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France’s richest family shaking up soccer with planned purchase of second-tier Paris FC 10/17/2024 11:46am • PARIS (AP) — France’s richest family, the Arnaults of luxury empire LVMH, announced the planned purchase of second-division soccer club Paris FC on Thursday and ambitions to establish it in the top flight. It’s a major shakeup for soccer in France, putting vast wealth behind a potential challe His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it. More like him are doing the same 10/17/2024 11:27am • MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country. Standing in the North Carolina woods, Chris Arthur wa Ukraine's former armed forces chief endorses 'victory plan' in first speech since his dismissal 10/17/2024 10:17am • LONDON (AP) — Ukraine's former commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, on Thursday expressed his support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s "victory plan," despite the tensions between the two that led to his dismissal. “Ukraine must clearly follow the plan," Zaluzhnyi said in his first publi Why does Paris have only one top soccer club as other big European cities thrive in competition? 10/17/2024 10:06am • PARIS (AP) — With the planned arrival of billionaire Bernard Arnault and Red Bull at the helm of Paris FC, the city of light's soccer scene is about to undergo a major facelift. The Arnault family's holding company, Agache, announced on Thursday it will become the club’s majority shareholder, an An independent journalist arrested on treason charges in Belarus 10/17/2024 10:01am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An independent journalist in Belarus has been arrested on charges of high treason, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on media and free speech by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's government, a media rights watchdog said Thursday. Danil Palianski, a repo Moonlight may hamper views of the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet 10/17/2024 09:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley's comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. The Orionid meteor shower can be unpredictable. It shines like a fireworks display in some years, but is fairly slow in other years. Meta lays off staff at WhatsApp and Instagram to align with 'strategic goals' 10/17/2024 09:37am • Meta says it has laid off some employees, including staff at WhatsApp And Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.” A Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams were making changes to align with their long-term goals and location strategy. Specific details Big Tech's energy needs mean nuclear power is getting a fresh look from electricity providers 10/17/2024 09:34am • NEW YORK (AP) — Nuclear power is garnering renewed attention amid growing demand for power and cleaner energy. The power source has seen a resurgence as nations focus on reducing emissions in an effort to combat climate change. At the same time, the technology sector's energy needs are growing in Packers sign kicker Brandon McManus to replace struggling rookie Brayden Narveson 10/17/2024 09:00am • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers kicker Brandon McManus said he’s thankful for his latest opportunity and confident the circumstances that kept him out of the NFL earlier this season are behind him. He joined the team Wednesday as Green Bay signed the 33-year-old veteran to replace strug Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights 10/17/2024 08:42am • CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights. The former president has constantly shifted his stances or offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become a maj Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters 10/17/2024 08:21am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including her close aides, on charges of crimes against humanity during a student-led uprising in July and August that forced her to flee the country, a As women seek open congressional seats in Maryland, reproductive rights are front and center 10/17/2024 08:15am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — In an election where the future of reproductive rights is on the ballot in Maryland and elsewhere across the country, the state’s all-male congressional delegation stands to gain an influx of women. It could happen in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, where Democr Asian American evangelicals' theology is conservative. But that doesn't mean they vote that way 10/17/2024 08:14am • The Rev. Wayne Lee leads an English-speaking church of second- and third-generation Chinese Americans in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. His 120-strong evangelical Christian congregation in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania is under the same umbrella as two other immigrant congregati TCU far removed from 12-0 regular season in 2022 and national title game in Dykes' debut 10/17/2024 07:10am • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU is going back to fundamentals less than two years after playing in the national championship game. The Horned Frogs are far removed from that undefeated 2022 regular season in coach Sonny Dykes' debut that got them into the College Football Playoff for the first time. Ilenikhena has a chance to shine in Monaco's attack with Balogun injured 10/17/2024 07:03am • PARIS (AP) — An injury to French leader Monaco's main striker has given 18-year-old George Ilenikhena a golden opportunity to make a name for himself. After scoring in a third straight game, Balogun dislocated his shoulder against Rennes on Oct. 5 and faces around two months out. Monaco plays 12