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UNC’s Bubba Cunningham lands key role as NCAA mulls March Madness expansion

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — While the NCAA considers expanding the March Madness field in the coming years, North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham will have a key seat at the negotiating table.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Special counsel trashes Trump’s demand to delay Mar-a-Lago documents trial till after the 2024 election

Special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors on Thursday trashed former President Donald Trump’s demand to delay his trial until after the election, saying “there is no basis in law” for such a move.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Yankees are the ‘most motivated’ to trade for two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani: report

NEW YORK — The Yankees could give the ultimate boost to their lineup and rotation — by acquiring Shohei Ohtani.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

FTC appeals court ruling on Microsoft-Activision deal

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. while the agency appeals her ruling greenlighting the deal.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Vermont prepared for epic flooding. It wasn’t enough

In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters clutching his belongings. In Montpelier, the state’s capital, life jacket-clad rescuers navigate rubber rescue boats, while…

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Ex-Blazers teammate derides Heat pitch for Lillard; Highsmith contract guaranteed

Amid silence from the Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers regarding trade deliberations for veteran guard Damian Lillard, outside echoes continue to drive the conversation.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

What you need to know about the SAG-AFTRA strike that will upend Hollywood

NEW YORK — Lights, camera, pause. Hollywood is officially on hiatus as the union representing on-screen talent has joined screenwriters in striking against the studios, amid stalled contract negotiations.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Geraldo Rivera spills on ‘toxic’ former Fox News co-host, says he’ll ‘never forgive’ Tucker Carlson

NEW YORK — Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera visited ABC’s “The View” Thursday, where he dished on the toxicity of his former colleagues and said he should have left Fox News far earlier.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

After ex-deputy Scot Peterson was acquitted, who now pays for his ‘exorbitant’ legal bills?

The Broward Sheriff’s Office will be asked to pay the six-figure legal fees of former deputy Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who recently was acquitted of all charges for failing to confront the Parkland school shooter, his attorney said Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

Jets and DT Quinnen Williams agree to four-year, $96 million contract extension: sources

NEW YORK — The Jets locked up one of their star players a week before the start of training camp.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023