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The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious 07/09/2024 01:03pm • (RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed his life. Sanborn, a rebel and adventurer by nature (she dropped out of college to meditat Gymnast Livvy Dunne is returning to LSU for a fifth year, saying she's 'not Dunne yet' 07/09/2024 12:37pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gymnast Livvy Dunne will return for a fifth season at LSU, saying on social media she’s “not Dunne yet.” The decision brings back one of college sports’ most marketable athletes to a Tigers program coming off its first national championship. Dunne, 21, read a statem 'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering 07/09/2024 12:10pm • Inadequate funding and controversial measures in a budget bill could threaten what Americans know about themselves through federal data gathering, statisticians and demographers warn in a new report and a letter to U.S. congressional leaders. “Our bottom-line assessment is that federal statistics Researchers locate remains of 100 enslaved African Americans believed to be buried nearby Virginia water park 07/09/2024 10:52am • A few hundred yards from the popular Atlantis Waterpark at Bull Run Regional Park, in Centreville, Virginia, researchers identified nine graves Monday, using ground penetrating radar in a recently discovered cemetery of African Americans who were likely freed or enslaved.  With Monday's rese Jill Biden says she's 'all in' on husband's reelection as he insists anew he won't leave the race 07/08/2024 11:24pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Biden on Monday declared herself “all in” on President Joe Biden's bid to remain as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, despite calls by some Democrats for him to drop out after his damaging debate performance against Donald Trump shook their confidence in Biden gets support from key lawmakers as he tells Democrats he won't step aside after debate 07/08/2024 10:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stood firm Monday against calls for him to drop his reelection candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal debate performance last month, as key lawmakers expressed support for him to remain in the 202 Gavin Newsom works to bolster Biden in a swing-state tour that could boost both their ambitions 07/08/2024 10:02pm • HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — For years, Gavin Newsom stayed far away from New Hampshire by design. The ambitious California governor understood that any visit to a bastion of presidential politics would fuel speculation that he might be eyeing President Joe Biden's job. But on Monday, with Biden fighting Advice for Premed Students With a Criminal Record 07/08/2024 08:00pm • For a medical school applicant with a criminal record, calling the issue complex is an understatement. The Association of American Medical Colleges offers a criminal background check on all medical school applicants to associated schools that use the American Medical College Application Service, or Why Go to Graduate School? The Best and Worst Reasons 07/08/2024 08:00pm • When considering whether to attend graduate school, it's wise to reflect on your reasons for continuing your education and to think critically about whether they justify pursuing an advanced degree, experts say. Grad school requires a significant investment of time and money, and opportunity costs a How to Thrive as an HBCU Student-Athlete 07/08/2024 08:00pm • For many Black student-athletes, choosing a historically Black college or university has appeal. Many HBCUs, for example, have fewer students enrolled compared to bigger predominantly white institutions, or PWIs. This allows student-athletes to take advantage of smaller class sizes and more interact Karen Read’s defense team says jurors were unanimous on acquitting her of murder 07/08/2024 05:11pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of Karen Read unanimously concluded she was not guilty of murder or of leaving the scene of a deadly accident, and were deadlocked on only the remaining manslaughter charge before the judge abruptly declared a mistrial, her defense team said Monday. The dis Keegan Bradley appointed US Ryder Cup captain after Tiger Woods turns down the job 07/08/2024 04:53pm • Keegan Bradley is assured of making another Ryder Cup team, this time as the U.S. captain. The PGA of America announced his selection on Monday after months of talking with Tiger Woods about taking the job. The PGA of America released the news on Instagram after word began to leak during the day tha UConn, coach Dan Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers 07/08/2024 04:45pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season that makes him one of the nation's highest paid college coaches nearly a month after he turned down a lucrative offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurle Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition 07/08/2024 02:28pm • Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday. Starting in the fall, the donation will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. Living expenses and fees Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted 07/08/2024 02:16pm • LONDON (AP) — At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right. Even Iran — where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all matters of state — elected Masoud Pezeshkian, a lawmaker long associated