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No. 12 BYU, No. 24 Georgia Tech have lots to play for outside CFP when they meet in Pop-Tarts Bowl 12/26/2025 12:00pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Pop-Tarts Bowl could easily be about who is not there or where these teams are not playing. Both No. 24 Georgia Tech and No. 12 BYU had dreams of reaching the College Football Playoff. After falling short, they easily could have been disappointed with the invitation to the Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US 12/26/2025 12:02am • GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially China. That view ‘Heated Rivalry’ series mixes hockey and queer romance and is scoring big audiences 12/26/2025 12:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — “Heated Rivalry” is scoring big with hockey romance fans. Since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, the steamy television adaptation of Rachel Reid’s 2019 novel has dominated social media feeds and inspired a growing fanbase devoted to the queer romance at its center. The story t Tyler Kolek chases down Donovan Mitchell for a block and helps the Knicks catch the Cavaliers 12/25/2025 04:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Kolek sprinted back to chase down Donovan Mitchell and had enough energy left to gloat about his defensive stop afterward. “Right when Donovan Mitchell was on the ground I told him that was all ball,” Kolek said. He was right. A replay review turned what was originally ca Hawaii stuns Cal in 35-31 in Hawaii Bowl on backup QB Luke Weaver's last-minute TD pass 12/25/2025 02:21am • HONOLULU (AP) — Backup quarterback Luke Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds left, and Hawaii rallied for a 35-31 comeback victory over California in a thrilling Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday night. Weaver entered the game after Micah Alejado took a hard hit on the prev Neil Frank, former hurricane center chief who improved public outreach on storms, has died 12/24/2025 04:09pm • Neil Frank, a former head of the National Hurricane Center credited with increasing the country's readiness for major storms, died Wednesday. He was 94. Frank led the hurricane center from 1974 to 1987, the longest-serving director in its history. “He gets tremendous credit for the being the first Editorial Roundup: United States 12/24/2025 03:01pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on conservatism and free markets When American conservatives abandon free-market principles, there’s no telling what follows. The Heritage Foundation has been illustrating this the past few months. One Matt Patricia's first season at Ohio State exceeds expectations going into College Football Playoff 12/24/2025 12:58pm • Matt Patricia is used to postseason runs from his days as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. However, Patricia acknowledges that the preparation for the College Football Playoff is different than the NFL. Patricia is in his first season as Ohio State's defensive coordinator as th Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he supports suspended wide receiver DK Metcalf after fan incident 12/23/2025 07:51pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't condone the actions that led to wide receiver DK Metcalf's two-game suspension by the NFL following an in-game altercation with a fan, but he added that Metcalf has his full support. The league punished the two-time Pro Bowler by forc FBI: Lyft driver terrorized by escaped Georgia inmates before she was rescued in Florida 12/23/2025 07:37pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta, including a murder suspect, commandeered a terrified Lyft driver's car to reach south Florida before she was rescued and they were captured, according to details revealed in court records. The driver told FBI agents that the men Why Diversification Is Important in Investing 12/23/2025 07:00pm • At its most basic level, diversification recognizes that asset classes -- such as equities and bonds -- carry different risks and rewards. 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A separate report showed th Cautious shoppers step up spending to start holiday season 12/23/2025 12:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to new data released Tuesday. But uncertainty about the economy is making shoppers more targeted in their buying. From Nov. 1 through Sunday, cash and credit card sales rose 4.2