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SNU Safety Tyler Ulrich Dies After On-Field Injury

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BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, while Southern Nazarene fell 49-14 to Ouachita Baptist. Officials

Brewers Sweep Dodgers, Reach World Series

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LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1982. Los Angeles jumped ahead

Broncos Edge Seahawks 17-14 in Overtime

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DENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7 from its own 28. Darnold forced a sideline throw into

Medved Blasts NCAA Over Fifth-Year Eligibility Chaos

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he backed the broader five-for-five idea when it passed in June

IMF Sees 3.1% Global Growth but Warns Economic Buffers

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BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund says the world economy has held up better than expected against war, an energy shock and trade fights, but it is warning finance ministers gathered in Bangkok this week that the cushions behind that resilience are wearing thin. In its latest World Economic Outlook, released at the annual meetings

FBI Moves Toward Sole-Source UFC Contract for Agent Combat

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QUANTICO, Va. — Federal contracting papers show the FBI lining up a yearlong, no-bid deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to put special agents through mixed-martial-arts defensive tactics at the bureau academy here. The Sept. 30 paperwork argues only the UFC can deliver the full mix of striking, clinch and takedown work, weapon defense, ground

Privacy Groups Challenge DHS Nationwide Voter Record Sweep

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WASHINGTON — Civic plaintiffs opened a federal case here Thursday against Homeland Security, saying the department quietly assembled a vast store of Americans registration files from nearly every state. The suit in D.C. federal court comes from a voting-rights membership network, a digital-privacy research center and a Latino civil-rights federation. They want judges to freeze

Trump Faults Kyiv Over Fresh Hits on Russian Fuel Plants

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blasted Kyiv for restarting attacks on Russian oil and diesel plants, saying the raids lift world fuel prices after an energy pause he floated last weekend fell apart. Speaking in a Thursday television interview from the White House, Trump said Ukrainian forces have plenty of other military targets and that

Alaska Senate Rivals Trade Personal Blows in Final Debate

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spent Thursday night hammering each other on character and policy in the closing Debate for the State of a U.S. Senate contest that national scorekeepers call a toss-up race. They argued over household energy bills, the Iran conflict, retirement benefits, medical coverage

Press Secretary Zacharia Says She Did Not Pass California

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WASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials. President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has long used the word lawyer on television. Several practitioners