Author: Max Smith

In May, Armando Rodriguez will graduate from the Sarah E. Good STEM Academy. He will be in his junior year at Illinois Institute of Technology by August thanks to his three associate degrees earned during high school. “My journey through high school, which began with an ambition to graduate with an associate degree, was a transformative experience,” Rodriguez said. “In order to do the work I did, I had to take regular classes starting in my freshman year, but my sophomore year I started taking more high school classes, and my junior year and his senior year, I had to…

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March 20, 2024, 8:33 PM ETCleveland Cavaliers coach JB Bickerstaff said he received threats from a gambler last season and reported them to the NBA.Asked about sports betting after Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton said he sometimes felt like a “prop,” Bickerstaff said he had been contacted by gamblers Wednesday night. said.”They got my phone number and started sending me crazy messages about where I live and my kids and everything,” Bickerstaff said before the Cavs hosted the Miami Heat. “So this is a dangerous game and there's certainly a fine line we're walking.”Editor's Pick1 relatedMr Bickerstaff said he told the…

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Innisbrook and Bay Hill are 160 miles apart by road, two weeks on the PGA Tour calendar and $11.6 million in prize money. Another big difference might be the size of the field.of valspar championship It begins Thursday with 154 players. This is an all-time high for Innisbrook's Copperhead course, and there is little doubt that, rain or shine, there will not be enough sunshine to complete a weekday round in one day.This is a big difference from the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago. It was a marquee event with a $20 million prize pool,…

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Cybersecurity hygiene, the necessary maintenance to protect the health and security of users, devices, networks, and data, needs to evolve significantly to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, security experts say. The statement was made at the Billington State and Local Cybersecurity Summit held in Washington, DC. on wednesday. “A system cannot be said to be secure if it is not trusted, and it cannot be trusted if it is not secure,” said Colin Ahern, New York's chief cyber officer. “There were large, sophisticated nation-states that were trying to gain strategic access to certain systems. [with] Introduced less sophisticated intent-based attacks…

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This May 14, 2013 file photo shows the Justice Department headquarters building in Washington early in the morning. (AP/J. David Ake) (NewsNation) — A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has indicted the former financial director of Stericycle's Latin American division on charges of participating in a scheme to pay more than $10 million in bribes to foreign officials in Brazil. Mexico and Argentina announced Tuesday, the Justice Department said. Mexico's Abraham Cigarroa Cervantes, 51, and others are suspected of orchestrating hundreds of bribe payments between 2011 and 2016, court documents reveal. The bribes were allegedly given…

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Nearly 100 young Black women and girls gathered at Simon Gratz High School on Wednesday to learn how participating in sports can help them navigate life. The second annual Lady Bulldog Leadership and Athletics Conference gave students the opportunity to hear from high school athletes, professional athletes, and coaches. The girls also tried new sports.Eighth-grader Naijhay Dejesus described herself as a competitive person. She said she really enjoyed hearing high school athletes talk about how they gained leadership skills through participation in sports.”It's so that when they go to high school, they want to do exactly the…

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Investor Conference Call on March 21, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. ETTORONTO, March 20, 2024 /CNW/ – Baylin Technologies Inc. (TSX: BYL) (the “Company” or “Baylin”), a diversified global wireless technology company focused on the research, design, development, manufacture, and sale of passive and active radio frequency products, satellite communications products, and supporting services, today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.Baylin Technologies Inc. Logo (CNW Group/Baylin Technologies Inc.)The Company has hired an investment banker to facilitate the divestiture of our Mobile and Network (“M&N”)…

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(Bloomberg) – Apollo Global Management has offered to buy Paramount Global’s Hollywood studios for about $11 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read Articles on BloombergThis price exceeds the current stock market value of the company, which holds two classes of stock worth more than $8 billion combined. Paramount's non-voting Class B shares rose 12% to $12.51 at the New York close. Paramount also has about $15 billion in debt.Spokespeople for Apollo and Paramount declined to comment. The Wall Street Journal reported on the asking price early Wednesday.Selling just the studio would amount to breaking up media giant…

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Washington — Karen Lynch, CEO of pharmacy giant CVS Health, spoke about her decision to carry pills for the first time in an interview with CBS News this week. Earlier this month, CVS and Walgreens announced They plan to dispense the abortion drug mifepristone in states where it is legally allowed. The move comes as Americans face an increasingly complex health care landscape.”Our North Star as a company is that we are committed to supporting women's health and ensuring that women have access to reproductive health services, education, and FDA-approved products,” Lynch said. “This is our decision because we know…

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