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13 Ways to Get Ready to Pay for Law School 07/23/2024 08:00pm • A career in law can be a lucrative choice, but going to law school leaves many students with substantial debt. And a high-paying job in law after graduation isn't a sure bet, so understanding the return on investment is critical. It's possible to reduce the sticker price of a law school education, a The Top 10 Largest Private Equity Firms in the World 07/23/2024 08:00pm • Many institutional investors have increased their allocations to private markets in recent years. The asset class is attractive because it has delivered high returns while having much less realized volatility than equities or fixed income. The combination of market-beating returns with diminished vo US is investigating Delta's flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage 07/23/2024 07:42pm • U.S. regulators are investigating why Delta Air Lines failed to recover as quickly as other airlines from a global technology breakdown and whether Delta's treatment of passengers stranded by canceled and delayed flights violated federal rules. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday anno Editorial Roundup: United States 07/23/2024 07:35pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 22 The Washington Post on what Kamala Harris needs to do to win the election With President Biden’s exit from the race, Democrats are quickly coalescing around Vice President Harris. Too quickly, arguably: Both she and the count Alabama universities shutter DEI offices, open new programs, to comply with new state law 07/23/2024 06:52pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The three University of Alabama System campuses on Tuesday shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices— and opened new offices — to comply with a new Republican-backed law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses in the state. The University of Al US Army worker who stole nearly $109 million to buy mansions and luxury cars is sentenced 07/23/2024 06:49pm • A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 ye After 3 straight losses to Michigan, Ohio State coach Ryan Day finds himself on hot seat 07/23/2024 06:03pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ohio State coach Ryan Day sounds confident and comfortable discussing this year's football team. Never mind the three Michigan banners hanging over his head and slightly behind the podium where he's speaking at the first of three Big Ten media days in Indianapolis — or that i Man pleads guilty to bribing a Minnesota juror with a bag of cash in COVID-19-related fraud case 07/23/2024 05:48pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a juror, admitting that Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention center 07/23/2024 05:45pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Temarkus Washington says the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at a troubled Chicago youth detention center still gives him nightmares. The 35-year-old spoke publicly about his experiences Tuesday, a day after joining two lawsuits collecting dozens of abuse allegations at th Newly acquired S Eddie Jackson finds plenty of familiar faces with the Baltimore Ravens 07/23/2024 05:39pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have shown they can make productive additions late in the offseason. No wonder hopes are so high for Eddie Jackson, the veteran safety they signed in the past few days. “We seem to do this all the time, just get these vets that come here and do Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally 07/23/2024 05:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents. Kimberly Cheatle, who had served a Heavy clouds, storms blanket the DC area as wet weather returns 07/23/2024 05:05pm • Keep your rain gear nearby. Wet weather is expected to return on Wednesday throughout the D.C. region. Here's what you need to know. It will be a cloudy day with a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms and temperature highs in the mid-80s. "Keep that umbrella or rain jacket on han Defending champion Liberty is the favorite to win Conference USA in the preseason media poll 07/23/2024 04:41pm • DALLAS (AP) — Liberty is favored to repeat as Conference USA champion, with Western Kentucky and Jacksonville State picked behind the Flames, according to a poll of media members who cover the league. The Flames, who received 18 of 20 first-place votes in the poll released last week, return 15 sta US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is resigning from office following his corruption conviction 07/23/2024 04:27pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will resign Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, he wrote in a letter to New Jersey's governor obtained by The Associated Press. Menendez had insisted after the Ju McMillon still leans on wrestling experience in roaming the secondary for Pittsburgh 07/23/2024 04:09pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Donovan McMillon roams Pittsburgh’s secondary thinking about angles to take on a ballcarrier and the eagerness to take him down in a 1-on-1 shot. The safety said his time on a very different stage — the wrestling mat — still influences how he manages those split-second