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A redesigned app helps prevent and respond to concussions in youth sports 09/23/2024 06:10pm • Being part of a youth sports league has a lot of benefits — it boosts kids' confidence and physical activity, and research shows it can help improve educational outcomes as well. But it also brings with it an increased risk for injuries, including concussions. "Everybody thinks of football," US to seek attempted assassination charge against man accused of staking out Trump at golf course 09/23/2024 06:02pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The man accused in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note detailing his plans to kill the former president and kept in his car a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, the Justice Department sai At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen 09/23/2024 05:17pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement the agreement's 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put it Monday at the Tigers add top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe to roster in push to make playoffs 09/23/2024 05:14pm • DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have added right-hander Jackson Jobe to the roster to bolster their push to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade. Detroit made the move on Monday, a day before starting a regular-season ending homestand with three games against Tampa Bay and three more Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher to set more records 09/23/2024 05:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes reached new heights Monday after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 rose 16.02 points, or 0.3%, to 5,718.57 and edged past its record set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 61.29 points, or 0.1%, to its own all-time high s Winless Titans remain confident they can turn season around despite 0-3 start 09/23/2024 05:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The winless Tennessee Titans remain confident they have a team capable of winning the Super Bowl. On paper. The Titans are 0-3 in a league where only six teams since 1979 have made the playoffs after starting 0-3 and only one since 2000. None won a Super Bowl. First-year c Atalanta vs Como postponed due to heavy rains in Bergamo 09/23/2024 04:58pm • Monday night’s Serie A game between Atalanta and Como was postponed just minutes before kickoff due to heavy rains and a waterlogged pitch. The match between ninth-placed Atalanta and newly promoted Como will take place on Tuesday evening at the same time. The match in Bergamo was originally sched Kirby Smart no longer has to fret about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa 09/23/2024 04:42pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kirby Smart no longer has to worry about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa. Somewhere, deep in his gut, the Georgia coach might be a bit relieved that Nick Saban is now wearing a mic at the broadcast table rather than a headset on the sideline. Just don't expect Smart to c Birmingham, Alabama, leaders plead for information on mass shooting and announce reward money 09/23/2024 04:38pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others, announcing rewards totaling $100,000. “We have a laser-like focus on hun A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for Trump 09/23/2024 04:03pm • A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska's five electoral v Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping 09/23/2024 04:01pm • KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a tributary of the Hudson River, a tugboat powered by ammonia eased away from the shipyard dock and sailed for the first time to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. The tugboat used to run on diesel fuel. The New York-based sta A look at some of the longtime employees at the Oakland Coliseum 09/23/2024 03:56pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In his tiny office at the Coliseum, longtime visiting clubhouse manager Mikey Thalblum pulls out a $5 check from Charles Finley dated March 20, 1980. Thalblum was just a baseball-loving boy then, having begun with the Oakland Athletics at spring training in 1980 as a sixth-g The benefits of a four-day workweek according to a champion of the trend 09/23/2024 03:41pm • Companies exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week hope to reduce job burnout and retain talent seeking a better work-life balance, according to the chief executive of an organization that promotes the idea. The trend is gaining traction in Australia and Europe, says Dale Whel The Texans' loss to the Vikings was filled with penalties, mistakes and turnovers 09/23/2024 03:29pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Trailing 14-0 in the second quarter of Sunday’s rout by the Minnesota Vikings, the Houston Texans were trying desperately to put points on the board before halftime to get back into the game. The drive was going well, starting with a 19-yard reception by Stefon Diggs and later a 1 UNC's Mack Brown 'disappointed in me' after locker-room comments following James Madison loss 09/23/2024 02:56pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Mack Brown said Monday he was “disappointed in me” for making emotional postgame locker-room comments — including whether he should stay on as coach — after giving up 70 points in a shocking home loss to James Madison. The Tar Heels (3-1) lost 70-5