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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says athletic director Trev Alberts’ sudden decision to take the same job at Texas A&M is disappointing and he has implored the university’s board of regents to act quickly to fill vacant leadership positions. Pillen, a former regent who played football for the Cornhuskers

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has urged security agencies not to pay ransoms to rescue nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago. His directive comes as two people with extensive knowledge of the kidnap crisis said those holding the schoolchildren are known,

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Intense storms that swept through Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday brought whipping winds, possible tornadoes — and what some described as “gorilla hail.” Hail is a product of thunderstorms and the size of this precipitation depends on the strength of the updraft, which is the upward flow of air in a

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has praised the progress made by the 14 countries in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity after the group held a ministerial meeting to discuss proposed guidelines for regional commerce. Raimondo took part in the virtual ministerial meeting hosted in the Thai

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Jurors have found the Michigan father of a teenage boy who killed four classmates and wounded others guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Thursday’s verdict is the latest development in the shooting that happened on Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to terrorism and first-degree

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — An independent French body in charge of a reparation program for victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives says that nearly 500 people have so far received financial compensations from France’s Catholic Church. The Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation said in

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The estranged wife of Long Island serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann says she believes he is not capable of the crimes he is accused of and she visits him in jail weekly despite pending divorce proceedings. Asa Ellerup, who filed for divorce in the days after Heuermann’s July 13, 2023, arrest

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Composer Hans Zimmer’s film scores have soundtracked magic movie moments in “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” and both new “Dune” movies, to name a few. This fall, the “Hans Zimmer Live” tour will hit U.S. and Canada, marking the first time Zimmer has performed

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s high court ruled Thursday that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Craig Wright has for eight years claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked the identity of the creator of

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two men accused of fatally stabbing three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church in South Africa have appeared in court. One of the two accused is a 37-year-old Egyptian national, while the other is aged 47 and a citizen of South Africa. They’ll remain in

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister is visiting Baghdad for high-level meetings, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit next month and a potential Turkish offensive against an outlawed Kurdish militant group that Ankara says maintains bases in Iraq. Turkey has been seeking greater cooperation from Baghdad in its fight

By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court’s approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, ideologically opposite Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor said a

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Linda Zullo would have loved Saturday. Jim Zullo, her husband, will coach in the New York state girls basketball semifinals. Sam Zullo, her son, will coach in the Connecticut state girls basketball final. They’ve spent years working for a day like this. So did Linda, the wife and mother

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Voters from Ohio to California head to the polls next Tuesday in primary elections where most of the focus will be on downballot races rather than presidential. That’s because President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump just clinched their parties’ nominations in the latest round of primaries. It’ll be

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” and is an obstacle to peace in the region amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Schumer,

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource built a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind east of Montauk Point, New York. New York

By LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA Associated Press BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions. The health ministry’s report Wednesday could indicate the disease is spreading among people in Africa since sexual transmission of the virus was first confirmed on the continent last year.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway. The Pittsburgh Penguins say a shipment carrying bobbleheads of the franchise icon was stolen after arriving in California. The team had intended to give the bobbleheads away to fans during their home game against the San Jose Sharks.

By LUCA BRUNO and ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press ALBA, Italy (AP) — The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in northern Italy will be run on by the world’s fastest athletes at the Paris Olympics. They have been made with one clear goal. Records. After three world records and 12

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year represent four decades of play. They range from Atari Asteroids, which was played on coin-fed consoles in arcades beginning in 1979, to Guitar Hero, introduced in 2005. Other nominees include the 1980s launches: Elite, Metroid, SimCity and Ultima.