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Powerful SEC welcomes Oklahoma and Texas to the mix

By Associated Press Goodbye, Nick Saban. Hello, Oklahoma and Texas. For the first time in 17 years, Alabama’s iconic coach won’t be prowling the sidelines in the Southeastern Conference. With one longtime juggernaut headed to an ESPN gig and semi-retirement, two others enter the fray. The Sooners and Longhorns join the powerhouse league three years

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Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth ‘Tristan und Isolde’ by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson

By Associated Press BAYREUTH, Germany — Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s phone rang in his Icelandic highlands cabin back in January 2022. Katharina Wagner, the Bayreuth festival director and great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, wanted to get in touch. She invited Arnarsson to create a new production of “Tristan und Isolde” to open the 2024 festival. He

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Guilty Pleasures

By Associated Press Perry’s assistant among five people, including two doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star’s death LOS ANGELES | A prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose last year, including the actor’s assistant and two doctors. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying

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Prostate cancer

By Metro Creative Five-year survival rates for prostate cancer are notably high. Johns Hopkins Medicine notes that approximately 80 to 85% of all prostate cancers are detected in the local or regional stages, which plays a significant role in improving survival rates for the disease. Johns Hopkins notes that many men diagnosed with prostate cancer

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Indulge in homemade donuts

By Metro Creative Donuts are a guilty pleasure for many people. Though they might not make nutritionists smile, donuts are a beloved indulgence. People who love donuts may find that love reaches a new level after they try their hands at the following recipe for “Cookies and Cream Donuts” from Heather Saffer’s “Crazy Easy Vegan

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Trump’s mostly veered off topic at campaign rally

By Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message Wednesday at a rally in North Carolina that his campaign billed as a big economic address, mixing pledges to slash energy prices and “unleash economic abundance” with familiar off-script tangents on Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ laugh, the mechanics of wind

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Around the World briefs

By Associated Press A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been found in 63 tombs CAIRO | A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s antiquities authority

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Wall Street ticks higher

By Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. stocks ticked higher in a quiet Wednesday after the latest update on inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to follow up on one of its best days of the year and climb within 3.7% of its all-time high set last month.

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Sports briefs

By NewsPress Now Brandon Aiyuk appears at 49ers practice as a spectator SANTA CLARA, Calif. | Star receiver Brandon Aiyuk was back out at San Francisco 49ers practice as a spectator as his contract hold in enters a fourth week still in search of a resolution. Aiyuk had mostly stayed off the field the past

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NASCAR revokes Dillon’s playoff eligibility

By Associated Press Austin Dillon’s automatic spot in NASCAR’s playoff was revoked — though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway — after it was determined the driver “crossed a line” in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly two years in the

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Justice Department defends Boeing plea deal

By Associated Press DALLAS — The Justice Department is defending a plea deal it struck with Boeing over planes that crashed and killed 346 people, saying in a court filing Wednesday that it lacks evidence to prosecute the company for more serious crimes. The deputy chief of the department’s criminal fraud section said if the

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