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Lauren Betts' UCLA teammate Kiki Rice drops 1-word reaction following major academic honor
Sportskeeda
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July 15, 2025
Alongside star center Lauren Betts, UCLA guard Kiki Rice helped to lead the Bruins to the Big Ten Tournament title last season. In addition, the Bruins were a No. 1 seed and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in...
Amid hot seat rumors, Auburn's Hugh Freeze leans on faith and optimism after multiple disappointing seasons with the Tigers
Sportskeeda
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July 15, 2025
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze is one of the college football coaches on the hot seat after a woeful season that ended 5-7. The Tigers failed to earn a Bowl game in Freeze's second season with the program. In his first year, he led the program to a 6-7...
Ozempic maker announces not one, but three new weight-loss drugs
New Atlas
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June 23, 2025
Over the weekend, Novo Nordisk dropped a pile of scientific data on three new experimental weight-loss drugs, including an oral one, showing what appears to be a strategic "something for everyone" plan of attack from the pharmaceutical giant....
Country View Animal Care Center celebrates 20th anniversary
Westside Eagle Observer - Arkansas
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July 15, 2025
GRAVETTE -- Country View Animal Care Center celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday, July 12, with a thank-you event for all its customers. The event included a bountiful buffet meal, entertainment by local cowboy poet Ron McDaniel, and a...
Administration takes bold action to elevate American agriculture in national security
Newton County Times - Arkansas
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the next pillar of her Make Agriculture Great Again...
At CodeCrew, Something Is Clicking
Memphis Magazine - Tennessee
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July 8, 2025
In 1983, inside a small house in South Memphis near the former defense depot, a 10-year-old boy named Nnaemeka Egwuekwe saw a TV commercial for a home computer. Nnaemeka, or “Meka,” the son of a man from Nigeria and a woman from Memphis, already...
Jase Richardson, Cayden Boozer, Kameron Mercer and others react as Jaxon Richardson finalises his potential college destinations
Sportskeeda
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July 9, 2025
Jaxon Richardson, ranked No. 18 in the Class of 2026, has trimmed his list of top programs to ten. Richardson is now considering Alabama, Cincinnati, Creighton, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Ole Miss, Seton Hall, USC and Villanova for commitment....
Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes...
DeWitt Era-Enterprise - Arkansas
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(Washington, D.C., July 8, 2025) — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the next...
Nationally certified: BJACH radiology specialist earns professional credential
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
Spc. Johnny Rainwater, a radiology specialist assigned to Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, passed the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists exam on July 2 in Shreveport—earning a nationally recognized credential that supports military...
Wallace State brings home gold and bronze from SkillsUSA competition
The Cullman Tribune - Alabama
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July 14, 2025
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College students returned from the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference with three gold medals and two bronze medals. “Competing — and winning — at the national level in such diverse...
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
The American Prospect
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July 8, 2025
For decades, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has supported the development of and access to public broadcasting in the United States, focusing on providing non-commercial, high-quality content that reaches 99 percent of Americans....
How much Trump's ‘big beautiful' bill could raise electricity costs in every U.S. state over the next 10 years
NBC Connecticut
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July 14, 2025
Electricity prices are expected to surge higher throughout the next decade due to energy policy changes in President Donald Trump's "big beautiful" bill, according to a new analysis from Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate think...
Alan Smith moves from interim to permanent president at Gadsden State
The Gadsden Times - Alabama
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Alan Smith, who has served has interim president of Gadsden State Community College, will fill the college's top leadership role on a full-time basis. Smith's appointment was announced in a July 9 news release by the Alabama Community College...
Hutcheson participates in CCHS program
Franklin County Times - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
CONTRIBUTED/UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Rising Phil Campbell High School senior Hudson Hutcheson spent five weeks this summer at the University of Alabama in the College of Community Health Sciences Rural Dental Health Scholars Program, preparing for...
Report: US abortions continue post-Dobbs rise in part due to telehealth
The Catholic Spirit - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
A medication used to induce a medication-based abortion is shown at a Planned Parenthood facility in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters The rate of abortions in the U.S. continued to increase in 2024...
Local Treasures: Robert A. Johnson
Memphis Magazine - Tennessee
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July 14, 2025
Most people have heard of a singer and phenomenal guitarist named Robert Johnson, but not necessarily the one featured in this story. Google the name and you’ll be overwhelmed with links to the virtuosic bluesman of the 1930s; traces of any other...
Hurricane Katrina and sparrows at her New Orleans rent house changed this author's life. See how.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Sometimes natural disasters have a way of rerouting a person's life. In Trish O'Kane's case, she transformed from a civil rights journalist to an ornithologist and environmental activist, a journey she recounts in her nonfiction book, "Birding to...
Video: 5-star LSU target Oliviyah Edwards uses 6’3 height to slam down a dunk comfortably
Sportskeeda
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July 15, 2025
Talented forward Oliviyah Edwards has made a name for herself starring for Elite Sports Academy. The five-star Edwards is the No. 4-ranked player in the country in the Class of 2026, according to ESPN, and has received several offers, including...
APR Notebook: Making every moment count in the U.S. House of Representatives
Alabama Public Radio
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Pat Duggins-- The Alabama public radio news team is known for its major journalism investigations. We've been doing them for over a decade. Our most recent national award winning effort was an eight month investigation into Alabama's new US House...
How Do Dolphins Communicate With Each Other and What Are They Signaling?
AOL
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To the delight of vacationers from around the world, dolphins frolic in the bays of the Alabama Gulf Coast.© Ed Rahe/Shutterstock.comAI is a continual topic in the news lately, for a multitude of reasons. One newsworthy use of AI involves...