College basketball rankings: Purdue jumps to No. 1 in Top 25 And 1 after Alabama beats top-ranked Houston

Nate Oats has in short order turned Alabama into a consistent winner that’s committed to a style that makes the Crimson Tide a dangerous matchup for anybody.

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‘Never quit learning’: 90-year-old great-grandmother, who first started college in 1951, graduates from Northern Illinois University

Few people finish their college education in a retirement facility. But that’s what it took for 90-year-old Joyce DeFauw to complete her bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Northern Illinois University, a milestone nearly seven decades in the making.

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Report: Tom Brady considering ‘all options’ for 2023

“All options are on the table” for Tom Brady in 2023, NFL Network reported Sunday.

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Daily Hope: There’s Purpose to Your Work Problems

Have you ever had a problem at work? Of course you have. Everyone—no matter where they work or who they work with—has had some kind of trouble at some point in their job.

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Paul Silas, three-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79

Legendary NBA player and former coach Paul Silas has died at the age of 79, the Houston Rockets confirmed. Silas spent 16 years as an NBA player, winning three championships, two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a two-time All-Star and a five-time All-Defensive player during his playing career which spanned five teams over nearly two decades.

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Bill O’Reilly: The Deal

President Biden loves to say, “here’s the deal.” But very often, the actual deal is nowhere near Mr. Biden’s capacity to understand it.

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Majority of Americans don’t want Biden or Trump to run again in 2024, CNBC survey shows

“No thanks!”

That’s how majorities of the public responded when the CNBC All-America Economic Survey asked if President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump should run again for president.

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As attendance dips, churches change to stay relevant for a new wave of worshippers

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s Sunday morning and a small group sits around a fire pit in a community garden under the limbs of an expansive box elder tree. Church is about to start. And it’s cold.

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Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi in custody, DOJ confirms

The Lockerbie bombing suspect was taken into custody on Sunday.

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