By Laura Dolan and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wesleyan University will stop giving preferential treatment to applicants who are the children of alumni – joining a growing list of schools to end legacy admissions after the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action. “We will still value the ongoing relationships that come from multi-generational Wesleyan
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Some LIV Golf players have arrived for the British Open facing the prospect of playing in a major for the last time because of the uncertain future in golf. LIV players have been dropping in the world rankings and may not have enough points to
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Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in June, down from 3.7% in May, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday. It’s the fifth consecutive monthly decline in the state’s unemployment rate, down from a recent high of 4.8% in January.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — David Beckham, uno de los propietarios del club Inter Miami de la Major League Soccer (MLS), le dijo a CNN que ha estado trabajando para tener a Lionel Messi en su equipo desde 2019. “El momento en que Leo salió en televisión y anunció (…) que venía a Miami, ese fue un
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed coach Mark Daigneault to a multiyear contract extension after emerging as one of the NBA’s most improved teams. General manager Sam Presti announced the deal Wednesday but did not disclose the terms, per team policy. Daigneault led the Thunder to a 40-42 record and a play-in
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Four leading Oregon craft beverage producers, including Sunriver Brewing, are once again teaming up with Oregon Parks Forever this summer to raise funds to restore and beautify Oregon’s parks.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle-Renee Quinn Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — One Columbia woman says a newly-approved treatment for her rare neuromuscular disorder has been life changing. Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in February for those diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia − a rare, inherited, degenerative disease
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth wish Shannen Doherty would have stayed on “Beverly Hills, 90210” longer. Doherty left the hit series in 1994 after four seasons of playing Brenda Walsh. During an episode of their “90210MG” podcast, Spelling and Garth said if the show had taken a break to
Continue ReadingRUSTBURG, Va. (AP) — A court hearing for a Virginia lawmaker facing felony charges in connection with a hit-and-run was postponed this week after the judge failed to show up. Republican Del. Matt Fariss had been set for a bench trial Tuesday afternoon on a misdemeanor reckless driving charge in connection with the March incident
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and advisers are trying to figure out if there is evidence and witnesses they are unaware of that are bolstering special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to multiple sources familiar with Trump team’s legal
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — On Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump announced he had received a target letter, an indication he could soon be indicted, in special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into Trump’s lie-filled effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. On Tuesday night, Trump went out of
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors building a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election have asked for all security video from Atlanta’s State Farm Arena around polling day, according to a subpoena sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. The letter
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven. Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are searching for the suspects who shot five people in the city’s Feltonville section. The gunfire rang out around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday while a group of people were attending a vigil in the area of D Street and Wyoming Avenue.
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron has selected state legislator Robby Mills as his running mate in his campaign for governor. Cameron is adding another steadfast conservative to his ticket. Mills has a record of shepherding pro-coal and anti-transgender legislation that fits into Cameron’s campaign themes. Cameron introduced
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border following reports that Texas troopers were told to push back migrants into the Rio Grande and ordered not to give them water, calling those reports “troubling” in a statement to CNN. The Justice Department’s statement is the first
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they have found 27 corpses in clandestine graves in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas, and that many of them were hacked to pieces. Searchers said Wednesday that some of the corpses were so recently buried that skin with tattoos remained, and that has enabled
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Riyad Mahrez could be the latest big-name player heading to Saudi Arabia. The Manchester City winger was not included in a 25-man squad for the team’s preseason tour of Japan and South Korea amid reports he is joining Al-Ahli in a deal worth up to 30 million pounds ($38.7 million). Mahrez
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN New York (CNN) — Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity tools to some government and commercial customers following criticism of the tech giant’s handling of a major alleged Chinese hack that compromised US government email accounts. Starting in September, Microsoft cloud computing customers won’t have to pay extra money to get access
Continue ReadingCNN By Sean Lyngaas, CNN New York (CNN) — Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity tools to some government and commercial customers following criticism of the tech giant’s handling of a major alleged Chinese hack that compromised US government email accounts. Starting in September, Microsoft cloud computing customers won’t have to pay extra money to get
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