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Top playmakers KJ Duff, Antwan Raymond return for Rutgers amid QB race 08/18/2026 06:10am • Rutgers PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) ��� 2025 record: 5-7 Expectations For the first time in three seasons there is a quarterback battle in Piscataway. AJ Surace or Dylan Lonergan are trying to win the job to run coach Greg Schiano���s ball-control offense. Surace knows the system but lacks game experience QB Dante Moore returns and No. 2 Oregon aiming high again in Big Ten, national title chases 08/18/2026 06:10am • No. 2 Oregon EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ��� 2025 record: 13-2 Expectations The Ducks have their highest preseason ranking ever, just behind top-ranked Ohio State, after reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals last season. The only losses for Oregon were to the eventual national champion Indiana Hoos Illinois turns to new QB to keep unprecedented run going 08/18/2026 06:10am • Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� 2025 record: 9-4 Expectations Over the past two seasons, Illinois went 19-7, including 12-2 at home ��� both records for any two-year span in school history ��� and won back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 2010-11 as fans came back to Gies Memorial Stadi Maryland returns plenty, including a promising QB. Locksley is under pressure after 2 losing seasons 08/18/2026 06:10am • Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ��� 2025 record: 4-8 Expectations Michael Locksley enters his eighth season as Maryland���s coach. He was able to rebuild the Terrapins into a solid bowl team when Taulia Tagovailoa was quarterback, but since then Maryland has had back-to-back losing seasons, includin VNET Group: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/18/2026 06:09am • BEIJING (AP) ��� BEIJING (AP) ��� VNET Group, Inc. (VNET) on Tuesday reported a loss of $21.3 million in its second quarter. The Beijing-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share. The provider of carrier-neutral internet data center services posted revenue of $409.5 million in the period Home Depot: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/18/2026 06:06am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� ATLANTA (AP) ��� The Home Depot Inc. (HD) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $4.77 billion. The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $4.79 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, came to $4.92 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expecta Buckeyes and Ducks out to supplant defending champion Hoosiers in Big Ten and beyond 08/18/2026 06:05am • The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers won the Big Ten and national championship and were the first team in the modern era to go 16-0. They have 10 starters back, the hottest coach in the game and a manageable schedule. It's Ohio State and Oregon generating most of the preseason buzz, though, with both perched 1 Home Depot���s sales improved during the second quarter as customers focused on smaller projects during the summer months 08/18/2026 06:03am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Home Depot���s sales improved during the second quarter as customers focused on smaller projects during the summer months. How much should retirees worry about inflation? 08/18/2026 06:00am • Inflation can be scary for retirees. True, Social Security provides inflation increases in line with the consumer price index, or CPI. But any portfolio income, save allocations to inflation-protected bonds, isn���t inherently inflation-protected. And if inflation occurs early in your retirement, th South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises 08/18/2026 05:56am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea���s president said Tuesday a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security, after U.S. President Donald Trump���s abrupt order to ���substantially reduce��� joint military exercises left many many South Koreans baffled and concerned. Trump Baidu Inc.: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/18/2026 05:10am • HAIDIAN DISTRICT, China (AP) ��� HAIDIAN DISTRICT, China (AP) ��� Baidu Inc. (BIDU) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $342 million. The Haidian District, China-based company said it had net income of 85 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.06 pe DC-area schools crack national top 10 in new US News rankings 08/18/2026 04:58am • Two D.C.-area high schools are among the 10 best schools in the nation, according to new U.S. News and World Report rankings. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia, ranked sixth nationally, and the District's School Without Walls placed fifth. Lamo Preserving Shakespeare: How DC's Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristine 08/18/2026 04:53am • Follow WTOP���s Matt Kaufax as he explores hidden gems, local landmarks and unique stories across the D.C. area every week. New episodes of WTOP���s�����Matt About Town�����segment are released each Tuesday and Thursday. If you've ever wondered how historians and preservationists keep centuri Maryland motorcycle deaths reach 2025 total, prompting safety warning 08/18/2026 04:36am • A deadly week on Maryland roads led to a renewed safety message to drivers on four and two wheels. Eight people were killed in crashes across the state between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. Since the start of August, six drivers, five motorcyclists, George Mason student teaches DC-area seniors how to spot AI scams 08/18/2026 04:11am • In early February, Lakshmi Katrapati learned a neighbor had been scammed out of $30,000. The neighbor saw a deepfake video of Elon Musk on Facebook claiming that anyone who invested in an opportunity he was promoting would get rich. Believing the video was authentic and needing the money, the