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The Professional Fighters League has purchased rival MMA company Bellator 11/20/2023 12:03pm • The Professional Fighters League has purchased rival MMA company Bellator from Paramount Global in its boldest attempt yet to make a dent in the industry leader, the UFC. PFL did not disclose financial terms in Monday’s announcement. “This really makes PFL now a global powerhouse and poised to b What Is Gut Health and Why Is It Important? 11/19/2023 07:00pm • We take care of our skin, our hearts and our minds, but could the gut be that critical piece to health and wellness? The short answer: yes. Here, we'll unpack how our gut influences our physical and mental health, how to spot signs of an unhealthy gut and what to do about it. Why Gut Health Is Impor 5 Expert Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating From a Dietitian 11/19/2023 07:00pm • Thanksgiving is the official start of the eating season. And, while the notion that most Americans gain 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day is false (the average is about 2 pounds), the pounds gained during this time of year will likely be with you for most of your adult life. Since pr Maryland Democrats elect former Howard Co. executive as party chair, exposing political rift 11/18/2023 10:51pm • Ken Ulman, a one-time rising political star in Maryland who more recently has been a key consultant and influencer in the state on economic development and construction projects, is returning to the political arena. Ulman was overwhelmingly elected the new state Democratic chair Saturday morning, Stamkos and Glendening score 39 seconds apart as Lightning pull out 6-4 win over Oilers 11/18/2023 07:29pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos and Luke Glendening scored 39 seconds apart midway through the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Stamkos tied it on his 197th career power-play goal, which tied Jarome Iginla for 21st pl Remaining schedule and Burrow's injury provide daunting challenge if Bengals want to make playoffs 11/18/2023 12:59pm • Even before Joe Burrow's season-ending wrist injury was announced, the Cincinnati Bengals already were facing a challenging road in trying to get back to the playoffs for a third straight season. Without Burrow, that might be too big of a hill to climb. Thursday night's 34-20 loss to the Baltimore R Residents battling a new train line in northern Mexico face a wall of government secrecy 11/18/2023 08:07am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family of Germán Robles set up a camera trap in 2002 and, to their surprise, caught a black bear wandering through their farm in northern Mexico where residents fear a new freight train line will soon bisect their properties. The bear, spotted while Robles was in middle sch Cricket-mad India readies for World Cup final against Australia in 132,000-seat venue 11/18/2023 07:09am • AHMEDEBAD, India (AP) — India, a country of 1.4 billion people, will come to a virtual standstill on Sunday when its cricket team led by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli takes on five-time champion Australia in the Cricket World Cup final. It will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, the world’s larg At talks on cutting plastics pollution, plastic credits are on the table. What are they? 11/17/2023 09:34pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two groups that want reduced plastics production published a report Friday highly critical of plastic credits, calling them a flawed tool that won't help with worldwide pollution from the material. The groups — Break Free From Plastic and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Texas approves new textbooks after friction over fossil fuels in the US's biggest oil and gas state 11/17/2023 06:15pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board approved new science textbooks Friday but called on some publishers to remove material that some Republicans criticized as incorrect or negative portrayals of fossil fuels in the U.S.'s biggest oil and gas state. The vote laid bare divisions on the Te The Paris Olympics scales back design of a new surf tower in Tahiti after criticism from locals 11/17/2023 02:52pm • LE PECQ, France (AP) — Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics are scaling back the metal tower they plan to build for judges and television cameras at the picture-perfect surfing venue in Tahiti. They're bowing to concerns on the French Polynesian island about damage to sea life and its majestic Holiday tradition: What we're stressed about in 2023 11/17/2023 10:16am • Many of us are looking forward to Thanksgiving and winter holidays, but with all that togetherness comes another tradition — holiday stress. A new annual pulse check on holiday stress in America shows we're slightly less stressed than we were in 2022 — but what we're stressed about has change Presto's Picks: Terps play Michigan without Harbaugh, while Dukes face NCAA without common sense 11/17/2023 09:06am • Two of the bigger college football stories in the country are taking place right in our backyards (okay, Harrisonburg, Virginia, is more like at the end of the woods but before the property line). No. 2 Michigan has won 33 of its last 34 games after being decidedly second fiddle in the Big Ten Ea Md. woman who survived pancreatic cancer raises awareness about the potentially deadly illness 11/17/2023 04:32am • Eighteen years ago, Anne Shimabukuro of Potomac, Maryland, realized something was off with her body when she began having stomach pains when she ate. “I realized that something was wrong when I was feeling nauseous after eating, and then the pain would last all day,” she said. The pain in Shakur Stevenson wins WBC lightweight belt with unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos 11/17/2023 02:18am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shakur Stevenson won the WBC lightweight championship on Thursday night via unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos in a fight that had fans booing the lack of action. Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) picked up a title in a third weight class. The Newark, New Jersey, native also won t