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Biden's upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture 05/16/2024 06:19pm • ATLANTA (AP) — When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a center of Black politics and culture. Morehouse is located in Atlanta, the largest city in the UNC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push 05/16/2024 04:46pm • North Carolina interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham on Thursday, three days after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of the athletics department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile landscape of college sports. Roberts also Census Bureau estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South dominates growth 05/16/2024 04:17pm • DETROIT (AP) — America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation's growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. Det Walmart's strong first quarter driven by consumers seeking bargains with inflation still an issue 05/16/2024 01:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart Inc. reported another quarter of strong results Thursday as its low prices pull in shoppers scouring for discounts with inflation stubbornly high. The nation's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, also offered an upbeat outlook. Share rose more than 6% in early Virginia ABC ousts CIO responsible for modernizing systems 05/16/2024 10:50am • The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has lost its fourth executive officer in nearly 10 months in the latest sign of instability within the authority’s leadership. Paul Williams is out as ABCs Chief Information Officer after serving in the role since 2016. Williams told the Virgini Maverick Kentucky congressman has avoided fallout at home after antagonizing GOP leaders 05/16/2024 10:40am • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has made a habit of antagonizing Washington's most powerful leaders in his own party, but so far it hasn't eroded his support back home in his staunchly conservative Kentucky district. Four years ago, Massie drew the wrath of then-President Donal China and Cambodia begin 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing's influence 05/16/2024 05:04am • SVAY CHOK, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China began 15-day military exercises on Thursday as questions grow about Beijing's increasing influence in the Southeast Asian nation. About 1,315 Cambodian military personnel and 760 Chinese are participating in the regular “Golden Dragon” ground and s Japan's top rugby competition bucks trends, continues to grow as the game faces headwinds elsewhere 05/16/2024 02:49am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — As professional rugby teams and tournaments around the world contend with tough financial headwinds, Japan continues to buck the trend with historic growth in teams and crowds. The Japan Rugby League One will add three new clubs next season, growing to 26 teams over Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records 05/16/2024 12:16am • Asian shares advanced on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4% higher overall than A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation 05/15/2024 09:14pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need. Among fake postings that have sti Prince William's Co. proposed $140M sports complex facing an uncertain future 05/15/2024 08:11pm • The proposal for an over $100 million indoor athletics facility in Prince William County faces a dicey future as a majority of elected officials appear unable to coalesce around it. The Board of County Supervisors has given staff permission to finalize purchase of a $15 million Woodbridge property Latina Creators Who are Building Generational Wealth -- And What You Can Learn From Them 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Wanting to provide financial resources to family members is a universal human desire. However, not everyone starts out on the same economic starting line. Demographic inequities persist. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report, Hispanic families owned only about 23 cents for eve Petco, Nextracker rise; Dlocal, AMC Entertainment fall, Wednesday, 5/15/2024 05/15/2024 04:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Nextracker Inc., up $2.97 to $45.98. The solar energy equipment supplier beat Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings forecasts. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., down $1.37 to $5.48. The movie chain will Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending 05/15/2024 12:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking on debt more burdensome. Retail sales were unchanged, coming in well below economists' expectations, and follow a revised 0.6% pace in March, acc From Hogan to a Trumpier Senate: Takeways from Tuesday's primaries 05/15/2024 09:10am • The presidential primary may be decided, but election season marches on. Voters in several states, including Maryland and West Virginia, chose nominees Tuesday in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year. Here are some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: HOGAN