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Joe Biden's exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a nod to Gaza protesters. Takeaways from DNC's Day 1 08/20/2024 07:17am • CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention 's first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of finally breaking the “glass ceiling” to elect a female president. Joe Biden laced into Trump an Powell may use Jackson Hole speech to hint at how fast and how far the Fed could cut rates 08/20/2024 06:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials have said they're increasingly confident that they've nearly tamed inflation. Now, it's the health of the job market that's starting to draw their concern. With inflation cooling toward its 2% target, the pace of hiring slowing and the unemployment rate DeBoer era set to begin at Alabama amid typically high expectations for defending SEC champs 08/20/2024 06:10am • Much has changed at Alabama since Jalen Milroe ran smack into a wall of Michigan defenders in the Rose Bowl. Just not the expectations. Nick Saban won't be stalking the sidelines anymore. That job belongs to Kalen DeBoer, who led Washington to a national runner-up finish last year. Milroe is back at After an 11-win breakthrough last season, Missouri sets its sights on the college football playoff 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III made it perfectly clear just how high expectations are in Columbia this season for the 11th-ranked Tigers. “What I’m trying to do this year that I haven't done,” he said, “is win the big national championship.” What a change f SEC ready: The Texas Longhorns join new league 'obsessed' with winning from the start 08/20/2024 06:10am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The new conference logo is on the field. The campus party over the summer was a hit. New chants of “S-E-C, S-E-C!” are perfected and a historic rival is back on the schedule. Now it's time for No. 4 Texas to play some ball. The Longhorns are now officially members of the S National title or bust: No. 1 Georgia begins the season in a familiar spot 08/20/2024 06:10am • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia begins the season in a familiar spot — No. 1 — and facing the burden that anything less than a third national title in four seasons will be a disappointment. Pressure? Not at all. Coach Kirby Smart has built a program that lives very much in the moment, letting other South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is different than most others: He likes his Gamecocks 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer likes his team, even if few others do. The Gamecocks' fourth-year coach had been on a rising trajectory with a pair of winning seasons to start his tenure and lots of signs of a breakthrough year led by returning quarterback Spencer Rattler Brighton buys French forward Georginio Rutter for club record transfer fee 08/20/2024 05:24am • LONDON (AP) — Brighton signed Georginio Rutter from second-tier Leeds late Monday, making the France Under-21 forward a reported record transfer buy for the Premier League club. Brighton said Rutter signed a five-year deal, with the move reportedly valued at a club record 40 million pounds ($52 mi Quarterback decision is crucial as Virginia and coach Tony Elliott face early tests 08/20/2024 04:38am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia coach Tony Elliott said at the start of the summer he didn’t want his open quarterback competition to be “a big deal.” His players say they’ve bought in, but the decision is crucial for Elliott, who starts his third season with little margin for erro Matt Chapman homers in the 6th as Giants beat White Sox 5-3 08/20/2024 01:03am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night. Harrison (7-5) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five and walking two as the Giants limited their opponent to thr 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 Diaz homers in ninth inning to lift Astros to 5-4 win over Red Sox 08/19/2024 11:53pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Diaz’s tiebreaking solo homer with one out in the ninth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. The Astros tied it on an RBI single by Mauricio Dubón in the eighth inning. Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen (3-2) struck out Yordan A Alvarez's homer in 9th inning gives Mets 4-3 win over Orioles 08/19/2024 11:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Alvarez busted out of his slump in a big way, hitting a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. J.D. Martinez launched an early two-run shot and Tyrone Taylor had an RBI single as 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