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Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe's demise 04/13/2024 02:41pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion. But a year of watching women and doctors agonize under Tennessee's strict abortion ban kicked up a fire in the longtime Democrat. She watched in dismay as her Republican colleagues in the General Assemb Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that 04/13/2024 11:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but the country’s restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he sees interest among fellow scholars wane even after China reopened. Common concerns, he said, include re New Penn State coordinators Kotelnicki and Allen encouraged as spirited spring drills wrap up 04/13/2024 10:18am • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Upon his arrival in Happy Valley, new Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki asked each of his new players a question that would shape their goals for spring practice. What do they want this offense to be? The Nittany Lions’ answers, when combined, appear to b Nearing 50 Supreme Court arguments in, lawyer Lisa Blatt keeps winning 04/13/2024 09:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her 50th argument this month. No lawyer, male or female, has done it with quite the same mix of humor, passion and style. And her win-loss record isn't bad, either: 40-6, with two cases yet Tennessee Vols wrap up spring practice with Nico Iamaleava finally under center 04/13/2024 06:00am • The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. Sure, the No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class debuted in the Vols' rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Now the quarterback caps Tennessee's spring practice Saturday giving fans a glimpse of how much he's grown before the Vols' season o Don Donoher, the winningest basketball coach at Dayton, dies at 92 04/13/2024 12:33am • DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Don Donoher, the winningest basketball coach at Dayton and a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 92. The university announced Donoher's death on Friday night. No cause of death was given. Donoher went 437-275 in a 25-year coaching career, Some fear University of Michigan proposed policy on protests could quell free speech efforts 04/13/2024 12:06am • A University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel protesters interrupted an honors convocation is sparking backlash from free speech advocates. Violations of the policy, which has yet to be implemented, could result in suspension or expulsion Texas' diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities 04/13/2024 12:04am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election ye How a Fairfax Co. school is making prom season more affordable for students across the DC region 04/12/2024 11:00pm • About 20 years ago, Miranda Schick was teaching fashion marketing at Centreville High School when her students started to complain. First, Schick said, they started talking about how much money they were spending on prom. She asked if they'd tallied exactly how much they were spending on the Paurova becomes eighth Oregon State player to enter the portal 04/12/2024 10:17pm • CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Freshman guard Dominika Paurova became the eighth Oregon State player to enter the transfer portal after the Beavers' run to the Elite Eight at the NCAA Tournament. Paurova, a 6-foot-1 guard from Czech Republic, averaged 5.5 points this past season and became a crucial play How a Black conservative activist arranged Donald Trump's stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A 04/12/2024 08:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The scenes of Donald Trump being warmly greeted on Wednesday by a Black audience at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta electrified conservative political media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats’ most committed voting bloc. Those widely shared mom Max Homa is among a group of Masters contenders who are vying for their first major title 04/12/2024 08:03pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Max Homa figures if he can conquer the mental task of playing well in a group with Tiger Woods for 36 holes at the Masters, he can accomplish pretty much anything in golf. That includes winning his first major championship. Homa was tied for the lead at 6-under 138 with world N Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills 04/12/2024 07:40pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's a Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president 04/12/2024 07:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump's hush money case — the first trial among four cri Sports on TV for Apr. 13 - 14 04/12/2024 07:25pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Apr. 13 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at Port Adelaide 2 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Richmond at West Coast AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Texas Motor Speedw