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Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis 09/26/2024 08:29am • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into what they called his “apology of terrorism” and “complicity” in alleged terrorist acts, in the latest act Taliban who banned women from public spaces say no one faces discrimination in Afghanistan 09/26/2024 07:39am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Thursday it was absurd to accuse them of gender discrimination and other human rights violations, as four countries vow to hold Afghanistan’s rulers accountable under international law for their treatment of women and girls. Australia, Canada, Germany a No. 20 Oklahoma State heads to No. 23 K-State with Big 12 title game hopes already on the line 09/26/2024 06:10am • MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma State and Kansas State have long considered themselves similar Big 12 programs. They are both land-grant schools, and their football teams have been built upon well-earned reputations for blue-collar toughness and physical play. Turns out their teams this season are Texas takes the No. 1 ranking into its SEC debut at home against Mississippi State 09/26/2024 06:10am • Texas is finally ready to play SEC football. Three years after announcing its move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference, the No. 1 Longhorns open their first league schedule Saturday at home against Mississippi State. “It's here,” senior defensive back Jahdae Barron said. “It's goin MLB's expanded playoffs are keeping more fans engaged as the regular season hits the final stretch 09/26/2024 06:00am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — J.J. Picollo sat in the Kansas City dugout on an unseasonably warm autumn afternoon, waiting for the Royals to play the Detroit Tigers in a matchup of AL Central rivals that few thought would be fighting for the postseason this year. Both had losing records last season, and Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt 09/26/2024 06:00am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up. Pitch clocks. Defensive shift bans. Bigger base Faster-paced MLB games being embraced by fans and players, no longer 'too much of a time commitment' 09/26/2024 06:00am • CHICAGO (AP) — On a cloudy, breezy day in September, Tate Conrad and his son, Miles, settled into their seats behind the home dugout at Wrigley Field. The New York Yankees — Tate Conrad's favorite team from when he was growing up in New York — were in town to play the Chicago Cubs. A pretty go Dodgers edge second-place Padres 4-3, can clinch NL West with win in series finale 09/26/2024 02:08am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani singled in the go-ahead run before stealing his 56th base of the season in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Wednesday night to move within a victory of clinching the NL West. The Dodgers increased their lead over the Blue Jackets honor Johnny Gaudreau before their first home game since his death 09/26/2024 01:41am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An emotional video tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and 13 seconds of silence — for his uniform number — opened the Columbus Blue Jackets' first game at Nationwide Arena since the star player's death nearly a month ago. The tributes came just prior to the Blue Jackets' 3-0 pres UNLV and Air Force to remain in Mountain West with financial incentives, AP source says 09/26/2024 01:23am • UNLV and Air Force have decided to remain in the Mountain West as the conference thwarted off attempts at further poaching by the Pac-12 and American Athletic Conference by offering financial incentives to its most prominent remaining members to stay, a person with knowledge of the decisions told Th Langford and García homer as the Rangers beat the A's 5-1 in final scheduled night game at Coliseum 09/26/2024 01:16am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Wyatt Langford and Adolis García homered to help the Texas Rangers spoil the final scheduled night baseball game at the Oakland Coliseum, beating the Athletics 5-1 on Wednesday. An animated crowd of 35,270 came out on a chilly late September evening, regularly chanting “S A far-right party is looking for a historic election win in Austria 09/26/2024 01:02am • VIENNA (AP) — Austria's far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time when Austria votes on Sunday, tapping into voters' anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a for Moving homeless people from streets to shelter isn't easy, San Francisco outreach workers say 09/26/2024 12:21am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Outreach worker Edgar Tapia hit a San Francisco neighborhood on a mission to find people to take eight available shelter beds, including a tiny cabin perfect for a couple. He approached a cluster of tents in the Mission District, calling out greetings and offers of snacks and Erick Fedde fans 10 as Cardinals beat Rockies 5-2 for 4th straight win 09/25/2024 11:59pm • DENVER (AP) — Iván Herrera had two hits and two runs scored, Masyn Winn tripled and doubled and Erick Fedde struck out 10 as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Wednesday night. Pedro Pagés had two RBI singles and Thomas Saggese added a pair of hits for the Cardinals, who ha For European astronauts, this place in Germany is the next best thing to the moon 09/25/2024 11:56pm • COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Donning heavy spacesuits and visors to protect them from sunlight, astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany, accompanied by their trusty canine robot, move slowly on what looks like the lunar surface. But it's not the moon. It will be years befor