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Will Howard throws for 2 touchdowns and No. 4 Ohio State fends off No. 3 Penn State 20-13
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Will Howard threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns and No. 4 Ohio State's defense made a late defensive stand to lift the Buckeyes over No. 3 Penn State 20-13 on Saturday. Ohio State (7-1, 4-1) kept its hopes alive for a spot in the Big Ten Championship...
Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in...
Kelsey Plum to become first Washington women's hoops player to have jersey retired
SEATTLE (AP) — Kelsey Plum will become the first women's basketball player in Washington history to have her jersey retired. The school announced Friday that Plum's No. 10 jersey will be hung from the rafters on Jan. 18, 2025, when Washington takes on Purdue. Plum,...
Army looking into shoving allegations involving the general who heads US Central Command
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army's Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that the four-star general who heads U.S. Central Command shoved a member of his air crew during a trip overseas, according to U.S. officials. Officials said Army Gen. Erik Kurilla became upset...
Voters view one another across partisan divide with increasing animosity
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to explain this week that he doesn’t really think Donald Trump’s supporters are “garbage,” but that doesn't mean that other people don't believe the label occasionally fits. “I would say that some of them are garbage,” said...
Trump and Harris both support a bigger child tax credit. But which families should get it?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty. Just three years ago, child poverty rates...
Man pleads guilty to booking politicians and professors to brothels near Washington and Boston
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A second person has pleaded guilty to helping run a high-end brothel network whose clients around Boston and Washington, D.C., included elected officials, military officers, professors and lawyers, prosecutors said Thursday. Junmyung Lee, 31, of Dedham,...
Cards, Murray try to extend winning streak to 3 games when they host the Bears
Chicago (4-3) at Arizona (4-4) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Cardinals by 1. Against the spread: Bears 4-2-1; Cardinals 5-3 Series record: Bears lead 58-29-6. Last meeting: Bears beat Cardinals 27-16 in Chicago...
Lawyers are allowed into Giuliani's NYC apartment after he misses a deadline for turning over assets
A moving company representative and lawyers were expected to be given access to Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment on Thursday after the former New York City mayor failed to turn over belongings to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. ...
Coughlin, Shanahan and Seifert make the list of coaching semifinalists for Hall of Fame
Two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and George Seifert are among the nine semifinalists in the coaching category for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. One other Super Bowl winner, Mike Holmgren, also made the cut Thursday after voting by the...