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Attorneys tweak $2.78B college settlement, remove the word 'booster' from NIL language

Three weeks after being asked to modify a $2.78 billion deal that would dramatically change college sports, attorneys excised the word "booster" from the mammoth plan in hopes of satisfying a judge's ...

Sep 26, 2024

Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate abou...

Sep 26, 2024

Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris said calls for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia were "dangerous and unacceptable" as she met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday....

Sep 26, 2024

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, source says

SAO PAULO (AP) - In the high-stakes showdown between the world's richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk's social media site X has complied with Alexandre de Moraes'...

Sep 26, 2024

Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, dropping a negligent homicide count against a veteran trooper seen on body-cam...

Sep 26, 2024

Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathi...

Sep 26, 2024

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state's parole board...

Sep 26, 2024

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrike kills 20 in Lebanon

Nineteen Syrian refugees and a Lebanese national were killed in northeast Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building housing workers, Lebanon's Health Ministry said Thursday. State-run Na...

Sep 26, 2024

FBI seizes NYC mayor's phone ahead of expected unsealing of indictment

NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents entered the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and seized his phone early Thursday morning, hours before an indictment detailing criminal charges against t...

Sep 26, 2024

FBI agents seen entering NYC mayor's residence ahead of expected unsealing of indictment

NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents were seen entering the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams early Thursday morning, hours before an indictment detailing criminal charges against the Democra...

Sep 26, 2024