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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Under a new era of conservative leadership, Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature will gather Monday for a special legislative session that could reshape the state’s criminal justice system and the public safety sector. Among the more than two dozen bills filed ahead of session is legislation that proposes expanding methods to carry out death row executions, restricting …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will compete in the women’s football tournament at the Paris Olympic Games after beating the Solomon Islands 11-1 in the final of the Oceania qualifying tournament Monday in Apia, Samoa. Hannah Wilkinson, who scored the first goal of the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia last year, was one of four …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. William & Mary Tribe (8-18, 3-10 CAA) at Charleston (SC) Cougars (19-7, 10-3 CAA) Charleston, South Carolina; Monday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -17.5; over/under is …