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UCLA’s unconventional strategy to win a national title — all seniors, all the time

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One by one, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close substituted out her starting lineup in the final minutes of her team’s national championship victory Sunday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Point guard Kiki Rice, a senior. All-American center Lauren Betts, a senior. Gabriela Jaquez, a … Read more

Trump’s national security team assembles at White House amid downed jet search and rescue mission

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Trump’s national security team assembles at White House amid downed jet search and rescue mission – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s national security team convened at the White House on Friday amid the ongoing search for a second crew member aboard a fighter jet downed over Iran. CBS News’ Nancy Cordes and Eleanor … Read more

Watchdog targets taxpayer-funded National Academies over DEI, climate and transgender spending

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A consumer watchdog group is accusing the federally funded National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of using taxpayer dollars to support DEI, transgender-related and other left-leaning initiatives, according to a new report. Consumers’ Research compiled the “Woke Alert” report outlining what it describes as left-leaning research, … Read more

Trump administration scaling back asylum crackdown enacted after D.C. National Guard shooting, sources say

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The Trump administration is scaling back a crackdown on asylum that brought hundreds of thousands of immigration applications to a halt, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. In late November, after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., allegedly at the hands of an Afghan man who had been … Read more

Trump declares national emergency at airports, will sign order instructing DHS to ‘immediately pay’ TSA agents

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to address airport disruptions, announcing the move in a Truth Social post Thursday that framed the situation as a national emergency. “Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under … Read more

Stefanik grills University of Michigan leader on lack of audit after string of Chinese national arrests

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., continued her relentless cross examinations of college administrators Thursday – this time pressing Michigan’s interim president Domenico Grasso on Chinese student spies at the university. Stefanik wanted to know why Chinese nationals in Michigan were accused of spying on America and his university … Read more

Mountain gorilla twins born in national park for 2nd time this year:

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In a rare occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict. “The twins, believed to be a female and a male, are approximately two weeks old and are being closely monitored by field teams,” the park … Read more

From the batter’s box to the bleachers, baseball binds across national boundaries

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I’ve seen Ronald Acuña Jr. make some dazzling plays in his career with the Atlanta Braves.  Perhaps the most iconic moment of Mr. Acuña’s baseball career in right field, however, came earlier this month in the bottom of the 9th inning in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, the game’s preeminent international tournament. … Read more