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Northwestern hazing scandal puts school in company with schools such as Penn State
Northwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large payouts following allegations of sexual abuse. A fo...
Jul 18, 2023
DeSantis fights to reset his stagnant campaign as Trump dominates the 2024 conversation
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - For Ron DeSantis, it was supposed to be an important opportunity to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign. But yet again, the moment was overshadowed by D...
Jul 18, 2023
A key part of Biden's strategy to control immigration at the US-Mexico border gets a court hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit opposing an asylum rule that is a key part of the Biden administration's immigration policy. Critics say the rule endangers migrant...
Jul 18, 2023
IRS whistleblowers to testify to Congress as they claim 'slow-walking' of Hunter Biden case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whistleblowers claiming the Justice Department improperly interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden will testify before Congress on Wednesday as House Republicans a...
Jul 18, 2023
Officials see promise in a South Carolina prison unit where 'restorative justice' has boosted safety
TURBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina prison unit where older men with lengthier sentences mentor young adults preparing to reenter society is giving officials hope that a different approach to liv...
Jul 18, 2023
Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him
WASHINGTON (AP) - A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than a year...
Jul 18, 2023
Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador's unf...
Jul 18, 2023
Ezequiel Tovar and the bullpen lead Rockies to 4-3 win over Astros
DENVER (AP) - Ezequiel Tovar lined a go-ahead triple in the fourth and the Rockies beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night in a bullpen game where Colorado used seven pitchers. This had all the h...
Jul 18, 2023
Women's World Cup player payments will be distributed by federations
FIFA President Gianni Infantino could make no guarantee Wednesday that the member federations will distribute the $30,000 payments promised to every player at the Women's World Cup. He said at a news ...
Jul 18, 2023
UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch
BEIRUT (AP) - The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it will reduce monthly cash aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees living in two camps in Jordan because of what it described as an "unprecedented fu...
Jul 18, 2023