PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Wingard, the first Black president at Temple University, is resigning after a tumultuous tenure of less than two years and amid a surge of violence that has affected the north Philadelphia campus. The university said Tuesday evening that President Jason Wingard’s resignation goes into effect Friday. Officials vowed to ensure “the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing testimony about hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf will not take up that inquiry again this week, meaning any potential vote on an indictment won’t happen until next week at the earliest, two people familiar with
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By Alexandra Bahou Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WXYZ) — If there’s a Barbie girl living in her own Barbie world, that would definitely be Annie Penta of Ann Arbor. “I am a huge fan of Barbie,” said Penta. ”I used to be obsessed with going thrifting and collecting Barbie
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire through doors and
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA and MORGAN LEE Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican immigration lockup. Hours after the
Continue ReadingBy Kim Russell , Kent Saunders Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — In 1907, a group of men who loved art started a club that’s now known as the Scarab Club in Detroit. The founders were some of the time’s leading artists. If you visit, you will see the historic marker
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy’s own interplanetary meteorologist. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured Earth’s outer planetary neighbors in images from 2014 to 2022, documenting changes in the planets’ weather and seasons over time. With Jupiter at about 484 million miles (779 million
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By Evan Millward Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT, Kentucky (WCPO) — As construction goes vertical on Newport’s long-awaited Ovation project, its developers and architects are using the technology behind a popular video game to visualize how it will look when it’s completed. And it’s all done using just an Xbox controller. “Honestly,
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By Karla Cripps, CNN Bangkok has long been considered a world capital when it comes to street food. But these days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as alluring. An eatery in the Thai capital won the top spot at the 2023 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards, which were handed out at
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scott McTominay scored twice as Scotland upset Spain 2-0 in qualifying for the European Championship for its first win in 39 years over one of soccer’s biggest heavyweights. McTominay’s goals ended Spain’s 19-game unbeaten run in European qualifiers and put Scotland top of Group A with six points from two games.
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By Craig McKee Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WCPO) — As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. For Ken Williamson, the photos he snapped while deployed to the Vietnam War told a different side of the conflict. “You don’t ever hear about it and it was a very
Continue Reading MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews returned to the ice while also hinting his NHL career could be winding down. Toews skated with his teammates before their game against the Dallas Stars. It was his first time practicing with the Blackhawks since his most recent game in Edmonton in
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By Justin Gamble Using artificial intelligence and archival news articles, a teenager in Northern Virginia created a program to measure media biases — and in researching older news articles, she found that Black homicide victims were less likely to be humanized in news coverage. Emily Ocasio, an 18-year-old from Falls Church, Virginia, created an AI
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scott McTominay continued his good scoring form for Scotland by netting twice for the second straight game to give the hosts a surprising 2-0 win over Spain in qualifying for the 2024 European Championship. The Manchester United midfielder found the net once in each half to give Spain its first European
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy acknowledged in the aftermath of his second hat trick in five games that the puck these days feels as if it’s automatically going in the net each time he shoots it. Boldy has 11 goals in the past nine games for the
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By Dan Heching, CNN It’s somewhat hard to believe, but it’s been 25 years since the marvelous re-imagining of the Cinderella fairytale, “Ever After: A Cinderella Story” graced theaters, and star Drew Barrymore marked the occasion on her CBS talk show on Tuesday. Barrymore welcomed the actresses who played her stepsisters in the movie, Megan
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday its initial strategy to boost and strengthen the management of the country’s supply of infant formula. The announcement came just ahead of a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about what went wrong during last year’s infant formula shortage. Committee members
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey is returning to Texas for another Final Four, keenly aware that her LSU Tigers will play a short road trip from the school she made synonymous with women’s basketball. Mulkey is the third coach to take multiple schools to the Final Four, doing so
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey is returning to Texas for another Final Four, keenly aware that her LSU Tigers will play a short road trip from the school she made synonymous with women’s basketball. Mulkey is the third coach to take multiple schools to the Final Four, doing so
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man faces multiple charges after police say he was found with a knife on Thursday at a Columbia bank. Jonathan Travis Carpenter, 40, is charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $5,000 bond. An
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