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University of Texas cutting three race, gender studies majors
Texas’ flagship public university is ending new enrollment in three majors focused on gender, sexuality and race in a move that is being hailed by many conservatives as a major victory.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:32:46 -0400
Texas’ flagship public university is ending new enrollment in three majors focused on gender, sexuality and race in a move that is being hailed by many conservatives as a major victory.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:32:46 -0400

3 killed in Navajo Nation flood include 7-year-old preparing for her birthday
Elsie Begay, her granddaughter Lucy Allison Mike, and Begay’s best friend Dora Franklin died in the flood Tuesday near Newcomb, New Mexico, a community of about 400 people, family members said Friday.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:28:21 -0400
Elsie Begay, her granddaughter Lucy Allison Mike, and Begay’s best friend Dora Franklin died in the flood Tuesday near Newcomb, New Mexico, a community of about 400 people, family members said Friday.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:28:21 -0400

Dems abandon candidate who said MAGA is ‘more destructive’ than Nazis — but she’s stuck on ballot
A Democrat running for the state legislature in battleground North Carolina remains on the ballot despite her party publicly abandoning her after inflammatory social media posts she made resurfaced.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:56:15 -0400
A Democrat running for the state legislature in battleground North Carolina remains on the ballot despite her party publicly abandoning her after inflammatory social media posts she made resurfaced.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:56:15 -0400

Sorority alumnae take legal fight to federal court after being ‘given a brother’ instead of sisterhood
Sorority alumnae returned to federal court, asking judges to revive their lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma after they alleged the sorority's national leadership improperly allowed a chapter to...
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:14:25 -0400
Sorority alumnae returned to federal court, asking judges to revive their lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma after they alleged the sorority's national leadership improperly allowed a chapter to...
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:14:25 -0400

Ed Sheeran set to return to stage for 1st time since Macklemore was cut, other acts withdrew
Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour Saturday — possibly solo — at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:32:51 -0400
Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour Saturday — possibly solo — at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:32:51 -0400

Walmart customer, 77, beaten to death by parents of teen employee after shopping cart dispute, widow says
An elderly Walmart customer was beaten to death by the parents of a teen employee who he had argued with after accusing her of nearly ramming his wife with a shopping cart, according to his grieving widow. Bert Atienza died of blunt head trauma at a hospital on June 8, a day after two people...
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:27:27 -0400
An elderly Walmart customer was beaten to death by the parents of a teen employee who he had argued with after accusing her of nearly ramming his wife with a shopping cart, according to his grieving widow. Bert Atienza died of blunt head trauma at a hospital on June 8, a day after two people...
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:27:27 -0400

Dramatic new ad blasts Nithya Raman’s stance on homeless encampments: ‘Walking to school shouldn’t be scary’
Raman has opposed expanding the city’s anti-camping restrictions.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:56:01 -0400
Raman has opposed expanding the city’s anti-camping restrictions.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:56:01 -0400

Trump signs Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law
The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 targets Russian oil and gas exports that have been fueling Vladimir Putin’s long and bloody war against Ukraine and extends existing sanctions against Iran’s energy and weapons sectors.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:48:28 -0400
The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 targets Russian oil and gas exports that have been fueling Vladimir Putin’s long and bloody war against Ukraine and extends existing sanctions against Iran’s energy and weapons sectors.
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:48:28 -0400

Carrot Top hospitalized after attempted suicide: report
Carrot Top was hospitalized in Las Vegas Friday after an attempted suicide, according to a report. The comedian, whose real name is Scott Thompson, was rushed to a local hospital after the incident in the Las Vegas area, TMZ reported, citing sources familiar with the situation. His Friday night performance at the Luxor, where he has...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:40:36 -0400
Carrot Top was hospitalized in Las Vegas Friday after an attempted suicide, according to a report. The comedian, whose real name is Scott Thompson, was rushed to a local hospital after the incident in the Las Vegas area, TMZ reported, citing sources familiar with the situation. His Friday night performance at the Luxor, where he has...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:40:36 -0400

Truck plows into 2 teens riding bike in NYC, killing one of them: cops
Two teens riding on the same bike were struck by a truck in Manhattan Friday night — killing one and leaving the other hospitalized, cops said. The teens, aged 15 and 13, were heading west on East 14th Street when they were hit by the vehicle – an excavation truck – as it turned north...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:31:41 -0400
Two teens riding on the same bike were struck by a truck in Manhattan Friday night — killing one and leaving the other hospitalized, cops said. The teens, aged 15 and 13, were heading west on East 14th Street when they were hit by the vehicle – an excavation truck – as it turned north...
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:31:41 -0400