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From the HERE City National DeskJACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State is back on top of the HBCU football rankings this week, reclaiming No. 1 in both the coaches and media polls after Morgan State's stumble opened the door.The Tigers, now 6-1, beat Florida A&M 27-17 on Saturday and collected nine…
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From the HERE City National DeskMADISON, Wis. — A tough early schedule is paying off for Wisconsin volleyball. The NCAA Division I selection committee placed the Badgers fourth in its in-season top 16, a spot higher than they have reached in the coaches poll all season, even though they have…
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From the HERE City National DeskHENDERSON, Nev. — The Raiders keep walking out of halftime in decent shape and walking off the field with losses, and coach Klint Kubiak said Monday the staff is taking apart its halftime routine to find out why.Las Vegas opened the season 3-0 before a…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskSEOUL, South Korea — Worries over whether the huge sums poured into artificial intelligence will pay off hammered South Korean markets on Tuesday, dragging the main stock index down nearly 4% and sending a newly listed data center company sharply below its offering price.The benchmark…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskPARIS — The unrest that swept French cities over the weekend is part of a wider wave of anger across Europe, where hundreds of thousands of people have marched against high rents, fuel and food bills and public services they say are falling apart.France drew…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskPITTSBURGH, Pa. — The U.S. Navy is betting bigger on climbing robots and artificial intelligence to keep its warships out of the repair yard, more than quadrupling the cap on a maintenance inspection deal with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics to $300 million.The expansion, announced Tuesday, comes…
Public Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal lawyers will examine how the D.C. Department of Corrections runs the jail in Washington, a probe meant to find out whether the way it holds inmates breaks the Constitution.The Justice Department told Mayor Muriel Bowser about the probe on Monday. Its lawyers will look for a…
Public Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Sunday night fire that started in an electrical panel tore through La Bonne Vache, the French bistro on Prospect Street NW in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, leaving the dining room in ruins and two upstairs residents without a home for now.DC Fire and EMS crews were sent…
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From the HERE City National DeskDETROIT — Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers used a televised town hall in the Detroit area on Monday night to argue that his Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, can be beaten among two groups that usually anchor Democratic wins in Michigan: Black voters and Jewish voters.The…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Money for political ads in this year’s midterm elections has blown past $10 billion, a record for a non-presidential year, and the total is on track to climb to about $11.6 billion by the Nov. 3 vote, according to the tracking firm AdImpact.The…
Politics
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The race to watch on Washington's Nov. 3 general election ballot is not for mayor but for the D.C. Council's At-Large seats, where ranked choice voting is changing how the votes get counted.Two At-Large members are elected every two years, and city law holds one of those…
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From the HERE City National DeskOAKLAND, Calif. — Employees inside TikTok spent years pressing company leaders about dangers the app posed to children, from minors appearing in paid sexual livestreams to teens slipping past age limits, and many of them came away frustrated with the response, according to sworn depositions…
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