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SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis women's soccer squad locked up a fourth regular-season championship in a row in the American Conference on Friday night, Oct. 30, blanking East Carolina 3-0 at home and claiming the top seed for the league tournament. Sophomore Ellis…
From the HERE City National DeskVATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed the men's and women's basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame to a private audience Saturday, one day before the two Catholic schools open the college basketball season in Rome. Roughly 7,000 people filled the Paul VI audience…
From the HERE City National DeskOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without big man Chet Holmgren into the holidays after the team announced Friday that he has a small tear in the patellar tendon of his right knee. Holmgren first felt discomfort in the knee on…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays turned down 2027 mutual options Friday on right-hander Nick Martinez and center fielder Cedric Mullins, a widely expected move that sends both players into free agency. Martinez had a $20 million mutual option for next season. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James took over the last two minutes Friday night, and the Philadelphia 76ers held off the defending champion New York Knicks 98-93 to start Emirates NBA Cup group play at 1-0. Philadelphia had built a double-digit cushion in the fourth quarter…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — The Miami Marlins exercised Sandy Alcantara's $21 million club option for 2027 on Friday, keeping their ace off the open market on a busy day of contract decisions across Major League Baseball. Declining the option would have cost Miami a $2 million buyout.…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State dug out of a 25-point hole Friday night and pulled away to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center in the opening game of Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Luka Doncic started like he…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has drawn a second NFL fine for wearing cleats from Caddix, a small Baltimore company that is not one of the league's approved shoe partners, and the company says it will cover the cost. The newest penalty, $23,882, came…
From the HERE City National DeskBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A third quarter that turned into a rout carried the Detroit Pistons to a 110-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Barclays Center, opening Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Brooklyn led 28-21 after one quarter and…
From the HERE City National DeskORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Goo Goo Dolls, a band that got its start in Buffalo, will headline the halftime show of Buffalo's Thanksgiving night game against Kansas City, the team announced Friday. The Nov. 26 game is the first Thanksgiving contest the Bills have…
From the HERE City National DeskLAS VEGAS — JuJu Watkins is set to play her first college game in more than a year and a half when third-ranked USC opens its women's basketball season Monday against UNLV at T-Mobile Arena in the Hall of Fame Series. Watkins missed all of…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning said Friday they have no plans to move Nikita Kucherov, hours after reports emerged that the reigning NHL MVP had told the club and his teammates he will not sign a new contract and wants to be traded.…
Education
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fans planning to show up to Friday night high school football in Memphis dressed for Halloween will have to change first. Memphis-Shelby County Schools says costumes and masks are banned at every district game on Friday, Oct. 30. The district put out the rule Thursday, a day…
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HOUSTON, Texas — The two biggest U.S. oil companies said Friday that their refineries, not their oil fields, did much of the heavy lifting in a quarter of soaring profits, as diesel prices stayed high and overseas buyers leaned on Gulf Coast fuel. Exxon Mobil posted a third-quarter profit of…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, a federal judge in California on Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop warning state and local election workers that they could face criminal charges over ballots from voters it suspects are not citizens. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department has sent out a fresh round of subpoenas in its criminal investigation of Alaska's U.S. Senate race, focusing on whether allies of Democratic candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit a second Dan Sullivan to share the ballot with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. A U.S. official…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A divided federal appeals panel on Friday turned down the Trump administration's emergency request to make California pull aside mail ballots from roughly 20,000 voters that federal officials say may not be citizens. The 2-1 decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals leaves in…
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