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(STATS) - The FCS Kickoff had always matched two nationally ranked teams, but Saturday's sixth annual season-opening showcase didn't have any. Youngstown State apparently wants back in the rankings. ...Read more »

SAN DIEGO (AP) Tariq Thompson had an interception and a pass breakup in the closing minutes to help San Diego State beat Weber State 6-0 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Redshir...Read more »

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) Cody Orgeron threw two scores and McNeese held off a late Southern comeback to beat the Jaguars 34-28 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Elijah Mack's 3-yar...Read more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Tyler Johnston III accounted for two touchdowns, Myron Mitchell scored on a 98-yard kickoff return and UAB held off Alabama State 24-19 in a season opener on Thursday night. Ala...Read more »

NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Pat Kehoe ran for one touchdown and threw for two more as No. 22 Delaware won its ninth straight over in-state rival Delaware State, 32-13 Thursday night. The Blue Hens now have w...Read more »

BOSTON (AP) No cupcakes, no local rivals to open this season. Boston College jumped right into it with a victory over an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent. Anthony Brown threw two touchdown passes a...Read more »

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) Isaiah Green threw for a career-high four touchdowns and Talik Keaton returned a punt 67 yards for a score as Marshall opened the season with a dominating 56-17 victory over VM...Read more »

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Boise State has long carried the banner for the Mountain West Conference in head-to-head battles against the mighty Power Five teams. On Saturday night, fellow Mountain West member...Read more »

CINCINNATI (AP) Thursday night lights. National television. Power Five opponent. Cincinnati was more than ready for prime time - even sophomore safety Ja'von Hicks. Hicks led an opportunistic Bearcat...Read more »

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Xavier Jones ran for three touchdowns as SMU held on late for a 37-30 win over Arkansas State on Saturday in a season opener. SMU led by seven when Arkansas State began its final...Read more »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Coach Kirby Smart thinks his third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs showed him a glimpse of just how good they might be this season in a rare season opener inside the Southeastern Confer...Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) As happy as he was with his defense, Scott Frost was in no mood to celebrate after Nebraska's opener against South Alabama. Frost's coaching resume is built on offense, and he didn...Read more »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anthony Russo passed for 409 yards and four touchdowns and Temple breezed to a 56-12 victory over Bucknell on Saturday in a season opener for both teams. Russo, who finished 32-of...Read more »

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) Redshirt junior Pat Pappas threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more scores in his first career start and Morehead State won its season opener 44-7 against NAIA member Union ...Read more »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Don't tell coach P.J. Fleck that Minnesota's narrow win against FCS South Dakota State on Tuesday wasn't good enough. The Big Ten Gophers were double-digit favorites for the season's...Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - Dalton Sneed threw for a career-high 430 yards and had three passing touchdowns and another rushing to lead 25th-ranked Montana to a 31-17 win over South Dakota in the season ...Read more »

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Carlos Blackman threw his only pass of the night, an 80-yard scoring strike to Lujuan Winningham, and followed it with a 1-yard rushing score as Central Arkansas rallied to sc...Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — Francis Cole kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired and Central Connecticut rallied last in a season-opening 26-23 victory over Fordham on Saturday. Central Connecticut led 8-0 a...Read more »

PROVO, Utah (AP) Utah's defense picked up where it left off last season. BYU paid a steep price for it. The No. 14 Utes scored three touchdowns off three BYU turnovers to pull away for a 30-12 victor...Read more »

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Air Force was in no rush to pass. So the Falcons just rushed their way to a runaway win. Donald Hammond III scored three of Air Force's seven rushing touchdowns and the ...Read more »

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) Robert Riddle threw for four touchdowns and Tyray Devezin ran for two more as Mercer got off to a fast start on its way to a 49-27 victory over Western Carolina in the season ope...Read more »

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Ross Bowers threw a pair of touchdown passes to Tyrice Ritchie, including a 66-yard fourth-quarter bomb to put the Huskies on top for good, and Thomas Hammock won his coaching debut...Read more »

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited a hospital in Brasilia on Thursday night, leaving without speaking to reporters, with a source familiar with the matter saying the president had felt discomf...Read more »

Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a...Read more »

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has asked its employees to postpone all "non-essential" business travel to China in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a memo seen by Reuters...Read more »

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Democrats are deciding who they want to take on Trump - and it can be a noisy, chaotic process. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ObnxxK via IFTTT

Filippo Falcone has cooked in the same London restaurant since 1958. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aYoraU via IFTTT

Climate change is shifting our relationship with the animal kingdom and helping diseases evolve. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UaUzSt via IFTTT

Fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons has worked tirelessly and "masterfully" to save lives, close observers say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3195Lkb via IFTTT

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Why a film director feels compelled to tell desperate stories of migrants escaping their countries. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/38Xt82V via IFTTT

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China's Shandong province has asked companies not to resume working before Feb. 10 to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. from Reuters: Wo...Read more »

Japan plans to bring forward the date that the coronavirus will become a "designated infectious disease" to Saturday from Feb. 7, public broadcaster NHK said. from Reuters: World News h...Read more »

The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge Europe...Read more »

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The papers mark the day the UK leaves the EU - "Brexit day" - with a mixture of optimism and regret. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UaqUck via IFTTT

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health eme...Read more »

China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the country rose to 213 as of end-Thursday, with another 1,982 new cases confirmed. from Re...Read more »

Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a...Read more »

U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday during a speech in Michigan to reverse course on some deportations of Iraqi Christians whom his administration sought to remove earlier in his term, bu...Read more »

A charter flight carrying 367 South Koreans from Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China, landed at the Gimpo International Airport on Friday, South Korea's foreign ministry said. from ...Read more »

Ghana's president has declared the Year of Return targeting the African diaspora a great success - but is he right? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3aVYpVs via IFTTT

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Nii Lartey is an entrepreneur who says he was facing "a lot of negativity and self-doubt". He set up a running group to help other men open-up about issues. from BBC News - Home https://ift...Read more »

Once a year, captive elephants get pampered at the camp in India which has become a popular event. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36DC4sC via IFTTT

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Jim Marshall's pictures capture the true face of music in the 1960s and 70s. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36BKi4r via IFTTT

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Videos of pop star Dua Lipa at a strip club provoked a question: can a feminist go to a strip joint? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/37Dok2t via IFTTT

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The U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued a public designation for 13 current and former Salvadoran military officials for what it called gross human rights violations during El Salvador's civil w...Read more »

A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 ...Read more »