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Dallas Wings had high expectations for 2024, but injuries have them at bottom of WNBA standings 07/02/2024 06:00am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings were coming off their best season since moving to Texas eight years ago, with their most wins since the franchise's last WNBA title in 2008 when they were in Detroit. Six of the top seven scorers were returning, including All-Star players Satou Sabally and The Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again 07/01/2024 11:06pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the polarizing and much-watched case of Karen Read, a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. Prosecutors say they intend to retry the case i He's always offering advice and spreading positivity. Fairfax Co. students are thanking him with his dream car 07/01/2024 08:40pm • Before and after they lift weights, football players at James Madison High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, stop and chat with school custodian Francis Apraku. He regularly keeps the area clean, something freshman Bennett Hibshman and his friends don't take for granted. If it weren't for Aprak Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: Texas and Oklahoma party as conference move now official 07/01/2024 08:28pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma finally got the chance to celebrate its long-awaited move to the Southeastern Conference. As the switch from the Big 12 became official on Monday, the school finally was letting loose. Festivities started Sunday night and stretched to events statewide on Monday. There 5 Ways to Make Your Scholarship Essay Stand Out 07/01/2024 08:00pm • It's no secret college is expensive. One way to alleviate the cost burden is through scholarships, a form of financial aid that doesn't need to be repaid. Scholarships can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, but winning them requires strong credentials and a well-crafted es How to keep guns off Bourbon Street? Designate a police station as a school 07/01/2024 07:12pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A police station in New Orleans' French Quarter will be designated a vocational technical school in a move that will instantly outlaw gun possession in the surrounding area — including a stretch of bar-lined Bourbon Street — as a new Louisiana law eliminating the need for co Atlanta City Council approves settlement of $2M for students pulled from car during 2020 protests 07/01/2024 06:28pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd's killing. The City Council on Monday voted 13-1 'We're super proud of him': Md. track coach on training the youngest US male track and field Olympian 07/01/2024 06:16pm • Set to make history at the Olympic Games in Paris later this month, Quincy Wilson is an extraordinary sprinter who is rapidly becoming a well-known figure nationally and around the world. Wilson is also a 16-year-old student at the Bullis School, a private college preparatory school in Potomac, M Tim Scott has benefited from mentors along the way. He's hoping for another helping hand 07/01/2024 05:27pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Tim Scott was a teenager, a Chick-fil-A manager named John Moniz offered him a sandwich, a job, and four years of indispensable mentoring about how to be a businessman and a citizen. Later, after that helping hand put Scott on a path that eventually led him into politics Clemson running back and assistant coach CJ Spiller selected for stadium's ring of honor 07/01/2024 05:21pm • CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — College Football Hall of Famer C.J. Spiller will be inducted in Clemson's ring of honor at its Death Valley stadium this fall. The school announced the latest honor Monday for Spiller, the former ACC player of the year at running back who is entering the fourth season coachin Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward 07/01/2024 04:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court. The ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals puts back on t Campus carry weapons law debuts in West Virginia, joins 11 other states 07/01/2024 03:36pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People with concealed carry permits can possess firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses under a state law that debuted Monday. Institutions of higher learning can implement exceptions to the law, which bans the open carry of a firearm on campus. S Canadian women's Olympic soccer team loaded with veterans who won gold in Tokyo 07/01/2024 03:08pm • The Canadian women's soccer team's roster for the Paris Olympics includes 13 players from the team that won the gold medal at the Tokyo Games. Coach Bev Priestman selected three players who have struggled recently with injuries, Seattle Reign midfielder Quinn, Kansas City Current forward Nichelle P Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel 07/01/2024 01:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, saying their governments supplied the militants with money, weapons and know-how needed to carry out the assault that precipitated Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. The lawsuit, filed in federal cou Utah designates defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley as its 'head coach in waiting' 07/01/2024 12:16pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has designated longtime defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley as the “head coach in waiting” who will take over whenever Kyle Whittingham steps down. Athletic director Mark Harlan announced the succession plan on Monday. Scalley is entering his 17th year on Whittingha