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Double Olympic champ Alistair Brownlee retires from triathlon 11/21/2024 05:33am • LONDON (AP) — Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee announced his retirement from triathlon at the age of 36 on Thursday. Brownlee won gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, with his younger brother, Jonny, making the podium on both occasions. The siblings' exploits helped t Federal Reserve's likely slowdown in rate cuts could disappoint borrowers 11/21/2024 03:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, the path ahead for the Federal Reserve looked straightforward: With inflation cooling and the job market slowing, the Fed appeared on track to steadily cut interest rates. In September, its officials predicted that they would reduce their benchmark rate four UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory 11/21/2024 01:18am • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma soaked in the moment. UConn's Hall of Fame coach now stands alone atop the NCAA basketball wins list. Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford women's coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217th career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesd Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests 11/21/2024 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As incoming White House chief of staff, one of Susie Wiles ’ vexing challenges will be policing the buffet line of powerful interests who want something from Donald Trump. It’s a world she knows well. During Trump’s first presidency, she lobbied for many of them. Trump was Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement 11/20/2024 09:07pm • Mary Louis' excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her tenancy. That third-party service included an algorithm designed to score rental applicants, w A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025 11/20/2024 09:00pm • MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight on New Year's Eve. Macon-Bibb County spent $4.5 million last year to buy the hotel in a federal bankruptc India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana 11/20/2024 08:34pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday he would share technology for combatting seaweed infestation with Caribbean nations, as he visited Guyana in the first such visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years. Guyana, a South American nation with many citize Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador 11/20/2024 08:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong wa Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far 11/20/2024 08:28pm • President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears focused on remaking th Despite slowing sales, automakers are expanding electric vehicle models, including family haulers 11/20/2024 08:25pm • Even though sales of electric vehicles aren't growing as fast as in past years and President-elect Donald Trump may ditch tax credits for EV buyers, automakers are moving ahead with new models that should appeal to mainstream buyers. Family haulers are the latest to see a new entry, with Hyundai unv QB Caleb Williams, Bears look to build on positives after tough loss 11/20/2024 07:58pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Finding a way to build upon positives from a tough loss against Green Bay is the next step for Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams. Those positives would no doubt be much easier to see without the blocked field goal to end a 20-19 defeat, but Williams found them. He s QB Bryson Daily's grit and leadership has No. 18 Army marching off to a 9-0 start 11/20/2024 11:55am • WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Black Knights quarterback Bryson Daily’s chat with former Army star and Heisman Trophy-winner Pete Dawkins was short but moving. Meeting during pre-game warmups before facing Navy in 2022, Dawkins shared what playing for Army and being part of the academy’s last undefea Which health insurance plan may be right for you? 11/20/2024 09:30am • Everyone likes a good deal, and health insurance bargains abound this time of year. But buyers should look beyond price when searching for a plan. Shoppers also should consider doctor networks and coverage limits to avoid getting stuck with big bills after care. Millions of Americans are looking for Deadline looms for negotiators seeking a deal for cash to curb global warming 11/20/2024 09:29am • BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday remained mired in the maze of a trillion-dollar money problem, turning to host Azerbaijan to lead the way to daylight with a promised map to be released in the dark of night. Vulnera Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf 11/20/2024 04:09am • LONDON (AP) — Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound ($63,000) Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-b