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The Latest | Germany will resume working with UN relief agency for Palestinians after a review 04/24/2024 07:01pm • Germany said Wednesday that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The head of the Arab League hailed the report, saying it showed that Israel’s allega Penn State's leading receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith announces plans to transfer to Auburn 04/24/2024 06:48pm • Former Penn State wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith is planning to transfer to Auburn. Lambert-Smith announced his commitment to the Tigers on social media Wednesday. He started most of the past three years for the Nittany Lions and has 116 career catches for 1,598 yards. He led the team with 53 c How US changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime pay could affect workers 04/24/2024 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join Chinese student given 9-month prison sentence for harassing person posting democracy leaflets 04/24/2024 05:48pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said. The leaflet that was posted on the campus in Boston on Oct. 2 Students protesting on campuses across US ask colleges to cut investments supporting Israel 04/24/2024 05:47pm • Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza. The demand has its roots in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a decades- First-round picks could be on the trading block on Day 1 of the NFL draft 04/24/2024 05:23pm • The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall in 2023. Based on recent history, plenty more first-round picks should change hands on Thursday night with teams either looking t How an 'earn and learn' program could help DC address hard-to-fill teaching jobs 04/24/2024 04:38pm • D.C. is launching a teacher apprenticeship program that city leaders say will extend the teaching pipeline in some of the most high-demand subject areas. The program will allow D.C. paraprofessionals and high school graduates to receive a free education while they're working in a city school. Thr Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post 04/24/2024 04:33pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's top official has taken the first steps toward removing a faculty member who was earlier fired from his job as chancellor over his fledgling porn career. The former chancellor, Joe Gow, said Wednesday that interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit 04/24/2024 04:17pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 81-page federal complaint alleges the offic Arizona lands Oakland star forward Trey Townsend out of transfer portal 04/24/2024 03:53pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Oakland forward Trey Townsend is transferring to Arizona following a breakout run in the NCAA Tournament. Townsend, who announced his decision Wednesday on Instagram, was named the Horizon League player of the year last season after averaging 17.3 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack 04/24/2024 03:22pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65. Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Dem Will the FAFSA fiasco force current college students to drop out? 04/24/2024 02:56pm • Normally, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process, commonly known as FAFSA, begins in the fall and high school seniors know how much financial aid they qualify for by the spring — as they decide where to go to college. Current college students receiving financial aid also rely on i The WNBA's Dallas Wings are planning a move downtown from the suburbs in two years 04/24/2024 02:46pm • DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Wings are planning a move to the WNBA club's namesake city under a 15-year deal approved Wednesday by the Dallas City Council. Pending league approval of the $19 million agreement, the Wings will move to an arena that is part of the Dallas convention center for the 2026 se More US aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia. Winning is another matter 04/24/2024 01:18pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A big, new package of U.S. military aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia. Winning will still be a long slog. The arms and ammunition in the $61 billion military aid package should enable Ukraine to slow the Russian army's bloody advances and block its stri It began with defiance at Columbia. Now students nationwide are upping their Gaza war protests 04/24/2024 01:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — What began last week when Columbia University students refused to end their protest against Israel’s war with Hamas had turned into a much larger movement by Tuesday as students across the nation set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave. Protests had be