Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says Sabrina Ionescu is 'fired up' about Portland expansion team

AP Top 25 Extra Points: As 4th team to reach No. 1 this season, Oregon's rise is sign of the times

This college football season is delivering when it comes to unpredictability and entertainment value

Sports - ABC News - October 21

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Oregon, Georgia, Ohio State atop first release of 12-team era

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the first release on Tuesday night

Sports - CBS Sports - 4 days ago

College Football Playoff rankings: Oregon, Ohio State and Georgia lead first 12-team CFP field

The first rankings for the expanded playoff are here.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

First 12-team College Football Playoff rankings: Oregon leads nation, Notre Dame rounds out top 10

In the first season of the 12-team playoff, the College Football Playoff selection committee revealed its initial top 25 ranking Tuesday.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

The Hard Truth About Montana and Jon Tester’s Senate Race

The state’s changing electorate and America’s polarized politics have turned Montana’s Senate race into the most consequential of the year.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 15

Nevada Senate debate heats up over reproductive rights

During the Nevada Senate debate, Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen had a heated argument with Republican challenger Sam Brown over reproductive rights, prompting Rosen to warn women about voting for Brown.

Politics - NBC News - October 18

Cook shifts Pennsylvania Senate to 'toss-up,' Nebraska to 'lean Republican'

The Cook Political Report on Monday shifted the Pennsylvania Senate race into the "toss-up" category and moved the Nebraska Senate contest from likely to "lean Republican" with just 15 days until ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Republicans win control of the Senate, NBC News projects

Americans are poised to elect a new Congress as every seat in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate is up before voters on Election Day.

Politics - NBC News - 3 days ago

Battle to replace McConnell as Senate GOP leader heats up in final sprint

The temperature is rising in the battle to lead Senate Republicans, with Sens. John Thune (S.D.) and John Cornyn (Texas) facing a one-week sprint to win the top spot after the GOP clinched control ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Coaches Poll top 25: Oregon jumps to No. 1 in college football rankings; Georgia moves up to No. 2

Dan Lanning has the Ducks as the top team in the country for the first time in more than a decade

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

AP Top 25: Oregon moves up to No. 1, Georgia to No. 2 after Bulldogs' win over Texas

The Ducks beat Purdue 35-0 on Friday night.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

College football rankings: Oregon takes over No. 1, Ohio State up to No. 2 in new CBS Sports 134

The Big Ten holds the top three spots in latest update of the rankings of all 134 FBS teams

Sports - CBS Sports - October 21

Shawn Mendes opens up about his sexuality

Shawn Mendes said that he is “figuring out” his sexuality during his concert in Denver on Monday, according to video footage shared by fans on social media.

House majority still up for grabs, race for Senate majority leader heating up among Republicans

Republicans are waiting to see if they'll take control of the House, but they've already secured a majority in the Senate where GOP lawmakers jockeying to replace outgoing Leader Mitch McConnell. ...

Biden Talks to Netanyahu About Sinwar’s Death and Getting to a Cease-Fire

After arriving in Berlin for previously scheduled meetings, the president said he was sending the secretary of state to Israel in the coming days.

World - The New York Times - October 18

What to know about remaining barriers to a cease-fire in Gaza war

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in the Middle East trying to revive talks for a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza. Blinken said Israel's military has achieved its goal of ...

North Korea Blows Up Roads, Prompting South to Fire Warning Shots

World - Yahoo News - October 15

China Turns Up the Heat on Taiwan With Live-Fire Drills

The drills were the latest show of force by China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and has protested Western support for the island.

World - The New York Times - October 22

Immigration fears fire up Trump voters in storm-wracked North Carolina

Republican effort to tie border crisis to recovery effort is boosting turnout in swing state

World - Financial Times - October 26

Up in smoke: the artist who lost 1000 paintings in a house fire

Max Ayres has spent much of his life capturing Lancashire – and himself – without ever selling a painting. Now a blaze has transformed much of his singular body of work. Max Ayres has a hole in his ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Ja fired up for LeBron, Lakers: 'I don't like them'

Grizzlies star Ja Morant went back and forth with LeBron James and had a clear message for the Lakers after Wednesday night's 131-114 win: "I don't like them."

Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago

US central bank boss says Trump can't fire him

The US central bank cuts interest rates, as its chairman vows to stay on the job.

Ron Ely, TV's 'Tarzan' in the 1960s, dies at 86

The tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” Ron Ely's daughter says he died Sept. 29 in Los Alamos, California at age 86

Entertainment - ABC News - October 24

Tarzan star Ron Ely dies aged 86

The actor also appeared in hit 1980s television shows Wonder Woman and The Love Boat.

What we know about Trump's transition plan, team's next steps

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is reportedly moving quickly to coordinate his second term. The team includes key Trump donors and two of the former president's sons, CBS News' ...

TPG and Blackstone team up to bid for eyecare group Bausch + Lomb

Deal could be among year’s largest private equity buyouts as contact-lens maker looks to split from indebted parent

Business - Financial Times - October 14

Riot Games and Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty team up on Arcane beauty products

Riot Games has teamed up with Fenty Beauty to create beauty products based on the Arcane animated film series based on League of Legends.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

‘Not where England is at’: Marcus Trescothick talks up ailing ODI team

Defeat by West Indies was 12th in their past 18 one-dayers Strategy of prioritising youth affecting England results England’s interim head coach Marcus Trescothick has insisted that Thursday’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Anthropic, Amazon, and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to the Defense Department

Government workers will be able to sift through classified information up to the ‘secret’ level using AI.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?

Tim Sheehy, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Montana, says he has a bullet in his arm from Afghanistan. But new questions have been raised about his account.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

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