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- 'I felt immeasurably stuck': High school seniors face college acceptances, rejections alone
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 09:10 AMUSA TODAY talked to five high school seniors to offer insight into the challenges of navigating the already stressful college process during the pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vermont vs. vacation rentals: New bills aim to regulate Airbnbs, end party houses
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 07:16 AMNo one knows how many short-term rentals there are in Vermont or who owns them. Two new pieces of legislation aim to solve those problems.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: It's time for the NBA to change its logo to a Black player. Here's why.
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 06:19 AMKyrie Irving is right. It's time for the NBA to change its logo from Jerry West to a Black player, although it shouldn't necessarily be Kobe Bryant.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Father of boy who scored TD in Nebraska spring football game dies of brain cancer at 42
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 09:16 AMAndy Hoffman — the father of Jack Hoffman, who scored a TD as a 7-year-old during Nebraska's 2013 spring football game — died of cancer. He was 42.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hilaria Baldwin shares photo of new daughter after husband Alec Baldwin slams probing commenter
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:55 AMHilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin have a new baby girl. Hilaria shared a photo of her a day after Alec Baldwin fired back at a probing commenter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vernon Jordan, civil rights champion and 'first friend' to Bill Clinton, dies at 85
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:10 AM"The nation has lost one of its greatest champions of racial and economic justice," said National Urban League president.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - J&J COVID-19 vaccine distribution, voting rights debate, FBI director to testify: 5 things to know Tuesday
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:28 AMJohnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to hit distribution centers soon, FBI director Wray will testify before Senate for first time since Capitol riot and more news to start your Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to use your iPhone camera to scan, search
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 03:00 PMUse your phone's camera to its fullest potential by scanning and searching images.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Paris Hilton reacts to 'Framing Britney Spears,' says David Letterman humiliated her in 2007
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 08:03 PMParis Hilton is reacting to the documentary "Framing Britney Spears," which has called into question the media's treatment of Spears and other women.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boy Scouts of America plan to exit bankruptcy would pay abuse survivors an average of $6,000 each; survivors object
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 12:37 AMMore than 95,000 former Boy Scouts have filed claims, saying they were sexually assaulted. The proposal offers an average of just $6,000 apiece.
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- Opinion: NFL should consider permanently honoring Alex Smith's legacy
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 09:48 AMGiven all that Alex Smith had to overcome to return to play in 2020, perhaps the NFL ought to consider renaming its Comeback Player of the Year Award.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - USA TODAY's Elizabeth Weise on how vaccinations differ state to state
Thursday - 01/14/2021 - 08:07 AMOn today's 5 Things to Know podcast.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mock slave auctions, racist lessons: How US history class often traumatizes, dehumanizes Black students
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 09:14 AMEach year, particularly in February, racist classroom activities about slavery draw national outrage. Experts say its part of a systemic problem.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tired of reading glasses? Eye drop submitted for FDA approval may help you read without them.
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:10 AMA new drug that could help more than 128 million Americans with presbyopia has been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for approval.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning.
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:29 AMSince Seresto pet collars were introduced, the EPA has received more than 75,000 reports related to the collars, including 907 involving human harm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden sanctions Russians over Putin opponent Alexei Navalny's poisoning, attempted murder
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:59 AMThe Biden administration is sanctioning seven Russians allied with Vladimir Putin after the attempted murder of Alexei Nalvany.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WWII bomb detonated in England
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 08:13 AMA recently discovered bomb from World War II was disposed of during a controlled detonation on February 27 in Exeter, England. Credit: Devon and Cornwall Police via Storyful.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letters from University of Texas donors reveal drastic measures some willing to go to preserve 'Eyes of Texas'
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 09:24 PMWealthy Longhorns supporters push school president to preserve tradition: "UT needs rich donors ... more than irresponsible and uninformed students."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'It was God, I tell you:' Tiny light on cellphone leads to one water rescue as Kentucky endures historic flooding
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 09:04 PMHeavy rains pounded Kentucky on Sunday and Monday, sending rivers over their banks and leading to multiple water rescues, mudslides and road closures.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NCAA Bracketology
Monday - 02/15/2021 - 11:08 PMWho's in? Who's out?
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- Lower courts take notice: The Supreme Court is rethinking qualified immunity
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 08:59 AMAt a time when Americans seek greater government accountability, the Supreme Court is stepping up to deliver by reintroducing some common sense.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Andrew Cuomo, there can be no sexual harassment double standard. He should resign.
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:47 AMIf Democrats are to hold the moral high ground on issues of gender equity, they cannot apply standards just to those on the opposite side of the aisle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CNN's Chris Cuomo says he 'obviously' can't cover brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid allegations
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 08:44 AMCNN host Chris Cuomo said he "obviously" couldn't cover allegations of sexual harassment surrounding his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Vaccine angels' can only do so much: How can US make it easier to find COVID-19 vaccination appointment in minutes, not hours?
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 05:30 AMDespite creating three COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year, America's fragmented health system doesn't offer a simple way to sign up to get a shot.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Merck to team with Johnson & Johnson on vaccine rollout; stimulus cash could start flowing soon: Live COVID-19 updates
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:32 AMAmericans could begin seeing the latest round of stimulus payments within two weeks, and two pharmaceutical giants are teaming up COVID-19 updates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats left scrambling on a $15 minimum wage now that it appears left out of COVID-19 stimulus bill
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 05:00 AMThirty-one states have a minimum wage law below $10. No state has a minimum wage at $15 or above, though the District of Columbia does.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FBI director Wray to testify before Senate for first time since Capitol riot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:00 AMThe last time Christopher Wray testified before a committee, the FBI director offered a now-prescient warning about domestic extremists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Professor at center of Dan Dakich controversy speaks out: 'He debased and violated me'
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 07:36 PMDr. Johanna Mellis says the ESPN college basketball analyst sexualized her challenge to a swimming competition, behavior she calls "misogynistic."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed.
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 09:54 PMTuesday is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' birthday. Those two events, however, aren't as closely linked as in past years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iceberg bigger than New York City breaks off Brunt Ice Shelf
Monday - 03/01/2021 - 02:26 PMThe iceberg that broke off Antarctica is 490 square miles.
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