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Colleges should step up diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. The Biden administration is asking America's colleges to renew their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse, urging schools to boost scholarships and minority recruiting and to give “meaningful consideration” to the adversity students face because of their race or finances. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)(AP/Mark Schiefelbein) FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. The Biden administration is asking America's colleges to renew their efforts to make campu...

Search for man who police say shot deputy and another person closes schools in South Carolina

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A search for a man who investigators say shot two people, including a sheriff’s deputy, along the South Carolina coast stretched into a second day and led officials to close several schools Thursday.Deputies have been looking for Ernest Robert Burbage III on Johns Island since about noon Wednesday, when he started firing shots randomly, hitting a passenger in a passing vehicle, Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano said.Burbage fired on members of a SWAT team as they got out of an armored vehicle late Wednesday and one of the shots struck the deputy who was driving it in the head, Graziano said.Charleston County Master Deputy James Gilbreath was alert and conscious at the hospital and would likely be released Thursday, the sheriff said.Deputies asked people on Johns Island to stay in their homes and report if they see something out of place in storage sheds, boats or other places someone could hide.Officers have not seen Burbage since early Thursday, b...

Girl Scouts not immune to inflation: Cookie prices are going up

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

Meet the Girl Scouts' new cookie: Adventurefuls. (Courtesy Girl Scouts) Meet the Girl Scouts' new cookie: Adventurefuls. (Courtesy Girl Scouts) New York (CNN) — Girl Scout cookies are getting more expensive. In some places, at least.At least one New York State chapter, the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, told troop parents and other members of the community in an email this week that all cookies will be sold for $6 per box this coming cookie season — which takes place from about January to April annually nationwide – up from $5 last year.“In order to combat rising production and material costs, GSHH will be increasing the price of all cookie packages to $6.00,” the chapter’s interim CEO wrote, adding “we expect o...

Mom whose son was killed by police after ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with Colorado city for $2.8 million

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Mom whose son was killed by police after ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with Colorado city for $2.8 million.Source

No. 9 Oregon needs to ‘bring your own juice’ when the Ducks visit struggling Stanford

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Finding motivation last week couldn’t have been easier for Oregon after all the pregame trash talking, logo stomping and hype that fueled the Ducks’ showdown against Colorado.The ninth-ranked Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) used that to roll to a decisive victory over the Buffaloes but know they will need to dig deeper when they visit struggling Stanford (1-3, 0-2) in a considerably lower-profile game on Saturday.“This is a bring-your-own juice game,” coach Dan Lanning said. “It’s going to be a different atmosphere. But if you step on the grass and it means something to you, you’re going to step on there and try to perform to a certain level because you have pride in the game.”Oregon doesn’t have to look back too far to find out what can happen if intensity is lacking in any way. Two years ago, the Ducks came to Stanford with a 4-0 record and a No. 3 national ranking to face an unranked team off to a sluggish start and lost 31-24.Lanning...

Crews cap gas leak in Little Havana

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

A gas leak caused brief concern in Miami’s Little Havana section.According to City of Miami Fire Rescue, the problem stemmed from a gas line that was cut at a construction site in the area of Southwest 13th Street and 19th Avenue, Thursday morning.Authorities said no one was hurt.Fire crews said the leak was secured, and the area is clear.

Brightline train headed to Orlando fatally strikes pedestrian

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s high-speed passenger train service suffered the first fatality on its new extension to Orlando on Thursday when a pedestrian was struck in what appears to be a suicide, officials said. Overall, it was Brightline’s 99th death since it began operations six years ago.A northbound Brightline train headed to Orlando struck the 25-year-old man shortly before 9 a.m. near the Atlantic Coast city of Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said at a news conference. He said the man was homeless and appeared to have intentionally stepped in front of the train.Brightline’s trains travel up to 79 mph (127 kph) in urban areas, 110 mph (177 kph) in less-populated regions and 125 mph (200 kph) through central Florida’s farmland. It is unknown how fast this train was traveling, Mascara said.Brightline officials did not immediately respond to emails and phone calls seeking comment.Brightline opened its extension connecting Miami and Orlando on ...

Police arrest band volunteer accused of sexually assaulting student at Carol City High School in Miami Gardens

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

An alarming arrest was made at a South Florida high school.According to police, 24-year-old Malachi Jesus Cheeseborough sexually assaulted a 17-year old-student while volunteering with the school’s band.The arrest happening on Thursday at Carol City High School in Miami Gardens.The school board responding with a statement that reads as follows: Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the disturbing allegations made against this individual.”Miami-Dade police was the first entity notified and has launched a thorough investigation of this behavior.Miami-Dade County Public Schools issued the following statement: Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the disturbing allegations made against this individual. Miami-Dade County Police was the first entity notified and has launched a thorough investigation of this behavior. Conduct such as the one he is accused of will not be tolerated. As such, the District will ensure this individual is precluded ...

Construction crew hits gas main in Wrentham, causing leak

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

Emergency crews responded in Wrentham Thursday after a construction crew hit a gas line, causing a leak, officials said. The incident happened around 1 p.m. in the area of Harrier Path. Later over the scene, SKY7-HD spotted part of the emergency response as firefighters tried to control the situation. Officials said roughly 30 area residences were evacuated, at one point, and both power and gas service was shut off to area homes. While some residents had returned to their homes around 4 p.m., officials said power and gas service was still shut off in some spots. Eversource in a statement said contractors were working in the area when they struck the gas line. Separately speaking with reporters, Wrentham’s deputy fire chief said first responding firefighters worked to evacuate homes and “initiated a defensive mode to prevent the gas from going into the houses.” Deputy Fire Chief Robert Maduskuie said several homes had their windows open and said crews we...

Man arrested in killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere was released from prison in 2022

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The man arrested Thursday in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur was released from prison last year after serving a shortened sentence for a 2013 rape and was suspected in another rape days before the slaying last week, police said.Jason Billingsley, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Pava LaPere, was released from prison last October after earning good behavior credits to reduce the time he served for the 2013 sexual assault.Baltimore police Commissioner Richard Worley said detectives believe LaPere was killed Friday night, although her body wasn’t found until after she was reported missing Monday. LaPere, who founded the tech startup EcoMap Technologies while she was still a student at Johns Hopkins University, was found dead with signs of blunt force trauma in her apartment complex.Investigators are reviewing all open cases since Billingsley’s 2022 release to determine whether any connections exist, Worley said.“We’r...