DALLAS - Big 12 presidents are scheduled next week to discuss potentially inviting UConn to the conference after school officials made an in-person pitch to the league that included a hefty investment in the Huskies' struggling football program, two people familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press on Friday....
Iowa Man Indicted for Allegedly Distributing Videos of Monkey Torture and Abuse
A man from Iowa has been indicted on charges of conspiring to create and distribute graphic videos depicting extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys, according to federal authorities. Philip Colt Moss allegedly collaborated with two other individuals, Nicholas Dryden and Giancarlo Morelli, to produce and share the disturbing content,...
South Carolina Sets Date for First Execution in More Than 13 Years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state's first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one of the busiest states for executions, but for years had had trouble obtaining...
Fresno Journalist Lloyd Carter, Who Exposed Kesterson Environmental Disaster, Dies at 76
Lloyd G. Carter, 76, a journalist and lawyer whose reporting of an environmental disaster at the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge refuge near Los Banos in 1984 sent shockwaves through the Reagan administration, died last week in Fresno. Mr. Carter, who had a vast understanding of California water issues, passed away...
An Attack at a Festival in a German City Kills 3 People and Wounds 4 Seriously, Police Say
SOLINGEN, Germany — Three people were killed and four were seriously wounded in an attack on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said. Police said that the perpetrator was on the run, German news agency dpa reported. It cited unidentified police sources as saying...
San Diego Padres Reinstate Yu Darvish From Restricted List
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres reinstated right-hander Yu Darvish from the restricted list and returned him to the 15-day injured list. He was to rejoin the team on Friday. Darvish was placed on the restricted list on July 6 to deal with a personal matter involving his family....
On Truth Social, Donald Trump Tries to Refashion Himself as Supportive of Abortion Rights
Donald Trump, who recently said he has “no regrets” about appointing the Supreme Court supermajority that overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights, declared on social media Friday that his administration will be “great” for women’s “reproductive rights.” Trump’s use of the specific phrase “reproductive rights” —...
3 Detroit-Area Mall Guards Not Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Man’s Death in 2014
PONTIAC, Mich. — Three security guards who held a man to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014 were acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in his death in a case that was reopened years later by state prosecutors. The jury returned with a verdict in Oakland County court after...
Fresno Unified’s Credit Recovery Tool Is Roadbock to Real Learning
When students get their high school diplomas, you assume that they’ve all met key standards in all requisite areas. You suppose that they’ve all made the grade. Unfortunately, that hasn’t always been the case during the past decade or so in Fresno Unified. It all ties in with a program...
Ukraine Steps Up Strikes Into Russia as Moscow Pushes Ahead in the East
As Ukrainian forces fight to isolate a large group of Russian soldiers caught between a river in Russia’s Kursk province and the Ukrainian border, Ukraine has launched a series of strikes at airfields, ports and oil depots in other regions of Russia aimed at degrading the Kremlin’s war effort. Ukrainian...