By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients for the international exchange program. A statement published online by board members said the administration usurped the board’s authority
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By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer All 12 members of the board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients for the international exchange program. A statement published online by the board members said the administration usurped the board’s authority
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By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts said. “We want to wean off
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By Mythili Gubbi Click here for updates on this story WEBER COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — A black bear was found in Ogden Valley this weekend and met an unfortunate ending. Mark Hadley with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said they received reports of a black bear in the Nordic Valley area on Friday. Officials
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Análisis de Aaron Blake, CNN Existe una creciente opinión generalizada sobre las deportaciones y movilizaciones de militares cada vez más agresivas de la administración de Trump, que subyacen a las escenas en Los Ángeles. Se sostiene que la gente realmente quiere deportar a inmigrantes indocumentados. Y que eso significa que no simpatizan con los manifestantes
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have identified a previously unknown 86 million-year-old dinosaur species that fills an early gap in the fossil record of tyrannosaurs, revealing how they evolved to become massive apex predators. Researchers analyzing the species’ remains have named it Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, which translates to “dragon prince of Mongolia,” because it
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By Ben Winslow Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have approved Utah’s request to ban the purchase of soda pop with SNAP funds. The waivers, sought by the state of Utah after a bill
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nintendo says it sold more than 3.5 million of its new Switch 2 gaming consoles within the first four days since its release — breaking a record for the company. In a Wednesday announcement, Nintendo said that this marks the “highest global sales level” for any of hardware it’s sold within
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa governor rejects GOP lawmakers’ bill to increase regulations on Summit Carbon Solutions’ carbon dioxide pipeline.
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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 41 25 .621 — Toronto 38 30 .559 4 Tampa Bay 36 32 .529 6 Boston 34 36 .486 9 Baltimore 27 39 .409 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 44 25 .638 — Minnesota 36 31 .537 7 Cleveland 35 32
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 44 24 .647 — Philadelphia 39 29 .574 5 Washington 30 37 .448 13½ Atlanta 29 38 .433 14½ Miami 25 41 .379 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 41 27 .603 — St. Louis 36 32 .529 5 Milwaukee 36 33
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 41 25 .621 — Toronto 38 30 .559 4 Tampa Bay 36 32 .529 6 Boston 34 36 .486 9 Baltimore 27 39 .409 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 44 25 .638 — Minnesota 36 31 .537 7 Cleveland 35 32
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Continue Reading CNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Silvana Giudici, diputada nacional del PRO, habló este miércoles con Regreso CNN, el programa de Mariana Arias y Pepe Gil Vidal, sobre la condena a la expresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en la causa Vialidad, y aseguró que “se abre un camino muy importante para Argentina”. “Esta es
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in Berlin. He was addressing tens of thousands of fans at a stadium built for the 1936 Olympic Games that still bears
Continue Reading Morgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Forgetting things is frustrating, but humans aren’t designed to remember everything. An expert offers five tips to improve your memory of the important things. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Weapon watch: To quell protests in Los Angeles,
Continue Reading CNN Morgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Forgetting things is frustrating, but humans aren’t designed to remember everything. An expert offers five tips to improve your memory of the important things. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Weapon watch: To quell protests in Los
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post on Wednesday announced it has a new Opinion editor. The move comes four months after it announced a “significant shift” to the Opinion page and the departure of its embattled section chief. Adam O’Neal, who currently serves as The Economist’s Washington correspondent, will take over as
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By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US State and Defense departments on Wednesday made efforts to arrange the departure of non-essential personnel from locations around the Middle East, according to US officials and sources familiar with the efforts. It’s not clear what is causing the sudden change in posture,
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By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant told a New Hampshire jury Wednesday that he doesn’t regret sending voters robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic former President Joe Biden and that he’s confident he didn’t break the law. Steven Kramer, 56, of New Orleans, has long admitted to orchestrating
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of two deceased hostages were recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency announced Wednesday evening. Yair Yaakov was killed during by Islamic Jihad militants during the Hamas-led terror attack on October 7, 2023. Yaakov, who was
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to remain in the state and help the St. Louis area recover from a devastating tornado. House passage sends the legislative
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — The library at Starms Discovery Learning Center has cheerful peach and blue walls, and squat wooden shelves filled with books wrapped in thick plastic jackets to protect them from the touches and smudges of many small hands. On Monday, the library became a place to exchange other stories,
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By Dakin Andone, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend one step closer to its blockbuster conclusion. Judge Beverly Cannone indicated closing arguments will begin Friday, with jurors expected to begin deliberating thereafter. Prosecutors have accused
Continue Reading Por Laura Paddison, CNN El colapso de una red crucial de corrientes oceánicas del Atlántico podría congelar profundamente algunas partes del mundo, con temperaturas invernales que descenderían a alrededor de -55 grados Fahrenheit en algunas ciudades, lo que traería “profundos impactos climáticos y sociales”, según un nuevo estudio. Existe una creciente preocupación por el futuro
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday. And while some troops have already gone on such missions, he said it’s too early to say if
Continue Reading CNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Graciela Ocaña, legisladora de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, se refirió este miércoles en diálogo con Regreso CNN, con Mariana Arias y Pepe Gil Vidal, a la reciente condena judicial contra la expresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. “Quedó demostrado que hay justicia y la impunidad no es la
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Missouri Department of Conservation’s announcement of the indefinite closure of the Pigeon Hill shooting range has sparked controversy among community members.
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By Meg Tirrell, Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is reinstating more than 450 employees at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired as part of a massive reorganization in April, including workers focused on HIV and childhood lead exposure. More than 200 employees
Continue Reading By Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — When an alleged hacker known as “Waifu” violently threatened her online, cybersecurity researcher Allison Nixon set out to unmask them. Now Connor Riley Moucka, a 25 year old from Kitchener, Ont., is being held in Canada as he awaits extradition to
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