UM Board of Curators set to take action on current mask policy
The UM Board of Curators is set to meet on Zoom at 4 p.m. on Monday, to discuss the system’s current mask policy.
Continue ReadingThe UM Board of Curators is set to meet on Zoom at 4 p.m. on Monday, to discuss the system’s current mask policy.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Mulholland, CNN A “cruise to nowhere” feels like a fitting metaphor for Covid-era Hong Kong. As with the city’s previous failed attempts to re-establish international travel, it offers a facsimile of forward movement that ends up taking you right back to where you started. While the possibility of traveling abroad is slowly returning
Continue ReadingBy Tara Mulholland, CNN A “cruise to nowhere” feels like a fitting metaphor for Covid-era Hong Kong. As with the city’s previous failed attempts to re-establish international travel, it offers a facsimile of forward movement that ends up taking you right back to where you started. While the possibility of traveling abroad is slowly returning
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has appeared in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead. The SITE Intelligence Group that monitors jihadist websites said the video was released Saturday. In it, al-Zawahri said that “Jerusalem Will Never be Judaized,” and praised
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN For many of its residents, Greenville was a safe haven. A community of fewer than 1,000 people in California’s Indian Valley, Greenville was such an idyllic mountain town it was the place where people wanted to rebuild their lives. That’s what Joan Carter and her husband, Dan, hoped to do, after their
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Britain is hailing a new sporting superstar after Emma Raducanu won the U.S. Open as a qualifier for one of the most improbable achievements in tennis history. Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were among those to congratulate the 18-year-old Raducanu after her 6-4, 6-3 victory
Continue ReadingTODAY: More hazy skies with highs in the low 90s. Breezes pick up in the afternoon and, along with low humidity, should help conditions stay comfortable. TOMORROW: We stay dry and hot in the low 90s again. Southerly winds may bring a little more humidity into Mid-MO for a feels-like in the mid-90s. EXTENDED: Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister in culturally conservative Somalia now aims for the country’s top office as the Horn of Africa nation moves toward a long-delayed presidential election. Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam is well
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The higher education minister in the new Taliban government says women can study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but that classrooms will be gender-segregated and that Islamic dress is compulsory. The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference Sunday,
Continue ReadingMULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police are searching for members of a gang accused of abusing minors and making pornographic videos in a marriage hall in the eastern Punjab province. Police say four suspects from the group were already arrested in a raid late Friday in the Sahiwal district. The men were presented before a
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense ministry says it detected a submarine believed to be Chinese off a southern Japanese island. The submarine remained submerged, but the ministry believes the sub is Chinese because a Chinese warship is nearby. The submarine moved northwest off the eastern coast and was heading west
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Never content to ply his wares on a regular runway, designer Thom Browne has long created theatrical productions instead for his fashion shows, building fantastical worlds peopled by other-worldly creatures. Returning to New York Fashion Week four years after he left to begin showing his clothes in Paris, Browne stayed
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Lil Nas X won video of the year at Sundays MTV VMAs on a night that Justin Bieber triumphantly returned to the stage as a performer and as winner of the artist of the year. Justin Bieber won artist of the year and kicked off Sunday’s ceremony with
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — North Sea oil and gas has helped make Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But as Norwegians head to the polls on Monday, fears about climate change have put the future of the industry at the top of the campaign agenda. The ruling
Continue ReadingGARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Chance Nolan passed for 302 yards and two touchdowns, and B.J. Baylor ran for 171 yards and three scores to lead Oregon State to a 45-27 victory over Hawaii. Nolan completed his first 13 passes as the Beavers (1-1) took a 24-7 halftime lead at the break.
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stanford rebounded from a season-opening loss with a 42-28 upset victory over No. 14 Southern California. Tanner McKee passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another score in his first collegiate start. Nathaniel Peat had an 87-yard touchdown run while racking up a career-high 115
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say that torrential monsoon rains and mudslides have flooded areas in northwestern Pakistan, destroying homes and killing at least 17 people. They say eleven bodies were recovered from the debris of mud and brick houses in the Tor Ghar district on Sunday, and rescuers were searching for the remaining victims,
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Joseph Bulovas connected on a 38-yard field goal with 19 seconds remaining, Ken Seals accounted for three scores and Vanderbilt beat Colorado State 24-21 to snap an 11-game losing streak. Seals drove the Commodores into field-goal range courtesy of a pass-interference penalty and a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Jaren Hall threw three touchdown passes and totaled 241 yards of offense, helping BYU beat No. 21 Utah 23-17. Tyler Allgeier added 109 yards on 27 carries as the Cougars snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Utes. BYU recorded its first victory in the rivalry
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN In many ways, Siggi was born an average puppy: sweet, cheerful and extremely playful. But the spotted rat terrier was also quite unusual. Due to a birth defect, her front paws were upside down. A team at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine was able to give Siggi a chance
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