Month: August 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former University of Kentucky student banned from campus for a racist attack on a Black student has pleaded guilty to assault and other charges. Sophia Rosing was in court in Lexington on Monday. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of assault, one count of disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times editorial board will stop endorsing candidates in New York elections. The head of opinion at The New York Times announced the decision in a statement on Monday. The statement did not give a reason for the decision but the board plans to continue offering perspective on the

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has extended the contract of athletic director Damon Evans through June 2029. Evans took over as athletic director in 2018. The Terrapins have won three national titles since then — in men’s soccer, women’s lacrosse and men’s lacrosse. The football team has won bowl games in

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Illinois must move most of the inmates housed at Stateville Correctional Center by Sept. 30 because of decrepit conditions. U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood issued the order Friday. The Illinois Department of Corrections says that’s in line with its plan to replace the century-old

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — About 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday along the California-Nevada line Monday that destroyed one home, temporarily closed Interstate 80 and continued to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno. No serious injuries have been reported in the blaze, which has burned about 500 acres (200 hectares)

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion, as well as attempts to gain access to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, days after the Trump campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran. The FBI released a brief statement

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s most populous county certified its primary election results Monday, setting in motion a recount for the Democratic nomination in an open congressional district where 42 votes separate the top contenders. The certification by the five-member Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is formally known as a canvass. The largely ministerial

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The rollout of new metal detectors made for a chaotic first day of school in Broward County. Scores of students on Monday were kept waiting in lines outside long after the first bell rang. Adding the security checkpoints to all the high schools in the district was

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox suspended Jarren Duran for two games on Monday without pay after he shouted a homophobic slur to a fan behind home plate who heckled him in a loss to the Houston Astros a day earlier. The exchange was caught on a live microphone during the broadcast

ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors in the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against rapper Young Thug and others returned to an Atlanta courtroom after an eight-week pause to find a new judge on the bench. After the original judge in the case was removed, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker was appointed to take