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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula in the U.S. Open semifinals

NEW YORK (AP) - On Aryna Sabalenka's first chance to end her U.S. Open semifinal against Jessica Pegula for the chance to play for a second consecutive trophy, the defending champion dumped what shoul...

Sep 04, 2025

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula in the U.S. Open semifinals

NEW YORK (AP) - Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka was simply too good for Jessica Pegula yet again, winning their U.S. Open semifinal 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday night in a rematch of last year's final...

Sep 04, 2025

Eagles' Jalen Carter ejected for spitting on Cowboys' Dak Prescott

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected moments after a pregame Super Bowl championship celebration for spitting on Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott. Carter wa...

Sep 04, 2025

Caitlin Clark to miss the rest of the Fever’s season because of a right groin injury

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Caitlin Clark will miss the rest of the Indiana Fever's season because of a right groin injury. "I had hoped to share a better update, but I will not be returning to play this seas...

Sep 04, 2025

Caitlin Clark to miss the rest of the Fever’s season because of a right groin injury

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Caitlin Clark will miss the rest of the Indiana Fever's season because of a right groin injury. "I had hoped to share a better update, but I will not be returning to play this seas...

Sep 04, 2025

Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder charges in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a...

Sep 04, 2025

Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for A...

Sep 04, 2025

School changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names

BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) - A school district in New York City's suburbs agreed this week to change its "Thunderbirds" nickname to simply the "T-Birds" in order to comply with the state's mandate to retire a...

Sep 04, 2025

Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge's order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "All...

Sep 04, 2025

Northwestern president announces resignation following tenure marked by White House tension

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Tr...

Sep 04, 2025