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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 Stanford, Cal ready for cross-country flights this football season in their new ACC home 07/23/2024 06:44pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� California���s Fernando Mendoza and Stanford���s Ashton Daniels are quarterbacks for rival football programs in the Golden State, part of the long history of a rivalry known as simply as the ���Big Game.��� Last summer, they were united in their dismay at watching the Pac-12 Proposal to create a new political mapmaking system in Ohio qualifies for November ballot 07/23/2024 06:28pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A proposal to change Ohio���s troubled political mapmaking system has qualified for November's statewide ballot, the state's elections chief announced Tuesday. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the bipartisan Citizens Not Politicians had submitted 535,005 valid 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 Massachusetts issues tighter restrictions on access to homeless shelter system 07/23/2024 05:52pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled new restrictions Tuesday on the state's homeless family shelter programs. Beginning Aug. 1, families that are not prioritized for placement in emergency assistance shelters will be eligible to stay at overflow sites for just five days. Healey Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search 07/23/2024 05:50pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google���s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire. The second-quarter report released Tuesday showed that Google is still reeling in adverti How a perfect storm sent church insurance rates skyrocketing 07/23/2024 05:48pm • (RNS) ��� The Rev. John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his church���s accountant with some bad news. Church Mutual, the church���s insurance company, had dropped them. ���This does not make sense,��� Parks, the pastor of Ashford Community Church Florida school board unlikely to fire mom whose transgender daughter played on girls volleyball team 07/23/2024 05:15pm • PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida school board appeared unlikely Tuesday to fire an employee whose transgender daughter played girls' high school volleyball in alleged violation of state law, but postponed their final decision until next week. The board is in Broward, one of the state���s most pol Mooooove over 'Shark Week,' it's time for 'Cow Week' on MPT 07/23/2024 05:15pm • Who needs "Shark Week" on Discovery when you have "Cow Week" on Maryland Public Television? The series runs this week through Sunday, including a special episode of "Maryland Farm & Harvest" airing Tuesday at 7 p.m. "Cows are just amazing creatures and you've got 'Shark Week,' so why n 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 Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes 07/23/2024 04:48pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so some school districts have cancelled plans to teach the course to high schoolers. Advocates complain that the decision by Georgia's elected school superintendent will France's Macron says he'll keep the centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics 07/23/2024 04:42pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he will keep a centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics to avoid ���disorder," brushing aside an 11th-hour prime minister nomination by the country's leftist coalition. Macron made his widely expected announcement in a TV int NFL's expansion to an 18-game regular season seems inevitable: Analysis 07/23/2024 04:33pm • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ An 18-game NFL season seems inevitable. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has already stated he favors expanding the regular season by another game. Now, NFLPA executive director Lloyd Ho UPS, Comcast fall; GE Aerospace, Sherwin-Williams rise; Tuesday, 7/23/2024 07/23/2024 04:12pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), down $17.50 to $127.68 The package delivery service increased its volume in the U.S. for the first time since 2022, but profit and revenue fell short of forecasts. Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW), up 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