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Former longtime Georgia Tech athletic director and NFL coach Homer Rice dies at 97 06/10/2024 09:57pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Homer Rice, who as athletic director hired some of Georgia Tech's most successful coaches and implemented the school's Total Person Program, has died. He was 97. Rice died Monday, Georgia Tech announced on Monday night. Rice was Georgia Tech's athletic director from 1980-97. Among h Dan Hurley turns down offer from Lakers, will stay at UConn to seek 3rd straight NCAA title 06/10/2024 09:56pm • The Los Angeles Lakers offered Dan Hurley what would have seemed like a basketball coach's dream: a chance to coach one of the world's most popular franchises, possibly an opportunity to work with LeBron James and a salary that would have doubled his current one. Hurley passed. He's staying at Conne The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95 06/10/2024 09:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95. His family said Lawson died on Sunday after a short NASA taps George Mason U. to lead space mission that could help find another habitable planet 06/10/2024 09:07pm • The answer to some of life's most fascinating questions could eventually be answered with help from a NASA mission that George Mason University has been tapped to lead. The Fairfax County, Virginia, college will build and launch an "artificial star" into orbit. The small satellite will be equippe Should You Get a Full-Body MRI? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Full-body MRIs have been in the spotlight recently -- with celebrities and influencers using the tool to get a comprehensive picture of their health. For a high price, these all-encompassing MRIs will scan the body from head to toe and have the ability to detect various abnormalities that may be lur What Makes a Company Great to Work For? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Job dissatisfaction is at an all-time high. According to Gallup's recent State of the Global Workforce report that surveyed 122,416 employees in more than 160 countries, 60% of workers said they feel emotionally detached from their jobs, and 44% said they're constantly stressed. While many factors c What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade 06/10/2024 06:55pm • A parole hearing was held Monday for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. At 79, Peltier's health is failing, and if this parole request is denied, it might be a decade or more befo They launched a club to help Afghan refugees. 2 Fairfax Co. students saw it grow to welcome many others 06/10/2024 06:30pm • In 2021, as thousands of Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S., Annandale High School's Multilingual Education Department Chair, Meredith Hedrick, reached out to students Sosan Barakzai and Husna Basiri. Hendrick asked whether the pair, who are both Afghan immigrants, would be interested in helping Steelers sign head coach Mike Tomlin to 3-year deal that will carry through at least the 2027 season 06/10/2024 06:29pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL's longest-tenured head coach isn't leaving Pittsburgh anytime soon. The Steelers signed Mike Tomlin to a three-year extension on Monday that will carry through at least the 2027 season. Tomlin was about to enter the final year of the deal he agreed to in April 2021. The 5 British TV host Dr. Michael Mosley reached millions by being his own guinea pig 06/10/2024 05:18pm • RHODES, Greece (AP) — Dr. Michael Mosley was his own guinea pig. In the name of science, the British television host put his body to the test by ingesting tape worms, injecting snake venom and letting leeches suck his blood. What didn't kill him made him more popular and he reached millions throu 10 members of NC State's 1983 national champions sue NCAA over name, image and likeness compensation 06/10/2024 04:11pm • Ten players from North Carolina State's 1983 national champion basketball team have sued the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company seeking compensation for unauthorized use of their name, image and likeness. The players filed suit in Wake County Superior Court on Monday, requesting a jury trial Marquette University President Michael Lovell dies in Rome 06/10/2024 04:07pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University President Michael Lovell has died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57. Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues, when he died Sunday, university officials said in a news rele Georgia Republican bets on Washington ties to help his nomination for an open congressional seat 06/10/2024 04:04pm • NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Backed by Donald Trump, Republican Brian Jack is trying to power his way to the nomination for an open Georgia congressional seat on the strength of his alignment with the former president and other national GOP figures. But opponent Mike Dugan is arguing that Jack’s Washingt AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maine's state primaries 06/10/2024 03:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters already cast their votes for president, but they’re back at it on Tuesday for the state primary election. This time, voters will choose two nominees who will vie for a U.S. House seat that could be critical to determining which party wins the majority. When former Olney Theatre's 'Long Way Down' tackles gun violence with musical on haunted elevator 06/10/2024 02:04pm • It can be a long way down if you're taking a haunted elevator on a journey through a cycle of gun violence. That's the premise of "Long Way Down," which makes its world premiere at Olney Theatre now through June 23. "It's easy to think that it's a play about gun violence, but in reality it