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From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The defending NBA champion Knicks settled the last open seat on their roster Saturday, releasing veteran wing Bruce Brown and keeping former No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman as the third center on the depth chart. Money drove the call. New York…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND — The American League Championship Series is down to a best-of-three after the Tampa Bay Rays pulled away from the Cleveland Guardians for a 7-3 win in Game 4 on Saturday night at Progressive Field. The game had been pushed back a day by…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ben Simmons spent all of last season away from the NBA. One strong exhibition night later, the former No. 1 overall pick has people talking about a revival in Sacramento. Simmons got the start in the Kings' preseason finale at San Antonio…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON — The NFL has made it official: Texans wide receiver Jaylin Noel will pay $8,165 for a facemask foul he committed after a catch in Houston's 26-3 rout of the Tennessee Titans in Week 5. The flag came in the second quarter. Noel hauled…
From the HERE City National DeskPROVO, Utah — No. 8 BYU stayed unbeaten Saturday night by knocking off No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24, sealing it when the Irish came up empty on a last-second throw into the end zone. Debate over how the game ended spread online long after fans…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Chicago Fire walked out of Gillette Stadium on Saturday night with no points and a playoff ticket anyway, losing 1-0 to the New England Revolution but locking up a spot in the 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs once the evening's results were…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ohio made its long trip west worth it Saturday night, building a 41-0 lead before Sacramento State scored and beating the Hornets 48-7 in a Mid-American Conference game. The Bobcats (5-2, 3-0 MAC) have now won four in a row. Sacramento State…
From the HERE City National DeskEDMONTON, Alberta — Mike Malott gave a home crowd at Rogers Place a finish it will replay for months, flattening Joaquin Buckley with a knee to the chin in the second round of Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event. The opening round of the welterweight…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — Charlotte finally has a win. Quarterback Conner Harrell had a hand in four touchdowns Saturday as the 49ers outlasted Temple 38-31 at Lincoln Financial Field, ending a season-opening losing streak. Harrell completed 23 of 31 throws for 281 yards. He found Derrick Eley…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers have one roster spot too many and less than two days to fix it, and the player most likely to pay the price is third-year wing Dalton Knecht. Los Angeles carries 16 players on standard contracts and must…
From the HERE City National DeskPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The NCAA is pushing back in federal court against two Providence College basketball players who want one more season, and a judge is scheduled to take up their request Monday. In a filing opposing a temporary restraining order sought by guard Derek…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bronchial asthma killed All Elite Wrestling star Benjamin Satterley, the performer fans knew as Pac, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Friday, classifying the death as natural. Satterley was 40. He was discovered unresponsive inside a parked vehicle in suburban Des Plaines on…
Education
TAMPA, Fla. — Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg will leave the presidency of the University of Tampa when the fall 2026 term ends, the private university said Friday, citing personal reasons for her departure. Dahlberg gave the advance notice required under her employment contract. The school said no other leadership roles are…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — The federal government is expected to rule by the end of December on whether the American Bar Association keeps its decades-old federal standing as the national gatekeeper for law schools, a decision that could reshape how Americans train to become lawyers. The call belongs to Nicholas Kent, the…
Business
TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Redner, the Tampa businessman who founded the Mons Venus club and spent half a century picking fights with local government in court, at the ballot box and on television, died Friday. He was 86. His daughter, Joy Lynn Redner, shared the news on Facebook Friday night,…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — American shoppers already worn down by high prices are now uneasy about how those prices get set, as big retailers and restaurant chains lean on electronic shelf tags, pricing software and artificial intelligence. Many people are used to fares and room rates that shift by the hour. What…
Crime
TAMPA, Fla. — The trial of a former University of Tampa student accused in the death of her newborn daughter will not start next month as planned, after a Hillsborough County judge agreed Thursday to push the case back again. Brianna Moore had been scheduled to go before a jury…
Crime
TAMPA, Fla. — Sheriff’s detectives fanned out across Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County for two days this week to serve outstanding domestic violence warrants, and the roundup they called Operation Ghost Sting ended with 16 people in custody, the agency announced Thursday. The sweep ran Oct. 12 and…
Crime
TAMPA, Fla. — A 50-year-old man who stepped off a cruise ship at Port Tampa Bay this spring now faces an oxycodone trafficking charge, months after the pills in his bags went to a lab and came back as controlled painkillers and sedatives, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said this…
Politics
TAMPA, Fla. — A soaking drizzle did not thin the crowd Saturday when U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his campaign swing to the courtyard of the Cuban Club in Tampa’s Ybor City to push Democrat Angie Nixon in her race for a U.S. Senate seat from Florida. Close to 2,200…
Politics
TAMPA, Fla. — Voters in Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County get two full weeks to cast a ballot in person before Election Day, with early voting for the 2026 general election opening Monday, Oct. 19. Early sites will be open every day, 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., running…
From the HERE City National Desk
AUSTIN, Texas — With the midterm election less than a month away, the U.S. Senate race in Texas has turned into a genuine contest, an unusual spot for Republicans in a state where Democrats have not won a statewide race since 1994, the longest such drought for either party in…
Home and Garden
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa is recycling watering-violation penalties into rebates that pay homeowners to replace high-thirst grass with Florida-Friendly plantings, and one early finisher collected $1,654.51 after the project cleared inspection. Under the Water Department match, eligible customers recover plant and labor costs one-for-one when they convert slices of turf.…
From the HERE City National Desk
TANEGASHIMA, Japan — Japan’s space agency is counting down to the launch of a spacecraft built to do something no mission has done before: land on one of the two moons of Mars, scoop up some of its surface and carry it home. The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, known as…
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