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Michigan vs Alabama, Washington vs. Texas in College Football Playoff; unbeaten Florida State left out
FILE - The College Football Playoff logo is shown on the field at AT&T Stadium before the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Alabama in Arlington, Texas, Jan. 1, 2021. College Football Playoff managers meet outside Chicago, facing the possibility of a conference-realignment induced tweak to how the field is set when the postseason system expands to 12 teams next year. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman, File)
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U.S. Justice department says Constitution protects right to travel for abortion
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) waves his gavel as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies on “Oversight of the Department of Justice,” before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
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Rangers crush Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5 to win franchise’s first World Series title
The Texas Rangers storm the field after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series in game five of the 2023 World Series at Chase Field. Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports
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Luis Arráez, Yandy Díaz win batting titles while sitting out on final day
Miami Marlins' Luis Arraez is congratulated after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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George Springer’s inside-the-park homer, diving catch and throw lead Blue Jays over Rays
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 24: Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer #4 rounds the bases for an inside the park home run in the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on September 24, 2023 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images)
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Springer celebrates 34th birthday with 57th leadoff homer as Blue Jays beat Yankees 7-1
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees tags out George Springer #4 of the Toronto Blue Jays at second base during the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium on September 19, 2023 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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Alabama seeks to become first state to execute prisoner by nitrogen inhalation
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. The Oklahoma House has approved legislation Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to eliminate the electric chair as a method of execution, although it's been more than 50 years since the state's last electrocution. The bill lists which execution methods are allowed, including lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, which causes death by depleting oxygen in the blood, firing squad and any other form not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Biden nominates Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead U.S. Navy
A U.S. Navy photo by Chief Musician Jonathan Barnes of Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who President Joe Biden plans to nominate to lead the Navy, speaks at a concert celebrating the NavyÕs 247th birthday, Oct. 7, 2022. If confirmed, Franchetti, who currently serves as the NavyÕs second in command, will become the first woman to lead the service in its 247-year history. (Jonathan Barnes/U.S. Navy via The New York Times) NO SALES, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
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There’s no alarm bell ringing – yet – for Canada’s economic emergency
The Editorial Board
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favour of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defence of Voting Rights Act
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children. The high court rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton on Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Photo)
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Hockey’s reckoning with gambling is coming, but until then everyone is too busy cashing in
Cathal Kelly
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Scotia analyst’s top picks in the yield-heavy energy infrastructure sector
Wind turbines that make up a part of the Boralex Wind Farm in Lincoln Township, Niagara Peninsula in Ontario on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
football
Breaking down players selected in first round of NFL draft
Apr 27, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. on stage after being selected by the Houston Texans third overall in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Three charged with murder in Sweet 16 party shooting in Alabama
Investigators work at the site of a fatal shooting in downtown Dadeville, Ala., on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Several were killed during a shooting at a birthday party Saturday night, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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Alabama earns top billing in March Madness bracket
Mar 12, 2022; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas Jayhawks place their logo on the March Madness tournament ticket after the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports
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Nine children wounded after shots rang out at Georgia gas station, authorities confirm
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Al Hilal shock Flamengo with 3-2 win in Club World Cup semi-final
TANGER MED, MOROCCO - FEBRUARY 07: Gustavo Cuellar of Al Hilal SFC during the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 Semi Final match between Flamengo v Al Hilal SFC at Stade Ibn-Batouta on February 07, 2023 in Tanger Med, Morocco. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
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Somalia says it has seized key port town from al Shabaab
Somalia's Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur speaks at a press conference in Mogadishu on December 21, 2022 after the arrival of the first group of Somali soldiers trained in Eritrea. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Alabama basketball player and second man charged with murder
FILE - Alabama forward Darius Miles looks to pass in the second half an NCAA college basketball game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., March 5, 2022. Miles is one of two suspects charged with capital murder in a predawn deadly shooting on the Strip in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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As tornadoes hit, survivors in Alabama, Georgia took refuge in tubs, shipping container
Workers remove fallen trees as they begin to recover from a tornado that ripped through Central Alabama earlier this week Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 in Marbury, Ala. Stunned residents tried to salvage belongings as rescue crews pulled survivors from the aftermath of a deadly tornado-spawning storm system. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Survivors emerge from wreckage after U.S. storms kill at least nine people
Family and friends of Justin and Amber Wallace help clean up the damage to their home that was destroyed after a tornado, in Deatsville, Alabama, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
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At least nine people dead in southern U.S. after tornado hits Selma, Alabama
Cordel Tyus and Devo McGraw sit on roofing that blew off of an industrial building and wrapped around their house after a tornado ripped through Selma, Alabama, U.S. January 12, 2023. Mickey Welsh/USA Today Network via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT
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Car bombs kill at least 35, level houses in central Somalia
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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Monday - and why
Tesla Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2020.
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Tornadoes wrecking homes around southern U.S. fuelled by record highs
A vehicle races along a Jackson, Miss., street as lightning streaks across the sky, Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, 2022. Area residents were provided a light show as severe weather accompanied by some potential twisters affected parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Somalia’s al-Shabab attacks military base, government forces fight back
FILE - Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, in Somalia on Dec. 8, 2008. Somali authorities said Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 that Abdullahi Nadir, a top leader of the al-Shabab extremist group who had a $3 million bounty on his head by the United States, was killed Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 in a joint operation by the Somali National Army and international partner forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
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Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for third time
FILE - This photo shows the gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., on Oct. 9, 2014. A scheduled execution in Alabama that was called off Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, after prison officials could not find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs into is the latest in a long history of problems with lethal injections since Texas became the first state to use the execution method in 1982, including delays in finding usable veins. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
baseball
Verlander, Alcantara are unanimous Cy Young Award winners
FILE - Miami Marlins' Sandy Alcantara pitches during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Aug. 10, 2022, in Philadelphia. Alcantara won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously on Wednesday night, Nov. 16, after posting a 2.28 ERA while pitching a major league-best 228 2/3 innings and six compete games. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
football
Georgia is new CFP No. 1, followed by Ohio St, Michigan, TCU
Nov 5, 2022; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs running back Daijun Edwards (30) runs against the Tennessee Volunteers during the second half at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
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CFP’s first top 4: Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 29: Tayven Jackson #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers reacts against the Kentucky Wildcats in the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium on October 29, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
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Yankees star Judge hits 62nd homer to break Maris’s AL record
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, left, hits a solo home, his 62nd of the season, in front of Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff and home plate umpire Chris Segal during the first inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Alabama asks Supreme Court to let execution proceed
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. The Oklahoma House has approved legislation Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to eliminate the electric chair as a method of execution, although it's been more than 50 years since the state's last electrocution. The bill lists which execution methods are allowed, including lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, which causes death by depleting oxygen in the blood, firing squad and any other form not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Book ban efforts surging in 2022, American Library Association says
FILE - Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in recent weeks on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City. A judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, that sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors, including by booksellers and libraries. The books in question were “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Alabama gives football head coach Nick Saban a new eight-year, $93.6-million deal
FILE - Alabama head coach Nick Saban leaves the field after their win against Ohio State in an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami Gardens, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Alabama is No. 1 in the college football Preseason Top 25. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)