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Military family describes 'betrayal' following inaction in Virginia Senate on education benefits 07/03/2024 05:32am • Some military families in Virginia have a feeling of "betrayal" after the state Senate reconvened Monday but left for the day without voting to lift new restrictions on a program that provides educational benefits to families of veterans. The Senate's inaction came after Virginia’s House of Del Aces beat Fever 88-69 07/03/2024 12:27am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 34 points and the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Indiana Fever, 88-69, in front of the fifth-largest crowd in WNBA history on Tuesday night. With an announced gathering of 20,366, the most-attended sporting event in T-Mobile Arena, home to the 2023 Stanley Cup cham Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese headline WNBA All-Star team that will face US Olympic squad 07/02/2024 11:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will team up on the WNBA All-Star team to play against the U.S. Olympic team led by A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart. The pair of remarkable rookies were selected Tuesday by a combination of votes from the media, players and fans as well as the league's Angel Reese records 11th straight double-double and the Sky top the Dream 85-77 07/02/2024 11:49pm • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Chennedy Carter scored six of her season-high 26 points in the final 92 seconds, rookie Angel Reese recorded her 11th consecutive double-double just before being named to the All-Star roster, and the Chicago Sky beat the Atlanta Dream 85-77 on Tuesday night. Reese scored 1 Soler, Wade and Ramos homer as the Giants beat the Braves 5-3 07/02/2024 11:09pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Jorge Soler and LaMonte Wade Jr. hit back-to-back homers to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday night. Heliot Ramos also went deep as San Francisco won for the sixth time in eight games. Mike Yastrzemski went 2 for 2 in his return from a strained lef Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students 07/02/2024 10:05pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administ Q&A: Emma Roberts talks 'Space Cadet,' her love of books, 'Tell Me Lies' and Kim Kardashian 07/02/2024 10:05pm • As one of Ryan Murphy's go-to actors for his “American Horror Story" franchise, Emma Roberts has been sawed in half, played a ruthless witch and a final girl facing off against a serial killer. Most recently she was a pregnant actor targeted by a cult. When the opportunity to play a college dropo Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89 07/02/2024 08:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday surrounded by fa What Is a VantageScore? 07/02/2024 08:00pm • When you check your credit score on websites or apps, either through credit card companies or lenders, one of two scoring models will be used -- FICO or VantageScore. VantageScore is the newer of the two scoring models, and its usage has grown in the financial industry, including by credit card comp What to Know About the Casper Test for Med School 07/02/2024 08:00pm • For the 2023-2024 academic year, U.S. allopathic medical schools had more than 52,000 applicants, with fewer than half gaining acceptance and matriculating, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. With the volume of applications received, med schools have developed strategic metho Heat Rash: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment 07/02/2024 08:00pm • Maybe you've been outside at a summer barbecue for the day, and you start to notice a red, itchy rash on your skin. While it's possible that you've brushed up against or eaten something you're allergic to, you might actually be experiencing heat rash. It's sometimes also called "prickly heat" or "sw Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts 07/02/2024 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply's president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts. The resignation demand emerged as Tractor Supply, which sells Calls for Berhalter to step down from USMNT are growing. Here are possible candidates to replace him 07/02/2024 07:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jürgen Klopp, Thierry Henry and Marcelo Bielsa are among those being speculated about as candidates to take over from Gregg Berhalter as U.S. coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Jesse Marsch, Hugo Pérez, Pellegrino Matarazzo and David Wagner could be considered if Berhalter is fi Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he'll seek a recount 07/02/2024 06:04pm • RICHMOND. Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America's most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state's June 18 primaries. The board's unanimo Toledo adding women's rowing as varsity sport for 2025-26 season 07/02/2024 05:44pm • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Toledo is adding women's rowing as a varsity sport, bringing the first new sport to the school in two decades at a time when many athletic departments are prepping for budget hits. Athletic director Bryan Blair said Tuesday that the start-up, facility and operating costs will b