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WHO: Kyler Murray YEAR/POSITION/SCHOOL: Junior, QB, Oklahoma BIO: First-round Major League Baseball pick by the Oakland Athletics chose to return to campus and play football. Started his college football career at Texas A&M before transferring. Backed up Heisman winner Baker Mayfield last year. KEY STATS: Passed for 4,053 yards and 40 touchdowns with just seven

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Small-school rivals St. John’s and St. Thomas will play their next game in St. Paul at Allianz Field, the soon-to-open soccer stadium for Minnesota United. St. Thomas will move its home game on Oct. 19, 2019, to the new 19,400-capacity venue two miles about northeast of campus. In 2017, the Tommies

“Mary, Queen of Scots ” is an ambitious re-imagining of the Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I saga with modern flourishes and bold performances from Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. But the film, for all its prestige and edginess, its lofty goals and contemporary messages, is not a particularly engrossing experience. It’s a shame too, because

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for throwing a basketball at a fan during a game in Dallas. The fine was handed down Tuesday by league discipline executive Kiki VanDeWeghe. The incident occurred with 9:10 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 114-110 loss

WASHINGTON — The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Treasury Department and dozens of other entities as part of a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency. The flurry of subpoenas came a day after U.S. District Court

LOS ANGELES — “Black Panther,” ”A Star Is Born” and “Mary Poppins Returns” are among the American Film Institute’s top 10 films of the year. AFI announced its selections for the 19th AFI Awards Tuesday, recognizing works deemed culturally and artistically significant by a jury of AFI trustees, scholars and critics. The selected films include

NEW YORK — Hugh Jackman is set to launch a pop star-like tour next year, but he’s done his research: He’s been to a Beyonce concert. A Justin Timberlake concert. AND A MICHAEL JACKSON CONCERT. Jackman says he’s “seen some of the greats. And the great performers for me are the ones who can connect

SEATTLE — The NHL will make the Emerald City the home for its 32nd franchise after Seattle’s expansion bid was approved by the league’s Board of Governors. The move gives Seattle the major winter sports franchise it currently lacks and puts hockey in a market where the NHL believes it will thrive. A rundown of

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met Tuesday with executives from three big German automakers amid U.S.-European trade tensions focused on car exports and the threat of tariffs. Executives from BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen were invited to participate in a series of meetings with Trump’s top economic advisers to discuss investment opportunities in the United States,

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to meet briefly Tuesday with the heads of three leading German automakers. The meeting comes at a time of elevated U.S.-European trade tensions in which car exports have been a focus. Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on auto imports from Europe and other countries, citing U.S. trade deficits

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaskans were jolted by yet another big aftershock from last week’s powerful earthquake near the state’s largest city. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey say a 4.6 magnitude aftershock occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday and was felt in Anchorage. Geophysicist John Bellini says the aftershock is the 13th with a magnitude

INDIANAPOLIS — Lawmakers are criticizing Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s unilateral move to spend $1 billion in proceeds from a renegotiated toll road lease without their oversight. The Republican governor announced the windfall in September, which he is spending on road construction and pet projects. His administration argues it’s within their legal authority. But legislators in

CAIRO — Riots have broken out in a government-run prison in Yemen’s eastern city of Mukalla. Gunfire rang out Tuesday from the Central Prison of Mukalla, where more than 100 inmates had been transferred from a detention center run by the United Arab Emirates at the nearby Riyan airport. The Associated Press has documented rampant

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota State Patrol says troopers worked within agency guidelines on pursuits when they chased a speeding driver who subsequently struck three children in a north Minneapolis playground. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that the Patrol on Tuesday released squad car video of the June 11 chase. The six-minute pursuit ends when the

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Opponents are urging an Indiana city to stop a Roman Catholic church from demolishing a 19th century house to make way for a new rectory. Lafayette’s board of works on Tuesday declined to waive a 60-day waiting period for a demolition permit. But beyond that step, city attorney Ed Chosnek says the

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending November 30: Fiction 1. Have a Nice Day by Billy Crystal & Quinton Peeples, narrated by Justin Bartha, Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, Auli’l Cravalho, Billy Crystal, Rachel Dratch, Darrell Hammond, Christopher Jackson, Kevin Kline, Robin Thede & a full cast (Audible Studios) 2. Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA says next week’s Champions League game between Shakhtar Donetsk and Lyon has been moved to Ukraine’s capital Kiev after martial law was introduced in parts of the country. The game had been scheduled to take place in Kharkiv, where martial law is in effect, on Dec. 12. Both Shakhtar and Lyon

NEW YORK — Gregg Berhalter says he inherits a U.S. soccer team “with potential,” one that needs “direction” and “development” after missing the World Cup for the first time since the 1980s. Berhalter, who spent the past five seasons as coach of Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew, was introduced Tuesday and takes over an underachieving

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign and the breach has been reported to the FBI. Committee spokesman Ian Prior says Tuesday that the intrusion was by an “unknown entity,” but an internal investigation also has been launched. The statement did

MADRID — Spanish club Athletic Bilbao has fired coach Eduardo Berizzo after the team won only two of its first 15 matches this season. The Basque Country club made the announcement on Tuesday, a day after a 3-0 loss at Levante in the Spanish league. The result kept the Athletic winless in 13 league matches,

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma jail inmate is facing new charges after authorities say he attacked a detention officer and bit off parts of his ears. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Benjamin Buford assaulted the detention officer Saturday evening while the officer was removing food trays from inmates’ cells. Sheriff’s department spokesman Mark

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner is out for Sunday’s game in Oakland because of a sprained left ankle. Conner, who is second in the NFL with 12 rushing touchdowns, suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of a 33-30 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. The team initially described Conner’s injury as

BRUSSELS — The Latest on a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO nations: (all times local): 7:20 p.m. The Russian Foreign Ministry is denying U.S. and NATO allegations that Russia is violating a landmark nuclear that banned an entire class of weapons. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday: “Russia strictly

BRUSSELS — The Latest on a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO nations: (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will suspend its obligations under a landmark nuclear treaty in 60 days in response to Russia’s alleged violation of the pact. Pompeo said Tuesday after NATO allies supported

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has been fined $10,000 for his wild celebrations after the team’s last-minute winner in the Merseyside derby — although his counterpart at Everton saw no problem with them. Klopp ran onto the field at Anfield and jumped into the arms of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker after seeing Divock