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Month: August 2023

Georgia begins quest for 3rd straight championship as No. 1 in AP Top 25. Michigan, Ohio State next

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia will begin its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25. The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place

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Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer New guidance from the Biden administration on Monday urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions. Colleges can focus their recruiting in high minority areas, for example, and take steps to retain students

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El partido de Fernando Villavicencio, candidato presidencial asesinado en Ecuador, cambia su reemplazo por “falta de respuestas claras” del Consejo Electoral

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El partido Movimiento Construye de Ecuador, del que era candidato Fernando Villavicencio, eligió a un nuevo candidato para reemplazar al político asesinado, revocando una decisión previa del día anterior. El partido Movimiento Construye anunció este domingo en X, antes conocido como Twitter, que Christian Zurita será el candidato presidencial del partido

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Hunter Biden’s lawyers say gun portion of plea deal remains valid after special counsel announcement

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel has intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. As House Republicans continued their own investigations, Biden’s attorney

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‘Complete meltdown’: Driverless cars in San Francisco stall causing a traffic jam

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — San Francisco residents were caught off guard this weekend after Cruise self-driving cars caused a traffic jam, according to social media posts. The obstruction came a few days after California regulators approved robotaxi companies to operate their driverless cars 24/7 throughout the city. Videos posted on

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Hawaiian Electric stock plunges 40% after lawsuit alleges it failed to shut power off ahead of the Maui wildfires

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Hawaiian Electric’s stock tumbled to a 13-year low Monday morning, plummeting nearly 40% after a class action lawsuit filed over the weekend alleged that Maui’s devastating wildfires were caused by the utility’s energized power lines that were knocked down by strong winds. The utility says it provides

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Moisés Caicedo: The $5.7 million bargain who became the most expensive player in British soccer history

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — When English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion signed an Ecuadorian midfielder from Independiente del Valle for just £4.5 million ($5.7 million), unsurprisingly there was little fanfare surrounding the transfer. Fast forward two years and the teenage midfielder with just a handful of professional appearances to his name

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