JOHN COHEN

AUBURN, Ala. — (AP) — Hugh Freeze's checkered past in the Southeastern Conference means he'll have to win more than just games. Now he has to win over fans tired of embarrassments, including the failed 21-game tenure of former coach Bryan Harsin. “Coach Freeze was completely transparent about his past transgressions,” Cohen said. In this way, Coach Freeze was honest and truthful.”Cohen did not take questions from reporters at the news conference. They were, ‘I’m sorry.’ But I’m like, I’m disappointed, (but) I’m not upset.”Freeze isn't the first high-profile coach with NCAA baggage that Auburn has hired.

Hugh Freeze’s checkered past in the Southeastern Conference means he’ll have to win more than just games.

Auburn announced Monday that it has hired Freeze, the ex-Ole Miss coach who most recently served as the head coach at Liberty. Auburn’s interest in Freeze reportedly intensified after Thanksgiving when current Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin decided to stay with the Rebels. "After a thoughtful, thorough, and well-vetted search, we ended where we started, with Hugh Freeze," Auburn athletic director John Cohen said. At Auburn, Freeze will be tasked with making the Tigers perennial contenders in the SEC West — something that recent Auburn coaches have shown is easier said than done with Nick Saban at Alabama. At Ole Miss, Freeze went 2-3 against Alabama.

Auburn hired Liberty coach Hugh Freeze to take over the football program more than five years after his resignation from SEC West rival Mississippi amid both personal and NCAA scandals.

After Auburn's firing of Bryan Harsin, here are some top candidates to be the Tigers' next head coach.

Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman commented on Auburn firing Bryan Harsin after the Razorbacks' win over the Tigers.

Auburn football coaching search is underway after firing Bryan Harsin. Here are 13 candidates who make sense, including Deion Sanders and Lane Kiffin.

The university announced Monday that Harsin has been fired just 21 games into his tenure as the Tigers’ coach. The Tigers lost 41-27 to Arkansas on Saturday, giving Harsin a 9-12 record as Auburn head coach. Numerous Auburn players transferred in the offseason amid rumors of program tumult and Auburn even launched an investigation into Harsin’s program. The former Boise State coach kept his job after that investigation, though the existence of that investigation was an obvious sign of dysfunction within the athletic department. Harsin has a career record of 85-36 as a head coach and is expected to receive a $15 million buyout.

A key architect of the U.S. response to 9/11 has been tapped to coordinate and amp up domestic counterterrorism efforts, Yahoo News has learned. “As the Department’s Counterterrorism Coordinator, Nick will report to the Secretary and serve as the principal counterterrorism adviser to our senior leadership,” the announcement said. In June, DHS launched an "urgent review" into the department's domestic terrorism and targeted violence efforts across its agencies and divisions after the deadly attacks in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y. , Yahoo News reported. “Nick’s experience in the Intelligence Community and as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center will serve him well as he performs the critical role at DHS,” Cohen told Yahoo News. At the Eradicate Hate Summit in Pittsburgh last month Rasmussen politely declined to confirm rumors circulating around the domestic terrorism prevention conference about his return to government.

"We have not identified any outside causality in any Anomalous Health Incidents," said Nichols in an exclusive interview for a new three-part series for Yahoo News' "Conspiracyland" podcast, "The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome." The series debuts today with an episode recounting how claims about Havana syndrome led to a breakdown in U.S. relations with Cuba. Instead of any hard evidence that Havana syndrome was the result of foreign attacks, Cohen added, he found little more than "a lot of conjecture, a lot of speculation — a lot of knowledgeable speculation. But no evidence of that alternative theory about Havana syndrome was found either, Cohen added. Their findings repeatedly seemed to undercut the idea that Havana syndrome was the result of hostile attacks.

Mississippi State has named Chris Jans its men’s basketball coach a day after he led New Mexico State in the NCAA Tournament's second round.

The NASCAR season opens with the Daytona 500 on Sunday, where more than 120,000 spectators are expected to watch reigning Cup champion Kyle Larson lead the field to green.

Bubba Wallace revisits his role in the national racial reckoning in an upcoming Netflix documentary.

Michael McDowell opened the first Daytona 500 practice session with a top speed of 192.736 mph.

Thousands of New Yorkers could be left without a home after the state's eviction moratorium expired. "The City" reporter Rachel Holliday Smith joined CBSN to discuss the response from landlords and the resources available for tenants.

After Jan. 6 failures, an intelligence official says agencies need to think differently about public, online statements about violence.

Among some circles on the far right, the idea of the Taliban presiding over Western defeat elicited a kind of glee.

Donald Trump has fuelled the pipe dream that he could be reinstated as president, telling supporters to look forward to '2024 or before!'

DHS's top counterterrorism official told members of Congress about the departments concerns in a private briefing.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up its social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) (Lynne Sladky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism. DHS will also train analysts on tracking social media and how to distinguish a threat from the exercise of free speech. Stewart also questioned the department’s plans to contract with private companies for social media data. And public posts on social media showed people expressing support for trying to stop the Electoral College certification, including by using force.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism.

The conference on Monday postponed Saturday’s game between No. 20 Auburn and Mississippi State because of positive COVID-19 cases and quarantining within the Bulldogs’ program. 5 Texas A&M paused in-person activities after a player and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a win at South Carolina. LSU is battling an outbreak that could put Saturday's game against No. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25.

The Justice Department doesnt have the manpower to surge agents to high-crime areas, so it is borrowing from Homeland Security. Throughout his presidency, Trump has leaned on Homeland Security to carry out his political objectives, including cracking down on illegal immigration and slowing legal immigration applications. Critics say the federal forces have stoked tensions, creating new images of violence that could lead frightened viewers to vote for Trump. Homeland Security first jumped into the federal response to the Floyd protests in May as some demonstrations erupted into sporadic violence around the country. But effort shifted into high gear over the July Fourth weekend as Homeland Security agents and officers from at least a half a dozen components of the sprawling organization were arriving in Portland.

And President Donald Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere as he makes law and order a central element in his struggling re-election campaign. A relatively small number of activists have vandalized downtown buildings, including the federal courthouse, and attacked police and federal agents. Federal officers and protesters clashed in the streets outside the federal courthouse. These and other legal actions could force the federal agents to change tactics or perhaps downsize their mission in the city. Trump, who sees the use of federal officers as a way to embarrass Democratic local officials, wants them used in other cities.

WASHINGTON The Trump administration has deployed agents with tactical gear to confront protesters in downtown Portland, Oregon. And President Donald Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere as he makes law and order a central element in his struggling re-election campaign. Federal officers and protesters clashed in the streets outside the federal courthouse. These and other legal actions could force the federal agents to change tactics or perhaps downsize their mission in the city. Trump, who sees the use of federal officers as a way to embarrass Democratic local officials, wants them used in other cities.