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Texas jumps to No. 2 behind UConn in women's AP Top 25 after beating South Carolina and UCLA

Texas moved up to No. 2 behind UConn in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday after beating two top teams in a Thanksgiving tournament.

The Longhorns topped then-No. 2 South Carolina 66-64 a day after beating then-No. 3 UCLA 76-65 in Las Vegas. It was the first time in the past 25 years that a team has beaten two top three teams in such a short time frame.

Texas received 10 first-place votes from a 32-member national media panel. No. 1 UConn garnered the other 22. The Huskies routed Xavier 104-39 to open Big East play. South Carolina fell to... Read More

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media

NEW YORK (AP) — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don't understand why.

When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don't know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you hitch your future to a dying industry?

“There is a lot of commentary — ‘Oh, good for you. Look what you’re walking into. You're going to be screaming into the void. You're going to be useless,'” said Murphy, a 21-year-old graduate student at the... Read More

UK leader Starmer backs Treasury chief over claims she misled the public about the economy

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday defended his Treasury chief against opposition claims that she misled the public and the markets about the state of the public finances before last week’s budget, a tax-raising economic plan that was preceded by contradictory leaks to the media and the accidental early publication of the entire statement.

Starmer said “there was no misleading” in the run-up to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' budget, which the government hopes will raise money to reduce government borrowing, invest in infrastructure and... Read More

Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti's central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes

SAINT-MARC, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as they set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.

Police made emergency calls for backup, asserting that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control after the large-scale attacks targeting towns including Bercy and Pont-Sondé.

“The population cannot live, cannot work, cannot move,” one of Haiti’s police unions, SPNH-17, said Sunday on X. “Losing the country’s 2 largest departments – West... Read More

Pope in Lebanon asks for 'divine gift of peace' alongside country's Christian and Muslim leaders

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as he asked for “the divine gift of peace” alongside the country’s Christian and Muslim religious leaders.

Leo received a raucous, ululating welcome from the crowds and a sincere welcome from its spiritual leaders on his first full day in Lebanon, where billboards with his image dotted highways around the capital. Thousands of ordinary Lebanese braved a steady rain in the morning to line his motorcade route, some throwing... Read More

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Texas jumps to No. 2 behind UConn in women's AP Top 25 after beating South Carolina and UCLA

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media

UK leader Starmer backs Treasury chief over claims she misled the public about the economy

Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti's central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes

Pope in Lebanon asks for 'divine gift of peace' alongside country's Christian and Muslim leaders

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