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USA Today
03-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Texas A&M's last two basketball transfer additions have made their way to College Station
Texas A&M's 2025 basketball roster has all but arrived on campus, as all 13 players have begun to take part in the program's workouts, led by new head coach Bucky McMillan and his veteran staff. Last weekend, Spanish sharpshooter Rubén Domínguez made his way to College Station, leaving former Texas Tech center Federiko Federiko and USC transfer forward Rashuan Agee as the only players yet to arrive. We can now check both players off said list, as Agee recently made his way to campus and reportedly completed his first practice alongside Domínguez. At the same time, Federiko is the latest arrival and will begin workouts this week. This is significant news for a roster that needs to develop chemistry this summer to be ready for the 2025 season, which is a little over three months away. With the news that transfer guard Pop Isaacs has been cleared for non-contact work this week, the roster is truly coming together. Being in the same space not only allows for gaining a rhythm on the court but also for building bonds in the locker room that will pay dividends early in the season. While Isaccs and Indiana transfer forward Mackenzie Mgbako look like the potential scoring leaders this coming season, Federiko could earn the starting center role to provide elite rebounding/paint defense coupled with a high field goal percentage, paired with Agee's likely rotational role as another scoring option off the bench after shooting 55% from the field and nearly 40% from 3-point range with the Trojans last season. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Cameron on X: @CameronOhnysty.
USA Today
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Newsboys dropped by label after Michael Tait's 'confession' to sexual assault allegations
Members of the Christian rock band Newsboys say they were dropped from their record label after ex-member Michael Tait admitted to wrongdoing when sexual assault allegations surfaced. Adam Agee and his bandmates wanted to clear the air before they performed their set at Elevate, a two-day Christian music festival in Arizona over the weekend, telling fans gathered at Highlands Church in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale that they "encouraged" Tait to seek treatment after he had confessed to them in January that he had been living a double life and wanted help. Agee said in a video posted to social media that they thought and prayed long and hard about "what was next," but ultimately felt like they still had "a ministry and a mission to do," which is why they continued perform. "The last six months, we've played from New York to Florida to California to right here Arizona and we have seen the most amazing people and the most amazing crowds, and we've seen the spirit do things that have been, it's so encouraging, and we've just had the best time as a band with you guys on the road," Agee said. The band's "world was rocked" by Tait's confession, where he revealed that the accusations made against him by fans in a June 4 report from Christian media outlet The Roys Report were "sadly, largely true," Agee said. Additional sexual misconduct allegations against Tait surfaced a week after the Christian singer's public admission. "As a result of all this and the things that have come out that he's confessed to, we've been dropped from our record label, we've had the radio stations pull our music and we've been cancelled by promoters and venues all over the world but not tonight," Agee said. Capitol Christian Music Group, the band's label, and Newsboys' management did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment June 25. Michael Tait's confession 'devastating' for Newsboys members Newsboys members denied any direct knowledge of the unwanted sexual advances Tait has been accused of, telling fans that the 59-year-old had only mentioned a "few things" about substance abuse and some personal struggles he was experiencing at home. "And so, it was so shocking to us because it's not the guy that we knew, the guy that we knew, that, we've been on the road with," Agee said. "He was our family, he was our brother, and he was a friend to our families, to our kids." The news has not only been "devastating" for them, but their families who have felt that "their names have been dragged through the mud" because of the situation. Who is Michael Tait? What has he been accused of? Tait was the former lead singer of Australian-formed Christian rock band Newsboys. The four-time Grammy-award winning vocalist replaced original member Peter Furler as the group's new lead vocalist in 2009. Tait officially left the group in January 2025 after 15 years. Before he performed with Newsboys, Tait was a founding member of DC Talks, a Christian rap and rock trio that released five major studio albums together. Five months after Tait abruptly left the band, The Roys Report published a years-long investigation into Tait's past, specifically allegations of unwanted sexual advances made by three male fans, who met the former frontman while on tour. Three men, who were all 22 at the time of their encounters, told the outlet that Tait befriended them and were either intoxicated or drugged when the vocalist initiated and performed non-consensual sexual acts on them. Tait made friends with the men, one crew member and two musicians, while on tour in 2004, 2010 and 2014, according to The Roys Report. Additional individuals, including one woman and four men, have come forward to share their stories about Tait, who they allege engaged in predatory behavior, or bared witness to it without intervening. The woman who spoke with Roys Report specifically claimed that Tait drugged her and watched her be sexually assaulted by a Newsboys crew member, while the four men who spoke to The Guardian said that Tait had either attempted, or had engaged in unwanted touching, sexual advances or both. The new set of allegations, published in The Guardian on June 13 and in The Roys Report on June 19 came a week after Newsboys and Tait himself addressed the contents included in the first report on social media. Read Michael Tait's full statement Contributing: Melonee Hurt and Liam Adams, The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network
CTV News
20-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Polar bear at Assiniboine Park Zoo dies at age 30
Agee, a polar bear who has been living at Assiniboine Park Zoo since 2022, has died at age 30. A senior polar bear at Assiniboine Park Zoo died at the end of last week. In a Facebook post, the zoo announced the passing of Agee – a 30-year-old polar bear who came to Winnipeg from British Columbia in 2022. Agee turned 30 in January, which is a senior citizen in the world of polar bears. During her time at Assiniboine Park Zoo, she dealt with several age-related conditions, including kidney failure, dental problems and mobility issues. The Facebook post said Agee seemed to be doing well over the past month, but last week experienced a 'sudden, onset, severe deterioration in her health.' The zoo believes she had a significant decline in kidney function, which may have been associated with an infection. Despite medical intervention, Agee did not make it. Agee lived a private life and was not seen by visitors of the zoo. However, the zoo noted, she was deeply bonded to the team who cared for here. 'She loved to swim and spent much of her time cruising around in her personal pool,' the zoo said. 'She would often take enrichment items and food to her bed (aka her nest) and could be spotted cuddling with her toys.' Further investigation into the sudden decline in Agee's health is underway, including postmortem examinations. Results of these tests may provide more insight into Agee's condition at the time of her death.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Jury acquits Pensacola 20-year-old in 2023 killing of Angel Bailey
An Escambia County jury took just a few hours June 11 to acquit a Pensacola man charged with murdering 32-year-old Angel Bailey in 2023. The jury found Nathaniel Cunningham Jr. not guilty of second-degree murder at the end of a two-day trial June 10 and 11. Following Cunningham's acquittal, his attorney Greg Whibbs told the News Journal this case was a "big win" for his client as it kept Cunningham from a potential life sentence in a Florida prison. According to Willie Agee, the owner of the Mission Road home in which the incident took place, the shooting occurred after an argument about Bailey's cellphone. "Agee stated he was in his room watchin TV when Bailey and Cunningham Jr. came to his room arguing because Bailey was accusing Cunningham Jr. of stealing her iPhone," a report said. "Agee stated that he let Bailey borrow his phone so that she could call to report her phone stolen." Agee told law enforcement he heard gunshots roughly four to five minutes later. During Agee's recorded 911 call in 2023, he told the operator that he thinks his grandson "Nate" killed Bailey. In another 911 recording McGraw played during the trial, Bailey is speaking with a dispatcher about reporting her phone as stolen. During the call, Bailey begins screaming and saying, "No! Please don't shoot me." Throughout the trial, Whibbs asked questions of witnesses pertaining to the person named "Nate" from the 911 call made by Agee. Whibbs told the jury there were multiple people who use the nickname "Nate" who were at or near the Mission Road home March 25, 2023, when the shooting occurred. That coupled with the fact crime scene technicians did not find any DNA evidence or fingerprints at the scene directly linking Cunningham to the shooting seemingly led the jury to acquit the 20-year-old. Evidence presented during the trial showed that Cunningham's cellphone saved tracking data that placed him at the 2900 block of Mission Road just minutes before the shooting took place, but Whibbs argued that evidence does not prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt as that just shows a phone's location, not who is in possession of the phone. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Nathaniel Cunningham not guilty of murdering Angel Bailey
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bronzeville Arts Center project site to be cleared by fall. That will help raise funds, backers say
Bronzeville Center for the Arts' planned development site will be cleared by September − which project backers say will help their fundraising efforts. The center, an African American art and culture museum, is to be developed at 2312 N. King Drive. A 50,000-square-foot center, featuring exhibitions, education and immersive artistic programming, is planned for that 3.4-acre site. It's now occupied by a former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regional office. That building, which Bronzeville Center for the Arts bought from the state in 2022 for $1.6 million, will undergo demolition starting in June, according to a May 19 presentation to the Milwaukee Bronzeville Advisory Commission. The demolition is "a good signal the project is moving forward," said John Russick, center managing director, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview. That will help with fundraising as those efforts are heightened, Russick said. He said the center has so far raised around $30 million for the roughly $55 million project. That includes a $5 million grant provided by Gov. Tony Evers through American Rescue Plan Act funds. That grant must be spent no later than Dec. 31, 2026, according to the governor's office. Around $800,000 from that grant will pay for the demolition, said Deshea Agee, vice president at Emem Group LLC. That design-build firm serves as Bronzeville Center for the Arts' project representative. The cleared site will include green space, art displays and space for communities activities before the new center is constructed, Agee said. Meanwhile, the center's architectural team, led by Michael Ford, continues to work on design plans. Ford's BrandNu Design Studio is partnering with HGA and Hood Design Studio. Both the center's design and use of the interim green space will be determined in collaboration with community stakeholders, Agee and Russick said. 'This is more than a demolition — it's the beginning of a transformative journey for Bronzeville and for Milwaukee,' said Kristen Hardy, center board chair, in a statement. While there's been strong development activity throughout Bronzeville in recent years, Agee told the commission, "the part that was missing was the arts." The planned museum is part of a new focus on that sector, Agee said. (This story was updated to add new information.) Tom Daykin can be emailed at tdaykin@ and followed on Instagram, Bluesky, X and article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bronzeville Center for the Arts development site to be cleared by fall Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
