Becky Sullivan
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World
What to know about the U.N. vote on whether to admit Palestinians as full members
The U.N. Security Council met Thursday to debate and vote on the Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, which would allow it to vote during U.N. proceedings.
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World Athletics will pay $50,000 to Olympic gold medalists in track and field events
The prizes, which will also go to the winners of the marathon and race walk, come as the Olympic Games have shifted away from amateurism. Many medalists already earn bonuses from their home countries.
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Ticket prices for the women's Final Four games rival the men's
Call it the Caitlin Clark effect: The average sales price for a ticket to the women's college basketball semifinal was nearly double that of the men's event, the ticketing company Logitix reported.
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Kickoffs will look radically different in the NFL next year. Here's how and why
For years, the NFL has tweaked kickoff rules to reduce injuries, resulting in kickoffs that were safer but more boring. The changes aim to re-introduce excitement while keeping injuries low.
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So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds?
As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.
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National
What to know about SB 4, the Texas immigration law in the courts now
The controversial new law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally, powers that have traditionally belonged to the federal government.
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National
Reddit and YouTube must face a lawsuit over the radicalization of the Buffalo shooter
The sites' algorithms served the 18-year-old with increasingly extremist content and led to the attack, the suit claims. On Monday, a judge rejected the companies' request to have the suit dismissed.
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A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you're talking about
The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)
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West Point axed 'duty, honor, country' from its mission statement. Conservatives fumed
The three iconic words remain the motto of the U.S. military academy. But an update to its mission statement, where the words had appeared for 26 years, has sparked outrage among conservatives online.
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U.N. report finds grounds to believe attacks in Israel included rapes
The report finds convincing evidence that sexual violence took place during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and that some Israeli hostages experienced such violence while in captivity in Gaza.