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Kent State senior Katie Shumate dribbles in toward the net during the wagon wheel game against Akron Feb. 18, 2023.

Sports roundup 2023: spring recap, fall preview

Isabella Schreck, Editor-in-Chief August 14, 2023

As the semester came to a close and the summer began, Kent State’s sports teams continued to bring in victories – with some programs even marking historic seasons. Track and field makes it to NCAA...

New Kent State football coach Kenni Burns (center) poses with university athletic director Randale Richmond (left) and university president Todd Diacon (right) at Burns’ first press conference Dec. 16, 2022. Courtesy of Kent State Athletics

‘We are going to win MAC championships’: New football coach comes in with big plans

John Hilber, Reporter August 14, 2023

New coach Kenni Burns inherits a football program that finished 5-7  overall last season and is predicted to finish last in the Mid-American Conference in the 2023 MAC Football Head Coaches Preseason...

Prosecutor Jack Smith listens as Hashim Thaci, not pictured, makes his first courtroom appearance before a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court in The Hague, Netherlands, on November 9, 2020.

Exclusive: Special counsel sat in on Pence’s testimony to federal grand jury

CNN– Special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours last week, three sources familiar with the matter...

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Atlanta Police searching for gunman after multiple people were shot at building in Midtown

Rebekah Riess, CNN May 3, 2023

CNN– Authorities are searching for a gunman after multiple people were shot in Midtown Atlanta near Northside Hospital Medical, according to Atlanta Police on the scene. Police issued a “be on the...

Texas massacre suspect’s longtime partner arrested after accused gunman captured in a closet

CNN– The longtime partner of the man suspected of fatally shooting five people – including a 9-year-old and his mom – last week in a Texas home is in jail after law enforcement caught the alleged...

Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors listen to special general counsel Daniel Langley outline a resolution to invalidate Disney's final agreement with the previous board, the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.
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DeSantis-aligned board votes to sue Disney

Steve Contorno, CNN May 1, 2023

CNN– The board overseeing Disney’s special taxing district – which was appointed by and is aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment...

Suspect in Texas massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says

CNN– The man wanted by law enforcement in the fatal shooting Friday of five of his neighbors in Texas – including a 9-year-old boy – had entered the US illegally and been deported by immigration...

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Supreme Court to hear major case on limiting the power of federal government, a long-term goal of legal conservatives

Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN May 1, 2023

CNN– The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything from how...

Jerry Springer’s cause of death revealed

Lisa Respers France, CNN April 28, 2023

CNN– Longtime television host and former mayor of Cincinnati Jerry Springer died from pancreatic cancer, his longtime representative Linda Shafran confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 79. Springer’s death...

Fed autopsy on SVB details grave mismanagement

Allison Morrow, CNN April 28, 2023

CNN– The Federal Reserve detailed serious management oversights by the executives of Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed six weeks and sent financial markets reeling. In a hotly anticipated report...

Opponents of LB626, an anti-abortion bill celebrate after the bill fails to advance on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star/AP

Anti-abortion bills fail in GOP-controlled Nebraska and South Carolina

Chandelis Duster, CNN April 28, 2023

CNN– Measures that would have severely restricted abortion failed Thursday in Nebraska and South Carolina, which both have Republican-controlled legislatures, a reflection of the growing unease among...

Elizabeth Holmes delays start of prison sentence with last-minute appeal

Jennifer Korn and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN April 26, 2023

CNN– Elizabeth Holmes won’t be starting her 11-year prison sentence just yet. The disgraced Theranos founder was previously expected to report to prison on Thursday, but she will remain free a little...

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