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SportsATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Tech fell behind early for the second week in a row and never recovered, as Louisville rolled to a 44-17 win Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. The Cardinals raced to a 27-3 lead and had outgained the Yellow…
From the HERE City State DeskKENNESAW, Ga. — Davis Bryson took the opening kickoff 99 yards the other way, and Kennesaw State later survived a two-point try in the final seconds to slip past Delaware 42-40 on Saturday at the Owls home stadium in Kennesaw. The Owls are now 3-6…
From the HERE City State DeskBOONE, N.C. — Georgia State left Kidd Brewer Stadium with a first on Saturday, beating Appalachian State 39-23 for the first victory over the Mountaineers in program history. The Panthers are now 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the Sun Belt under coach Dell McGee, who…
From the HERE City State DeskSTATESBORO, Ga. — Max Johnson sliced up Marshall through the air and on the ground Saturday, throwing four touchdown passes and running for another score as Georgia Southern rolled 49-13 on Homecoming at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. Southern moved to five wins and four losses,…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON, Texas — Center back Lukas MacNaughton waited until the last attack of the MLS regular season to deliver, scoring in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time Saturday night as St. Louis CITY SC edged the Houston Dynamo 1-0 at Shell Energy Stadium and…
From the HERE City National DeskHONG KONG — American Claire Liu captured the first WTA Tour singles title of her career Sunday, closing the Hong Kong Tennis Open final with nine straight games to beat second seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 at Victoria Park. The opening set…
From the HERE City National DeskSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Top-ranked Miami is unbeaten no more. Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-3 cushion early in the third quarter Saturday night and then survived a frantic Hurricanes comeback for a 31-24 victory at Notre Dame Stadium. Both teams now sit at…
From the HERE City National DeskAUSTIN, Texas — Portland needed only three minutes on Decision Day to take control. Ariel Lassiter beat the Austin FC back line for an early goal, Kristoffer Velde doubled the margin in the 70th minute, and the Timbers won 2-0 at Q2 Stadium Saturday night…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will again be without wide receiver A.J. Brown when they host the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but the team is hopeful the 29-year-old can rejoin the lineup once the Week 11 bye is behind…
From the HERE City National DeskMADRID, Spain — The NFL takes over one of the most famous soccer venues on the planet Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons meet at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor arrived with a bold claim about his quarterback. At his…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — The second weekend of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs delivered one of its wildest finishes in Antioch, where ninth-seeded Sycamore knocked off the top seed 32-28 in a Class 5A game Saturday. Antioch appeared to score on a long heave…
From the HERE City National DeskWACO, Texas — Texas junior Oliver Ojakaar locked up a place in the NCAA Division I singles championships on Saturday by winning his quarterfinal at the ITA Central Sectional Championships. Ojakaar, the No. 2 seed and No. 43 in the national rankings, beat Oklahoma's Tito…
From HERE Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Foodees Fest is back in downtown Augusta through Sunday evening, with more than 100 food and craft vendors along Fifth and Reynolds Streets and a section of artisans and sellers on the Freedom Bridge. The yearly bazaar, which celebrates cuisines from across the country and around the…
Business
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — U-Haul Co. of Atlanta North said Saturday it is opening 30 days of no-cost storage and portable containers at 14 company stores for households mopping out after this week’s north Georgia floods. The offer covers new self-storage units and U-Box containers, depending on what is free at…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
Politics
DONALSONVILLE, Ga. — A memory card that never made it into Seminole County's vote totals has reversed the apparent winner of a southwest Georgia state House race, and Georgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is now investigating how the votes slipped through. State staff spotted the problem…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Full Medicaid expansion will lead the agenda when Keisha Lance Bottoms takes over as Georgia governor in January, and the Democrat has said she is ready to scrap the state's current work-based coverage program to get there. At her first news conference since winning the race, held…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Power customers will see a new balance of power at the agency that sets their electric rates when Democrats take three of the five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in January, the first Democratic majority on the board in three decades. Commissioner Peter Hubbard…
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