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Updated November 2, 2021 11:04 AM

Sports

Arch Manning to Visit Texas As QB Inches Closer to Commitment

Updated May 20, 2022 5:39 PM

Deion Sanders Says Nick Saban Used Him, Jimbo Fisher As ‘Pawns’

Updated May 20, 2022 4:13 PM

Sanders Issues Warning to Saban After Recent NIL Comments

Updated May 20, 2022 1:37 PM

California Powers Mater Dei, Bosco Lead Preseason Power 25 Football Rankings

Updated May 20, 2022 10:43 AM

SEC Reportedly Shuts Down Coach Media Availability

Updated May 20, 2022 9:45 AM

News

Opposition party more likely to form Australia’s government

The opposition Labor Party appears more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition to form government after Australia’s election which could result in a rare hung parliament.

May 21, 2022 6:34 AM

Poles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says

Ukraine’s ambassador to neighboring Poland says his country is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainians, but hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that helping those fleeing the war does not come “at the cost of the Polish people.”.

May 21, 2022 6:28 AM

News

US, SKorea open to expanded military drills to deter North

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol say after meeting that they will consider expanded joint military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea.

May 21, 2022 6:21 AM

National & International

Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

President Joe Biden has signed legislation granting Ukraine another $40 billion in U.S. support as it continues to battle a Russian invasion.

May 21, 2022 6:02 AM

Entertainment Modified

‘Armageddon Time,’ portrait of white privilege, stirs Cannes

James Gray’s autobiographical coming of age film “Armageddon Time,” starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, has made the biggest splash of an American film not starring Tom Cruise at the Cannes Film Festival.

May 21, 2022 5:33 AM

National Politics

New maps create challenge for women seeking reelection

For some female incumbents running for reelection in Congress this year, holding their seats comes with a new challenge.

May 21, 2022 5:27 AM

News

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

North Korea says it has found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms, even as leader Kim Jong Un claims progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across an unvaccinated population of 26 million.

May 21, 2022 5:25 AM

National & International

Adoptions another facet of life halted by war in Ukraine

The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of all kinds, including those who have seen their prospective adoptions put on hold.

May 21, 2022 5:23 AM

National

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT.

May 21, 2022 5:05 AM

Sports

Profar: SF fans `worst in league’ after ball, bottle thrown

Fans in San Francisco threw at least one baseball and a beer bottle onto the field Friday night in the direction of San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar, who called the crowd at Giants games “the worst in the league.”.

May 21, 2022 3:37 AM