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The Long Beach-based California State University system will abandon the use of SAT and ACT tests in its admission process, permanently adopting a policy today that was implemented on a temporary basis during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to scrap the use of the standardized tests in admissions decisions,
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Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: David A. Andelman, colaborador de CNN y ganador en dos ocasiones del Premio del Club Deadline, es Caballero de la Legión de Honor francesa, autor de “A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen” y el blog SubStack Andelman Unleashed. Anteriormente
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — CTA Red Line trains were delayed Wednesday when a raccoon got onto the tracks in the State Street subway section of the line downtown. At 11:30 a.m., the Chicago Transit Authority said southbound Red Line trains were halted near the Lake Street
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS criminal investigation arm tasked with tracking down sanctioned Russian oligarchs’ property failed to receive an infusion of money in the Ukraine aid package. This appears to be because of broader reluctance by Republicans to put more money into IRS enforcement actions. Republicans close to the
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — UEFA is exploring fresh action against Russia to thwart a bid to host soccer’s European Championship that was launched on Wednesday, one month after invading its neighbor and seeing its teams suspended from international competitions over the war in Ukraine. The late declaration of interest
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Officials say Anthony Crudup Jr. has been found safe. In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, officials said Anthony was located at a residence near 44th and Capitol. He was medically cleared at the scene and is in the process of being reunited
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN The star ingredient responsible for an airy, bubbly pizza crust is yeast. As cells that eat sugar and convert into carbon dioxide, yeast is what makes dough rise — yet Italian scientists have discovered a way to make pizza dough without it. Because of a severe yeast allergy, Italian materials scientist
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Clarke Raines was found guilty today of murdering his mother, who prosecutors and investigators say he hog-tied. The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office said he also was found guilty of 13 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. The victim,
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El embajador de Nicaragua ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Arturo McFields, tomó distancia de su gobierno y denunció este miércoles ante el Consejo Permanente del organismo que el gobierno de Daniel Ortega es una “dictadura” y que él no puede “seguir guardando silencio y defender lo indefendible”.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus. The former Soviet nation’s state media reported Tuesday that Evan Neumann of Mill Valley was granted asylum. Federal authorities say he assaulted police and used
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Numerous people have been accused of partaking in what Henderson County authorities are calling a “criminal enterprise.” The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) says a months-long investigation alongside Loss Prevention teams from Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart has resulted
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams and head coach Lincoln Riley are back at work together as spring football begins at Southern California. The quarterback who seized the starting job at Oklahoma midway through his freshman season is starting over on the West Coast. But it isn’t a completely
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams and head coach Lincoln Riley are back at work together as spring football begins at Southern California. The quarterback who seized the starting job at Oklahoma midway through his freshman season is starting over on the West Coast. But it isn’t a completely
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Revenge over a social media insult motivated last year’s sensational slaying of a Happy Hill couple whose home exploded during a hail of gunfire, a police investigator testified Tuesday. Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis found prosecutors had presented enough evidence
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fifth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate, and prosecutors say more arrests are expected at the lockup. Enrique Chavez is a food service foreman at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, California.
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British fashion designer Keanan Duffty presented rock ‘n’ roll and other rebel fashion to the runway. It was a sold out crowd for the 4th night of Fashion Week. Wednesday will feature the collection of Canadian designer Christopher Bates, showing off his spring/summer 2022 menswear and womenswear. On Thursday, FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise) will present
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The British government will allow Chelsea to sell some tickets again under the terms of its sanctioning license, meaning Real Madrid supporters can attend the Champions League quarterfinal at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea had been banned from selling tickets after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned last
Continue Reading The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials Wednesday that “a number of Western countries made illegitimate decisions on the so-called freezing of the Russian assets, effectively drawing
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer A total of 156 players agreed to contracts in the hours before the delayed deadline to exchange proposed salaries with teams in arbitration and just three reached multiyear deals, all for two years: third baseman Matt Chapman and Toronto at $25 million, outfielder Darin Ruf and San Francisco at
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — After seven seasons with the Colorado Rockies, Jon Gray moved on to the Texas Rangers in the offseason with a four-year, $56 million contract. The 30-year-old right-hander figures to be the anchor of the rotation in the wake of a 102-loss season that resulted in Texas
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