By Molly Reinmann, Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration has taken aim at a series of elite colleges and universities during his second term, marking a key effort to exert control over higher education — and one that has required targeted schools to respond accordingly. While the schools targeted with canceled federal
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Warning signs have been flashing for months that the US job market has been losing steam. That became starkly clearer in July, and the early data for August isn’t looking much better. New metrics released Thursday showed that first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to an 11-week high; that
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Harrods, the high-end London department store, has applied to local authorities for permission to remove sculptures of disgraced former owner Mohamed Al Fayed from its interior. The renowned business, which started life as a grocery store in 1849, has submitted detailed plans to overhaul its Egyptian-themed hall and a
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kim Novak was worried she’d made a mistake. The 92-year-old star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” had made the long trek from Oregon to Venice, Italy, for the film festival. There she’d be receiving a lifetime achievement award and supporting the world premiere of a documentary
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The worlds of art, luxury and design have long fixated on the elusive “young collector” — Gen-Z and millennial buyers whose shopping habits and status signifiers will drive spending for decades to come. The matter of where to reach them — online — is self-evident. Beyond that, however, lie
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Sept. 5 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Brisbane at Geelong 1 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 — AFL Qualifier: Hawthorn at Greater Western Sydney 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Gold Coast at Fremantle AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 27 14 .659 — x-New York 24 17 .585 3 Indiana 21 20 .512 6 Washington 16 26 .381 11½ Chicago 10 30 .250 16½ Connecticut 10 31 .244 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 32 9 .780 — x-Phoenix 27 14 .659
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By Ben Morse, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Ethan Pritchard, a linebacker for the Florida State (FSU) Seminoles football team, was shot in the back of the head on Sunday and remains in hospital, his father has said. Speaking to CNN affiliate WFTV, Earl Pritchard said that his son was shot when driving his aunt
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 17 7 5 56 54 34 Minnesota United 14 6 9 51 48 32 Vancouver 14 6 7 49 47 31 Seattle 12 7 8 44 48 38 Los Angeles FC 11 7 8 41 45 33 Portland 10 9 9
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 81 59 .579 — New York 78 62 .557 3 Boston 78 63 .553 3½ Tampa Bay 71 69 .507 10 Baltimore 64 76 .457 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 60 .574 — Kansas City 71 69 .507 9½ Cleveland 69
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 81 59 .579 — New York 75 65 .536 6 Miami 65 75 .464 16 Atlanta 63 77 .450 18 Washington 56 83 .403 24½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 86 55 .610 — Chicago 80 60 .571 5½ Cincinnati 70 70 .500
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 81 59 .579 — New York 78 62 .557 3 Boston 78 63 .553 3½ Tampa Bay 71 69 .507 10 Baltimore 64 76 .457 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 60 .574 — Kansas City 71 69 .507 9½ Cleveland 69
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 81 59 .579 — — 5-5 W-2 45-24 36-35 704 642 62 New York 78 62 .557 3 +5 8-2 W-1 41-28 37-34 741 598 143 Boston 78 63 .553 3½ +4½ 7-3 L-1 44-28
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 New
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By COLLEEN BARRY and DANIELA PETROFF AP Fashion Writers MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, died Thursday, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Armani died at home, “peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones,” the fashion house said. “Indefatigable to
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By COLLEEN BARRY and DANIELA PETROFF AP Fashion Writers MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, died Thursday, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Armani died at home, “peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones,” the fashion house said. “Indefatigable to
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of American Eagle Outfitters spiked 31% at the opening bell Thursday after the teen clothing retailer said the frenzy surrounding its Sydney Sweeney ad campaign drew new customers during its most recent quarter. American Eagle rolled out its new new ad campaign starring 27-year-old actor over the summer.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. The shallow, 6.0-magnitude quake struck the mountainous and remote eastern part of the country late Sunday, leveling
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. Trump has exulted in the attention from some of the world’s most successful businesspeople, while the
Continue Reading By WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said Thursday, as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group’s 2023
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) — Germany is leading a major military exercise that focuses on moving troops and equipment to Lithuania as tensions with Russia on the eastern fringe of NATO simmer. The German military leadership joined ambassadors of the Baltic nations and officers from other countries in the port of
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports’ “NFL Sunday” pregame show will go on the road for the Week 2 Super Bowl rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. Fox’s pregame show on Sept. 14 will be two hours, starting at 11 a.m. EDT from KC Live! in the Kansas City Power & Light
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia. Macron spoke after a meeting in Paris of the so-called “coalition
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Lorena is weakening and was expected to revert to a tropical storm Thursday, forecasters said, adding there’s still a risk of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides for parts of Mexico’s west coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center also issued watches for parts of the U.S. Southwest, where heavy rainfall from Lorena
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Opinion by Dr. Josh Green (CNN) — As a father, a physician and a governor, it is my responsibility to protect every community in my state – especially the most vulnerable – from threats to their health and safety, and to advocate for the public health of the entire country. That is why I am
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Stephen Miran, the White House economist President Donald Trump nominated to the Federal Reserve’s top ranks, just got an earful about the importance of the central bank’s independence – just as the Trump administration actively defends removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook from her post. The Senate Banking Committee
Continue Reading ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Caleres Inc. (CAL) on Thursday reported earnings of $6.7 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 20 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 35 cents per share. The footwear wholesaler and retailer
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vaults into national prominence as a Democratic leader, he may one day look back at Thursday as a key step in that direction. SiriusXM announced that it was giving Beshear’s new podcast a national platform starting this month, along with
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vaults into national prominence as a Democratic leader, he may one day look back at Thursday as a key step in that direction. SiriusXM announced that it was giving Beshear’s new podcast a national platform starting this month, along with
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Brace yourselves, workers. Your health insurance at the job could cost you a lot more in 2026. Although overall inflation is more muted than a few years ago, employers are preparing for the steepest increase in health benefit costs in 15 years, according to Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored
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