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Appeals court refuses to lift order blocking rule meant to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students 07/17/2024 09:12pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to lift a judge's order temporarily blocking the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule meant to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students. The ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals kept in place a preliminary injuncti South Carolina athletics worker who painted midfield logo for 40 football seasons has died 07/17/2024 08:14pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Eddie Dunning, who painted the South Carolina Gamecock logo at midfield in Williams-Brice Stadium for 40 seasons, has died, university officials said. He was 69. South Carolina's athletic department announced his death Wednesday. Dunning's obituary said he died on July 13 at John Deere ends support of 'social or cultural awareness' events, distances from inclusion efforts 07/17/2024 07:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, becoming the latest major U.S. company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash. In a statement posted Tuesday to Nick Saban is back at SEC Media Days, 6 months after retiring and asking the questions now 07/17/2024 07:10pm • DALLAS (AP) — Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days again, six months after retiring as Alabama coach. This time he's asking the questions as part of ESPN's SEC Network coverage of the four-day event. “I’m still a coach at heart. So I want to ask the coaches questions so that they can actually talk Biden cancels meeting with Latino civil rights organization after testing positive for coronavirus 07/17/2024 06:38pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday while trying to shore up support among disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances, prompting him to cancel a meeting with members of a Latino civil rights organization in the battleground state of Nevada. Aft Workouts at Nationals Park give members of the military a chance to train in a unique setting 07/17/2024 06:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Just after 7 a.m. on what turned out to be a record-tying hottest day in the history of the nation's capital, more than 100 members of the U.S. military sprint from station to station to cycle through grueling drills. The setting is not a military base but rather a baseball st Bears agree to deals with QB Caleb Williams, wide receiver Rome Odunze 07/17/2024 05:59pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears locked in their top two rookies, agreeing to four-year contracts with No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams and No. 9 selection Rome Odunze and avoiding any training camp drama with their prized quarterback and wide receiver. The Bears announced Williams' signing Billy Napier enters Year 3 with Florida hopeful while facing ominous vibes, daunting schedule 07/17/2024 05:47pm • DALLAS (AP) — Billy Napier enters his third season as Florida coach in maybe the toughest position in college football: Head coach at an Southeastern Conference powerhouse whose program is struggling to gain traction and facing one of the most daunting schedules in the country. Napier arrived at S Pitt and basketball coach Jeff Capel agree to an extension through at least the 2029-30 season 07/17/2024 05:33pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh and men's basketball coach Jeff Capel have agreed to a contract extension that runs through at least the 2029-30 season. Financial details of the extension, announced Wednesday, were not disclosed. Capel has a 97-92 record in six years with the Panthers, leading the pr Editorial Roundup: United States 07/17/2024 03:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 12 The Washington Post on young people in America and national service Polls suggest young Americans are less enchanted with their country than previous generations. Yet even those who want to serve their country, conducting some HBCU Talladega College is shutting down its gymnastics program. The team is trying to save it 07/17/2024 12:54pm • TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Talladega College is planning to drop its women’s gymnastics program after just one season, but the gymnasts at the historically Black school aren’t giving up on saving their team. The team started fundraising efforts online trying to bring in $500,000 by the end of July As Gaza’s doctors struggle to save lives, many lose their own in Israeli airstrikes 07/17/2024 12:52pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Dr. Hassan Hamdan was one of the few trained plastic surgeons in Gaza, a specialist in wound reconstruction. His skills were vitally needed as Israel’s military onslaught filled hospitals with patients torn by blasts and shrapnel, so the 65-year-old came out of retirement to help. Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma 07/17/2024 11:21am • BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) — After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint and no hints of strong politic The “greenhouse effect”: How an oft-touted climate solution threatens agricultural workers 07/17/2024 10:28am • MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some collapse. Some hover on the brink of exha Can a lottery winner run an effective foundation? Meet Roy Cockrum 07/17/2024 09:05am • In the early 1980s, soon after graduating from college, Roy Cockrum was trying to make it as an actor in New York. He was hanging on by his fingernails, getting paid $40 a show for two supporting roles in the off-Broadway comedy “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.” To cover his rent, Cockrum would pick