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Prospect of player pay another wrinkle for HBCU schools, where big NIL deals still taking root 08/20/2024 01:07pm • Marc Smith was relaxing in his basement when he got an alert on his phone. An athlete at his alma mater, Grambling State, had posted on social media about not having enough food and needing help. That incident led Smith to form the Icon 1901 Collective in April 2022 to help Grambling athletes land p Primoz Roglic sprints to win steep summit finish at Spanish Vuelta and takes leader's red jersey 08/20/2024 12:26pm • PICO VILLUERCAS, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic took the leader's red jersey after winning a sprint to the line of a steep summit finish on the fourth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday. Roglic, a three-time winner of the Vuelta, only went in front about five meters (yards) from the line to edge L Tropical storm Jongdari weakens as it nears South Korea with heavy rain and winds 08/20/2024 11:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tropical storm Jongdari weakened as it moved closer to South Korea’s coast on Tuesday, pelting the country’s southern regions with heavy rain and wind. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jongdari was 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the western island of Heuksan and headed north Weed on the boardwalk? Ocean City lifts ban on cannabis dispensaries 08/20/2024 10:17am • Ever since the recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Maryland, in July of 2023, Ocean City has had a moratorium on cannabis-related businesses within city limits. That changed on Monday. City leaders in Ocean City, and some other Maryland jurisdictions, wanted to understand all aspects o Today in Sports - U.S. Men's Basketball team wins third straight Olympic Gold Medal 08/20/2024 10:10am • Aug. 21 1901 — William Larned wins the first of seven men’s singles titles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1914 — Walter Hagen captures the U.S. Open golf title by edging Chick Evans. 1920 — Jock Hutchinson wins the PGA golf tournament with a 1-up victory over J. Douglass E Choice Hotels is 'buzzing' about its new North Bethesda headquarters 08/20/2024 08:42am • Choice Hotels International, which moved from its longtime Rockville, Maryland, headquarters to a new corporate base in North Bethesda last December, has about 150,000 honeybees that have moved in along with its 400 or so employees. Choice Hotels has partnered with Bee Downtown, which has install A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Pakistan and Kashmir 08/20/2024 12:49am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and the Himalayan region of Kashmir early Tuesday, panicking residents. There were no immediate reports of damage, officials said. The epicenter of the quake was in southwestern Kashmir, a predominantly Muslim region that is divid Why is Israel demanding control over 2 Gaza corridors in the cease-fire talks? 08/20/2024 12:42am • Israel's demand for lasting control over two strategic corridors in Gaza, which Hamas has long rejected, threatens to unravel cease-fire talks aimed at ending the 10-month-old war, freeing scores of hostages and preventing an even wider conflict. Officials close to the negotiations have said Israel The Latest: Biden headlines Night 1 of the DNC 08/20/2024 12:24am • The Democratic National Convention began on Monday in Chicago, with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists demonstrating near the United Center. President Joe Biden is the headline speaker for the first evening. Later this week, Vice Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges 08/19/2024 11:36pm • ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A pre-dawn police raid targeting the home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven near the country's border with Brazil turned into a chaotic shootout on Monday, authorities said, leaving the lawmaker dead and the nation on edge. The killing of Eulali Ernesto retains strength as a hurricane over the open Atlantic 08/19/2024 11:18pm • Ernesto picked up strength as a hurricane early Monday as it headed farther out in the Atlantic toward easternmost Canada, but the storm is expected to stay offshore, causing powerful swells, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Ernesto's max Tropical Storm Gilma is staying away from land as it strengthens in the eastern Pacific Ocean 08/19/2024 11:09pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Gilma has strengthened in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is forecast to remain away from land this week. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect Monday night for the storm, which was located about 720 miles (1,158 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention 08/19/2024 10:38pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others ho Rail bridge collapses near the US-Canada border 08/19/2024 08:59pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A century-old rail lift bridge near the U.S.-Canada border northeast of Fort Frances, Ontario, has collapsed, and it's unclear when water traffic will resume along the Rainy River. No trains were involved, and no one was injured in Wednesday's collapse, according to the Minneapo Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia's army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city 08/19/2024 08:09pm • POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Local authorities said Russian