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COLLEGE BASEBALL ’24: Ten teams to watch

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ten teams to watch in college baseball in 2024, listed in alphabetical order with 2023 record: ARKANSAS (43-18) The SEC-favorite Razorbacks enter most years as a national title contender, and this year’s roster gives them their best chance at the program’s first championship since the 2018 team came within a dropped foul ball of winning it …

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Tuesday’s Transactions

BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Acquired minor league OF Oliver Carrillo from San Diego in exchange for international bonus pool money. He’ll report to the Astros minor league camp. MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RHP Jordan Balazovic and Daniel Duarte outright to St. Paul (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Claimed INF Jordan Groshans off waivers from Miami. …

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Army Reserve soldier killed in Jordan mourned by family and Georgia governor at funeral

CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — The flag-draped casket of Staff Sgt. William Jerome Rivers stood at the front of a church Tuesday as Georgia’s governor joined the Army Reserve soldier’s family, uniformed military officers and his pastor from New Jersey who made the trip to say farewell. More than 100 mourners gathered at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Carrollton west of …

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AUTO RACING: Auto racing season opens with 3 NASCAR races at Daytona, the last the premier 500

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Daytona 500 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Wednesday, qualifying, 8:15 p.m.; Thursday, Duel 1, 7 p.m., and Duel 2, 8:45 p.m.; Friday, practice, 5:35 p.m.; Saturday, practice, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday, race, 2:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 200 laps, 500 miles. Last year: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won after starting 31st. Last …

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North Carolina tells nature-based therapy program to stop admissions during probe of boy’s death

LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials have told a nature-based therapy program to stop admissions and take other steps to ensure children’s safety during the investigation of a 12-year-old boy’s death earlier this month. Department of Health and Human Services officials said in a letter to Trails Carolina on Monday that while investigations are ongoing, at least …

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Group challenges restrictions in Arizona election manual on ballot drop-off locations

PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual, marking the third lawsuit filed within the last two weeks that seeks to throw out provisions in the state’s guide for conducting elections. The lawsuit by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club zeroes in on the manual’s instructions on operating ballot drop-off locations and preventing voter intimidation, …

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