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Coiful de la Coţofeneşti şi cele două brăţări dacice recuperate în urma furtului din Olanda au ajuns, marți, în România. Vor fi transportate cu o mașină blindată la Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României. Ministrul Culturii, Andras Demeter, a apreciat că este un moment de mare bucurie.

(The Center Square) – The former president of Ohio State University “misused his position” to help a woman with whom he had a close personal relationship, according to an investigation by the university released Tuesday. Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. resigned last month as president of Ohio State after admitting to an “inappropriate” relationship with the woman, Krisanthe Vlachos. Carter tried to help Vlachos find a job at the university, space on campus to conduct her business, staff and technical support for podcasts and financial support from external partners of the university, the university’s investigation found. “Carter’s actions betrayed Ohio State’s shared values and violated university policy,” the report concluded. “Carter had a close personal and business relationship with Vlachos, and he allowed that relationship to improperly influence his actions and impair his judgment.” For nearly two years, Carter used the authority as president to help Vlachose “both inside and outside the university,” the investigation found. Safeguards within the university procedures and actions by university employees blocked many of Carter’s attempts to help Vlachos, the report found. She was never hired by the university as an employee or a consultant, and never received any university funds, the report states. University staff never performed extensive work on her podcasts and her access to Carter’s office was restricted. “Individual employees tried to raise concerns about Vlachos appropriately,” the investigation found. Outside of the university, the internal controls “could not mitigate” Carter’s efforts to help Vlachos, the investigative report noted. “Carter sought resources for Vlachos from state government departments, corporate partners, and a national veterans organization for her business ventures,” it stated. “Carter and Vlachos also falsely represented or exaggerated to others Carter’s engagement of university donors to support her business projects. These efforts to support Vlachos with these external parties were discordant or in conflict with ongoing university projects and priorities.” Chris Kabourek, Senior Vice President for Administration and Planning and Senior Advisor to Carter, acted as the president’s “designee” as Vlachos’ main point of contact at the university. “Kabourek went far beyond any other employee in supporting Carter’s efforts to assist Vlachos, both inside and outside the university; he failed to stop or report those efforts himself; and he failed to appropriately address concerns raised to him by other employees,” the investigation found. Kabourek resigned from the university April 13, the report stated. It quotes employees as describing Vlachos’ as persistent, unsophisticated and weird. “She was very demanding and made unusual requests or comments, like asking to house-sit professors’ homes or saying she was living out of her car,” an employee said, according to the report. “According to one employee, Carter said she had a side job cleaning horse stalls. She made employees uncomfortable and many witnesses described avoiding or ignoring her contacts.” John Zeiger, chair of the Ohio State board of trustees, called the report “deeply disappointing” but praised the university’s internal controls. “It is gratifying the university’s systems and processes – and the people charged with implementing them – prevented misuse of Ohio State’s resources,” Zeiger said.

Paul Smith's College announced David Kanietakeron Fadden, a Akwesasne Mohawk artist and storyteller will deliver the 2026 commencement address

Surne Bilbao Basket se clasificó para la final de la FIBA Europe Cup en esta temporada 25/26 tras vencer en semifinales al equipo húngaro Falco SzombathelyComienzan los playoffs NBA 2025-26: cuadro, favoritos, horarios y dónde ver por TV El baloncesto español podría conseguir un nuevo título internacional. Bilbao Basket comienza este miércoles la defensa y repetición del trofeo, en el que repite en la final de la FIBA Europe Cup, competición que conquistó la temporada pasada y que podría ganar de forma consecutiva, algo que no se ha conseguido desde la creación del torneo. Surne Bilbao Basket se clasificó para la final de la FIBA Europe Cup en esta temporada 25/26 tras vencer en semifinales al equipo húngaro Falco Szombathely, en el último partido como 95-88, en el que destacaron tanto Melwin Pantzar y Martin Krampelj. window.marfeel.cmd.push(['multimedia', function(multimedia) { multimedia.initializeItem('yt-mJnRj23OvWU-5389', 'youtube', 'mJnRj23OvWU', document.getElementById('yt-mJnRj23OvWU-5389')); }]); En este caso, a diferencia de lo que sucedió la temporada anterior, en este caso el conjunto vasco cuenta con factor cancha respecto al PAOK de Salónica griego, ante el que disputaron la final también la pasada campaña, siendo una reedición de la vivida el año pasado. El primer partido de la final, a doble encuentro, tiene lugar este miércoles 22 de abril a las 18:15 horas en el Palataki, la cancha del PAOK BC, mientras la vuelta tendrá lugar la semana siguiente, el 29 de abril a las 20 horas en el Bilbao Arena, donde los de Jaume Ponsarnau podrían levantar y repetir título ante su público, y es que en la pasada temporada no contaba con factor cancha. Jaume Ponsarnau: “Estamos aquí para romper esas estadísticas” Bilbao Basket tendrá por delante al PAOK BC, que viene de vencer en liga griega en el derbi de Salónica ante el Irakis con un marcador 72-76 y es actualmente un conjunto que lucha por la tercera plaza de su competición doméstica, que compite contra el AEK Atenas. En la previa, Jaume Ponsarnau, entrenador del Surne Bilbao Basket, mencionó que la final será “un partido muy largo de 80 minutos o más”. “Los primeros 40 se juegan allí y ojalá tengamos el mejor resultado posible. Y para hacerlo bien es muy importante jugar cada posesión y cada acción cien por cien”, mencionó el técnico en una rueda de prensa antes del viaje a Grecia. El equipo reconoce que tienen la sensación “de no estar al cien por cien”, pero de tener “mucha ilusión y ganas de hacerlo bien”, conscientes de que nunca ha repetido nadie en FIBA Europe Cup, por ello el técnico afirmó que buscan “romper las estadísticas y vivir al cien por cien esta final. Nos hace mucha ilusión jugar los segundos 40 minutos en casa”, recalcó Ponsarnau. Horarios y dónde ver por TV la final de la FIBA Europe Cup 2026 La final de la FIBA Europe Cup a doble partido, siendo el primero en Grecia este miércoles a las 18:15 horas y el segundo en Bilbao a las 20 horas, se podrá seguir en televisión en España a través de la ETB, en concreto el canal EiTB1.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.It’s school board election day in Newark — but you wouldn’t immediately know it.On Tuesday morning, Newark’s bustling Broad Street in downtown was business as usual, with no campaign signs posted on lamp posts or outside City Hall as in previous years. If you didn’t stumble upon a polling place with signs reading “vote here” in English and Spanish, you’d be hard-pressed to find any sign of an election. At 10:30 a.m., poll workers at the Old First Presbyterian Church said they had not seen a voter since doors opened at 7 a.m. Schools are in session, but they hope to see a few more people after school and closer to the end of the day. While the election is off to a slow start, the school board race is among the most important for education in the city. Voters will pick four candidates to serve on the Newark Board of Education, three for three-year terms and one for a one-year term. The nine candidates in this year’s race have pledged to revise and expand on district policies such as mental health, boost academic achievement, draw more community feedback on district decisions, and improve district transparency. Overall, 161,591 Newark residents are registered to vote in this year’s April school board election. That’s a pattern advocates say limits how much of a say community voices have in district decisions. After a high-profile push to register 16- and 17-year-old voters last year, teen registration has dropped, with 1,522 signed up this year – down from last year’s 1,772 in 2025, according to the Essex County Superintendent of Elections. Last year, Newark Public Schools launched a Vote 15+ campaign to register student voters and hosted state and city officials to encourage teen participation. This year, the district made no visible effort to register teen voters or promote youth participation for the April 21 election. While the election energy is low, that silence is stark in contrast to what’s at stake.The Newark school board plays a key role in shaping New Jersey’s largest school district and makes decisions that impact more than 41,000 Newark Public Schools students.But where the public school district felt short, some charter school students stepped up. On Monday, dozens of Great Oaks Legacy Charter High School students marched to Newark City Hall to cast their mail-in ballots, while others marched in solidarity despite not yet being eligible to vote. That march reflected months of student-led civic engagement at the charter school driven by the school’s Student Advocacy Club, and initiatives led by the Youth Power Action Coalition, convened by The Gem Project. “This was a proud moment for our school and for Newark,” said Jared Taillefer, CEO of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School and a Newark resident who also casted his vote Monday morning. “Our students are learning that their voice matters right now.”For advocates, the dip in teen registration is also concerning because students are directly affected by school board decisions, but historically have had little say in them. Amanda Ebokosia, founder and CEO of The Gem project, said getting youth to the polls isn’t just about enthusiasm, but it’s about cultivating a tradition of civic participation from an early age. “You have to show up more than once, and you have to want to prioritize it more than once, not when it’s hot and shiny,” Ebokosia said. “It’s also about having a commitment to young people, and I think that more could have been done, definitely when it comes to prioritizing the youth vote.”Adding to the city’s low political engagement, the Board of Elections website still listed polling locations from the prior year on Election Day.Parents, students, and advocates say they want their new board to improve school lunches, add more translation services to the district and board meetings, and hold Superintendent Roger León accountable for his spending decisions, among other demands.But advocates say it’s been a challenge to boost voter turnout around school issues in Newark. Historically, voter turnout in the Newark school board election has been low, with participation hovering around 3% to 4%. Last year, just under 4% of city residents voted in the election, with only 73 teens showing up to vote. Tuesday’s election may also be falling victim to voting fatigue. In the runup to the school board election, state and national political attention was focused on the April 16 special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s seat in the 11th Congressional District, which includes parts of Essex County. Locally, Newark’s May 12 municipal race has been front and center in the landscape, with candidate posters and signs displayed across the city.That flood of political activity may be drowning out the school board race entirely.Jhamar Youngblood, a Newark mayoral candidate, said it doesn’t feel like an election is happening today, with few people talking about it. Youngblood believes the city could do more to promote the school board race, but he also feels it’s a strategy to keep residents disengaged “so they can do whatever it is they want.”“We just need more courageous people to talk about what’s happening, because that’s the only way, historically, that we’ve seen some type of accountability in our city,” Youngblood said. Ebokosia, the founder of The Gem Project, thinks teen voters can be the courageous voice the city needs to enact change. But for that to happen, leaders need to work together to create consistent efforts to boost teen voter turnout and remove the barriers that limit them from voting, including a lack of information about the school board election. ”We have to make an honest assessment as to who we are actually making this a priority for,“ Ebokosia said. ”If we’re not making it a priority, how can we work together to ensure that as many young people know about this election?” Polls are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Jessie Gomez is a reporter for Chalkbeat Newark, covering public education in the city. Contact Jessie at jgomez@chalkbeat.org.

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(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh, continues to add to his fundraising advantage in the closely watched race for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, while the Democrats duking it out to face him enter the homestretch of their primary election. Mackenzie raised just over $905,000 from the beginning of January to the end of March. His Q1 haul is the sixth highest among candidates running for Congress in Pennsylvania. U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan, R-8th District; Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1st District; and Scott Perry, R-10th District, who are also in battleground districts, outpaced Mackenzie in the first campaign finance report of 2026. Democrats Janelle Stelson and Paige Cognetti, who are running for the 10th and 8th District, respectively, also outraised Mackenzie in the first three months of the year. However, Mackenzie added to his fundraising advantage over the four Democrats attempting to unseat him in November. Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor, led the way in Q1. His campaign raised just under $485,000 from the beginning of January to the end of March. Bob Brooks, a firefighters' union leader, raised just over $435,000 in that same time period. Carol Obando-Derstine, who worked as an aide to former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, raised just over $110,000 in the first three months of the year, which includes a $20,000 loan she gave to her campaign. Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure raised $20,000 in Q1. Of the three seats the Cook Political Report, a national ratings outlet, describes as “toss ups” this November, the race for the 7th Congressional District includes the most crowded primary field. Throughout the 2026 campaign cycle, Mackenzie has raised $3.58 million. Crosswell, like his Q1 haul, has raised more than the other Democrats since entering the race. His campaign has raised $1.63 million since he announced his candidacy in June 2025, while Brooks has raised $1.04 million since he joined the race in late August. Obando-Derstine has raised just under $545,000 from the time she announced her candidacy in May 2025 to the end of March 2026. However, $32,500 of that includes a loan she gave to her campaign. McClure, who announced his bid in late February 2025, has raised $500,000 throughout the 2026 election cycle-to-date. $200,000 of that is a loan he gave to his campaign. Mackenzie also entered April with a sizable cash-on-hand advantage over the Democratic field. He began the month with $2.45 million on hand, which is the sixth highest of the U.S. House candidates in the Keystone State, trailing Fitzpatrick, U.S. Reps. Brendan Boyle, D-2nd District; Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th District; John Joyce, R-13th District; and Stelson. At the beginning of the month, Crosswell’s campaign had $715,000 on hand, while Brooks had just under $545,000. McClure entered April with $285,000, while Obando-Derstine began the month with just under $130,000 on hand. At this point in 2024, Mackenzie found himself on the other side of the campaign fundraising race. U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh, had $2.66 million on hand in early April, while Mackenzie, who was in a crowded GOP primary race, had just over $115,000 on hand. Mackenzie’s roughly 4,000-vote victory in 2024 was the closest congressional race in Pennsylvania in 2024. Mackenzie, who was endorsed by Trump in 2024, is being backed by the president in his bid for a second term. The four Democrats vying for the nomination boast endorsements from a variety of elected officials and organizations. Brooks is being backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro, multiple senators including U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan, the Working Families Party, and Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk. Crosswell’s endorsements include Vote Vets, Democratic Majority Action, Rep. Derek Tran, and Lehigh County Commissioner Sarah Fevig. Obando-Derstine has been endorsed by Wild, four current congresswomen, Emily’s List, and Reading Mayor Eddie Moran. McClure has support from the Philadelphia Building Trades, the Lehigh Valley Building Trades, and a number of local elected officials in the region. The Cook Political Report, Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections, a trio of national ratings outlets, describe the race in the Lehigh Valley as a “toss up.” “Pennsylvania’s 7th District, nestled in the Lehigh Valley, is a rare true swing seat,” writes the Cook Political Report. “Donald Trump won the district by three points in 2016, lost it by less than a point in 2020, and then won it again by three points last year.”

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Президент України Володимир Зеленський заявив, що обговорив із президенткою Європейської комісії Урсулою фон дер Ляєн розблокування пакета підтримки України на 90 млрд євро. «Ці кошти посилять не лише Україну, а й усю Європу. І важливо, щоб найближчим часом ми вже почали їх отримувати. Всі потрібні кроки для цього з боку України зроблені», – написав він у телеграмі. За його словами, також обговорювалося відкриття переговорних кластерів щодо членства України у Євросоюзі та продовження...

Illinoisans 'ought be concerned' report ranks IL 45th for economic outlook 042226 POOR STATE IRN JIM TALAMONTI POOR STATE VERSION 1 (without wrap) A tax and fiscal policy task force director says Illinois residents ought to be concerned about the state’s low rankings in a new report. The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States Poor States report ranks Illinois 45th for economic outlook and 49th for economic performance. Joshua Meyer, Director of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council, said Illinois is missing out on growth that is happening in other states. POOR STATE 1A :12 “…state’s policies.” The Center Square asked Meyer about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statements touting the state’s growth. POOR STATE 1B :11 “…job growth.” Meyer said Illinois has been stuck in the bottom ten for 19 years with little sign of moving up. POOR STATE VERSION 1 (with wrap) A tax and fiscal policy task force director says Illinois residents ought to be concerned about the state’s low rankings in a new report. Jim Talamonti has more. POOR STATE wrap1 POOR STATE VERSION 2 (without wrap) The latest Rich States, Poor States report ranks Illinois near the bottom for economic competitiveness. The report from the American Legislative Exchange Council placed Illinois 49th out of 50 in economic performance and 45th in economic outlook. ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Director Joshua Meyer said Illinois has not seen much improvement across the report’s 15 competitiveness variables. POOR STATE 2A :11 “…out of that.” He said the state could drop further if it implements a graduated income tax or millionaire’s tax. The Land of Lincoln ranks in the bottom ten for non-farm employment growth, GDP growth and domestic migration. POOR STATE VERSION 2 (with wrap) The latest Rich States, Poor States report ranks Illinois near the bottom for economic competitiveness. Jim Talamonti has details. POOR STATE wrap2 BRIEF (The Center Square) – A tax and fiscal policy task force director says Illinois residents ought to be concerned about the state’s low rankings in a new report. The American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States Poor States report ranked Illinois 45th for economic outlook and 49th for economic performance. Joshua Meyer, director of the tax and fiscal policy task force at the ALEC, said Illinois is missing out on growth that is happening in other states. “That's something that residents of Illinois perhaps ought to be concerned about. What opportunities for growth are their local economies missing out on because of the state's policies?” Meyer told The Center Square. Meyer was asked about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statements touting the state’s growth. “The fact is that more people are leaving Illinois than any state except California and New York. And the state is bottom 10 for GDP growth and bottom 10 for job growth,” Meyer said. “When you look at these averages of these broad economic rankings, broad economic indicators, it's pretty clear that Illinois is among the bottom states in the country,” Meyer said. Meyer said Illinois has not seen much improvement across the report’s 15 competitiveness variables. “Unfortunately for people in Illinois, over 19 years, it's a state that's been stuck in the bottom 10 with little sign of moving anywhere out of that bottom ten,” Meyer said. He said the state could drop further if it implements a graduated income tax or millionaire’s tax. Aside from the 23rd-ranked personal income tax rate and a ranking of 17th for personal income tax progressivity, Meyer said Illinois does not have much room to fall. “Why is the state facing fiscal troubles from declining numbers of taxpayers? It's because, well, these policies don't change,” Meyer said. ###

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