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46+ min ago (382+ words) Notre Dame, the first team left out of the College Football Playoff, became the third Bowl Subdivision team to announce Sunday it will not play in a bowl game this year. Iowa State and Kansas State also said they would decline any bowl invitations despite being eligible for the postseason. Video above: Pitt, Notre Dame fans pack North Shore for College GameDay "As a team, we've decided to withdraw our name from consideration for a bowl game following the 2025 season," the Fighting Irish said a statement on X. "We appreciate all the support from our families and fans, and we're hoping to bring the 12th national title to South Bend in 2026." Miami got into the playoff as an at-large selection after moving from No. 12 to No. 10 in the final rankings. Notre Dame dropped a spot and will now stay home for the…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (82+ words) Morning bursts of chilly rain, sleet and snow in the Piedmont, mountains and foothills may affect school openings. NORTH CAROLINA, USA " Due to inclement weather expected to hit Monday morning, schools are adjusting their schedules." Ashe County schools will be closed for students, with an optional teacher workday for educators." Watauga County schools will open on a two-hour delay. Buses will run on a Limited A Route. More information can be found on the Watauga County Schools website."...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (1100+ words) American figure skater Andrew Torgashev was at an invitation-only camp organized by U.S. Figure Skating not long ago, a chance for elite athletes preparing for the high-level Grand Prix season to work out any flaws in their performances. Video above: Erin Jackson going for the gold again at Milan-Cortina He tried a quad toe loop, a four-revolution jump where skaters launch from the back outside edge of their blade with the help of a toe pick from the other foot. The jump itself is the easiest of skating's six primary jumps, but four revolutions ups the difficulty. To the naked eye, Torgashev landed it perfectly. To the camera watching him, Torgashev landed a quarter-revolution short. The app is called OOFSkate, and powered by AI technology it analyzes from a tablet or mobile phone a skater's jump height, rotation speed, airtime and…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (611+ words) WASHINGTON " AT&T customers have just over a week left to apply for their share of a $177 million class action settlement." AT&T agreed to pay to settle a class action lawsuit about two "data incidents" from 2024." Those affected by the data breach have until Dec. 18 to file their claim in the class action lawsuit. The deadline for those wishing to exclude themselves from the lawsuit has passed." The incidents resulted in some customer data, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, account passcodes, billing account numbers and Social Security numbers, being put on the dark web or illegally downloaded off a third-party cloud platform, according to the Kroll Settlement Administration. The class action lawsuit covers the data incident announced March 30, 2024 and the one announced July 12, 2024. Here's what you need to know ahead of the approaching claim deadline." Current…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago (291+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " The court hearing for Oscar Solarzano is expected to be brief, but attorneys like Gary Mauney said it's the start of a much longer legal process. "All persons are entitled to due process under the United States Constitution," Mauney said. The focus stays on the criminal case here in Mecklenburg County even though the suspect was undocumented, Mauney explained. Their immigration status does not take over the case, at least not yet. "The state system is not the immigration system," Mauney said. "The state court prosecutors will probably be working with federal officials that are part of the immigration departments and agencies of the federal government." If Solarzano faces charges for illegal re-entry after deportation, Kenneth Pham, an immigration attorney, said the processes will be handled separately. "They go through two separate processes: the federal law handles it on…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago (302+ words) Films and TV shows about anxiety and fear are expected to lead the awards when nominations for the Golden Globes are announced on Monday. It seems like a lifetime ago, but "Sinners" was released just back in April and voters should remember its cultural moment and box office success. The Ryan Coogler Jim-Crow-plus-vampires hit neatly mashed up the horrors of the supernatural with the horrors of the very human. "Hamnet" and "Wicked: For Good" are also predicted to perform well in nominations. Parents will, of course, expect nominations for "KPop Demon Hunters," the soundtrack of their lives since the mega-hit was released on Netflix back in June. There is, of course, one actress who should be recognized with all the awards available as the very avatar of our age of apprehension: the terrifying clown-witch visage of Aunt Gladys in "Weapons....

3+ hour, 55+ min ago (539+ words) The Army gynecologist described in a recent lawsuit as a "predator in uniform" is now being held in the Bell County Jail in Texas, "after apparently violating conditions of liberty imposed by his commander," according to an Army spokesperson. Officials at Fort Hood, where Army Maj. Blaine McGraw is alleged to have committed sexual misconduct against patients under his care at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, ordered him into pretrial confinement on Dec. 2, the spokesperson said. Video above: Ft. Hood general speaks about shootings from 2014 "In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, a neutral and detached military magistrate will conduct a pretrial confinement review within seven days, and the magistrate will determine whether continued confinement is warranted," the spokesperson told CNN. An attorney for McGraw told CNN in a statement Thursday that he didn't violate orders. "He was…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago (303+ words) The 12 teams vying to win the College Football Playoff national title were revealed Sunday by the CFP selection committee. The top four seeds " No. 1 Indiana (13-0), No. 2 Ohio State (12-1), the defending national champion, No. 3 Georgia (12-1) and No. 4 Texas Tech (12-1) " earn first-round byes and will automatically advance to the quarterfinals. The first round takes place on December 19 and 20. The matchups (all times Eastern): The five highest-ranked conference winners receive automatic CFP berths. On Friday, Tulane, a Group of 5 school, captured the American Conference title after a 34-21 victory against North Texas in New Orleans. Another Group of 5 team made it to college football's version of the "Big Dance." James Madison beat Troy 31-14 to take the Sun Belt Conference championship in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Unranked Duke (8-5) beat Virginia (10-3) 27-20 in overtime in Charlotte, North Carolina, to win the school's first outright ACC championship since 1962. However, Tulane…...

5+ hour ago (558+ words) Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended a major change to the immunization practice. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, whose members were chosen by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Friday to end universal hepatitis B vaccination recommendations for newborns. The revised recommendation calls for mothers who test negative for the virus to consult with a doctor or other health care provider before having their babies vaccinated. This could create confusion and place additional hurdles in front of parents and result in fewer children being immunized. The advisers also voted in favor of recommending that babies who don't receive a dose at birth should wait at least two months before being immunized. Two…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago (192+ words) Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff's 12-team bracket released Sunday. The undefeated Hoosiers vaulted to the top spot based on their history-making win in the Big Ten title game against Ohio State, which fell one spot after its 13-10 loss. SEC champion Georgia was third and and Big 12 champ Texas Tech fourth. All four get first-round byes. Most of the drama surrounded the bubble teams, and it was Alabama at No. 9 and Miami at No. 10 making the field by leapfrogging Notre Dame, which lost to the Hurricanes during opening week. American Conference champion Tulane got the 11th spot and Sun Belt champion James Madison got the last spot over Duke, the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The rest of the field: No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 7 Texas A…...