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Supreme Court rejects challenge to new horse racing anti-doping rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states to a horse racing safety law that has led to national medication and anti-doping rules. The justices left in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the law and rejected claims...
West Virginia University to increase tuition about 5% and cut some programs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University is increasing tuition by just under 5% a semester and cutting several majors from its divisional campuses in an ongoing effort to offset enrollment drops and a budget deficit. The state flagship university's board of governors...
Abortion access has won when it's been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tucked inside the West Virginia Statehouse is a copy of a petition to lawmakers with a simple request: Let the voters decide whether to reinstate legal access to abortion. The request has been ignored by the Republican lawmakers who have supermajority...
GOP targets a Biden executive order on voter registration ahead of the fall election
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans and conservative activists have increasingly been targeting an executive order issued three years ago by the Biden administration that is intended to boost voter registration, claiming it's unconstitutional and an attempt to interfere in the November election. ...
Jerry West's family says no public memorial for the NBA Hall of Fame player and executive
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There will be no public memorial for NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West. “We will honor Jerry's wishes and mourn his passing privately,” his family said in a statement released Thursday by the Los Angeles Clippers. West was working as a consultant...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 13, 2024. Editorial: Mourning the loss of ‘The Logo’ Perhaps there is no West Virginian more renowned or more influential in the sporting world than Jerry West, who died Wednesday at age 86. West, a native of Chelyan,...
Today in History: June 20, Queen Victoria takes the throne
Today in History Today is Thursday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2024. There are 194 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 20, 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV. ...
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus
LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus. West Virginia University mycology professor Matt...
Joe Mazzulla was a Division 2 coach not long ago. He's now an NBA champion, and just getting started
Joe Mazzulla has been called weird. He’s been called a sicko. He’s been called crazy. Those comments weren’t coming from critics or haters directing anonymous insults toward the coach of the Boston Celtics. They came publicly from his own players who, by all accounts,...
Biden's Title IX law expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students is dealt another setback
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration's effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the...
