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Homes are demolished in Ivory Coast's main city over alleged health concerns. Thousands are homeless 04/17/2024 02:17am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Dame Touré rushed to quickly gather what she could as bulldozers rolled into her neighborhood in Ivory Coast's fast-growing economic hub of Abidjan. Her three children joined her, stuffing plastic bags with clothes and whatever other items they could grab, before their Michigan Democrats win special elections to regain full control of state government 04/16/2024 09:55pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats won back a majority in the Michigan House and restored their party’s full control of state government Tuesday thanks to victories in two special elections. Mai Xiong won the special election in the 13th District, which covers Warren and part of Detroit, while Pet UCLA scoops up 3 players from transfer portal 04/16/2024 09:40pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA is adding three players from the transfer portal to its men's basketball roster. Skyy Clark from Louisville, Eric Dailey Jr. from Oklahoma State and Kobe Johnson from crosstown rival Southern California will be joining the Bruins next season, coach Mick Cronin said Tuesday. Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist 04/16/2024 08:56pm • SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist. When the Democ Citing safety, USC makes rare cancellation of speech by valedictorian who supported Palestinians 04/16/2024 08:38pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the countryâ How to Find a Financial Advisor If You're Not Rich 04/16/2024 08:00pm • Financial advisors are evolving to work with more and more diverse clients, including clients that have high needs, but low budgets. Many people are embarrassed to seek out a professional financial advisor because they do not believe they have enough assets. Related: Sign up for stock news with ou AP mock NFL draft 3.0: 8 trades, including 2 in the top 5 highlight AP's final mock draft 04/16/2024 07:16pm • The NFL draft madness begins early in the final edition of the AP’s 2024 mock draft. Eight trades in the first round. Two swaps in the top five. One team moves down and back up. Another makes three trades, going down twice before a move up to snatch a quarterback. A division champion trades out of AP mock NFL draft 3.0: 8 trades, including 2 in the top 5 highlight AP's final mock draft 04/16/2024 07:04pm • The NFL draft madness begins early in the final edition of the AP’s 2024 mock draft. Eight trades in the first round. Two swaps in the top five. One team moves down and back up. Another makes three trades, going down twice before a move up to snatch a quarterback. A division champion trades out of Tuition and fees will rise at Georgia public universities in fall 2024 04/16/2024 06:58pm • BARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Students will pay more to attend Georgia's public universities and colleges in the the 2024-2025 academic year, with officials saying schools face rising costs and must charge more to maintain a quality education. Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition and fees at the sy The push for school choice in Nebraska is pitting lawmakers against their constituents 04/16/2024 06:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set for the first time to pass a bill that would block the public from voting on a ballot measure initiated by citizens of the state, setting up what could be a long battle over whether to fund private school tuition with public dollars. On Thursday, lawma Tara VanDerveer's longtime assistant Kate Paye takes over as new Stanford coach 04/16/2024 06:40pm • STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kate Paye spent nearly two decades as Stanford's coach-in-waiting, her high energy and positive spirit shining through on the sidelines right next to Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer. Now, it's Paye's turn at last. And while keeping to many of VanDerveer's longstanding tr Oregon State RB Damien Martinez among players entering transfer portal as spring window opens 04/16/2024 05:58pm • Oregon State running back Damien Martinez, Miami running back Henry Parrish and Pitt defensive end Dayon Hayes entered the transfer portal Tuesday as the 14-day spring window opened for college football players. With NCAA rules limiting multi-time transfers for undergraduate athletes having been lif Sports on TV for Wednesday, April 17 04/16/2024 05:50pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, April 17 BOWLING 7 p.m. FS1 — PBA: The WSOB PBA Shark Championship, Allen Park, Mich. COLLEGE BASEBALL 5 p.m. SECN — Texas Tech at Arkansas COLLEGE GOLF 7 p.m. GOLF — The Western Intercollegiate: Final Round, Pasatiempo Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of 'Boys of Summer,' dies at 97 04/16/2024 05:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, acc Another record for New Jersey internet gambling revenue as in-person winnings struggle 04/16/2024 05:11pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's high-flying internet gambling market continues to smash records. But the amount of money won from in-person gamblers at most of Atlantic City's casinos is less than it was before the COVID19 pandemic. Figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Ga