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Bills QB Josh Allen credits fiancee Hailee Steinfeld with influencing his MVP-caliber season

AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The reason Josh Allen is making his NFL MVP case this season while playing with such joyful abandon is obvious to Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins. It must be love. “There’s something about it,” Dawkins said Wednesday, referring to the quarterback’s recent engagement to actor/singer Hailee

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Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges

AP Education Writers Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools. Georgetown’s then-president, for example, listed a prospective student on his “president’s list” after meeting her and her wealthy father at an Idaho conference known

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California wants to give degrees based on skills — not grades. It’s dividing this college

CalMatters California’s community colleges are experimenting with a radical new model of education, but some professors are pushing back. Faculty at Madera Community College have become the most vocal opposition, though issues with the new education model have popped up across the state. In the new model, known as competency-based education, students don’t receive grades

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EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The incoming Trump administration is likely to try to reverse the action. The California rule is

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Accident or homicide? Medical rulings in arrest-related deaths can dictate what happens to police

Associated Press Sitting alone in her car, Jen Dold was crying too hard to drive. She had just received a manila envelope with her brother’s autopsy report. There it was, one devastating word: “accident.” The papers trembled in her hands. Their mother had called 911 for help getting Dold’s 29-year-old brother, Alex, to the hospital

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