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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is banning opinions by professors in the classroom and some books and courses in a crackdown that violates the First Amendment, a law professor at the military school said in a lawsuit Monday seeking class action status.Tim Bakken filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court and named the school and its leaders as defendants. He said he wants to protect free speech and the right to academic freedom at an institution where he has flourished despite his public criticisms of the academy and the U.S. military.Bakken also noted in…

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is backing Donald Trump’s plan to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, saying the policy would fix long-running issues with the US immigration system.”I’ve worked on H1-B politics for 30 years. Trump’s $100k per year tax is a great solution,” Hastings, who was Netflix’s CEO for 25 years, wrote in an X post on Sunday.”It will mean H1-B is used just for very high-value jobs, which will mean no lottery needed, and more certainty for those jobs,” he added.The H-1B program allows US companies to hire foreign workers in specialized roles, particularly in tech and…

SALINAS, California − A lethal fungus has quietly spread in the soil across the West. Now, it’s threatening those well beyond the dusty deserts and valleys where it likely originated.Valley fever, a disease caused by the Cocciodioides fungus, was once concentrated in the American Southwest. In an era of increasingly extreme weather, the disease is thriving in areas once considered cool and temperate.Ahead of the disease’s peak fall and winter seasons, health officials are scrambling to raise awareness about its easily-missed signs and symptoms, before the situation worsens.“I’m not sure we can prevent people from getting Valley fever,” said Christie Michie,…

China’s tech exports to the US have cratered, but demand from the rest of the world is keeping the East Asian giant’s trade machine humming.In August, Chinese shipments of tech products to the US plunged 70% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis published Sunday.The collapse followed the rollout of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, including a 20% “fentanyl tariff” on all Chinese imports that took effect in March.Meanwhile, other Asian economies filled the gap. From the fourth quarter through August, tech exports to the US from countries like South Korea, Vietnam, and India…

Joey McGuire was 30 seconds into his remarks following Texas Tech’s big win at Utah when, unprompted, he brought up the money.The Red Raiders coach said he and his players understand the program has been derided, presumably for trying to buy a championship by lavishing NIL riches among one of the nation’s highest-rated transfer classes. On3 reported the sum to be $28 million, second in spending only to Texas, and that doesn’t include revenue-sharing distributions.McGuire surely knows the old saying, “When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.” In this new era of college athletics, it’s…

From the shore of Lake Erie to the Kentucky border, baseball’s regular season is set for a dramatic final week in the state of Ohio.The Cleveland Guardians have a chance to complete the biggest comeback in the history of divisional play. They now trail Detroit by one game in the AL Central after once being 15 1/2 back. At the southern end of the state, Cincinnati pulled into a tie Sunday for the final wild card in the National League with the New York Mets — and the Reds have the head-to-head tiebreaker between the two.No team has ever won…

Backup quarterbacks had a big day Sunday.Carson Wentz and Marcus Mariota were sharp in leading their teams to lopsided wins as fill-in starters. Mac Jones overcame a costly turnover and engineered a game-winning final drive.Wentz was 14 of 20 for 173 yards and two touchdowns in Minnesota’s 48-10 rout over Cincinnati. He looked comfortable in Kevin O’Connell’s offense, avoided mistakes, withstood pressure and played more like the guy who finished third in NFL MVP voting in 2017 than a journeyman making a start with his sixth team in six seasons.With J.J. McCarthy sidelined by an ankle injury, Wentz had an…

PARIS (AP) — Ousmane Dembélé won the Ballon d’Or for leading Paris Saint-Germain to its first Champions League title and Aitana Bonmatí received the women’s award for a third successive year on Monday.Dembélé succeeded Manchester City midfielder Rodri to become the sixth Frenchman to win it after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane and Karim Benzema.Bonmatí won ahead of her Spain teammate Mariona Caldentey. She’s only the third player in the award’s history to win three in a row after Platini (1983–85) and Lionel Messi (2009-12).The award capped a remarkable turn of fortune for Dembélé, who at one…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrived in the US in 1988 to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He graduated in 1990 and later received an MBA from the University of Chicago.In his memoir, “Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone,” Nadella said he married his wife in 1992, and they decided she would move from India to live with him. However, her visa application was rejected.A coworker suggested that Nadella give up his “coveted” green card for an H-1B visa as another way to bring his wife stateside. Nadella applied for the H-1B…

Over 3,300 pounds of Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke sold under Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand have been recalled because potential listeria contamination in the green onions used in the product.Western United Fish Co. announced the recall with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday after its green onion supplier reported a positive listeria monocytogenes test result on Sept. 17.“We are continuing to work with our green onion supplier to determine the root cause,” Western United Fish Co. said.No illnesses have been reported.Kirkland Signature brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke. (FDA)Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that “can cause serious and…