Columbia University has canceled its university-wide graduating celebration due to continued pro-Palestinian protests. Smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university stated Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decid…
Legislator: Migrants attracted to Illinois’ health care, ‘soft-on-crime’ policies
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Secretary of State will not provide any facial recognition, search service or photographs from their database to any federal, state or local law enforcement agencies, if a bill advancing in Springfield passes. Now in …
Kentucky jumps to No. 4 in D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings
After its series victory over now No. 5 ranked Arkansas, Kentucky jumped back into the top five in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. The Cats rose from No. 8 to No. 4, its second highest ranking of the season. They were ranked as high as No. 3 in …
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Searches for Light
This Dec. 21, 2002, artist’s concept of NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer imagines what the space telescope would look like during its mission. Launched April 28, 2003, it studied the shape, brightness, size and distance of galaxies across 10 billion ye…
Netflix star finally sells ambitious $26M property ‘in 11th hour’ but ‘bent over backwards’
Kayla finally sold the Selling The OC $26M house, known as the Bayside listing! Throughout season 3, she ambitiously attempted to find a promising buyer for the huge property – and secured a deal. Top Oppenheim Group earner Gio Helou had an opinion abo…
‘Case over’: Prosecutors were practically ‘dropping the mic’ after Hope Hicks testified
Hope Hicks delivered show-stopping testimony last week against Donald Trump during his hush money trial, according to CNN’s John Berman. The former president’s longtime aide told the jury that Trump’s campaign was so concerned about the “Access Hollywo…
Flooding in Afghanistan displaces more than 1,000 families
More than 1,000 families in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor have been forced from their homes due to heavy rains and flooding in recent days, the country’s Ministry of Refugees said on Monday. The floodwaters destroyed homes and farmlands, leavi…
Met Office issues Yellow warning for thunderstorms ahead of expected downpours
The Met office has warned of possible flooding as thunderstorms roll in across the county. Issuing a yellow warning to from 12pm to 9pm today (May 6), the agency said heavy downpours could cause travel disruption and even power cuts. “Following morning…
‘Ice running through his veins’: Joe Hart says Celtic talent makes ‘hairs on the back of his neck stand up’
Joe Hart is a Celtic player who wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s as honest as any player can be in his interviews so when he speaks, the fans tend to listen. One of Ange Postecoglou’s first signings in the summer of 2021, Hart brought stability and …
Berlin sports chief slams football hooligans as 155 police injured
Berlin’s senator for sports Iris Spranger has expressed her outrage at the fan violence which marred Saturday’s fourth-tier game between BFC Dynamo and Energie Cottbus and left 155 police officers injured. “I totally condemn it,” Spranger told reporter…