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Focused on legacy, Biden calls out Trump and says how civil rights led him into politics 07/29/2024 09:51pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No longer on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden on Monday delivered a speech at the LBJ Presidential Library designed to help cement his legacy. Slightly more than a week after dropping out of this year's election, Biden marked the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act The Latest: Biden decries 'extremism' on the Supreme Court, lays out plans for reforms 07/29/2024 08:56pm • President Joe Biden decried “extremism” that he says has undermined public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amend Biden decries 'extremism' on Supreme Court, details plan for term limits, ethics code for justices 07/29/2024 08:38pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “extremism” on the U.S. Supreme Court is undermining public confidence in the institution and called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court's nine justices. He also called on lawmakers How to Apply and Adjust to College as a Homeschooled Student 07/29/2024 08:00pm • More families have chosen to forgo the traditional K-12 classroom experience and homeschool their children in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But given the nature of homeschooling -- for which the specifics of curriculum, class time and assignments can vary widely from one family to another -- it Northern Arizona ramps up enthusiasm headed into Shane Burcar's sixth season 07/29/2024 07:39pm • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona's players attack each drill, each sprint with vigor, the sounds of squeaking shoes and shouts of encouragement filling the thin mountain air. The final day of summer workouts, like the first or last day of fall camp, is filled with possibilities and enthus Mets cut reliever Jake Diekman and promote fellow lefty Matt Gage from Triple-A Syracuse 07/29/2024 06:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprising move Monday, the New York Mets cut veteran reliever Jake Diekman and promoted fellow left-hander Matt Gage from Triple-A Syracuse. Diekman was 2-3 with a 5.63 ERA and four saves in a team-high 43 appearances after signing a $4 million, one-year contract with the Met The U.S. men's gymnastics team ended a lengthy Olympic medal drought. They hope the NCAA notices 07/29/2024 05:51pm • PARIS (AP) — Before they stood with their arms wrapped around each other in a brotherhood forever etched into U.S. Olympic lore, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik were collegians. Yes, the dreams the members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team had fostered Wisconsin believes production will increase in its second year running Phil Longo's offense 07/29/2024 05:20pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s first season with Air Raid disciple Phil Longo as offensive coordinator didn’t work out quite according to plan, as the Badgers posted their lowest scoring average in nearly two decades. After having a year to adapt to Longo’s fast-paced system, the Badgers a Calipari, new-look Arkansas stirring up excitement as Hall of Fame coach approaches his debut season 07/29/2024 04:11pm • John Calipari wants his Arkansas Razorbacks to think big. The Hall of Fame coach is used to big thinking and expectations from his days at Kentucky, of course. Now, Calipari has constructed virtually a whole new Razorbacks roster since his hiring in April, with only forward Trevon Brazile returning Bears great Steve McMichael gets his Hall of Fame moment as he battles ALS 07/29/2024 02:36pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Steve McMichael always had that big and boisterous persona and a willingness to say whatever was on his mind, so it's no stretch to think the Chicago Bears great's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech would have been one to remember. “He would cut a scorcher," his wife Misty GWU hosts African Diaspora Film Festival, shattering Olympic glass ceilings and diversifying jury duty 07/29/2024 01:42pm • The African Diaspora International Film Festival has been going strong for over three decades in New York City. It's also celebrating nearly two decades in D.C. with this year's festival running Friday, Saturday and Sunday at George Washington University as part of its Africana Studies progra Hall of Famer Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North Carolina 07/29/2024 12:43pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Peppers remembers the long, grueling dawn-until-dusk summer days he spent working in the cotton and cucumbers fields of North Carolina’s Nash County and dealing with the heat. It wasn’t easy at the time, spending every summer from when he was 9 years old until he Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits 07/29/2024 10:31am • NEW YORK (AP) — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, called it � Alma Powell, wife of late Secretary of State Colin Powell, dies at 86 07/29/2024 08:02am • (CNN) — Alma Johnson Powell, the wife of the late Secretary of State Colin Powell, has died. She was 86.Her death was confirmed by the former diplomat’s chief of staff and family spokesperson, Peggy Cifrino.“(Powell) was the grounding force of our family,” the couple’s three children, Beach volleyball at Eiffel Tower stadium draws the crowds looking for the perfect social media post 07/29/2024 06:17am • PARIS (AP) — Lena Von Schōnlaub used Eiffel Tower Stadium as a backdrop for her own personal photo shoot. Von Schōnlaub shifted her head from side to side, smiling big while she held her phone in front of her face and clicked over and over. Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower hovered right behind her, ov