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Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universities 05/10/2024 10:31pm • Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hours after police tear-gassed demonstrators and took down a similar camp at the University of Arizona. Philadelphia and campus A veteran nurse on Nurse Appreciation Week and why the job remains rewarding 05/10/2024 09:50pm • The nursing field is filled with challenges. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the median age of registered nurses is 46, and more than one quarter of registered nurses say they plan to retire or leave the profession over the next five years. During National Nurses Wee Sam Rubin, beloved LA entertainment anchor and interviewer, dies at 64 05/10/2024 09:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Rubin, a beloved entertainment anchor and reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles who was on a first-name basis with Hollywood's top stars, has died. He was 64. The station announced that he died unexpectedly on Friday. No cause was released. Rubin joined the station's morning ne Kansas' governor has killed proposed limits on foreign land ownership 05/10/2024 08:12pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Proposed restrictions in Kansas on the foreign ownership of land died Friday when the state's Democratic governor vetoed a bill that top Republican lawmakers argued would protect military bases from Chinese spying. The Kansas House's top GOP leader accused Gov. Laura Kelly of � Michigan's Edwards, Texas' Ewers, Colorado's Hunter among 6 on college football video game cover 05/10/2024 06:36pm • Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter are among the six players displayed on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25, which is set to return after being discontinued 11 years ago. The cover for the deluxe edition of the popula Teen and Miss USA quit their crowns, citing mental health and personal values 05/10/2024 05:56pm • The reigning winners of Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, resigned from their titles within days of each other this week in a shock to the Miss Universe Organization. The resignations leave the longstanding pageant group without its top two titleholders for the first ti Bears coach Matt Eberflus says No. 1 pick Caleb Williams will open season as No. 1 QB 05/10/2024 05:33pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Caleb Williams is the Chicago Bears' starting quarterback. Just in case there was a shred of doubt the No. 1 overall draft pick is the team's No. 1 QB, coach Matt Eberflus erased it on Friday. “No conversation. He’s the starter,” he said. Eberflus' comment was hardly Bill Callahan says it's a 'no-brainer' to work for his son coaching the Titans' O-line 05/10/2024 04:24pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bill Callahan never thought he'd work for his son in the NFL. Not at his age and after all his years in the league. As Brian Callahan interviewed for head coaching jobs in 2023, father and son talked at length about the idea, leaving Bill convinced he wouldn't join his son How some colleges have de-escalated campus protests and negotiated with students 05/10/2024 03:58pm • Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- As anger over Israel's military operations in Gaza mounted, students from Columbia University's Apartheid Divest coalition assembled on the university's South Lawn on April 17, demanding that school officials disclose its financial investments.A day later, at least ACC's lawsuit against Florida State halted after North Carolina judge issues a stay in the case 05/10/2024 03:57pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference’s lawsuit against member school Florida State has come to a temporary halt. North Carolina Chief Business Court Judge Louis Bledsoe III handed down a ruling Friday that puts a stay on all discovery and further court-related work on the case wh Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple 05/10/2024 03:50pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — On college campuses across the country, a rallying cry of pro-Palestinian protesters has been “ Disclose, divest! We will not stop, we will not rest.” Now some are winning the first of those two demands: Promises to provide information about how much university endowment mon West Coast Conference will add Grand Canyon and Seattle beginning with 2025-26 season 05/10/2024 03:49pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Grand Canyon University and Seattle University will join the West Coast Conference beginning with the 2025-26 season, giving the league best known nationally for its basketball programs 11 full members for the first time in its history. The conference announced the additions Friday, AP Indianapolis newsman Ken Kusmer dies at 65 after a short illness 05/10/2024 02:55pm • Ken Kusmer, whose long award-winning career with The Associated Press included exposing flaws in efforts to privatize Indiana's welfare system, died Thursday at his Indianapolis home after a short illness. He was 65. Kenneth Doyle Kusmer began his AP career as a reporter and writer in Indianapolis i Virginia budget leaders reach compromise with governor on state spending plan 05/10/2024 02:26pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia budget negotiators and Gov. Glenn Youngkin have reached a compromise on the next two-year state spending plan that would include 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes and risking a potential veto by Youngkin. House Appropriations Chairm How West Virginia's first transgender elected official is influencing local politics 05/10/2024 02:17pm • WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often a shocked look that comes across people's faces. “Folks will be like, ‘How did that happen?’ As if it's like I won the lottery or solved