News for June 7, 2025

Simone Biles and Riley Gaines argued publicly over transgender athletes in women’s sports, with Biles criticizing Gaines’ comments and Gaines firing back.

The article shows how Donald Trump’s rise changed the Republican Party by shifting it toward white working-class and rural voters, while Democrats gained ground in bigger, more urban and suburban places.

UCSF professor Rupa Marya has sued the University of California, San Francisco, saying the school violated her free speech rights by suspending her over social media comments about the war in Gaza.

Judge Claudia Wilken approved a $2.8 billion settlement that will let colleges pay athletes millions of dollars and mark a major shift away from the old amateur model.

Mykale Baker, a teen Burger King worker in Georgia, was rewarded with more than $200,000 after he helped coworkers on his graduation night.