Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes scored a Division I women’s freshman record 55 points on Sunday in a 98-88 overtime victory over Auburn.
At least 9 people are dead, including 8 in Kentucky, in latest blast of winter weather
At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky.
An unwanted double: US sales fall for American whiskeys as threats of a trade war heat up
Talk of tariffs cast a shadow over the Distilled Spirits Council’s report on 2024 U.S. spirits sales. The report, released Tuesday, showed a drop in domestic sales for the American whiskey category, which includes bourbon, rye whiskey and Tennessee whiskey.
Stretch of North Carolina interstate that collapsed during Helene to reopen by March 1
The primary road connection between North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was severed in late September as flooding in the Pigeon River gorge washed away eastbound lanes. One lane in each direction will reopen to traffic at a reduced speed.
Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
Individuals who say they have been denied care since he signed it last week filed a lawsuit in a Baltimore federal court on Tuesday. They’re joined by a group of families of LGBTQ+ people and a medical organization.
Japanese court upholds conviction of American who helped fugitive former Nissan chief hide pay
Greg Kelly, a lawyer and former executive vice president at Nissan Motor Corp, was convicted in 2022 on charges related to only one of eight years during which prosecutors said he under-reported Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s income.
The NCAA settles lawsuit with Tennessee and Virginia over compensation rules for recruits
This settles the antitrust lawsuit filed exactly a year ago by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia challenging the NCAA’s ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes.
Drug used in federal executions under Trump may cause ‘unnecessary pain and suffering,’ Garland says
The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital.
Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week
To Debbie Berkowitz, who was a top OSHA official in the Obama administration, the flurry of announcements this week helps solidify the Biden administration’s legacy of trying to “stamp out child labor in this very dangerous meat and poultry industry” while putting the new administration on notice.
Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students
In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings.
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