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NCAA troubled by UNC criticism of handling of Walker waiver, says committee members received threats 09/12/2023 05:04pm • The NCAA Board of Directors said Tuesday it was “troubled” by North Carolina's public criticism of the decision to deny an eligibility waiver to Tar Heels transfer receiver Tez Walker, adding that some committee members have received threats of violence. The statement comes less than a week afte How a new Fairfax Co. police unit is working to keep guns out of the hands of people experiencing a crisis 09/12/2023 05:00pm • In Virginia, a new Fairfax County police unit will specialize in investigating bomb threats, active violence threats and red flag cases, police Chief Kevin Davis said at a news conference Tuesday. The group, called the Threat Assessment and Management Unit, which launched on Aug. 28, was formed a What's ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden 09/12/2023 04:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, yielding to mounting pressure from former President Donald Trump and his allies in what's shaping up as an election-year clash between Congress and the White House. In a statemen Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care 09/12/2023 04:08pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More women across the U.S. filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging abortion restrictions that went into effect in Republican-led states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Eight women in Idaho and Tennessee are asking state courts to place holds on th Investigation shows armed officer was hostage at home of Grammy winner who was killed by police 09/12/2023 03:45pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newly released investigative files in the police shooting death of a Grammy-winning sound engineer reveal there was an armed Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officer in the home when Mark Capps began threatening his family with guns Jan. 5. The officer, Zachery Silva, was Panel finds no single factor in horse deaths at Churchill Downs. More screening is suggested 09/12/2023 02:52pm • Horse racing's federally created oversight panel found no single cause of death among 12 horses at Churchill Downs this spring, but recommends further action and analysis to mitigate risk at the home of the Kentucky Derby, according to a report released Tuesday. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Revenue-sharing with major college football players seems 'inevitable.' How could it be done? 09/12/2023 01:30pm • When one of college football's top coaches makes a point of letting the world know he believes his players should essentially be paid, it gets a lot of attention. “When student-athletes call it a game, corporate-types call it a business,” Michigan's Jim Harbaugh said not long after the season be Rescue teams are frustrated that Morocco did not accept more international help after earthquake 09/12/2023 12:58pm • PARIS (AP) — The text-message alert came in the middle of the night: A massive earthquake had hit Morocco. French volunteers scrambled to pull together a nine-person search-and-rescue team, listening devices and other gear to look for people buried under rubble. The only thing the French aid worke Data center developers are being pushed farther out in Northern Virginia 09/12/2023 12:04pm • Leasing demand for data centers in Northern Virginia remains as strong as ever, but developers may be running out of room for new projects closer in. CBRE's report on data center activity for the first half of 2023 notes developers are migrating to new sites within Virginia. Data center activity Pope's Ukraine peace envoy heads to China on mission to help return Ukraine children taken to Russia 09/12/2023 12:03pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission that has already brought him to Kyiv, Moscow and Washington, the Vatican said Tuesday. The main aim of the shuttle diplomacy is to help return Ukrainian children taken to Russ A Russian passenger jet with a hydraulics problem makes a safe emergency landing in an open field 09/12/2023 11:13am • MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian passenger plane with 170 people on board made a successful wheels-down emergency landing in a field Tuesday, and no one was seriously injured, officials said. The Airbus A320 belonging to Ural Airlines was flying from the Black Sea resort of Sochi to Omsk in eastern Siberia American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure' 09/12/2023 09:37am • ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher was “doing well” at a Turkish hospital, officials said Tuesday, after rescuers pulled him out of a cave where he fell seriously ill and became trapped 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance for over a week. Rescuers from Turkey and across Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges 09/12/2023 08:01am • Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted several webinars to help prepare for the season. Among the topics: How to respond to an “active threat” targeting the Jewish community, and how to stop severe bleeding. The holidays Is it time to revisit and bolster a decades-old law aimed at managing pest control in Maryland schools? 09/12/2023 07:17am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Amid fretting and high hopes that their children will succeed in the academic year, concerns that students could be exposed to toxic pesti UN food agency warns of 'doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase 09/12/2023 06:47am • ROME (AP) — The World Food Program warned Tuesday that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people, with each 1% cut in aid risking to push 400,000 people toward starvation. The agency said the more than 60%