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Schools use field logos, higher concession prices and more to pay for the new era in college sports

It was an exercise in corporate branding that wouldn't have raised an eyebrow in most pro sports. In college sports, it bordered on revolutionary. In a full room of reporters, boosters and e...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean's most recognized predators — a great ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nigerian military airstrikes free 76 hostages, including children

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 76 hostages, including children, have been freed after Nigeria’s military targeted militants with precision airstrikes in the country’s northwest, local author...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Maria Sharapova and Bryan Brothers enter tennis hall, with surprise appearance by Serena Williams

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Serena Williams made a surprise — and early — appearance at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, emerging from behind the stage to introduce “former rival, former fan ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tens of thousands march across Australia in support of Palestinians

SYDNEY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched through Australia's cities and towns on Sunday demanding action to save dying and starving Palestinians. Peaceful rallies were held in Sydn...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

At least 1 dead in Moscow shopping center explosion, 3 injured

MOSCOW (AP) — At least one person was killed on Sunday in an explosion at a prominent retail building in central Moscow, emergency services said. The blast happened on the third floor of the...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Great white sharks are going north. Here's what the numbers say

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Canada’s Atlantic coast. That means boaters, beachgoers and f...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside of detention, ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rockies look to break 3-game skid, play the Pirates

Colorado Rockies (37-93, fifth in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (56-74, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Sunday, 12:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: McCade Brown (0-0); Pir...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

War-displaced Sudanese return to shattered Khartoum eager to rebuild lives and homes

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — All that remains of Afaf al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint — yet in June, she eagerly returned, feelin...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ukraine’s independence-era voices say Russia's effort to keep control has lasted decades

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Oleksandr Donii was one of the leaders of student-led protests for sovereignty and political reform in 1990 that preceded Ukraine’s declaration of independence. He remem...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

How Hurricane Katrina shaped these New Orleans educators

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming th...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press