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From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The New England Patriots head south for a second road game in a row Sunday, taking on the Miami Dolphins at 4:15 p.m. Eastern with a chance to stay unbeaten inside the AFC East.New England already owns division wins this fall,…
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From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row.Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern.Coach Mike White enters his fifth…
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From the HERE City National DeskHONOLULU — June Jones, the coach whose pass-happy run-and-shoot teams rewrote record books at Hawaii and helped revive SMU, died Thursday. He was 73.The University of Hawaii, where Jones once played quarterback and later coached from 1999 through 2007, confirmed his death. He had entered…
Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., has been asked to join the Association of American Universities, the invitation-only club of the country's top research campuses.The group dates to 1900 and decides who gets in by weighing how broad and how strong a school's research and teaching are. This…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — More than 15,000 veterans who fell behind on VA-backed mortgages ended up with monthly payments at least $150 higher after their loans were modified, according to Department of Veterans Affairs figures that had not been made public before.Over 700 of those borrowers are…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is cooperating with law enforcement agencies in several countries, among them the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, after thieves drained about $6.3 billion in digital assets from its wallets, the largest crypto theft on record, according to a person…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Filling a trick-or-treat bowl costs noticeably more this year. Federal price data show candy and gum up 7.7% from a year ago and more than 18% over two years, a faster climb than food prices overall.Chocolate is the main driver. Poor weather in…
Crime
From the HERE City National DeskWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — A onetime San Francisco 49ers running back is in custody after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies say he bolted on foot from a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon and led them on a search through a residential neighborhood.Deputies identified the man as…
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From the HERE City National DeskMCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Three people died Thursday afternoon after two helicopters collided in the air and fell into a farm field a few miles from McMinnville Municipal Airport, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office.The crash happened around 2 p.m. southeast of the city, close…
Crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have charged 15 men in a 12-count superseding indictment that accuses them of running a drug pipeline feeding methamphetamine and GBL into the city and other East Coast markets.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, which is prosecuting the case,…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — With the midterm elections days away, the president of Pew Research Center is cautioning Americans not to treat any one survey as a forecast, arguing that 2026 combines old polling problems with several new ones.Pew president Michael Dimock said in an analysis posted…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan.Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a…
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