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Defending national champion LSU boosts its postseason hopes with series win against Texas A&M 05/06/2024 01:48pm • With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers (31-18, 9-15) won two of three against then-No. 1 Texas A&M to take a giant step over the weekend, but they probably need to win f Two suspects arrested in fatal shooting on Delaware college campus are not students, police say 05/06/2024 01:21pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Two suspects arrested in a fatal shooting on the Delaware State University campus are not students at the school, authorities said Monday. Dover police said Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, age 18, both of Dover, were arrested Thursday in the killing of Camay Mitchell De Sil Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks' 05/06/2024 10:11am • Usually when I see a book described as an “ambitious debut” I read it as a cop-out. Isn’t a debut inherently ambitious? What does that even mean? “The Skunks” is what that means. And Fiona Warnick makes it look effortless. A coming-of-age novel with a quarter-life-crisis thrown in, “The GW University president, pro-Palestinian activists give conflicting accounts of protests 05/06/2024 08:27am • Responding to the ongoing encampment of protesters at George Washington University over the Israel-Hamas war, the university president said the causes are important, but outside forces are stirring the conflict. In a letter addressed to the GW University community Sunday, President Ellen Gran Empty nest coaches help parents in DC and beyond navigate a 'bittersweet' phase 05/06/2024 05:32am • Christine Oakfield wasn’t prepared for the realization that only a few months remained until her teen daughter would leave for college. Her awakening came at a family gathering shortly before graduation. “It was really easy to ignore it for a while because you have all the ‘to-do’ list Remembering one of Northern Virginia's winningest coaches, the 'Phil Jackson of soccer' 05/05/2024 09:01pm • As a young boy, Tommy Adams attended Osbourn Park High School’s boys soccer games coached by Ken Krieger. He did so not as a fan, but as a forward-in-training. Adams wanted to learn the position's intricacies when his turn came to play for Krieger in high school. To do that, Adams focused on Sk Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly 05/05/2024 08:39pm • Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University's commencement ended peacefully at Boston's Fenway Park. Developments in both places were being wa A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7 05/05/2024 08:27pm • KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel (AP) — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. So this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which begins on Sunday evening in Israel, carries a heavier Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive 05/05/2024 08:11pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day, declaring: “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” The message, delivered Why It's Still Hard to Get Into Medical School Despite a Doctor Shortage 05/05/2024 08:00pm • Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association, highlighted a doctor shortage crisis during a speech at the National Press Club in fall 2023. "Imagine walking into an emergency room in your moment of crisis -- in desperate need of a physician's care -- and finding no one there What You Should Know About Financing Appliances 05/05/2024 08:00pm • It is a universally acknowledged truth that your dishwasher will break right after you buy a new car, your washing machine will go on the fritz the same week as that big vet bill and your refrigerator will kick the bucket just as you pay the deposit for a vacation. It seems like there's never a conv How Race Affects Your Credit Score 05/05/2024 08:00pm • When looking at the numbers, you can't ignore the racial disparity in credit scores. Rates of subprime credit scores in majority-Black, Hispanic and Native American communities are at least 1.5 times higher than in majority-white communities, according to a 2022 report from the Urban Institute, a no College Campus Protests: What Students Should Know Before Taking Action 05/05/2024 08:00pm • Student activism has been prominent on college campuses across the U.S. for generations, from the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War decades ago to more recent protests surrounding Black Lives Matter, the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the latest war between Israel and Hamas. "Campuses have traditio 7 Best Vanguard Funds to Buy and Hold 05/05/2024 08:00pm • With zero-commission brokerages, continuous coverage of trendy stocks like Tesla Inc. (ticker: TSLA) and the extreme fluctuations of meme stocks like GameStop Corp. (GME), it's easy to overlook the benefits of a buy-and-hold strategy. However, the approach of accumulating wealth slowly over time is A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war 05/05/2024 06:18pm • Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. As many campuses have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war, some school administrations have taken steps to contain disruptions during their commencement activities. The University of Michigan's commence