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Braden Smith played with Zach Edey in the 2024 national championship game and followed in his large footsteps by becoming an All-American last season.The Purdue guard had a chance to leave for the NBA over the summer, but, like Edey before him, decided to return for another chance at a national championship under coach Matt Painter.Smith’s decision earned him another similarity to Edey: unanimous preseason All-American. Purdue’s Braden Smith leads The AP preseason All-America team. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Smith earned all 57 votes from a media panel in The Associated Press preseason All-America team released on Monday, a…
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Miracle Flights proudly announces the honorees for its 2026 SOARée, taking place Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Thrive Aviation Private Jet Hangar in Las Vegas. This signature fundraising gala brings together community leaders, corporate partners, and supporters for an evening of inspiration, celebration, and purpose. The event supports families in need of life-changing medical care far from home. Each year, SOARée recognizes individuals and organizations whose compassion, leadership, and service have helped Miracle Flights chart new paths of hope for children across the nation. Kathy Roller, Vice President of Events at Miracle Flights, noted,…
Washington — Demolition on the White House’s East Wing has begun, although President Trump previously said his ballroom addition to the White House wouldn’t “interfere” with the building’s existing structure. The Washington Post first reported on the demolition and published an image of the work. And on Monday, a pool reporter captured video of part of the East Wing being torn down. During an event Monday with the Louisiana State University baseball team at the White House, the president remarked on the construction, which he said “just started today.” “You know we’re building — right behind us — we’re building a ballroom,”…
The United States added Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica to its proposal to host the 2031 Women’s World Cup, the only bid FIFA is considering for the tournament.The U.S., a four-time winner of the tournament, announced the additions Monday.The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexican Football Federation withdrew their joint bid to host the 2027 tournament in April 2024 and said they intended to focus on staging the 2031 event. Two weeks later, FIFA selected Brazil for 2027.FIFA said this past April the USSF was the only bidder for the 2031 tournament as part of a bid with regional partners from…
The government will allow thousands of rapists, child sex offenders and other violent criminals to be released early from prison, the Conservatives claimed as a row over sentencing law reforms erupted.Ahead of MPs debating the Sentencing Bill, introduced to tackle the growing prison population, on Tuesday, the Tories accused Labour of favouring criminals over victims and said the government’s approach is a “betrayal of victims”. But Labour accused the Conservative Party of “rank hypocrisy” over prison overcrowding and the previous government’s early release policies.The bill will restrict the use of short sentences and instead strengthen community punishments.It will also include…
Video Details Fresh off his Talladega victory, Chase Briscoe joins Kevin Harvick for this week’s Victory Lap interview. Briscoe talks about what it meant to earn his first career Superspeedway win and how he pulled it off in one of NASCAR’s most unpredictable races. He also shares a special moment from Victory Lane — celebrating with Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, one of his biggest supporters and longtime sponsors. Briscoe explains why the win was a full-circle moment for him and his team. With a spot already locked in the Championship 4, Briscoe and Harvick dive…
Many public narratives still portray breast cancer as a disease of older white women. They shape screening guidelines, design clinical trials, set treatment protocols, and decide where cancer centers go. But Black women face a different reality. In our communities, women receive diagnoses at younger ages, experience higher mortality rates, and face triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), a subtype with no approved therapies to prevent recurrence. We spoke with Ricki Fairley, CEO and Co-Founder of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, and Sue Weldon, Founder and CEO of Unite for HER, about what it means to build care that reflects…
NEW YORK :Activist investor Impactive Capital has selected a handful of director candidates with experience in banking and payments to serve on financial technology company WEX’s board, signaling its intent to push ahead with a planned proxy fight.Impactive, which owns 6.4 per cent of WEX, signed up four industry executives to serve on its slate, two people familiar with the matter said. Impactive co-founder Lauren Taylor Wolfe may also stand as a director candidate, taking the number of total candidates to five, said the sources, who are not permitted to discuss the private agreements publicly.The selection of directors – long…
Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey filed a slate of motions Monday, seeking to have the two-count federal indictment against him dismissed before a potential trial date early next year. Comey’s attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that it is based on a vindictive and unlawful prosecution. He is also challenging the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan to that role. Comey’s attorneys wrote that the charges arose due to an “egregious abuse of power,” and there are “multiple glaring constitutional violations” in the indictment. They argued that Mr. Trump ordered prosecutors to charge Comey…
Federal agents confront protesters outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on September 28, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court on Monday said that President Donald Trump could deploy National Guard troops to the streets of Portland, Oregon.The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals stayed a temporary restraining order issued by a federal district court judge on Oct. 4 enjoining Trump’s order to federalize 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to protect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.”After considering the record…