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US university Cornell’s handling of sexual assault allegations is under scrutiny.

Adriana Vink said dozens of students attended a town hall to discuss the administration's response to campus sexual violence.

This year's Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Washington's Capital One Arena, not the riverfront building that's been at the center of a legal fight over adding President Donald Trump's name to the building.

The 49th annual awards are set to take place at Washington's downtown arena, a Kennedy Center spokesperson said Friday. Few other details were immediately available, and an explanation for the change wasn't given.

The center's board voted last month to close the iconic performing arts venue along the Potomac River waterfront after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning Trump's name to the building.

Trump has said in social media posts that the center needed to close for safety repairs. But he said the repairs would only happen if the board was allowed to move forward with plans to add his name to the building.

A federal judge has twice said that can’t happen without the approval of Congress, which has allocated $257 million for repairs.

The president hosted the 2025 awards, whose honorees included Sylvester Stallone and George Strait. He said at the time that he would rename the facility the “Trump Kennedy Center,” and not long after workers began adding his name to the building.

The board of trustees, named by Trump, voted unanimously for the change, which has been challenged in court since.

Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.

The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior.

The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize people for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts, was established in 1978. The 2026 honorees are set to be named at a later day, the center's spokesperson said. The event will take place on Dec. 7.

This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kennedy-center-honors-held-capital-160207821.html

The host says she is "fine" but getting checked after leaving midway through Friday's This Morning.

Exclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise serious concerns about new system

School inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of complaints that the new system was dangerously stressful and damaging teachers’ mental health.

Lucy Powell, the education secretary, will tell the schools regulator Ofsted to “go back to the drawing board” after becoming concerned that inspection changes overseen by her predecessor, Bridget Phillipson, were creating problems for headteachers.

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Experts say that if you’re eating any berry – strawberries, blackberries, currants, raspberries, blueberries – you are benefiting

Sprinkled on top of yoghurt, blended into smoothies or baked into crumbles, berries are among Americans’ favorite fruits.

Luckily, berries are as healthy as they are delicious and versatile: low in calories, full of vitamins and antioxidants, and a good source of fiber. Research shows that, depending on the type, berries support cardiovascular health, may boost gut health and fight inflammation and show promise as part of a “healthy dietary strategy for diabetes prevention and management”, to quote researchers. Meta-analyses also link compounds in berries with improved cognitive health.

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Former Trump adviser, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, joins CBS News with his take on the Iran war as the regime continues to use proxies in the Middle East and as President Trump seeks an end to the conflict.

Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner says new rules regarding public access to provincial cabinet records will result in less transparency. 

Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position

Zack Polanski has said his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid suggestions the party’s popularity may have peaked.

Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”.

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Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense

The chief executives of three firms that rent out trains to Britain’s railways were paid a combined £3.5m last year as they passed on almost £400m to shareholders in dividends.

Rail unions accused the rolling stock companies (Roscos) of raking in profits at passengers’ expense.

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Chad Kelly will not play for the Toronto Argonauts in Saturday's home game against the B.C. Lions.

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Only five clubs have lifted the trophy in a Super League Grand Final - Warrington and Wakefield now have the chance to add their name to that list.

Coming out of their meetings this week at Big Ten headquarters, the College Football Playoff committee is now formally waiting to see what ESPN is willing to offer for an expansion from 12 teams to 24.

Only two years into this newer format, we're already pressing the issue of whether a quick jump is needed to suffice those who are struggling during these new times in college athletics where money seems to be the biggest conundrum.

Now, with a straight face, those in favor of expanding the playoff want you to think it's anything other than a money grab during an era in which schools are having to find different ways to raise capitol.

INSIDE THE FIGHT: NIL ARMS RACE FUELING NEW PUSH FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF EXPANSION

No, this is not affecting some of the more prestigious schools in college athletics, who essentially print money in the bowels of their athletic department buildings.

But, for those schools who are working overtime to create additional sources of income to pay for stadium renovations, house-settlement payouts, expensive contracts and who are also being dragged through the mud by bad television deals, the time has come to make a trip back to the bank teller in order to take out more funds.

I guess we can call it an additional line of credit, or a hardship withdrawal.

Right now, with the 30-day negotiating window coming to a close over the next week, ESPN is putting together an offer the network hopes will suffice those who are making the decisions on whether or not to expand the playoff.

On the other hand, networks and streaming platforms outside Bristol are banking on conferences like the SEC and Big Ten not taking ESPN up on their offer, which would then take the CFP expansion to the open market.

And yes, networks like FOX are hoping their contract with the Big Ten pays off by having these negotiations extend past October 9th, which would allow them to get in on the bidding.

GREG SANKEY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SEC DIDN’T START THE 16-TEAM CFP FORMAT DISCUSSION, THAT'S ON THE BIG TEN

Now, I'm not implying that them, or streaming platforms, would come to the table with a sizable offer that would force CFP leaders to think twice about accepting ESPN's deal. These conferences are smart enough to already know what each network is willing to offer.

Remember, SEC television rights are owned by the four-letter network, while the Big Ten is under contract with FOX.

INSIDE THE SEC’S HIGH-STAKES DESTIN SHOWDOWN OVER CFP EXPANSION, NIL AND A POSSIBLE NCAA BREAKAWAY

It just so happens that the two conferences who will end up making the final decision, thanks to the power bestowed upon them last year in an agreement with the Big 12, ACC, Notre Dame and G-6, are sitting on the opposite sides of what their television partners would be presenting.

I would hope by now that fans of this cherished sport would see right through the nonsense that is being spewed through either backchannel communications or the interviews given over the course of the past year.

This talk of expansion, which is more than just chatter at this point, essentially flipped within a three-month stretch dating back to CFP meetings around the national championship game last year in Miami. One minute, most are in agreement that a sixteen-team model would be the wise move.

Then, after realizing how cash-strapped a large chunk of these schools were, the conversation shifted towards the Big Ten's idea of 24-teams.

GREG SANKEY INSISTS SEC IS 'STRONGEST LEAGUE' DESPITE BIG TEN WINNING THREE STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The twelve-team format didn’t have a chance to be enjoyed before we were already discussing expansion, as if college football needs to resemble March Madness.

"I was in the group that took it from four to 12 teams—and that was monumental," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told John Ourand. "And it’s worked really well. I think the timing of that implementation was, if not perfect, as close to perfect as you’ll get. So we’re two years through the 12-team playoff. We put games on campus in the postseason for the first time at the FBS level. We haven’t been successful in the final game, but we’ve been better represented than any other conference. There are a lot of ideas, and our concerns relate to how you manage the economics. Is there value in 24 or not?

"I don’t think people understand the difficulty of going week to week to week to week in December. … We’ve looked at it and said CFP selection decisions are negatively impacting regular-season scheduling, particularly big non-conference games. That needs to be addressed first, and also the economics, what we do with conference championship games, where the games fit, and understanding the impact."

But, there are plenty of people who want to make you think that more teams will create stronger parity in the sport, which will then force teams to increase their budgets to compete on a yearly basis.

For this to happen, expanding the CFP, conferences will have to get rid of championship weekend. This means, the SEC would have to buy its way out of contracts with companies like Regions, Dr. Pepper, Allstate, Bush's Beans, Johnsonville, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and a plethora of others who signed deals to sponsor the event.

EXCLUSIVE: CLARK LEA SAYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL HAVE TO SACRIFICE TRADITION IN EXCHANGE FOR CFP EXPANSION

And, don't forget about the money made from the game itself, which grosses around $100 million for the conference, with a television deal with ESPN included. The same can be said for the Big Ten, who plays their title game inside Lucas Oil Stadium every year, and provides a major economic impact for the city of Indianapolis.

When the 'Protect College Sports Act' inserted a new amendment that would essentially double the amount of money each school was allowed to spend, from around $22 million to upwards of $45 million, the writing was on the wall.

And please, save us with the talk of how this is only going to strengthen the sport of college football. There aren’t 24-teams worthy of vying for a national championship. Heck, there aren’t 16 teams who are truly capable of hoisting a CFP trophy at seasons end.

And where exactly are they going to get this money? Are they striking oil in Kentucky or Iowa? Did Walmart all the sudden start funding the Arkansas football roster without us paying attention?

Is Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell going to start helping out other schools in the state so they can compete on a yearly basis?

No. This feels more like the 2008 financial crisis where the government decided a cash-infusion could help stabilize the market, this time in the form of a television agreement that leads to more teams making the postseason.

Just because you slap a CFP logo on a first round game that pits James Madison against Virginia Tech doesn’t mean it will equal ratings.

We'll see what transpires over the next two months, as the December 1st deadline looms for a decision on expansion.

I look forward to those teams who are eliminated in the first round of a 24-team playoff with an 8-5 record hanging a CFP banner in the practice facility.

Follow the updates, with build-up, predictions, team news and full match coverage, from our live text commentary stream.

US lawmakers say operating in region where Muslim minorities face mass detention is ‘morally bankrupt’

US lawmakers have urged Starbucks to close newly opened outlets in China’s Xinjiang, saying it was a “morally bankrupt decision” to operate in a region where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses against Muslim minorities.

The coffeehouse chain, which last year sold a controlling stake in its China retail business to the Hong Kong-based investment firm Boyu Capital, opened two stores in the region on Tuesday.

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Experts sceptical flydubai co-pilot’s only motivation was to end his own life and say key question is means of radicalisation

At about 9.30 on Wednesday morning local time, Tali Manes was taking her six-year-old daughter, Nina, to the toilet on the regular flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv when she heard a series of heavy blows against the cockpit door.

Manes, an Israeli bank executive, immediately told a flight attendant seated nearby that something was wrong. When he did not react, she shouted at him: “Something is happening in there!” Seconds later, the man “simply went to the [cockpit] door and opened it”, Manes told Israel’s Channel 12 TV.

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Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway is on a roll with five major films hitting cinemas this year. Her latest project is "Verity," an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel of the same name.

An interesting tug of war is happening in one of the market's hottest sectors: utilities.

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