By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department. The changes, detailed in a letter sent by the university’s interim president,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, March 21 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. FRIDAY’S SCORES SOFTBALL…
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A judge has ordered Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to turn over certain office policies and training manuals to civil rights groups that sued as part of an effort to determine if there is racial bias in his prosecutions. Superior Court Judge Walter Schwarm made the ruling Thursday, March 20, in a 2022 public…
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By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states.…
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By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN, SAM MEDNICK and DAVID RISING JERUSALEM (AP) — A strike in Gaza killed several members of a family Friday as Israel ordered ground forces to advance deeper into the territory and vowed to hold more land until Hamas releases its remaining hostages. Related Articles World News | Top Russian official meets North…
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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, AP Education Writer President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications. Related Articles National Politics | Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election National Politics | Some voters are pushing back on lawmakers’ efforts to overturn…
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By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Columbia women’s basketball team plays in an intimate 2,700-seat gym nestled in Manhattan that is nowhere to be found on the national sports landscape. Now the Lions and all the other starry-eyed dreamers in the NCAA Tournament are being serenaded just like former…
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top Russian security official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Friday and thanked him for the country’s support of Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine, according to Russian state media. Related Articles World News | Israeli troops move deeper into Gaza as…
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By DEVI SHASTRI and KASTURI PANANJADY As measles cases in West Texas are still on the rise two months after the outbreak began, local public health officials say they expect the virus to keep spreading for at least several more months and that the official case number is likely an undercount. Related Articles Health |…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — As the Angels complete their first spring training with their state-of-the-art facilities, they are hopeful that the impact will go beyond the novelty of having new gadgets. Pitching coach Barry Enright, who pushed for the new pitching lab last year, said he felt it was a “huge” addition this spring. “Just getting…
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