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Year: 2023

As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts

As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn’t served as an admissions officer before. She’s a recent alumna of Harvard University and a current medical […]

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Hollywood actors’ unions extends contract negotiations

Hollywood actors’ unions extends contract negotiations

Maria Korneeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreed Friday to an extension of the 2020 TV/Theatrical contracts in a move that averts a possible strike . The current SAG-AFTRA contract was […]

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New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces

New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As LGBTQ+ spaces continue to face threats across the country, a growing crop of lesbian bars look to chart a new path. In 2020, the Lesbian Bar Project sounded the alarm on the slow disappearance of lesbian bars in the United States. In the […]

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Utah Valley Men’s Basketball Signs Cache Fields Friday

Utah Valley Men’s Basketball Signs Cache Fields Friday

OREM, Utah-Friday, Utah Valley men’s basketball head coach Todd Phillips signed senior guard Cache Fields. Fields, a native of Palo Alto, Calif., was previously with the Wolverines in the 2018-19 season, averaging 0.3 points and 0.1 rebounds per game. Fields has spent the past two seasons at Gavilan College of […]

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FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent’s firing; Trump could be next

FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent’s firing; Trump could be next

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FBI director Chris Wray was deposed under oath this week by lawyers for former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who are separately suing the federal government over their departures from the FBI, which came after months of public ridicule by […]

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction should stand, prosecutors say

Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction should stand, prosecutors say

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. “The Government’s evidence at trial established that over the course of a decade, Maxwell facilitated and participated […]

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Agricultural fields in California’s Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say

Agricultural fields in California’s Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say

Bill Hutchison/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California’s Tulare Lake is filled past the brim, but with the blessings of an ample water supply also comes a […]

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University of Buffalo football players charged in beating of miniature poodle with leather belt

University of Buffalo football players charged in beating of miniature poodle with leather belt

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Two University of Buffalo football players have been charged after a video of them allegedly beating a miniature poodle with a leather belt was posted on social media. Blake Hiligh — 19-years-old from Alexandria, Virginia — and Zachary Pilarcek — 20-years-old from Endicott, New […]

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FBI creates a national database to track swatting

FBI creates a national database to track swatting

urbazon/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As swatting incidents around the country increase, the FBI has created a national database to track them, according to new information from the law enforcement agency. “In response to the national call on swatting, the FBI initiated the Virtual Command Center (VCC) known as the National […]

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Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than 19.5 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There […]

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