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mercurynews.com —  1+ hour, 1+ min ago

West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling

...By Michael Hill | Associated Press West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions... ...Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions. Students for Fair Admissions claims the U.S.... ...The lawsuit filed Tuesday also names the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials.... ...The court's conservative majority invalidated admissions plans at Harvard University, and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private...

mercurynews.com —  4+ hour, 53+ min ago

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 6 action

...based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.... ...Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.... ...QB Marley Alcantara and WR Noah Quesada made huge plays for Pittsburg as the Pirates improved to 5-0. Los Gatos is 3-2.... ...Next Friday, Mitty will be back at Foothill College to play Serra and SHC will face Valley Christian at Kezar Stadium. – Darren Sabedra For the first...

huffpost.com —  7+ hour, 58+ min ago

The Supreme Court May Soon Eviscerate The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

...the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in one of the first hearings of the court’s new term.... ...The conservative Supreme Court could soon eviscerate a key part of Congress’ response to the 2008 global financial crisis, with payday lenders challenging... ...Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) before she entered politics, Congress created the CFPB as part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law in 2010.... ...at the Center for American Progress think tank....

mercurynews.com —  1+ hour, 11+ min ago

Gabe Kapler responds to SF Giants firing: ‘We didn’t win enough to satisfy me or our fans’

...SAN FRANCISCO — Gabe Kapler woke up Saturday morning in his North Beach apartment unemployed for the first time in four years.... ...A day after he was fired as manager of the San Francisco Giants, Kapler responded to the decision with a lengthy and heartfelt statement on Instagram... ...I know I was was lucky to be manager of the San Francisco Giants.... ...Kapler went 295-249 in his nearly four full seasons in San Francisco....

huffpost.com —  8+ hour, 58+ min ago

Federal Prosecutors Cite Trump's Milley Attack In Continued Push For Gag Order

...General William Barr — as well as a social media post from last week in which he suggested that Mark Milley, the retiring chairman of the Joint ... ...Trump’s lawyers have objected to the request, and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday set courtroom arguments for Oct.... ...In addition, prosecutors noted an episode in South Carolina earlier this week in which he admired a Glock handgun during a visit to a gun store.... ...The case is currently set for trial March 4, 2024, in federal court in Washington....

huffpost.com —  7+ hour, 28+ min ago

Years After Our Divorce, I Helped My Ex-Husband Die. Here's What I Learned About Love.

...Lee died in February. We celebrated his life the Saturday before Father’s Day. I should have been grieving.... ...But that was OK; I had been grieving my loss of Lee for a very long time — indeed, for the years spanning the distance between middle and old age... ...Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia are horrible.... ...Then, in 2019, shortly before his 78th birthday, Lee was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia....

mercurynews.com —  4+ hour, 58+ min ago

Photos: Bay Area high school football Week 6, 2023

mercurynews.com —  5+ hour, 7+ min ago

Man killed, teen injured in East Oakland shooting Friday

...OAKLAND — A 23-year-old man was killed and a 17-year-old boy wounded in an East Oakland shooting Friday evening, authorities said.... ...Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $15,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the shooter.... .... - Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) - Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) - Click to email a link to a friend (...

nbcbayarea.com —  6+ hour, 4+ min ago

Police search for missing woman in the East Bay

...Police search for missing woman in the East Bay The California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert on Friday night for a missing at-risk senior... ...Preliminary M4.7 earthquake shakes Northern California Help may be on the way for the short-staffed Antioch Police Department Siuespino is believed...

mercurynews.com —  7+ hour, 28+ min ago

Clendaniel: A parting wish for readers as I retire from the editorial page

...editorial page editor and a member of the East Bay Times editorial board.... ...Except for a five-year stint from 1997-2002 as a stay-at-home dad and editor for Forbes ASAP magazine, I’ve been here ever since.... ...Ed Clendaniel retired Friday as editorial page editor of The Mercury News.... ...Through it all I recall what my teacher taught me in my fourth grade  Sharpstein School classroom in Walla Walla, Wash....