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College BKB Poll Basketball
FILE - Houston's Emanuel Sharp (21), Milos Uzan (7) and Mylik Wilson (8) celebrate during a timeout against Kansas during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, March 3, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Boiler up! Purdue tops preseason AP Top 25 for first time, ahead of Houston, reigning champ Florida

Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s NCAA title game, with runner-up Houston at No. […]

OCT. 13, 2025

Suns Lakers Basketball
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, left, talks with assistant coach Scott Brooks during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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LeBron James teased ‘the decision of all decisions’ announcement. It was an ad

LeBron James had another “decision” to announce. Turns out, it was an ad. The Los Angeles Lakers star teased that he would have something to say Tuesday. The “decision” reference is a nod to how he announced in July 2010 that he was joining the Miami Heat. It was supposed to come out at noon Eastern, […]

OCT. 7, 2025

US Norway-Crown Prince
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway arrives at the Norway House in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to mark 200 years of emigration to the US

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visited Minnesota on Tuesday as part of a tour marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americans in the U.S., and Minnesota has well over 800,000 […]

OCT. 7, 2025

Canada Hockey Stick Factory
Wooden hockey sticks are stacked as they move along the assembly line at the Roustan Hockey factory, which is the last major manufacturer of hockey sticks in Canada on Aug. 27, 2025 in Brantford, Ontario. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)
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Canada’s last hockey stick factory survives in face of tariff threats and globalization

Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Be Well-Cold Water Immersion
FILE - Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file)
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Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risks

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was “recombobulated and able to think about something other than the cold,” Harper says. A […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Food-Dubai Chocolate
Leonessa Dubai chocolate bars are displayed in New York. (Katie Workman via AP)
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The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than bars

Some flavor crazes flirt with us and fade. Others stay and make themselves at home. It’s too soon to tell for sure, but the Dubai chocolate movement seems to have put down roots and is spreading at a brisk clip. The sweet flavors and thick texture that have made Dubai chocolate bars a hit are […]

OCT. 6, 2025

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AP CEO: Future of news centers on ‘the facts’

During a wide-ranging conversation with Barron’s, AP President and CEO Daisy Veerasingham discussed the future of the news industry and how The Associated Press continues to make itself indispensable to its thousands of customers around the world.  “I think the role that we play is still as important today as it has ever been,” she […]

Richmond North Carolina Football
North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick talks to North Carolina linebacker Andrew Simpson (2) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
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Pete Carroll among coaches working into 70s, opting for team building over retirement

Pete Carroll could be just about anywhere, doing nearly anything that comes to mind, after accomplishing so much as a championship-winning coach in college and the NFL, the multimillion-dollar contracts he received as reward for such efforts. But after a year away from the NFL, the 74-year-old Carroll chose to return to take on the […]

OCT. 2, 2025

Vatican Swiss Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Loic Marc Rossier, left, and Captain Lorenz Keusch pose for reporters as they present the Swiss Guard Mezza-Gala uniform in the Swiss Guard Barracks at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don’t worry, the iconic one remains

The world’s oldest army has new uniforms. But don’t worry: The Swiss Guards’ famed blue, yellow and red Renaissance-style billowy garb isn’t going anywhere. Rather, the pope’s army on Thursday unveiled an additional uniform for nonceremonial, formal occasions, such as a diplomatic reception or official dinner outside the Vatican walls. Col. Christoph Graf, the Swiss Guards commander, donned […]

OCT. 2, 2025

Tennis Hall of Fame
FILE - Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Andy Roddick of U.S. in their men's final match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
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Roger Federer leads the Tennis Hall of Fame nominees. See who else made the list

Roger Federer leads the list of nominees announced Wednesday for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s class of 2026. He was the first man to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles and ushered in an era of unprecedented greatness with younger rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. With a terrific forehand and serve, an attacking, all-court […]

OCT. 1, 2025

Immigration Map Florida
Hotels and highways are seen around Universal Volcano Bay water park, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Orlando, Fla., which saw an influx of migrants in recent years drawn by warm temperatures, a vibrant migrant community, and plentiful job opportunities. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden

After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the state in recent years as immigration surged under former President Joe Biden. No […]

OCT. 1, 2025

Nepal Living Goddess
Nepal's newly appointed living goddess, Kumari Aryatara Shakya, is carried by her father as they walk towards Kumari Ghar, the temple palace where she will be residing in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists

A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Aryatara Shakya, at 2 years and 8 months, was chosen as the new Kumari, or “virgin goddess,” replacing the incumbent, who is considered […]

OCT. 1, 2025

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