By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is better than it has been in recent years, but is also still eating its own and undercutting its best teams’ chances to earn a College Football Playoff berth. The conference has not had a team selected to the CFP since 2016. The Pac-12′s consolation
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is better than it has been in recent years, but is also still eating its own and undercutting its best teams’ chances to earn a College Football Playoff berth. The conference has not had a team selected to the CFP since 2016. The Pac-12′s consolation
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Marcus Thuram has been handed the last spot in the France squad that will defend its World Cup title in Qatar while Monaco’s uncapped Axel Disasi has also been called after Presnel Kimpembe had to pull out. The French soccer federation said Borussia Mönchengladbach forward Thuram had been added
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong customs officials say they seized about 220 pounds of methamphetamine that was hidden inside an industrial device being sent from Mexico. They say part of the device, an electromagnetic separator that removes metal particles from other materials, was hollowed out and contained crystal meth
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed — a Phrygian cap. The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, a place in
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed. It’s a Phrygian cap. The soft bright red cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity. It’s also known as a liberty cap. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French
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By Ben Church, CNN Joel Embiid produced arguably the greatest performance of his career to inspire the Philadelphia 76ers to a 105-98 victory over the surprising Utah Jazz on Sunday. The 28-year-old flirted with a quadruple-double, scoring a monstrous 59 points — over half his team’s total — while adding 11 rebounds, eight assists and
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine police chief says law enforcers have killed 46 drug suspects and arrested more than 22,000 under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., figures he says shows efforts to avoid lethal force. Marcos Jr., who took office in June, has vowed to press on with his predecessor’s
Continue Reading By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police said Monday that they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Sunday’s explosion
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen will miss Germany’s flight to a pre-World Cup training camp in Oman due to a gastrointestinal infection. Germany is heading to Oman for warm-weather training and a friendly Wednesday before its first game of the World Cup on Nov. 23 against Japan. The team says ter
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Striker Marcus Thuram has been handed the last spot in the France squad that will defend its World Cup title in Qatar. The French soccer federation says that the Borussia Mönchengladbach forward has been added to coach Didier Deschamps’ list for the tournament. Deschamps had summoned only 25 players when he announced
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s professional soccer leagues have been marked by widespread protests against the World Cup in Qatar. For the last Bundesliga game before its winter break Freiburg fans held a huge banner saying “Boycott Qatar.” It seemed almost every supporter in its stadium held a sign calling
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By Casey Barber, CNN As iconic Thanksgiving dishes go, stuffing is likely runner-up only to turkey as the dish most often on the dining table. Whether you call it stuffing or dressing or whether you cook the dish inside the turkey or as its own separate casserole is typically a matter of personal family tradition
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By Daniella Diaz, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Lawmakers are set to return on Monday after being away for several weeks campaigning for the crucial midterm elections. They face a jam-packed legislative to-do list before the new congressional session begins in January. With that in mind, Democratic leaders are eager to bring several bills
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their first in-person meeting Monday since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing economic and security tensions between the two superpowers as they compete for global influence. Xi
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Human remains found in a remote California location are those of a mother reported missing Thursday after a “significant amount of blood” was seen in her home, authorities say. In a news release, the Simi Valley Police Department said the remains of Rachel Castillo, 25, were discovered in
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press YUZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian media are reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the newly liberated southern city of Kherson. The presidential office said it could not immediately confirm that Zelenskyy had travelled to Kherson and he himself had said Sunday on Facebook that he was in his
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Video by Jarrod Williams, CNN Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space’s deepest labyrinths has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Video by Jarrod Williams, CNN Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space’s deepest labyrinths has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of
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TODAY: A Weather Alert Day goes into effect Monday evening as the first snow of the season approaches. Get the latest details on that here. Ahead of this system, temperatures reach the lower 40s as clouds fill out throughout Monday. TONIGHT: Precip has slowed slightly and will move in by 8-10 p.m. tonight. There may
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