Hernandez, the 25-year-old former New England Patriots tight end, faces weapons and murder charges in what is the first of two murder trials. MORE: NFL’s long rap sheet could hurt Hernandez | Hernandez timeline | PHOTOS: Hernandez investigation Bristol County Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh will preside over the proceedings. Prosecutors claim Hernandez “orchestrated” the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd by luring Lloyd and his girlfriend, the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins....

The Packers’ signal-caller has accrued over 55,000 passing yards and 449 passing touchdowns since taking the reins from fellow Packers legend Brett Favre in 2008. The four-time MVP is still is at the top of his game — Rodgers notched 4,115 passing yards and 37 passing touchdowns to just four interceptions in 2021, his age-38 season. As such, he’s been rewarded handsomely for his efforts. Rodgers’ on-field success has had its perks....

Von Ehlinger, 38, was accused of rape by a 19-year-old intern in March. She claimed that von Ehlinger raped her in his apartment after the two had dinner at a Boise restaurant. Von Ehlinger has denied any wrongdoing, maintaining that his sexual contact with the woman was consensual. The Boise Police Department is investigating and von Ehlinger has not been charged. Von Ehlinger and his attorney, Edward Dindinger, did not respond to requests for comment immediately after the committee announced its findings....

Kennedy has expressed nuanced views on abortion in the past, upholding Roe but disagreeing with a ruling that struck down a Nebraska “partial birth” ban. In last week’s opinion he didn’t reject the landmark abortion-rights decision, but his language pleased pro-lifers. “Kennedy is very much speaking in the code language of the anti-abortion activists,” says David Garrow, a legal historian at the University of Cambridge. The justice used “kill” or “killing” 11 times to refer to abortion and argued that “some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained....

In a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, half of the respondents said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June has made them more motivated to vote in November, found. The figure is up from 43 percent in July, and 37 percent in May. About two-thirds of Democratic voters say the high court’s decision to strip away constitutional protections for abortion has motivated them to vote, compared to 49 percent of independents and 32 percent of Republicans....

Medication abortion has been available in the U.S. since 2000, when the FDA approved the use of mifepristone for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. It involves taking mifepristone, waiting 24 to 48 hours, and then taking misoprostol. Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone, which is essential to sustain a pregnancy, while misoprostol empties the uterus by causing cramping and bleeding. Medication abortion is expected to become a new battleground after the high court struck down Roe, with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday warning that states cannot ban mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA about its safety and efficacy....

The court’s controversial decision has meant there is no longer a federal protection for the right to abortion in the United States—something several Republican states have taken advantage of by banning abortion in all cases except if the mother’s life is in danger. As access to abortion is erased across large swathes of the country, Hey Jane, a company that provides abortion pills to women in certain states, has experienced a surge of visitors to its website....

Hospitals have long been accused of inflating COVID-19 cases by including anyone who tests positive, even if they only had a mild case and sought care for a different ailment. To help paint a clearer picture of the impact COVID-19 is having on people, Massachusetts is now requiring hospitals to report the number of COVID-positive patients receiving the steroid dexamethasone. On Tuesday, there were 3,187 people with COVID-19 in Massachusetts hospitals, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health....

Absence seizures are typically a childhood condition. For children who do not have other types of seizures, absence seizures tend to stop on their own after adolescence. Often, children who have epilepsy characterized by multiple seizure types also experience a significant decrease in the absence seizure type after adolescence. Symptoms Absence seizures can go unnoticed. They can occur several times a day and rarely cause disruption, noise, or clearly obvious manifestations....

We’d lost her before. My ex-husband, ignoring court orders, had kidnapped and hidden her. It took three years to find her. The first thought that crossed our minds, as it always did when she was we late, was that he’d taken her again. But we found a classmate who’d seen her. She told us, “Kelly was on the school bus telling everyone that she was running away.” We digested this....

Former Ajax boss Peter Bosz has replaced Thomas Tuchel in the Dortmund dugout and the Dutch coach will pit his wits against Vincenzo Montella as both sides prepare for the upcoming season. Your guide to the International Champions Cup Teams from across Europe’s top leagues will compete in the friendly tournament, with games taking place in the United States and Singapore as well as China during the remainder of July....

Historically, graduate programs, especially in STEM, have used the Graduate Readiness Exam or the GRE to identify “competitive” potential candidates. Scores are recommended because they serve as a “standard measure” to compare individuals across groups. However, in certain disciplines, evidence points to scores not predicting minority success in graduate school nor establishing who has the capacity to become an effective knowledge producer. Many also argue that GRE scores have become yet another tool used to exclude minoritized students who consistently score lower than their white and Asian counterparts regardless of intended discipline of study....

Phillips couldn’t avoid questions surrounding realignment and the potential of the ACC being financially lapped by the Big Ten and SEC, who have vaulted themselves into super conference territory with the acquisitions of USC, UCLA, and Texas and Oklahoma over the last 12 months. “Of course, the recent announcement of two Pac-12 schools’ pending move to the Big Ten in 2024 set off a flurry of conversations both inside and outside of our league,” Phillips told the media....

The Clippers will look to bounce back against the Jazz on Monday following their first home loss in six weeks. Toronto dominated L.A. 110-98, blowing the lead open in the second half. Expect the Clippers to be focused and get out to an early lead against the Jazz. AccuScore has the Clippers as heavy 89.4 percent favorites to win, a percentage that would warrant an -843 price on the money-line....

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Line: Patriots -1, Total: 48 (check The Linemakers on Sporting News’ live odds page for updated point spreads and totals). AccuScore has the Seahawks as slight 52.7 percent favorites to win. The average score after 10,000-plus simulations is Seattle 26.2- New England 25.1. There is really no money-line to speak of since the point spread is so close to a pick ‘em. AccuScore best bet: The approximate winning probability assigned to Seattle is a three-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend....

In a letter sent to Greyhound’s parent company, FirstGroup plc, the ACLU says that for over a year, it has documented U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents boarding Greyhound buses, with “multiple incidents across the U.S.” having resulted in “the harassment and racial profiling of people of color and families—regardless of immigration status.” The practice, the ACLU says, has also led to the “detention and deportation of Greyhound customers,” with one high-profile incident in January 2018 being documented in a viral video which showed Border Patrol escorting a woman in her 60s of Caribbean descent off the bus after reportedly going around and asking passengers to present proof of their immigration status....

The law, introduced in December 2021, works to prohibit schools from teaching critical race theory in classrooms. The lawsuit is being headed by a group of teachers and students who are represented by the ACLU, who argue that the Stop WOKE Act is a violation of the First and 14th amendments. The suit, which was filed in federal court, names the Board of Governors of the Florida State University System and the commissioner of the Florida Board of Education as well as other boards of trustees at several public universities as defendants....