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Bolstered Denver Broncos are confident they can take further steps after ending long playoff drought

DENVER (AP) — DENVER BRONCOS (10-8) Expectations Coach Sean Payton set the bar high, suggesting all summer that this roster has championship potential and declaring that second-year sta...

Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight cr...

Rwanda says 7 deportees arrived from the US in August under agreement with Washington

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Seven migrants were transferred from the United States to Rwanda in August under a deportation agreement with the U.S., authorities in the East African country said Thu...

Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new ...

North Korea's Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade

BEIJING (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first visit to China in six years to attend a military parade next week, the two countries said Thursday, in an event that would ...

Big 12 opens with five P4 opponents; TCU visits for Belichick's debut and Baylor hosts Auburn

Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week TCU at North Carolina, Monday, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN) TCU again will be the opposing team for the debut of a high-prof...

Astros play the Rockies in series rubber match

Colorado Rockies (38-95, fifth in the NL West) vs. Houston Astros (73-60, first in the AL West) Houston; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (3-13, 5.31 ERA, 1...

Robot rabbits the latest tool in Florida battle to control invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the ...

Enhanced Games (no drug testing) file $800 million lawsuit against critics

The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its detractors Wednesday for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make...

Pope demands end to 'collective punishment' and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefir...

Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclu...

US hosts talks on post-war Gaza as Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli and U.S. officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel's military called the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead ...