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What the GMAT Is and How to Prepare for the Test 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Business school hopefuls competing for spots at selective graduate business programs should understand that a stellar score on the Graduate Management Admission Test will improve their odds of acceptance, B-school admissions officials say. "We really do place emphasis on the reasoning capabilities o 5 of the Top Hedge Funds in 2024 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Hedge funds are pooled investment products that seek to profit from valuation discrepancies across a wide range of financial assets and markets. Hedge funds are known for complex risk management strategies and operating more sophisticated portfolio management techniques than other types of investmen 5 College Majors With Great Job Prospects 08/21/2024 08:00pm • For high school seniors and undecided college majors considering what they want to do for the rest of their lives and looking for jobs that will put money in their pockets soon, STEM might be the best ticket. STEM majors -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- continue to reign when i Triple-digit temperatures scorch Texas as millions across Southwest under excessive heat warnings 08/21/2024 07:54pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings. Meanwhile, energy demand in Texas hit an unofficial all-time high Tuesday, accord Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli tank and drone strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza 08/21/2024 07:18pm • Israeli tank and drone strikes in Gaza on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, according to hospital staff and Associated Press journalists who counted the bodies. The strikes happened in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more tha Divers recover 5 bodies from wrecked superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing 08/21/2024 06:35pm • PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Rescue crews brought f Why wasn't Jannik Sinner suspended after two positive steroid tests? What do other players think? 08/21/2024 05:54pm • No. 1-ranked men's tennis player Jannik Sinner will be playing in the U.S. Open — which begins in New York next week — even though word just emerged that he tested positive twice in March for a banned anabolic steroid. It's a case that no one knew about until Tuesday and one that has drawn all s Rookies Rafaela and Hamilton help Red Sox to 4-1 victory and series win over Astros 08/21/2024 05:24pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Ceddanne Rafaela doubled twice with two RBIs and fellow rookie David Hamilton added a solo homer in the ninth inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Rafaela’s first double off Justin Verlander (3-3) gave Boston a 2-1 lead in the US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off 08/21/2024 05:15pm • Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson’s disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying at St. Cloud State University. But her schooling was upended in May when administrators at the Minnesota college announced a plan to eliminate its music department as i Hurricane Gilma now a Category 2 and expected to intensify, forecasters say 08/21/2024 04:54pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gilma strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday afternoon in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was forecast to become a major hurricane as soon as Thursday. Hurricane Gilma was located about 975 miles (1,570 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja Califor Tim Walz has described his family's IVF experience. But they used a different procedure 08/21/2024 04:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In March, after an Alabama court halted in vitro fertilization procedures in the state, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz decided to speak about his struggle to have children with his wife, Gwen. The same month, his team sent a fundraising email titled “our IVF journey” sharing an arti Scottie Scheffler and PGA Tour's best players face a new course in mile-high Castle Pines 08/21/2024 04:51pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler could easily have chosen to sit out the BMW Championship to boost his chances of capping off his sensational season with the FedEx Cup. Barring a victory by Xander Schauffele at Castle Pines, Scheffler is assured of being the No. 1 seed who starts the To Al Attles, one of NBA's first Black head coaches who led Warriors to 1975 title, dies at 87 08/21/2024 04:38pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and most recently team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors announced Wednesday that Attles died in his East Bay No. 23 USC hopes defensive overhaul can spark College Football Playoff bid 08/21/2024 04:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Offense was not the problem during Lincoln Riley’s first two seasons at Southern California. Even with 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams running the show, leading a unit that averaged more than 41 points per game, the Trojans couldn’t make it to the College Football Stock market today: Wall Street pulls closer to records after retailers top profit forecasts 08/21/2024 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ticked higher Wednesday after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% a day after breaking an eight-day winning streak, its longest of the year. The index is back to within 0.8% of its all-time high set