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2+ hour, 36+ min ago (794+ words) Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita (1) runs the ball against Arizona State in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. Credit: AP/Rick Scuteri The Big 12's championship game is set: Texas Tech vs. BYU. Arizona State's loss to Arizona on Friday night eliminated both the Sun Devils and Utah, meaning Texas Tech and BYU will play for the conference title no matter what happens in their games Saturday. Elsewhere, Indiana wrapped up a spot in the Big Ten title game, and Texas A&M fell out of contention in the SEC. Here's a look at where each league stands. (All records are in-conference records.) Standings: Virginia (6-1), SMU (6-1), Pitt (6-1), Georgia Tech (6-2), Duke (5-2), Miami (5-2). Significant games Saturday: Virginia Tech at Virginia, SMU at California, Miami at Pitt, Wake Forest at Duke. " Virginia and SMU can each…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago (84+ words) Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people." Today, you and I are kin. Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: This article is part of the podcast Engines of Our Ingenuity Resources like these are made possible by the generosity of our community of donors, foundations, and corporate partners. Join others and make your gift to Houston Public Media today!...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago (406+ words) Georgia will get a chance to defend its SEC championship, and it could come against its nemesis, Alabama. Brett Davis / Imagn Images Georgia will get a chance to defend its SEC championship, and it could come against the Bulldogs" nemesis, Alabama. Alternatively, it could come against Ole Miss, perhaps delaying coach Lane Kiffin"s decision on whether to leave Oxford. That"s the consequence of Texas"s win over Texas A&M on Friday night, which also eliminated the previously unbeaten Aggies from the SEC race. Georgia, which got a non-conference win over Georgia Tech on Friday, was already in the clubhouse with a 7-1 conference record. Ole Miss also got to 7-1 with a win at Mississippi State, while Texas A&M fell to 7-1 with the loss. That creates the possibility of a four-way tie for first place if Alabama (6-1) wins…...

9+ hour, 24+ min ago (166+ words) In-state rivals No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 16 Texas will square off tonight, with conference championship and playoff implications on the line. Fans can catch the must-see action on ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET, with streaming options available through Fubo, DirecTV Stream and Sling. New customers can score free trials and first-month discounts through both Fubo and DirecTV Stream. The undefeated Aggies are at the top of the SEC leaderboard, having won 11 straight games. They defeated Samford 48-0, last week led by quarterback Marcel Reed who threw for 120 yards and three touchdowns in the win. The Longhorns are 8-3 and have been somewhat unpredictable this season. They're coming off a 52-37 victory over Arkansas last week, in which quarterback Arch Manning threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns. No. 3 Texas A&M (11-0) vs. No. 16 Texas (8-3) When: Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 Where: Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin,…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago (219+ words) The Texas Longhorns play the Texas A&M Aggies in the Lone Star Showdown on Friday night in Austin. See the best photos from the rivalry match-up. The Texas A&M Aggies travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns as Royal-Memorial Stadium for the first time since 2010 in the storied Lone Star Showdown rivalry 16 Texas Longhorns, led by quarterback Arch Manning and coach Steve Sarkisian and will look to upset the No 3 Aggies, and quarterback Marcel Reed, who seek to protect their undefeated season. The last time the Aggies played in Austin, they won the matchup 24-17 in 2010 However, the Longhorns trounced the Aggies 17-7 to punch a ticket to the SEC championship game last season. The Texas A&M Aggies travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns as Royal-Memorial Stadium for the first time since 2010 in the storied Lone…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago (58+ words) A Southern California couple became the first residents to return to a rebuilt home in the Eaton Fire burn zone outside Los Angeles. That home is designed to resist any future fires. Jonathan Vigliotti looks at how new robot technology is being used to prevent wildfires in the first place. How cutting-edge robots can help prevent wildfires...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago (196+ words) The 2025 NBA Cup continues as group play wraps up. Here's everything you need to know about the third annual in-season tournament. What is the 76ers' ceiling? How good is the Maxey-Edgecombe duo? We talked to league insiders about the new era in Philly. James has scored in double-digits for nearly 1,300 straight games. But there is another streak that's even more remarkable -- and now in danger. NBA insiders breakdown this week's power rankings one month into the 2025-26 regular season. Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic are off to hot starts. After making more than $21 million across 11 seasons in the NBA, the NBA journeyman fell hard -- and, prosecutors allege, into a life of crime. Here's what led to the end of Nico Harrison's tenure with the Dallas Mavericks 11 games into the season, and how Mark Cuban was involved. Tim Bontemps…...

14+ hour, 3+ min ago (609+ words) November 28, 2025 / 6:13 PM EST / CBS News The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., according to an internal directive obtained by CBS News and two sources familiar with the order. The move is the administration's latest effort to tighten the American immigration system after Wednesday's attack, which was allegedly carried out by an Afghan man who was granted asylum by U.S. immigration officials earlier this year. Asylum officers at USCIS, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, were instructed to refrain from approving, denying or closing asylum applications received by the agency, according to the internal notice and sources, who requested anonymity to describe an action that has not been publicly announced." The action relayed to USCIS asylum officers internally…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago (139+ words) November 28, 2025 / 5:18 PM EST / AP President Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted in New York for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of last year, Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. He had served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people. Under Castro, Honduras has also received its citizens deported from the U.S. and acted as a bridge for deported Venezuelans who were then picked up by Venezuela in Honduras....

15+ hour, 58+ min ago (261+ words) AUSTIN, Texas " Arch Manning threw a touchdown pass and ran for the clinching score late in the fourth quarter and No. 16 Texas beat No. 3 Texas A&M, 27-17, on Friday night to spoil the Aggies" undefeated season and knock them out of the Southeastern Conference championship game. Manning"s 29-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Wingo in the third quarter gave Texas (9-3, 6-2 SEC, No. 16 CFP) a 13-10 lead in what had been a tight, defensive game. His 35-yard run up the middle on third down with 7:04 left to play put the Longhorns up 27-17. Texas, which started the season No. 1 and at one point was unranked, beat a top-10 opponent for the third time this season to keep alive any faint hopes of making the College Football Playoff for the third consecutive season. The Aggies (11-1, 7-1, No. 3 CFP) are all but assured their first playoff…...