Bryant assistant coach Chris Burns recently penned a column for Outsports.com in which he publicly came forward as a gay man. He is now the only openly-gay coach in Division I men’s basketball.
Opinions vary on the University of Texas at Arlington campus about the topic of Campus Carry – the law that will allow licensed people to carry concealed handguns onto public college campuses beginning in the fall of 2016.
In addition, defense lawyers argue, the attempt by prosecutors to punish a lawful act – a governor wielding his veto power – violates the separation of powers among the branches of government as established by the Texas Constitution.
Pressure continued to mount for Marino to resign, with fellow DP members and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi distancing themselves or no longer expressing support for the beleaguered mayor.
Norway’s economic and environmental crimes unit Okokrim launched an investigation last week to determine whether Volkswagen had also used defeat device software for cheating on emissions tests in its diesel vehicles in the Nordic country.
President Obama called the Doctors Without Borders chief and the president of Afghanistan to apologize for the airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
“The Afghans advised that they were taking fire”, Gen. John Campbell told reporters at the Pentagon, in a hastily called press conference to correct the record. US forces on the ground then called for air support, senior officials said.
The development of an engine is “a complex process that involves interaction between programmers, engine and gear box developers and those who deal with measurements for official tests”, he said, adding that these are tasks in which “a director is not directly...
Georgia Tech PreviewGeorgia Tech came in to 2015 with high expectations based mostly off of last yr’s 11-Three season in that included wins over Clemson, Georgia & Mississippi State within the Orange Bowl. North Carolina won 38-31.
A day after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill allowing assisted suicides for the terminally ill in California, opponents filed papers to seek a referendum to overturn the measure on the November 2016 ballot. She reportedly spoke with Brown in the weeks before her death.