to a surge in deaths, experts say, warning of more scorching weather ahead as effects of climate cha