Tag: year
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Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Year
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark was named WNBA Rookie of the Year on Thursday. Clark earned 66 of 67 first-place votes from a panel of writers and broadcasters. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese received the only other first-place vote. “I am incredibly honored to be named Rookie of the Year, but more than that, I…
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Released hostages from Hamas captivity share haunting memories nearly a year after the October 7 attack
Ilana Gritzewsky, a pastry chef, no longer bakes cakes. It’s been almost a year since she was taken hostage by Hamas — the memories of the Oct. 7 terror attacks remain vivid — and her 55 days trapped in the group’s tunnels under the Gaza Strip transformed her. “Today, I’m doing more things that I didn’t used to…
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Penn Law suspends professor for one year over comments on race
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions along with a public reprimand on a tenured professor over her comments about race in recent years. The university said Professor Amy Wax — who has questioned the academic performance of Black students, invited a…
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This UPS driver is making $22,000 less than last year in a shift shakeup
Editor’s note: This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles looking at the financial realities of everyday Americans and the challenges they face. Otis Keys II, 41, The Colony, Texas UPS driver grappling with smaller average paychecks despite a new union contract. Father of four frustrated with grocery costs. Bucking his…
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Denver will discontinue its migrant support program next year as border numbers fall
Five months after launching an ambitious plan designed to help newly arrived migrants transition into more stable lives through temporary housing, job training and other supports, Denver officials said this week that the city will not continue the program next year. City officials said the Biden administration’s border policies have greatly reduced the number of…
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Led by the South, clean energy sector added 150,000 jobs last year
Nearly 3.5 million people in the United States now work in the clean energy sector, according to a new report, with more than 1 million of those jobs in states across the South. The report, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan business group E2, found an uptick in employment in the clean energy industry in 2023,…
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Pennsylvania ballots are almost ready. Here’s why they look different this year.
Voters in the key battleground of Pennsylvania may notice their ballots look different this year, as the state prepares to deploy a new design in the general election for the first time this year that aims to reduce the number of rejected votes. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt officially certified the state’s ballot for this…
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Virginia husband indicted in killing of his wife and another man nearly 1 year after au pair is charged
A Virginia man was indicted in the killing last year of his wife and another man, officials said Monday, nearly a year after the couple’s au pair was charged in connection with the double homicide. Brendan Banfield, 39, was charged with four counts of aggravated murder and use of a firearm in the commission of…