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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation of religious freedom.The ruling late Friday from U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel was a victory for two conservative Christian colleges in the state: Crown College in St. Bonifacius and the University of Northwestern in Roseville. Those two institutions require their students to pledge to follow the school’s values and conduct rules, effectively barring…

Haji Wright, Jack Rudoni and Victor Torp all scored twice as Coventry marked a momentous day in their history with a 7-1 demolition of an abject QPR.Earlier on Saturday, the club announced they had purchased the Coventry Building Society Arena for the first time since it opened 20 years ago. The Sky Blues then completed a day none of their fans will ever forget as they ruthlessly exploited QPR’s generosity in defence to make it back-to-back wins in the Sky Bet Championship in stunning fashion.There was already a celebratory atmosphere among the Coventry fans before kick-off, but what followed was…

Birmingham claimed their first home league victory of the season with a narrow 1-0 triumph over Oxford thanks to Paik Seung-ho’s winner.The South Korea international struck just before the interval, converting Ethan Laird’s centre to inflict a third successive Sky Bet Championship defeat on Gary Rowett’s outfit. Paik’s effort was sufficient to separate the two teams and maintain the hosts’ unbeaten start to the campaign.The visitors had already been beaten by a single goal, and the pattern was extended. Oxford boss Rowett was making a return to the club where he spent three seasons as a player and managed Birmingham…

Luke Cundle’s first-half goal gave Millwall a 1-0 win at Sheffield United, extending their opponents’ losing start to the season to four games.The home side put in a much-improved performance in the second half, but they were unable to find a way past Steven Benda. United boss Ruben Selles named new signing Ben Godfrey in his starting line-up after signing the central defender on a season-long loan from Italian club Atalanta.The visitors were the first to threaten when Ryan Leonard drove only just over the crossbar. Image: Luke Cundle celebrates with team-mate Mihailo Ivanovic after giving Millwall the lead at…

Milutin Osmajic scored his third goal of the season as Preston secured an impressive 1-0 victory over promotion-chasing Ipswich in the Sky Bet Championship.The 26-year-old bagged an 11th-minute winner from the penalty spot after being fouled in the first instance by Jacob Greaves, just one week on from netting the decisive goal against Leicester. Preston are now unbeaten in three league matches with two clean sheets but their opponents are contrastingly winless in three, in spite of their expensively-assembled squad.Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna would not have seen too much wrong in terms of effort but would have been disappointed with…

Stoke continued their perfect start to the Championship season with a 2-1 win at Southampton to stay top of the table despite Divin Mubama’s red card.Lewis Baker and Sorba Thomas scored for the Potters in the second half either side of Mubama’s 59th-minute dismissal. Although Taylor Harwood-Bellis pulled one back for the Saints, Stoke stood firm to record their most impressive result so far this season.Saints started sharply and came close to opening the scoring when Brazilian full-back Welington’s fierce cross deflected off Shea Charles on to Jay Robinson before flashing past the near post.Will Still was forced into an…

West Brom head coach Ryan Mason was sent off as his side were held 1-1 by Portsmouth at The Hawthorns in the Sky Bet Championship.Mason was dismissed after 71 minutes by referee Elliot Bell for his furious reaction to what appeared to be an unpunished foul by Regan Poole on Aune Heggebo. Poole had already been booked and it came moments after Albion were denied a penalty when Heggebo appeared to be tripped by Connor Ogilvie.Mason was seen to kick out at the bench in the technical area and had words with the fourth official. Image: Mikey Johnston celebrates after…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York and North Carolina have begun to reopen beaches that had been closed due to Hurricane Erin, which sent strong winds and dangerous waves across the U.S. East Coast. Erin’s outer bands brushed North Carolina on Wednesday, but the storm never made landfall and caused no widespread damage to infrastructure despite being twice the size of an average hurricane. After progressing north in the Atlantic, it weakened into a post-tropical cyclone Friday, far from land. In North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Highway 12 on Hatteras Island opened at noon Saturday for residents, property owners and workers,…

The following is adapted from a presentation to the Gaza Tribunal in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, earlier this year. In this talk, I plan to trouble (or unsettle) the ways in which genocide studies has engaged with the ongoing genocide in Palestine, and the political power embedded in invoking genocide. To begin, I must state that what guides my theorisation are Palestinian voices and testimonies from the beginning of the Nakba in 1948 through the ongoing genocide today. Palestinian voices, like the voice of Fatmeh, the Gazan mother who went viral in October 2023 when she went to get food…

Aug 23, 2025, 09:17 AM ETRob Mac said profits from last season’s away shirt will be donated to the club’s Supporters Trust. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesWrexham co-owner Rob Mac has supported a U-turn by the club to allow Sheffield Wednesday fans to bring a banner to Saturday’s game calling for their owner Dejphon Chansiri to sell the club.Wednesday have been in trouble of going out of business this summer as a stormy past few months has seen the club hit with several EFL-imposed embargoes for financial breaches, including failing to pay players and staff on time in May, June…