The Longhorns built themselves a 17-point lead in the second half with about 10 minutes to go before things started to slip away. VCU’s second half rally stuns UNC in OTThe No. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementBut the tide turned in the second half with the Rams forcing overtime and eventually upsetting the sixth-seeded Tar Heels squad 82-78. High Point's Owen Aquino blocks the shot of Wisconsin's Nick Boyd late in the second half. Nebraska, the four-seed in the South region, did something that the school had never done: Win a tournament game.

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Nearly two months have passed since President Donald Trump announced Warsh’s nomination, and with two months until Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term as chair expires, no Senate confirmation hearing date has been set. On Thursday, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Warsh demanding more details about the extent of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The guest list for the dinner includes Epstein, Warsh, Lauder, Trump and his wife Melania, and some of the president’s children. The committee vets Fed nominees and determines whether they can advance to the full Senate. In the event that a new chair is not confirmed by then, Powell would stay on as chair “pro tem,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

Cesar Chavez mural covered at center named after himShare via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! PrintMaintenance workers cover up a mural honoring Cesar Chavez in the Cesar Chavez Cove at the Cesar Chavez Business and Computer Center at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana Thursday.

Mayor Karen Bass encourages survivors to ‘speak up’ in wake of Cesar Chavez allegationsShare via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! PrintLos Angeles mayor Karen Bass addressed the allegations of sexual abuse against Cesar Chavez, saying that “so many women have experienced this.”“We want anyone to feel that they can come forward to speak up,” she added, “but we also recognize and understand if you cannot.”

BU Alum Named to 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 List Amareen Dhaliwal (CAMED’21) is founder and CEO of a business that helps aspiring clinical researchers access high-quality trainingEntrepreneurship BU Alum Named to 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 List Amareen Dhaliwal (CAMED’21) is founder and CEO of a business that helps aspiring clinical researchers access high-quality trainingEach year, Forbes magazine releases its 30 Under 30 list of the brightest upcoming talent in sectors like entertainment, business, technology, and health care. Boston University alumni regularly appear on the list, and this year is no different. The 2026 iteration includes Amareen Dhaliwal (CAMED’21), recognized in education for a start-up that connects aspiring clinical researchers with training and career support. Forbes reporters spend months fielding submissions, with outside input coming from judges like Serena Williams, Taylor Swift, and Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban. “I always saw how passionate my mom was about training the next generation of researchers,” Dhaliwal says.

The poll, which gathered respondents from 1,545 U.S. adults nationwide, had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points. AdvertisementThe Trump administration has mulled deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Wednesday. AdvertisementSome 37% of Americans overall approve of the war, the poll found. Some 63% of Republicans - and 34% of Americans overall - said they would support deploying a small number of special forces troops to Iran. Fifty-five percent of respondents in the poll said they opposed deploying any ground troops, whether the scale of operations be large or small.

California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to roll back the endangerment finding , the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, state officials announced Thursday. Its rollback will disrupt the regulatory landscape and result in significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change, they said. The lawsuit will ask the court to vacate the EPA’s repeal and restore greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles. “The science doesn’t lie: Climate change and [greenhouse gas] emissions are harming public health and causing devastating and ever-worsening disasters. But many experts say reducing those emissions is critical for curbing climate change, as the transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

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Afroman is seen on the stand Tuesday at a courthouse in West Union, Ohio, in an image taken from local news video. God bless America!” the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted outside the courthouse after the Wednesday evening verdict as supporters rallied behind him. He said on the stand that the raid traumatized his children, who were 10 and 12 at the time. “These guys with their rifles are crying about my comedy songs.”AdvertisementMeanwhile, as the jury deliberated Wednesday, an entirely different Adams County Sheriff’s Office was feeling online heat linked to the trial: the office in Colorado’s Adams County. “The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has received a flood of social media comments, DMs, and phone calls about the #Afroman defamation trial,” the Colorado department said on X.

Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich said she's willing to work with teachers unions on screen time issues. “We don’t want to immediately tune someone out just because of our perceptions about their organization,” said Melissa Peterson, lobbyist for the Iowa State Education Association. She welcomes Moms for Liberty to the table, “if they want to use their powers for good.”To the teachers union, Moms for Liberty CEO Tina Descovich said, “Welcome to the fight.”Descovich still thinks national teachers unions are “despicable,” but said she’s happy to work with state groups. The Kansas branch of the National Education Association opposed legislation prohibiting elementary students from using computers or tablets at all. Attacking ed tech allows Moms for Liberty to tap into a populist energy with broader appeal by directing criticism toward companies and devices.

Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham has suffered a collapsed lung and will miss at least two weeks with less than a month remaining in the NBA's regular season, the team announced Thursday. Cunningham was injured Tuesday night when he collided with Washington's Tre Johnson while diving for a loose ball during the first quarter of the Pistons' 130-117 victory over the Wizards. The Pistons said at the time that Cunningham was suffering back spasms. ESPN reports that the "collapse of Cunningham's lung is considered mild" and "there is some optimism that Cunningham will be back in time for the start of the playoffs." The Pistons, who currently have a 3.5-game lead over the Boston Celtics atop the Eastern Conference standings, wrap up their season April 12 against the Indiana Pacers.

"Shlomo Klapper, chief executive and founder of the company behind Learned Hand, said it is already being used by court systems in 10 states. We need to build the right tools so courts are equipped to deal with this tsunami," he said. But he described the use of AI to generate rulings as "problematic. Last year, a Los Angeles attorney was fined for submitting a filing full of legal citations that were hallucinated by ChatGPT. Learned Hand, he said, is not meant to replace judges but rather give them more time to actually make decisions rather than sit buried under impossible caseloads.

Amid shocking news about labor leader Cesar Chavez, a rally is held Wednesday in Fresno as farmworkers and supporters push to change a Labor Department rule that would lower wages. Explosive allegations that Cesar Chavez abused girls and sexually assaulted his fellow labor activist Dolores Huerta decades ago are roiling the farmworker community, leaving many stunned at the revelations. Some farmworker advocates said they were reeling from the news about Chavez, who became a defining figure in the movement for farmworker rights. As people reacted to the news of Cesar Chavez, Fresno State covered up its statue of the labor leader with a box. In Fresnco, Lisa Alvarado holds a pin of Dolores Huerta, who said she was assaulted by Cesar Chavez, leading to two pregnancies.

Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — James “Jimmy” Gracey, an American college student reported missing in Spain earlier this week, has been found dead, a spokesperson for the Barcelona police told CNN. He was reported missing after he failed to return that morning to his short-term rental, his family said. The employees also said friends of Gracey went to the nightclub in the last few days, trying to get more information. At the University of Alabama, James Gracey was an honors student in the accounting program, his aunt Beth Marren O’Reilly told CNN. Last year, another US college student went missing while on spring break.