Boston College Suspends Swimming, Diving Teams (Newser Morning 8)

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September 21, 2023     "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." —Frank Lloyd Wright   1 Man Flees After Child Exposed to Fentanyl Dies at Wife's Daycare Police are still searching for the husband of the woman who ran the New York City daycare where a child was exposed to fentanyl and died Friday. Keep reading   2 Boston College Suspends Swimming, Diving Teams Boston College says it has suspended its men's and women's swimming and diving teams indefinitely because administrators have determined hazing took place within the program. Keep reading   A Newser Sweepstakes We're Giving Away an Apple Watch Series 8! What’s better than a free Apple Watch? A free Apple Watch plus some cash! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Sportsletter to give one lucky winner that very thing. The prize package includes a Stainless Steel Apple Watch Series 8, $500 cash, and a Zozosuit (a 3D body scanner that can help you on your fitness journey). Click here to enter     At a Glance Britain's Queen Camilla plays table tennis as Britain's King Charles III, French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron, and mayor of Saint-Denis Mathieu Hanotin, right, look on during a visit to a gymnasium, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. The British royals are on a three-day state visit to France. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP) Keep reading   3 Big-Name Authors Sue OpenAI for 'Systematic Theft' A new group of authors is suing OpenAI, alleging "flagrant and harmful infringements" on their copyrights through the company's use of pirated books to train the AI chatbot ChatGPT. Keep reading   4 Torture Made 9/11 Defendant Delusional, Psychotic: Panel A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 Race-in-Admissions Battle Shifts to West Point When Chief Justice John Roberts wrote this summer in the Supreme Court decision against including race as a factor in college admissions that the ruling did not apply to military academies, the winning side noticed. Keep reading   6 US Announces Plans to Protect 472K Venezuelan Migrants The Biden administration said Wednesday that it was granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country—quickly making them eligible to work—as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere to arrive at the US border with Mexico. Keep reading   From our sponsors   7 He Drove Off Collapsed Bridge. His Family Is Suing Google The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system. Keep reading   8 Free At-Home COVID Tests Are Coming Back With COVID hospitalizations back on the rise and experts warning about a possible winter surge, the federal government is once again offering free at-home tests that people can order starting next week. Keep reading   This Day in History On Sept. 21, 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2018: The 'Surprise Ascendance' of Sarah Huckabee Sanders   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved