By Melissa Alonso, Lauren Mascarenhas and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require a diversity and inclusion statement as part of its hiring process, according to an email from a senior school leader obtained by The Harvard Crimson and The New York Times. The change
Continue ReadingBy ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has recognized a Palestinian state after the country’s parliament voted in support of the move, following in the recent steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway. Slovenia’s government endorsed a motion last week to recognize a Palestinian state, and sent the proposal to parliament for final
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By Alex Bozarjian Click here for updates on this story CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — A 6-year-old and his grandmother remain in the hospital nearly a week after a downed power line during last Tuesday’s severe weather shocked and burned the two. According to the family, Nathan and Charlotte Winters were at the Lake Conroe campground
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later. It’s not clear how often
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — It’s not often after graduating that you receive congratulations on social media from LeBron James. The NBA star’s congratulatory message on Tuesday was for Anthony Claytor of Akron, Ohio, who graduated from Kent State University in May, becoming the first student from James’ I Promise School to earn a
Continue ReadingBy Cassidy Wixom Click here for updates on this story CLEARFIELD, Utah (KSL) — A man shot and killed another driver who allegedly drove away after a “hit and run” crash in Clearfield on Monday evening, police said. A crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. near Industrial Parkway and state Route 193. One vehicle fled,
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A Cole County judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the status of a Republican candidate for a local state Senate seat.
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that – crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action. U.N. Trade and Development, formerly
Continue ReadingBy Luz Pena Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s fight against illegal fencing operations is intensifying. On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener announced SB 925 – a bill that would allow police officers to cite anyone selling stolen items on the streets. “If a person is cited twice for
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Wisconsin attorney general on Tuesday filed charges against three allies of Donald Trump accused of taking part in the effort to put forth a slate of fake electors and usurp the 2020 presidential election, according to online court records. The men – Kenneth Chesebro, a
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs a pilot
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The parent company of a Virginia facility that bred beagles to be sold to laboratories for drug experiments will now have to pay more than $35 million – the largest ever fine in an Animal Welfare Act case in history – prosecutors say. About 4,000 beagles were rescued from the facility
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story BOISE, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Family members have issued statements following a jury’s decision that Chad Daybell will be sentenced to death for the murder of Tammy Daybell, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Here are the statements: Tammy Daybell’s extended family We want to thank
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The state charges are the first to come in Wisconsin and follow
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Seventeen years after she was accused of killing her British roommate, Amanda Knox returned to an Italian court to hear the outcome of a slander charge that has stuck long after she was exonerated of the murder. Knox was reconvicted of slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily stopped observing the cosmos. NASA says the telescope slipped into a hibernating state more than a week ago when one of its gyroscopes malfunctioned. Hubble remains safe but inactive as flight controllers figure out how to resume scientific
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate. Conservative leader Rishi Sunak hoped to boost his party’s dismal outlook while Labour’s Keir Starmer aimed to cement
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Ross, the rapper who performed as Brother Marquis as a member of the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died, according to posts shared on 2 Live Crew’s social media accounts on Monday night. He was 58. No cause of death was shared. CNN has reached out
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life by Major League Baseball for betting on baseball games. As well as announcing Marcano’s punishment, the MLB also on Tuesday banned four other baseball players for a year apiece for violating betting rules. According to an MLB investigation, Marcano placed
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent who originally refused to step down even though his term was over has resigned, clearing the way for his successor named by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to take his spot. Regent Bob Atwell notified university leaders Monday that he was
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