Tag: draft
Hot off her NCAA title, Paige Bueckers cruises for 1st pick in the WNBA draft
Becky Sullivan Barely a week after cutting down the nets at the women’s Final Four, Paige Bueckers is expected to get yet another jewel in her crown. At Monday night’s WNBA Draft, the 23-year-old combo guard is expected to be selected first overall by the Dallas Wings. The pick could transform the franchise, which hasn’t…
U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Draft Features Vague Reference to Security Guarantees
Russia-Ukraine War A copy of the agreement obtained by The New York Times says that the United States “supports Ukraine’s effort to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace.” By Andrew E. Kramer and Constant Méheut Andrew Kramer reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Constant Méheut from Warsaw. A draft of an agreement calling for…
Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who evaded the Vietnam War draft
By Joe Hernandez President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1977. On the following day, he issued a pardon for people who had evaded the Vietnam…