1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (603+ words) A North Carolina school district entered into a five-figure settlement to resolve a free-speech lawsuit filed after painting over a student's tribute to Charlie Kirk on a campus forum known as "spirit rock." The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education will pay…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (670+ words) The Carolina Hurricanes are atop the NHL and their celebration is just getting started. Rhe rest of the league is about to be hard at work trying to catch up. The offseason is underway, with the next few weeks expected…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (686+ words) DENVER " Nobody has lived on the edge of the risk-reward nature of sports more than Deion Sanders over the years. "The game is still the game," Sanders said. "The game is just positioned differently. Money's involved, and any time money's…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (742+ words) Richmond lawmakers risk jobs, AI growth and local revenue by punishing digital infrastructure Virginia is home to the nation's third-largest technology industry workforce, with 330, 000 people working in the sector or in tech occupations. The commonwealth's emergence at the center of…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (885+ words) Many Asian American and Pacific Islander adults have experienced or witnessed some degree of upheaval because of the Trump administration's heightened immigration policies, a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds, while most say the U. S. is no longer the land of…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (450+ words) Not far from the Corniche along the Eastern Harbor in Alexandria, Egypt, there's El Fallah, a tiny place that only makes one thing: liver sandwiches. You say liver sandwich in Alexandria and people know you're talking about this spot - it's…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (441+ words) ATHENS, Greece " Greece's migration minister on Monday called criticism from human rights groups a "badge of honor" and vowed to further toughen migration policies he called "the toughest - if not the toughest - in Europe." Thanos Plevris' comments to private broadcaster…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (667+ words) INGLEWOOD, Calif. " Iranian Americans are torn over Iran's participation in the World Cup, as some community members plan to watch Monday's match and others plan to protest outside the stadium where the team will play. A rally is planned for…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (502+ words) GENEVA " FIFA's discrimination monitor at the World Cup called Monday for a video review official to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign. When the official broadcast of Germany's opening game against Cura'ao…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1025+ words) In the shadow of Tennessee's Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham has been balancing on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain's national team to emerge. "I love you and I look…...