By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a requirement for admission beginning with the class of 2029, joining other colleges that are again mandating tests for those hoping to enter the schools. In June 2020, Harvard began a temporary test-optional policy under
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Embattled airplane maker Boeing disclosed it lavished an additional $546,000 on the cost of personal air travel in recent years for four top executives, including CEO Dave Calhoun, who announced last month that he will leave the company by the end of the year. The increased spending
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — A trip back to a convenience store lead a Greenville, South Carolina, man to a $1 million lottery win, officials said. Holli Armstrong, with the South Carolina Education Lottery, released the details of the win that started by mistake. “It
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A subsidiary of Japanese-based Fujifilm Corp. plans to expand further a massive biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the state, even as the initial phase is not yet complete. Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies and Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Thursday the additional $1.2 billion investment in Holly Springs,
Continue ReadingMADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An 8-year-old Kentucky boy died of a fentanyl overdose last month, not from eating a batch of strawberries, authorities said this week. The family had told police they believed the boy had an allergic reaction and took him to a hospital with a rash. Police in the city of Madisonville charged
Continue ReadingKGO By Lena Howland Click here for updates on this story CUPERTINO, California (KGO) — This is what $1.7 million will get you on the western edge of Silicon Valley in Cupertino: A cozy 384-square-foot home, which is a little more than the average size of an American hotel room. “It’s time to bring out
Continue ReadingBy Lena Howland Click here for updates on this story CUPERTINO, California (KGO) — This is what $1.7 million will get you on the western edge of Silicon Valley in Cupertino: A cozy 384-square-foot home, which is a little more than the average size of an American hotel room. “It’s time to bring out the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — En el año en que Argentina cumple, por primera vez en su historia, 40 años ininterrumpidos de democracia, el país tiene un gobierno que confronta abiertamente las políticas llamadas de “Memoria, verdad y justicia”, que juzgan los delitos cometidos por la última dictadura militar (1976-1983), que incluye el secuestro, tortura, asesinato
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El gobierno municipal de Acapulco, Guerrero, en el sur de México, informó este jueves que personas desconocidas atacaron esta mañana con armas de fuego al director de la Policía Vial de Acapulco, Eduardo Chávez Manzanares, quien perdió la vida como consecuencia del ataque. En un comunicado, el gobierno local dijo
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Rodríguez and Tim Johns Click here for updates on this story PACIFICA, California (KGO) — For the second day in a row, the search for the entangled gray whale swimming off the coast of the Peninsula continues. Crews with The Marine Mammal Center and their partners were back out Wednesday looking for an
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising. The floods have sparked evacuations of thousands in the Orenburg region, located some 1,200 kilometers, about 745 miles, southeast of the capital of Moscow. The flooding started
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to reduce the size of the state’s deficit. The state Legislature on Thursday approved legislation that takes a number of steps to reduce the deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. The nonpartisan
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign sent a letter Thursday to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking for this year’s general election debates to take place “much earlier” and calling for more of them to be added to the schedule. “While the Commission on Presidential Debates has already announced three
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson, la exestrella de la NFL y locutor cuyos logros deportivos y fama se vieron eclipsados por su absolución en 1995 en los brutales asesinatos de su exesposa Nicole Brown Simpson y el amigo de ésta Ron Goldman —en lo que fue conocido como el “juicio del siglo”—,
Continue Reading By Elisabeth Buchwald and Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — Interest rate cuts have been the main focus for Wall Street ever since the end of last year, when Federal Reserve officials indicated they intended to lower rates. But stubborn inflation now has some investors wondering about the exact opposite: a rate hike. Inflation slowed substantially
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Múltiples gobiernos y autoridades condenaron de inmediato la entrada de la policía ecuatoriana el viernes a la embajada de México en Quito. En la reunión de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) este miércoles, solo un país, sin contar a Ecuador, se abstuvo de condenar la incursión para detener al
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture. A beloved football hero in the 1960s and ’70s, he transitioned effortlessly to movie star, sports commentator and TV pitchman. Then came the 1994 killings of his ex-wife
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities charged the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani on Thursday with federal bank fraud, alleging that he stole more than $16 million from the Japanese sensation to cover gambling bets and debts. Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, a constant presence beside Ohtani
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TODAY: Thursday afternoon sees blue skies poking through partly cloudy skies. Clouds will not likely make us overcast this evening, but they may bring a sprinkle or two. These clouds roll in from the north, the same direction our winds will blow from. Winds sustained between 15 and 20 mph gusting to 30 mph at
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new murder charges has offered to enter a plea and to return to prison for 50 years in exchange for avoiding going to trial and facing a possible death
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