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Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns 06/15/2024 11:57am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri even though economists long ago concluded subsidizing pro sports isn't worth the cost. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders endorsed helping the WTOP Book Report: The D.C. man who brought basketball to Black athletes 06/15/2024 10:00am • This story is part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage. Edwin Bancroft Henderson II has penned the first contemporary biography of his grandfather, Dr. Edwin Bancroft (E.B.) Henderson, a pivotal figure in the history of African American basketball. At 76, Wade Phillips hopes to get elusive first title as a head coach in Sunday's UFL Championship 06/15/2024 06:10am • Wade Phillips has long been considered one of the best defensive coordinators in pro football. His track record as a head coach though, especially when it comes to the postseason, hasn't been looked on as kindly. However, Phillips has a chance to get an elusive championship ring as a head coach on S Atlanta plays Los Angeles, aims to end home slide 06/15/2024 02:09am • Los Angeles Sparks (4-9, 2-6 Western Conference) at Atlanta Dream (5-6, 2-4 Eastern Conference) College Park, Georgia; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream plays Los Angeles Sparks looking to break its three-game home skid. The Dream have gone 2-4 in home games. Atlanta is sixth in the WNBA Many Senate Republicans were done with Trump after Jan. 6. Now they want him back in the White House 06/15/2024 12:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years ago, Donald Trump had few friends left in the Senate. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared in a speech that Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by spreading “wild falsehoods” about el Moore first to hit for cycle at CWS since 1956; Dreiling's hit in 9th gives Vols 12-11 walk-off win 06/15/2024 12:01am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dylan Dreiling's single into the left-center gap drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Tennessee rallied to beat Florida State 12-11 on Friday, capping a night when Christian Moore became the first player in 68 years to hit for the cycle at the College NCAA College World Series Glance 06/14/2024 10:55pm • At Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Neb. All Times EDT (Double Elimination; x-if necessary) Friday, June 14 Game 1 -- North Carolina 3, Virginia 2 Game 2 -- Tennessee 12, Florida St. 11 Saturday, June 15 Game 3 -- Kentucky (45-14) vs. NC State (38-21), 2 p.m. Game 4 -- Texas A&M (49-13) vs. Flo Aberg takes 1-shot lead into weekend at Pinehurst in US Open debut 06/14/2024 09:12pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Open is a new experience for Ludvig Aberg, not that anyone would notice the way his machine-like game gave him the 36-hole lead Friday. Pinehurst No. 2 is not. Aberg was a 19-year-old from Sweden about to start his college career at Texas Tech when he came to this D Vance Honeycutt's 9th-inning hit gives Tar Heels another last at-bat win, 3-2 over Virginia at CWS 06/14/2024 06:36pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vance Honeycutt's single brought home Jackson Van De Brake from third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and North Carolina pulled out yet another win in its last at-bat, a 3-2 walk-off victory over Virginia in the College World Series opener on Friday. The Tar Heels (48- The fizz is gone: Atlanta's former Coca-Cola museum demolished for parking lot 06/14/2024 06:30pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Once a shrine to the world's most popular soft drink, the building that housed the original World of Coca-Cola is going flat at the hands of Georgia's state government. Crews continued Friday to demolish the onetime temple of fizz in downtown Atlanta near the state capitol, with pla 3 charged in shooting death of Southern Mississippi defensive back Marcus 'MJ' Daniels Jr. 06/14/2024 06:27pm • HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Three people were arrested Friday and charged with capital murder in the death of Southern Mississippi defensive back Marcus “MJ” Daniels Jr., police said. Daniels, 21, was killed Tuesday at an apartment complex in Hattiesburg. Hattiesburg Police Chief Hardy Sims sai Illinois lawmakers unable to respond to governor's prison plan because they lack quorum 06/14/2024 03:45pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Members of a legislative review panel on Friday said a state proposal to replace the ancient Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago makes sense, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration needs to provide more details. However, the bipartisan Commission on Govern Rookie Keon Coleman playfully embraces Buffalo while showing a serious side to filling receiver role 06/14/2024 02:15pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Wide-eyed, engaging and athletic, Bills rookie receiver Keon Coleman has much to offer, be it tips on when to land the best deals for winter coats to using his lean 6-foot-4 frame and long muscular arms to snatch balls thrown over his head or behind him. It’s been that Virginia city repeals ban on psychic readings as industry grows and gains more acceptance 06/14/2024 01:54pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Ashley Branton has earned a living as a psychic medium for seven years, helping a growing number of people with heavy choices about toxic relationships, home purchases and cross-country moves. And while the tarot cards are never wrong, she said, they didn’t see this one co Virginia lawmakers to hold special session on changes to military education benefits program 06/14/2024 01:53pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate will reconvene in a special legislative session next week to consider a proposal that would exempt some military families from pending changes in eligibility for a state program for educational benefits at state public colleges and universities. The Virg