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07/09/25

Think you can do better than an AP Top 25 college football poll voter? Prove it. Submit your ballot in the Top 25 Fan Poll.

07/09/25

Oregon and Georgia swap places in the AP Top 25, Florida State cracks the top 10 and Florida drops out completely. See where other top teams rank after a week of blowouts. apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col…

07/09/25

Ask AP Top 25 college football poll voter and reporters your questions. Week 3's poll drops at 2 p.m. ET. apnews.com/live/top-25-colle…

07/09/25

Ned’s shell coils to the left, not the right, making him the 1 in 40,000 snails whose sex organs don’t line up with those of the rest of their species.

07/09/25

BREAKING: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has won Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix. apnews.com/article/f1-italia…

07/09/25

BREAKING: A drone launched from Yemen by the Houthi militant group has hit Israel’s southern airport, closing the airspace and halting flights, the Israeli military said. apnews.com/article/israel-ye…

07/09/25

BREAKING: South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. on the release of South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. apnews.com/article/us-south-…

07/09/25

BREAKING: Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns following calls to take responsibility for historic defeat in July's parliamentary election. apnews.com/article/japan-ish…

07/09/25

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV has declared 15-year-old computer whiz Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. apnews.com/article/leo-canon…

07/09/25

BREAKING: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for its big loss in the July parliamentary election, Japanese television reports. apnews.com/article/japan-ish…

07/09/25

BREAKING: Officials say Russia attacked Ukraine with 805 drones and decoys overnight on Sunday, the largest such attack since the full-scale invasion. apnews.com/article/russia-uk…

07/09/25

BREAKING: Powerball players in Missouri and Texas to split $1.8 billion jackpot, ending three-month drought without a big winner. apnews.com/article/powerball…

07/09/25

Associated Press reporters saw a plume of smoke rising from the roof of Kyiv’s cabinet of ministers building, but it was not immediately clear if the smoke was the result of a direct hit, which would mark an escalation in Russia’s air campaign. apnews.com/article/russia-uk…

07/09/25

BREAKING: A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least two people and injured 11, Ukrainian officials said. apnews.com/article/russia-uk…

07/09/25

The world’s largest and most enduring iceberg, known as A23A, is splintering into smaller pieces, to the point that it’s no longer the biggest chunk of ice floating in the oceans. Read more: bit.ly/4niBpV1

07/09/25

Kokichi Akuzawa almost gave up during his trek to became the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji at 102 years old. His achievement is now recognized by Guinness World Records after he reached the top in early August.

06/09/25

Ready for tomorrow's AP Top 25 poll drop? Catch up on everything you need to know about this weekend's biggest games. apnews.com/hub/college-footb…

06/09/25

They're known as 'hero rats' and for good reason. In Tanzania, African giant pouched rats are being trained to sniff out landmines, diseases and even humans buried under rubble. They have a highly sensitive sense of smell, which makes them invaluable during lifesaving missions.

06/09/25

BREAKING: Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986 has died. apnews.com/article/davey-joh…

06/09/25

Buckingham Palace says the Duchess of Kent has died at the age of 92. Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, the duchess was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. apnews.com/article/duchess-o…

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2x 90 mark/ 90 min exam

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Performing at a Grade 5 in Classical Civilisation.