Birmingham-Southern College folds, but baseball team very much alive and headed to College World Series – 2024

The Birmingham-Southern College Panthers advanced to the Division III College World Series next week — and will play for a school that no longer exists. Jakob Zito’s two-run triple keyed an early three-run outburst as the Panthers beat Denison University in Granville, Ohio, 7-6, on Saturday. Birmingham-Southern won Game 1 of the best-of-three series, 10-1, … Read more

Harrison Butker says he does not regret commencement speech that sparked controversy – 2024

In his first public comments since a divisive commencement speech that sparked accusations of sexism and homophobia, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said he has no regrets about expressing his views. “As to be expected, the more I’ve talked about what I value most — which is my Catholic faith — the more polarizing I’ve … Read more

Severe storms to strike the eastern half of the U.S. this Memorial Day Weekend as heat hits the south – 2024

Dangerous severe storms will sweep across the eastern half of the U.S. this Memorial Day Weekend, impacting a number of major cities from Saturday to Monday. The storms will start Saturday, with 18 million people from Texas to Iowa under a high threat of severe storms, the strongest of which will hit Oklahoma, Kansas and … Read more

Slain Fort Campbell Latina soldier Katia Dueñas-Aguilar’s mom wants answers as LULAC offers $25,000 reward – 2024

Carmen Aguilar, the mother of slain Fort Campbell Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, is pleading for “justice for my daughter,” as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the soldier’s death nearly a week ago. Dueñas-Aguilar, who was 23, is survived by her mother and a 4-year-old son. “We are destroyed,” the tearful mother said in Spanish to “Noticias … Read more

Woman alleges Disney waterslide knocked her unconscious and caused brain injury in lawsuit – 2024

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks alleging that she sustained a brain injury after she was knocked unconscious and left “limp” and bleeding after riding a waterslide at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida. The lawsuit, filed Monday in an Orange County, Florida, Circuit Court, alleges that Disney failed to provide a safe … Read more

North Carolina man sentenced to 25 years for teaching bomb-making to person who targeted authorities – 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a North Carolina man to 25 years in prison for teaching someone how to make bombs meant to kill federal law enforcement officers. A jury had found Christopher Arthur, 40, guilty in 2023 for the bomb-related charges, as well as for illegally possessing weapons, including improvised explosives … Read more

Hundreds walk out of Harvard College graduation; UCLA contends with new protest – 2024

LOS ANGELES — The end of encampments at some American college campuses this spring was not the end of pro-Palestinian protests at Harvard and UCLA. Hundreds who attended annual graduation Thursday at Harvard College, Harvard University’s undergraduate college, staged a walkout to decry its disqualification of 13 students involved in earlier protests. At UCLA on Thursday, … Read more