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John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump's GOP?

Sep. 18, 2024 00:31 AM EDT

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The gold-leafed ceilings and crystal chandeliers of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort are a long way from the small town of Murdo, South Dakota, where Sen. John Thune grew up. But that’s where the senator found himself this spring as he launched a bid to become the next...

A Christian school appeals its ban on competing after it objected to a transgender player

Sep. 05, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its high school girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team has taken its case to a federal appeals court. Mid...

Volleyball popularity at all-time high for girls amid US Olympic success and college game's exposure

Sep. 04, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As summer turns to fall, a repurposed industrial building on the southwest side of Omaha becomes a hive of activity. More than 200 girls ages 11 to 14 in T-shirts, shorts and kneepads rotate among eight practice courts at the Premier Nebraska Volleyball facility....