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Texas A&M builds big lead early and beats Tennessee 9-5 in Game 1 of College World Series finals

Jun. 23, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Great start. Great finish. And now, after beating Tennessee 9-5 in the College World Series finals opener Saturday night, Texas A&M faces its most difficult task of the season. The Aggies must knock off the high-powered No. 1 national seed one more time...

French teenager Risacher, G League's Buzelis headline list of top forward prospects in the NBA draft

Jun. 22, 2024 06:03 AM EDT

The upcoming NBA draft is filled with talented forwards who either played internationally or bypassed college basketball. French teenager Zaccharie Risacher could very well be the No. 1 overall pick and checked in at No. 2 in the latest AP NBA Mock Draft, while Matas Buzelis and Ron...

Shaine Casas finally makes U.S. Olympic team, Chris Guiliano's big week continues at swim trials

Jun. 21, 2024 23:10 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shaine Casas looked at the scoreboard, took off his cap and slapped the water furiously as if he had just won the men’s 200-meter individual medley at Friday’s U.S. Olympic Trials. Finishing second was well worth it for the 24-year-old Californian. ...

Former Texas A&M running back Darren Lewis dies of cancer at 55

Jun. 21, 2024 18:59 PM EDT

Texas A&M all-time leading rusher Darren Lewis has died of cancer, the school announced Friday. He was 55. The university did not say how it learned of Lewis' death. A two-time All-American, Lewis also remains the top rusher in Southwest Conference history. He ran...

Long a Republican state, Louisiana is redder than ever under new governor

Jun. 21, 2024 17:03 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000, with residents overwhelmingly supporting Donald Trump during the past two, and the GOP has held a majority in the statehouse for years. ...

Capital murder charges filed against 2 Venezuelan men in the death of a 12-year-old girl in Houston

Jun. 21, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

Prosecutors filed capital murder charges Friday against two men suspected of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl whose body was found in a creek after she disappeared during a walk to a convenience store. The charging documents filed in Harris County, Texas, court do not list...

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

Jun. 21, 2024 16:45 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas...

String of injuries can't stop Texas A&M on its run to College World Series finals against Tennessee

Jun. 21, 2024 15:46 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle remembers how he felt when he saw Braden Montgomery, one of the biggest stars in college baseball, break his ankle as he slid into the plate in the NCAA super regionals two weeks ago. “Yeah, my heart sank,” he said Friday....

The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims

Jun. 21, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people...

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Jun. 21, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization sparked legislative...