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Zoe Kreitenberg: Affirmative action is banned — except at military academies?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

With a conservative majority on the bench, the recent Supreme Court ruling to strike down affirmative action was widely expected. One unexpected twist, however, was an inconspicuous footnote exempting military academies from the drastic change.In his majority opinion, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. briefly singled out military academies as the sole class of institutions allowed to maintain race-conscious admissions practices. This unexplained double standard illuminates the flaws in the court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. It may also doom more minority students to the discrimination that exists within the ranks of our nation’s military.The military academies are among the elite schools that drive much of the affirmative action debate. The Army and naval academies, West Point and Annapolis, often rank in the top liberal arts colleges nationwide. All five federal service academies — also including the Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy...

Sainted & Tainted: ‘These people make a meaningful, apolitical, difference’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

SaintedI recently lost my 101+ year-old mom, Irene. She, and I, were blessed with her relatively quick, peaceful, pain-free death. Over the past several years we received assistance with her care through the many services provided by Ramsey County’s Medical Assistance program. Wow! It is hard to say enough good things about all the people with whom I have interacted during those years.Everyone I have dealt with truly cared about her. They are competent professionals and were always attentive and compassionate. In this day and age of so much social discord and global horror, they are a beacon of what is right about humanity. I am particularly proud of this organization as a born-and-raised Saint Paulite. These people make a meaningful, apolitical, difference. Thank you.Jim Bracke, Eden PrairieSaintedSainted – the couple who lives across the street from Geranium Park in Maplewood. They have planted lots of flowers – along the curb, in their yard and in the space between their an...

Rotterdam police investigate death on Greenpoint Avenue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Detectives with the Rotterdam Police Department reported a death on the 1700-block of Greenpoint Avenue on Friday. Although information is limited for now, investigators said that there is no threat to the public. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Lt. Patrick Farry told NEWS10 that a post-mortem exam is scheduled for Monday and that police hope they will be able to release more information after it is completed. Local law enforcement is working with the Schenectady County Medical Examiner's Office to determine a cause of death.For now, the investigation is ongoing. If you or someone you know has information about the case, call the police at (518) 355-7397 ext. 7104.

Grading The Week: Why does it feel like Broncos’ kicking competition is only going to make us miss Brandon McManus more?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

It took Brandon McManus 114 attempts and four seasons to miss as many extra points — seven — as the combo of Brett Maher and Elliot Fry have whiffed on over their last 72 attempts. Combined.Now, we’ll grant you, the guys coming back from vacation on the Grading The Week stat crew admittedly aren’t that good at math.But when they sent us that particular number, our initial reaction was probably the same as a lot of Broncos Country: Zoinks! Or rather, doinks!Broncos kicking competition — D-plusHey, hey, we trust you, Sean Payton. I mean, what choice do we have? It’s Shanny Part II in Dove Valley, the Penners are all-in, and the Broncos needed a grown-up with gravitas to lead the room after aiming low at head coach for what feels like ages.And maybe — actually, no, this is more of a certainty — we’re so scarred from trying to poke our own eyes out after watching NFL (makes air quotes) offenses (more air quotes) drawn up by Nathaniel Hackett and “Pencil” Pat Shurmur these last few years...

San Francisco homicides: Tenderloin shooting, two arrests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

A man was fatally shot Friday evening in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, police said.They also announced two arrests in a fatal shooting that happened last year.Friday’s homicide was reported at 6:11 p.m. at Hyde Street and Golden Gate Avenue. The victim, a man, was pronounced dead at the scene. No information was released on the suspect.The arrests announced were of suspects in a shooting June 30, 2022, on the 400 block of Rose Street, in the Lower Haight neighborhood. Carlos Discua, 20, was shot around 9:15 that night; he was taken to a hospital, where he died. Two suspects were identified. On June 28 of this year, investigators learned that one of them, a 35-year-old man, was in custody in Contra Costa County on an unrelated case. A warrant detainer was placed on him for the San Francisco homicide, police said.On Wednesday, July 19, the other suspect, a 25-year-old man, was arrested in South San Francisco.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | P...

Pogačar wins Stage 20 but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

LE MARKSTEIN, France (AP) — Tadej Pogačar pipped defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to take the Tour de France penultimate stage on Saturday but it won’t be enough to stop his great rival winning the race.Vingegaard maintained his lead of 7 minutes, 35 seconds over two-time champion Pogačar and will surely be crowned the Tour winner again after Sunday’s largely ceremonial stage ends on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.Pogačar, who won in 2020 and 2021, claimed his second stage win in the 110th edition of cycling’s most famous race but was unable to make up for Vingegaard’s huge advantage built in the Alps.Saturday’s 133.5-kilometer (83-mile) stage from Belfort to the mountain resort of Le Markstein was the last tough test for the riders and the 3,600 meters of climbing took its toll on many of them.Young Spanish rider Carlos Rodriguez, who still harbored hopes of overtaking Adam Yates to third place, crashed going around a bend at 33 km. Rodriguez got back on his bike but with blood on ...

Al menos 11 muertos y cuatro heridos tras incendio provocado en Sonora, México

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un incendio causado por lo que las autoridades llamaron “una especie de bomba del tipo molotov” dejó este sábado un saldo de 11 fallecidos en un bar ubicado en la localidad de San Luis Río Colorado, en el estado mexicano de Sonora, según reportó la Fiscalía General de Justicia estatal.El comunicado difundido por la Fiscalía en su cuenta de Twitter añade que, durante la madrugada de este sábado, un individuo “aparentemente con un alto grado de embriaguez” arrojó un objeto con fuego a las puertas del establecimiento tras haber sido expulsado del lugar.Las versiones de los testigos que cita la Fiscalía dicen que el hombre fue retirado del centro de vida nocturna por haber estado “faltándole el respeto a las mujeres de ese bar”.La Fiscalía señala que se trabaja en labores de identificación y captura del sospechoso.Debido al incendio, hasta el momento se reportan 11 muertos, de los cuales siete son hombres y cuatro son mujeres, ad...

Haiti’s spirited performance gives a loss to England the feel of a win at the Women’s World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

Brisbane, Australia (AP) — Despite a narrow 1-0 loss in its opening match of the Women’s World Cup, Haiti treated fans to a spirited performance against European champion England.The kind of spirit showed was nothing new for a Haiti squad that has faced a difficult journey just to make it to the tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, arriving for its World Cup debut with no sponsors and no home games to prepare.The Haitians are representing a struggling nation that had been waiting nearly half a century to play on the game’s biggest stage. Its last involvement was when Haiti’s men’s team played in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.“We’re very proud of our performance,” coach Nicholas Delépine said. “We’ve worked very hard and for us it was a huge test. We were very close to England. We were very close.”Due to violence in Haiti, the team was forced to close its training facilities and play some of its home games in the neighboring Dominican Republic.After securing ...

Hamilton ends Verstappen’s string of pole positions in Hungarian GP qualifying

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

BUDAPEST (AP) — Lewis Hamilton took his first pole position since 2021 at the Hungarian Grand Prix and ended Formula One champion Max Verstappen’s bid for a sixth straight pole on Saturday.Hamilton pumped his left fist several times after placing just .003 seconds ahead of Verstappen on his last lap to secure a record-extending 104th pole but first since Saudi Arabia in December 2021.“Get in there, let’s go boys!” So good!” Hamilton shouted on team radio before letting out a high-pitch whoop.“It’s been a crazy year and a half … I didn’t think today we’d be fighting for pole,” Hamilton said. “I just need to try and see if I can sleep tonight.”McLaren driver Lando Norris qualified third behind Verstappen at the Hungaroring, the track where Hamilton won his first race for Mercedes in 2013.Verstappen complained he felt like he was “driving on ice” because of the car’s lack of balance. But qualifying second will hardly faze the Dutchm...

Calls to collect jury duty fines are scams, Maryland court says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:06 GMT

The federal court for the District of Maryland is warning citizens not to fall for false jury service claims from scam callers.Officials said these callers are impersonating court administrators, U.S. Marshals and state and federal law enforcement officers who claim victims will be hauled off to jail if they don’t pay a fine for missing jury duty.“The callers insisted that their victims arrange to meet them with cash or prepaid credit cards,” the court said in a news release.Maryland’s district court added that “callers sometimes [disguise] their phone numbers so that they appear to be court or law enforcement numbers on the recipients’ caller ID. They also may transfer victims during the calls to create the illusion that they are speaking with government offices.”If you get a call claiming to be looking for a fine because of missing jury duty, officials said that call is fraudulent.“Neither this Court nor any other law enforcement age...