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Defense becomes focus of NFL draft in Round 2 after Bills and Chargers get receivers early 04/26/2024 11:58pm • Defense became the focus of the NFL draft on Friday night after a record-setting 23 offensive players were selected in the first round. The Atlanta Falcons, who shocked everyone by taking quarterback Michael Penix Jr. at No. 8, kicked off the shift by moving up to take Clemson defensive lineman Ruke The long wait for the first running back to be drafted ends with Jonathon Brooks going 46th 04/26/2024 11:37pm • The long wait for the first running back to be drafted finally came to an end. The Carolina Panthers traded up six spots to take Texas running back Jonathon Brooks with the 46th pick in the NFL draft Friday night, the second-latest selection for the first running back to go off the board. Brooks mi Buffalo Bills open 2nd round of NFL draft by selecting Florida State receiver Keon Coleman 04/26/2024 11:28pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A day after improving the Buffalo Bills' NFL draft positions, general manager Brandon Beane opened the second round Friday by addressing his team’s two most obvious needs. Beane resisted any lingering urge to trade back in the order for a third time to instead select Fl Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting 04/26/2024 10:26pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday. Lee, a Republican, had announced his support for the proposal just the day before while flanked by top Republican Orioles send former No. 1 pick Jackson Holliday back to minors after he hit .059 in 10 MLB games 04/26/2024 10:22pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Highly touted prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the minor leagues by the Baltimore Orioles after starting his big league career with a disappointing thud. Holliday was promoted from Triple-A Norfolk on April 10 amid plenty of fanfare, but the 20-year-old second basema Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroom 04/26/2024 10:20pm • BOSTON (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September. Police have also alleged that Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordi No. 1 NFL draft pick Caleb Williams realizes all eyes are on him and he's embracing the attention 04/26/2024 08:48pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Caleb Williams seemed unfazed by it all. The former Southern California star was ready to embrace the attention after the Chicago Bears grabbed him with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. The prized quarterback knows all eyes are on him in a city craving a consistent winner. Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year 04/26/2024 08:17pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven't legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled Legisl Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial 04/26/2024 07:58pm • Harvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court next week, the first step in potentially retrying the film mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, ordering a new trial. The Manhattan district atto Save the Children disputes abuse allegations after Guatemalan prosecutors raid offices 04/26/2024 07:47pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The aid group Save the Children said there is nothing to support accusations of misconduct, speaking after Guatemalan prosecutors raided its offices in the Central American country looking for evidence of alleged abuse of migrant children. “We have been shocked and puzzled UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack 04/26/2024 07:39pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city's 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. s FEC fines ex-Congressman Rodney Davis $43,475 for campaign finance violations 04/26/2024 06:45pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has fined the campaign fund of a former Illinois congressman $43,475 for failing to refund excess contributions in a timely manner. A letter from the FEC this month reports the fine against Republican Rodney Davis' campaign committee, Rodney EE.UU. anuncia un paquete de ayuda militar a largo plazo de US$ 6.000 millones para Ucrania 04/26/2024 06:25pm • (CNN) -- El secretario de Defensa estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, anunció este viernes un paquete de ayuda militar a largo plazo por un valor de US$ 6.000 millones para Ucrania , el mayor hasta la fecha, que permitirá a Estados Unidos comprar nuevos equipos producidos por la industria de defensa del QB Penix hears from Cousins, Vick after landing with Falcons as NFL draft first-round surprise pick 04/26/2024 05:53pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Michael Penix Jr., the biggest surprise of the NFL draft's first round, received a congratulatory call from Kirk Cousins on Thursday night even as Cousins' agent was second-guessing the Atlanta Falcons adding depth to their quarterback spot. Penix described the chat with UN investigators probe 14 Gaza aid staffers Israel had tied to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack 04/26/2024 05:46pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza, a spokesman said Friday. The announcement b