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This image made from video provided by WCTV shows Gregory Gerami, a 30-year-old who called himself Texas' "youngest African American industrial hemp producer," third from left, and Florida A&M University president Larry Robinson pose with a ceremonial check while being surrounded by other university officials during a commencement ceremony on May 4, 2024 in Tallahassee, Fla. The $237 million donation was promised by Gerami, but everything was not what it seemed and the donation is now in limbo. Gerami maintains that everything will work out, but FAMU is not the only small university that has engaged with his major donation proposals only to see them go nowhere. (WCTV via AP)
Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed
NEW YORK (AP) — It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university. $237 million — far beyond the recipient’s endowment. The money was promised by a … more
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The Florida A&M University campus is seen in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, June 6, 2024. $237 million donation to FAMU was promised by Gregory Gerami, a 30-year-old who called himself Texas’ “youngest African American industrial hemp producer,” but everything was not what it seemed and the donation is now in limbo. Gerami maintains that everything will work out, but FAMU is not the only small university that has engaged with his major donation proposals only to see them go nowhere. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Here’s what to know about a stalled $237M donation to Florida A&M
NEW YORK (AP) — In early May, Florida A&M University announced a stunning $237 million gift from a 30-year-old donor who cast himself as Texas’ “youngest African American industrial hemp … more
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Hunter Biden, accompanied by his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, depart from federal court, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A look at the key witnesses in Hunter Biden's federal firearms trial
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who will decide whether President Joe Biden's son is guilty of federal firearms charges are hearing deeply personal testimony about a dark period for Hunter Biden. … more
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CEO Sue Labbe shows the battery system at Alliance Medical Center in Healdsburg, Calif., Wednesday, May 29, 2024. In May, the medical center — which serves 13,000 patients per year, mostly underinsured and uninsured essential workers who labor in the wine country’s fields, hotels and restaurants — turned on a new rooftop solar and battery storage system. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Community health centers' new crisis: The need for backup power
The humanitarian organization Direct Relief is helping community health centers across the United States install rooftop solar and battery storage systems as they confront more frequent power outages … more
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Messengers stand for worship during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors
Southern Baptists already can kick out churches that believe women can serve as pastors. They did it last year. And they have done it again this week. Now, it is the final day of the Southern Baptist … more
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FILE - Workers walk among shipping containers in a loading area at a BNSF intermodal terminal, Jan. 3, 2024, in Edgerton, Kan. The World Bank upgraded the outlook for the global economy in 2024, citing continued resilience and strength in the United States. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
World Bank boosts forecast: Strength of US economy will support global growth of 2.6% this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States. The … more
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Honeywell test pilots Joe Duval, left, and Clint Coatney fly a Boeing 757 test aircraft demonstrating runway hazard warning systems over the airport in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
After several near-misses on airport runways, a tech company revives work on a hazard-warning system
DALLAS (AP) — As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the … more
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Police on Monday detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. An Associated Press journalist saw police zip-tie the hands of at least 20 people. Officers then put them in a police van and drove them away. (AP Video: Haven Daley)
Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate
San Francisco police have arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many people were taken into custody Monday … more
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer arrives on board his election battle bus at a campaign event in Halesowen county of West Midlands, England, Thursday, June 13, 2024, after unveiling Labour's manifesto in Manchester for the forthcoming General Election on July 4. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
What happened this week in the UK election campaign. From manifesto launches to robots and Haribos
LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s general election campaign has now passed the halfway mark, and finally the main political parties have published their plans for government should they win on July 4. … more
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The community of Geismar is seen in the shadow of a chemical and petroleum industrial corridor, that is a known source of ethylene oxide emissions, in Ascension Parish, La., Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana
Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 10 … more
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FILE - Jerry Gan, CEO of Geely Auto Group unveils the Galaxy Starship a new technology flagship AI-driven SUV prototype during Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Thursday, April 25, 2024. The European Union threatened on Wednesday, june 12, 2024, to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing's subsidies for the exports that Brussels worries is hurting domestic automakers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Europe wants affordable electric vehicles from China. But not at the cost of its own auto industry
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union moved Wednesday to hike tariffs, or import taxes, on electric vehicles made in China. EVs are the latest flash point in a broader trade dispute over … more
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Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks on stage at the launch of The Labour party's 2024 general election manifesto in Manchester, England, Thursday, June 13, 2024. The election will take place on July 4. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he'll end the era of 'gestures and gimmicks' if he wins power
The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore … more
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