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College football picks: New conference rivalries for No. 11 USC and No. 15 Oklahoma take spotlight 09/18/2024 01:43pm • Conference realignment often seems to have done more harm than good for college football and it is easy to lament what has been lost in the name of chasing dollars. Then Week 4 of the season rolls around and the schedule is highlighted by No. 6 Tennessee at No. 15 Oklahoma in the Sooners' first Sout

Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years 09/18/2024 01:30pm • Ten years after “ Whiplash ” took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday. In 2014, “Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story — a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both

Brisk voting for local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy 09/18/2024 12:35pm • SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting for the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago. Turnout

A Mississippi town moves a Confederate monument that became a shrouded eyesore 09/18/2024 12:29pm • GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's enduring division over how to commemorate the past. Grenada’s first Black

Teachers in Belarus are targeted for links with 'extremist' group, says rights group 09/18/2024 12:22pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Dozens of teachers in Belarus have been detained or interrogated by authorities as part of the country's wide-ranging crackdown on dissent, a respected local human rights organization said Wednesday. Pavel Sapelka, a spokesman for the Viasna rights group told The Associate

No. 17 Notre Dame looks to find consistency in its rushing game 09/18/2024 12:21pm • SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Running back Jeremiyah Love provided Notre Dame's lone Week 2 rushing highlight when he took a handoff, hurdled a Northern Illinois defender and sprinted 34 yards for the score. It was a far better effort last weekend when the Fighting Irish rushed for 362 yards and six TDs

Nick Foligno named captain of the Chicago Blackhawks 09/18/2024 12:04pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Foligno took on a leadership role for the Chicago Blackhawks before he played his first game for the team. That was only the beginning. Foligno became the 35th captain in franchise history on Wednesday. The move was announced by the organization on the eve of its first official

Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN for alma mater to become GM of St. Bonaventure men's basketball team 09/18/2024 11:47am • ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball program, the Atlantic 10 school announced Wednesday. Wojnarowski will oversee a wide range of responsi

Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel 09/18/2024 11:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, a longshot effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war.

Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay 09/18/2024 10:53am • Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation's cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen's Union is demanding significan

Dutch government led by hard right asks for formal opt-out from EU migration rules 09/18/2024 09:50am • THE HAGUE (AP) — The new Dutch government dominated by the far-right party of Geert Wilders officially asked the European Union for an exemption from its migration obligations on Wednesday, setting up a confrontation over one of the most explosive issues facing the bloc at a time when support for

Napier's plan to fix Florida is now bust, but the Gators aren't quite ready to fire him 09/18/2024 09:50am • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Billy Napier was supposed to have answers. Or at least some new ideas. Napier was hired in Gainesville in 2021 partly because he had a detailed plan for the Gators to close the gap on Alabama and Georgia in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference and become a

What will become of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' musical legacy? Experts weigh in following his indictment 09/18/2024 08:50am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, but his indictment Tuesday on sex trafficking and racketeering charges further clouds his legacy. For some, it may change their relationship to his music. The indictment, detailing allega

Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland 09/18/2024 08:26am • KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. “I was disappointed by this attitude towards our citizen and champion,” said Zelenskyy after he had