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College football returned on Saturday — for a few schools, anyway. A small slate of games, including No. 17 Kansas State and No. 22 Iowa State playing in Ireland, gave viewers hungry for college football something to nibble on before the season kicks into high gear next weekend. It’s called Week 0 and offers fans more than, well, nothing. Other games included Stanford at Hawaii; Fresno State and Kansas; Sam Houston at Western Kentucky; and Idaho State at UNLV. Why there’s a Week 0Under NCAA rules, the first games in college football typically take place the Saturday before Labor Day.…

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Liu Wei-Heng pitched 5 1/3 innings to help Taiwan beat Aruba 1-0 in their Little League World Series international semifinal on Saturday, giving Taiwan a chance to win its first LLWS title since 1996.The Taiwanese will play the winner of the U.S. semifinal between Connecticut and Nevada.In a game dominated by defense, Chen Shi-Hong opened up the third inning with a full-count walk. He advanced on a passed ball and a single, then scored on an errant throw from third baseman Liam Peña Caraballo to first.Facing runners on second and third with nobody out, Aruba…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation of religious freedom.The ruling late Friday from U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel was a victory for two conservative Christian colleges in the state: Crown College in St. Bonifacius and the University of Northwestern in Roseville. Those two institutions require their students to pledge to follow the school’s values and conduct rules, effectively barring…

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was back on the basketball court and back on his feet Saturday.No, he wasn’t running or shooting — it’s far too early for that just two months into his Achilles tendon rehab, an increasingly common recovery in the NBA. But it was progress.And being at the Indiana Pacers Athletic Center in suburban Indianapolis, surrounded by 300-plus eager youth basketball campers, brought back Haliburton’s million-dollar smile, too.“I’m walking in my boot, getting closer to walking full time in my shoe, so that’s exciting,” he said. “Every couple of weeks, it’s kind of…

Feeling drained and lethargic is common: A 2022 national survey found that 13.5% of U.S. adults said they felt “very tired” or “exhausted” most days or every day over a three-month period.Women ages 18 to 44 had the highest rate of fatigue – just over 20%.Being tired is linked to something deeper than just overwork or a sign of the times. I’m a registered dietitian and nutritional neuroscientist. My research, along with the work of others in the field, shows that your diet and lifestyle choices may contribute to your struggles. These two factors are closely interconnected and could be…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Not long after Texas surgeon Mohammed Adeel Khaleel arrived at a Gaza City hospital in early August, a 17-year-old was brought in with gunshot wounds to both legs and one hand, sustained when he went to collect food at an aid site.In the emergency room, Khaleel said he noted the ribs protruding from the teen’s emaciated torso, an indication of severe malnutrition. When doctors at Al-Ahli Hospital stabilized the patient, he raised his heavily bandaged hand and pointed to his empty mouth, Khaleel said.“The level of hunger is really what’s heartbreaking. You know, we…

Five people were killed and multiple people were injured when a tour bus crashed on an interstate in upstate New York on Aug. 22, authorities said as they released new information.There were 54 people including the driver on the tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls, New York, to New York City when the bus crashed, overturned and rolled onto an embankment off Interstate 90 between Rochester and Buffalo, trapping and ejecting passengers. New York State Police responded to the scene at about 12:22 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to a news release.Dozens of people were taken to area hospitals, including…

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher education.That optimism turned out to be misplaced. An Associated Press review of thousands of pages of emails from University of Colorado-Colorado Springs officials, as well as interviews with students and professors, reveals that school leaders, teachers and students soon found themselves in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, forcing them to navigate what they described as an unprecedented and haphazard degree of change.Here’s what the AP found: Students, faculty describe a culture of fear and…

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a given that much of the coverage and attention devoted to Venus Williams’ return to the U.S. Open, where play begins Sunday, has focused — and will focus — on how old she is. The American is, after all, 45, an age at which no one has competed in singles in New York since 1981.That, in and of itself, is noteworthy.And yet there is plenty more that is significant about her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament in two full years, regardless of how Williams plays in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night when…

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 competitive goals for four different clubs on Saturday, though Al-Nassr lost to Al-Ahli in a penalty shootout after the Saudi Super Cup final ended 2-2.The first half strike at Hong Kong Stadium took the 40-year-old to his century for the Saudi Arabian club, which he joined in Dec.2022.It adds to his 450 goals for Real Madrid, 145 for Manchester United and 101 for Juventus and moves Ronaldo ahead of the three players who had scored 100 times for three clubs: Isidro Langara, who played in Spain from 1930 to 1948, as…