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From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s home game against Texas A&M at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia SC will kick off at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, and will be shown on national television. The Southeastern Conference released the start time on Monday, Oct. 26. It…
From HERE MemphisMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The NCAA has cleared Memphis Tigers center Nemanja Popovic to play college basketball, but the Serbian big man will have to wait a while before he can suit up for games that count. The university announced Monday that Popovic, 24, received two…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — High school seniors across Tennessee have less than a week left to sign up for Tennessee Promise, the state scholarship that pays tuition and required fees at community and technical colleges. The application window for the class of 2027 closes Nov. 2. The program works as a…
Politics
BRISTOL, Va. — Bristol, Va., voters who want to skip Election Day lines have one week left. In-person early voting for the Nov. 3 general and special elections continues at City Hall through Saturday, Oct. 31, according to the city's Office of Elections and Voter Registration. Early ballots are cast…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Immigrants in Tennessee who hold federal work permits, including young people enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, are being turned away when they try to renew their driver licenses, a result of an immigration law lawmakers passed in 2025. The measure, HB6001, rewrote the…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With early voting underway, a nonpartisan think tank has published a research report laying out what Constitutional Amendment 1 would do to the right to bail in Tennessee, and it concludes the change would reach further than similar measures in most other states. Tennessee has promised nearly…
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