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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Sport
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Luis L. Ortiz strikes out five
Aloy reflects on historic season, eyes MLB Draft After a historic collegiate career capped by the highest individual honor in the sport, Maui's Wehiwa Aloy is preparing for the next chapter of his baseball journey, the Major League Baseball Draft. This past weekend, the Baldwin High School graduate and Arkansas shortstop became the first player from Hawai'i to win the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country. Aloy, a junior for the Razorbacks, hit .350 with 21 home runs during the 2025 season, earning SEC Player of the Year and All-American honors while leading Arkansas to the College World Series in Omaha. He now projects as a potential first-round pick in next month's MLB Draft. The honor marked a major milestone not just for Aloy, but for the state he represents. 'It means a lot,' Aloy said. 'Just being back from a small place in Maui, it brings a lot of joy not only to a larger stage, but to the people back at home. It gives them a lot of hope, that it's possible to play at the highest collegiate level and succeed. It's something special.' 2:21 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
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EBK Jaaybo Upset Over Missing XXL Freshman Shoot Amid Incarceration
Rapper EBK Jaaybo made the cut for the annual XXL Freshman list this week while locked up for theft, weapons and controlled substance charges -- an "honor" he wished he could have gotten in person!!! EBK Jaaybo's management got a hold of the newly minted XXL Freshman while he's currently being held in Pope County Detention Center in Arkansas ... the rapper tells us he has FOMO!!! "I was disappointed I couldn't make it in-person, but for XXL to allow me to still be selected even though I'm in jail, is an honor," EBK tells TMZ Hip Hop. "I know they don't have to do it -- so that's gangsta!!!" The Stockton, Calif.-born rapper follows Chief Keef as the latest rapper to make XXL Freshman while behind bars, but he's been blowing up in the past year through his albums "The Reaper" and "Don't Trust Me." He's connected on this cover with the likes of Top Dawg Entertainment rapper Ray Vaughn and LiAngelo Ball, AKA Gelo. Jaaybo's known for his aggressive lyrics -- even OGs like Mistah F.A.B. have taken notice -- but says he has no smoke for his Freshman class!!!"It's been some greats to be chosen, so I'm glad to be a part of the 2025 class," Jaaybo continued ... "I fux with em." We're told his attorneys are preparing for a big day in court in July -- hopefully to spring him out in time for the NBA YoungBoy's MASA Tour!!!
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Business
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Arkansas Tech officials point to progress on new agriculture building
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas Tech University officials are pointing to the progress being made on its new agriculture building. Officials stated that the concrete pad for the building was poured on Thursday, and the building is scheduled to be erected in early July. Interior finish and equipment installation will follow. Arkansas Tech celebrates topping out of Ferguson Student Union The 3,300-square-foot Farm Credit Agriculture Building will house welding equipment, a tool storage area, classroom space, laboratory space, and other equipment used by the ATU agriculture program. It is scheduled to open in late 2025, officials said. University officials said Farm Credit, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Greenway Equipment, Arvest Bank and Union Bank are among the financial contributors making the construction project possible. Mobley Concrete donated the concrete for the foundation. The building will be outfitted with equipment provided through a $730,000 federal grant earned for ATU by Rep. Steve Womack (AR-03). Officials said the grant will also enable the purchase of virtual and augmented reality welding systems, which will help future K-12 agriculture teachers prepare for lessons they will teach. Arkansas Tech University hosts 900 firefighters in record-breaking wildfire academy Learn more about the ATU agriculture program at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
8 hours ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the platforms. The lawsuit by NetChoice filed in federal court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, comes months after a federal judge struck down a state law requiring parental consent before minors can create new social media accounts. The new laws were signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year.
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8 hours ago
- Business
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Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the platforms. The lawsuit by NetChoice filed in federal court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, comes months after a federal judge struck down a state law requiring parental consent before minors can create new social media accounts. The new laws were signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year. 'Despite the overwhelming consensus that laws like the Social Media Safety Act are unconstitutional, Arkansas elected to respond to this Court's decision not by repealing the provisions that it held unconstitutional but by instead doubling down on its overreach,' NetChoice said in its lawsuit. Arkansas is among several states that have been enacting restrictions on social media, prompted by concerns about the impact on children's mental health. NetChoice — whose members include TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and the social platform X — challenged Arkansas' 2023 age-verification law for social media. A federal judge who initially blocked the law struck it down in March. Similar laws have been blocked by judges in Florida and Georgia. A spokesperson for Attorney General Tim Griffin said his office was reviewing the latest complaint and looked forward to defending the law. One of the new laws being challenged prohibits social media platforms from using a design, algorithm or feature it 'knows or should have known through the exercise of reasonable care' would cause a user to kill themself, purchase a controlled substance, develop an eating disorder, develop an addiction to the platform. The lawsuit said that provision is unconstitutionally vague and doesn't offer guidance on how to determine which content would violate those restrictions, and the suit notes it would restrict content for both adults and minors. The suit questions whether songs that mention drugs, such as Afroman's 'Because I Got High,' would be prohibited under the new law. The law being challenged also would allow parents whose children have died by suicide or attempted to take their lives to sue social media companies if they were exposed to content promoting or advancing self-harm and suicide. The companies could face civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation. NetChoice is also challenging another law that attempts to expand Arkansas' blocked restrictions on social media companies. That measure would require social media platforms to ensure minors don't receive notifications between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The measure also would require social media companies to ensure their platform 'does not engage in practices to evoke any addiction or compulsive behavior.' The suit argues that the law doesn't explain how to comply with that restriction and is so broadly written that it's unclear what kind of posts or material would violate it. 'What is 'addictive' to some minors may not be addictive to others. Does allowing teens to share photos with each other evoke addiction?' the lawsuit said. Andrew Demillo, The Associated Press 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
