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AUBURN, Ala. Auburn University's Board of Trustees on Friday approved a $323 million Jordan-Hare North Project, authorizing a seven-story multipurpose facility and plaza at the stadium's north end. The board approved a $…
Washington — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House officials on Friday, April 17, to discuss the company's newly announced Mythos AI model, its cybersecurity applications, and Project Glasswing. The meeting included…
NASHVILLE. Vanderbilt concluded spring practice this week and did not name a starting quarterback after the Black and Gold game on Saturday, head coach Clark Lea said, continuing an evaluation of true freshman Jared Curt…
Phoenix — The Suns defeated the Golden State Warriors 111-96 Friday night at Mortgage Matchup Center as Jalen Green scored 36 and Devin Booker added 20 to secure the Western Conference play-in victory. Jordan Goodwin con…
Los Angeles, United States. The Lakers will host the Houston Rockets Saturday at Crypto.com Arena in a Western Conference first-round opener after Luka Doncic suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain and Austin Reaves sustain…
Orlando, Fla. The Orlando Magic defeated the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday, securing the Eastern Conference's eighth seed and eliminating the Hornets from postseason contention. Paolo B…
Cleveland — Meteorologists in Ohio, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Alabama forecast a strong cold front moving through this weekend that will trigger thunderstorms and gusty winds from Friday into Sunday. Local stations i…
Fort Worth, Texas. Minnesota clinched the program’s first NCAA women’s gymnastics finals appearance on Thursday night, advancing as the No. 13 seed and joining top seeds Oklahoma, Florida and LSU in the national final; O…
Washington — The US Navy deployed the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to conduct blockade operations in the Arabian Sea on April 16, CENTCOM said this week. The announcement detailed the ship's embarked air…
Washington — The U.S. urged other nations this week to support a 'Trade Over Aid' initiative at the United Nations, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats to deliver a formal demarche to foreign off…
Fort Dodge, Iowa — Firefighters were dispatched at 2:22 a.m. Thursday to Westridge Townhomes after flames were reported in a two-story apartment building; crews located the fire in a middle unit that had spread to the at…
Philadelphia — The 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 109-97 on Wednesday in the NBA Play-In Tournament to clinch the No. 7 seed. Joel Embiid, six days after an appendectomy in Houston, attended the pregame film session and gr…
Champaign, Illinois — Champaign Central's Will Ciciora threw a complete-game shutout Wednesday to lift the Maroons to a 1-0 Big 12 victory as Ben McDaniel delivered the lone RBI; across April 16–17 multiple high school t…
European officials are developing contingency plans in case a future Donald Trump administration significantly reduces or ends the U.S. role in NATO, according to recent reporting. Although Trump has previously threatene…
Houston — The Houston Texans signed All-Pro defensive end Will Anderson Jr. to a three-year, $150 million contract extension on Friday, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Anderson, the Texans' 20…
Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese residents began returning to their homes early Friday, defying Israeli and Lebanese warnings to delay travel despite a newly enacted ceasefire. The returns followed a 10-day truce …
Israeli airstrikes have left widespread destruction across Beirut’s southern suburbs, including Dahiyeh and Choueifat, areas widely associated with Hezbollah. Reuters footage shows residents searching through rubble, sma…
Washington: As the United States prepared a mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran this week, users on Polymarket placed bets on the date of the rescue. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., posted a s…
Washington. President Donald Trump said on Friday that talks with Iran were 'looking very good' and noted that Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz completely open during a 10‑day ceasefire between Israe…
Washington — The International Monetary Fund announced on Thursday that it has resumed dealings with Venezuela under the administration of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, guided by the views of IMF members representing…
Las Vegas: Paramount Pictures announced on Thursday at CinemaCon that Top Gun 3 is officially in development, with Tom Cruise set to reprise Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer will return and studio exe…
Washington — The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program until April 30 after Republicans revolted and blocked a plan to extend the authority for a longer period. Lawmaker…
Los Angeles: Marvel Studios unveiled the first full-length trailer for Avengers: Doomsday at CinemaCon on April 17, showing Robert Downey Jr. as an unmasked Doctor Doom, the return of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, and mul…
Fort Worth, Texas — No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 13 Minnesota clinched spots in Saturday's NCAA Gymnastics Championship after Thursday's semifinals, with Oklahoma posting a 198.300 and Minnesota edging UCLA in the final rotati…
Los Angeles. Homicide detectives arrested 21-year-old singer David Burke, known as D4vd, on Thursday after investigators connected him to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed body was found …