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Smoke from growing New Jersey wildfire to affect air quality in the New York City area

10 hours ago | thederrick.com | Bruce Shipkowski

In this image taken from aerial video shows smoke rising from wildfires in Ocean County, N.J., Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Smoke fills the sky from a wildfire in Lacey Townships, N.J. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Uncredited - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection In this image taken from aerial video shows smoke and flames from wildfires in Ocean County, N.J., Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
Bundesliga Preview: What to watch in German soccer this weekend

13 hours ago | thederrick.com | James Ellingworth

Bayern's Aleksandar Pavlovic and Harry Kane celebrate after a goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Heidenheim and Bayern Munich in Heidenheim, Germany, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany reacts during the Uefa Champions League soccer match between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich at San Siro Stadium in Milan, North Italy, Wednesday April 16, 2025.
Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog will play Game 3 against Stars

21 hours ago | thederrick.com | Matt Schubert |Corey Masisak

DENVER — Gabe Landeskog gave Avalanche fans a pump fake on Monday night in Dallas. Now, Colorado’s captain is ready to take a shot on an NHL sheet of ice. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. ONE-DAY ONLINE ACCESS Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.
State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Jenny Jarvie

Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state's legal licensing body has caused fresh outrage by admitting that some multiple-choice questions were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The State Bar of California said in a news release Monday that it will ask the California Supreme Court to adjust test scores for those who took its February bar exam.
Florida pushed anti-abortion nonprofit to run ads against Amendment 4

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Romy Ellenbogen |Lawrence Mower

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration last year gave an extra $5 million to a network of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy clinics and asked it to run advertisements opposing a proposed abortion amendment, the group confirmed Wednesday. But the Florida Pregnancy Care Network’s board chose not to run those types of ads, the network’s executive director, Rita Gagliano, said in a statement Wednesday.
Marguerite Casey Foundation dips into endowment to grant out $130M this year

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Thalia Beaty

President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation Carmen Rojas poses for a portrait in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, April, 22, 2025. President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation Carmen Rojas poses for a portrait in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, April, 22, 2025. President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation Carmen Rojas poses for a portrait in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, April, 22, 2025.
Marcus Hayes: NFL draft: Eagles trading tight end Dallas Goedert would be crazy

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Marcus Hayes

PHILADELPHIA — As the draft approaches Thursday, I do not understand the general indifference in Philadelphia surrounding the possibility of the Eagles trading Dallas Goedert. He is an elite tight end as both a receiver and as a blocker. There should be anger. Outrage. Incredulity. For a team rebuilding, or a team without a proven quarterback, this might make sense. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Mediators work on proposal for long-term truce as Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 9

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Wafaa Shurafa |Samy Magdy

A child carries a tray of food past a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians inside the destroyed Rashad Al-Shawa Cultural Center in Gaza City, Monday, April 21, 2025. Displaced Palestinians Karima and Ibrahim Al-Kafarna prepare a fire to cook for their children at their makeshift home inside the destroyed Rashad Al Shawa Cultural Center in Gaza City, Monday, April 21, 2025.
Review: Jonathan Coe skewers fellow Brits in ’The Proof of My Innocence'

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Malcolm Forbes

For almost four decades now, Jonathan Coe has employed wit, insight and scalpel-sharp satire to deliver compulsive, incisive novels that chronicle British lives and explore facets of Britishness. Coe’s 1994 breakthrough, “The Winshaw Legacy,” laid bare the rapacious appetites and other grotesque qualities of “the meanest, greediest, cruelest” upper-class family. “Middle England” (2018) depicted a disunited kingdom after the Brexit vote.
Prairie birds - including Illinois’ dapper bobolink - in steep decline, study says

1 day ago | thederrick.com | Nara Schoenberg

CHICAGO — The dapper black and yellow bobolink likes the Chicago area so much he flies here every spring from South America — a journey of about 6,000 miles. By no means depleted, the plucky visitor goes on to dazzle the females of his species with a high-energy courtship display in which he soars over wildflower-studded fields, flapping his wings rapidly and singing a bright, burbling tune.