The start of the 2020-21 college basketball season has been pushed back. Instead of opening in early November, it will begin around Thanksgiving. I can’t wait to tip it off, baby! It should be thrilling to see teams progress and improve as the season rolls on. You see players and […]
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BUDAPEST — Nearly 100 students have occupied a key building of a prestigious Hungarian university for the past week to protest what they see as a takeover of their school by the autocratic government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a demonstration that has become a symbol of resistance to the […]
USATSI In a year that is truly unlike any other in college football, we have hit a period of confusion and disagreement as it pertains to ranking teams. No. 1 Clemson remains the top team in the new Coaches Poll after improving to 2-0 with a 49-0 win against The […]
YORK, Pa. (Reuters) – Natalie Cruz, 12, missed math and language arts instruction one recent morning because the school’s virtual interface would not load. Carlos, her 8-year-old brother, sat beside her at the kitchen table, studying with last year’s workbooks because the district had yet to supply him with a […]
BALTIMORE — A month ago, it was fair to wonder whether John Means would even have a start he felt good about this season, let alone pitch like the All-Star he was last year. Now, it’s worth wondering if he’s ever been better. Means turned in the Orioles’ best start […]
The AP Top 25 college football poll is out, and this should be the last week it does not include Big Ten teams. So before next week’s shake-up — which will also include the first weekend of SEC play — here’s what’s on tap for each ranked team, starting with […]
The Big 12 began the day with an awful showing as Iowa State and Kansas State each lost at home to Sun Belt foes. But the league’s powers brought plenty of force later in the day as Oklahoma and Texas both cruised to easy wins. The Sooners jumped out to […]
Will Rhodes hit a career-best 142 not out as Warwickshire made a strong start in their Bob Willis Trophy match at Worcestershire. The captain put on 165 for the second wicket with Sam Hain (55) to help Warwickshire to 228 for three on the first day at New Road. Rhodes’ […]
First, the University of North Carolina. Now, North Carolina State University. A day after university officials in Chapel Hill decided to pivot to online classes after at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living spaces, the Raleigh university reported its first cluster of positive cases that included some of […]
First, the University of North Carolina. Now, North Carolina State University. A day after university officials in Chapel Hill decided to pivot to online classes after at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living spaces, the Raleigh university reported its first cluster of positive cases that included some of […]
Two top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were moving on and angry Democrats were calling out the U.S. Postal Service leadership Sunday as the U.S. COVID-19 death toll that inched toward 170,000. Kyle McGowan, the chief of staff, and Amanda Campbell, the deputy chief of staff, had worked […]
At least 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured in the “colossal” explosion that swept through Beirut on Tuesday. Meanwhile, schools seeking alternatives to remote learning plan to move classes outside, and polarizing conservative Kris Kobach lost the GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. Here’s what we’re […]
Washington (AFP) – As the rumors and leaks fly, analysts are working overtime to predict who Joe Biden will pick as his running mate for the November 3 elections — a choice that could produce the first female vice president in American history. While history suggests that the Democrat’s pick […]
Click here to read the full article. MILAN — The month of July is showing improvements in all of Salvatore Ferragamo’s markets, but the closure of stores during the coronavirus pandemic hurt the company’s top line in the first half of the year. The Florence-based luxury group reported preliminary sales on […]
Gabbie Hanna’s career as a Viner turned YouTuber took a dark turn over the past year. Facebook/Gabbie Hanna Internet personality Gabbie Hanna recently stoked controversy by fighting with friends, drama channels, and YouTube itself before deactivating her Twitter and Instagram accounts. Hanna, who has over 6 million YouTube subscribers, also […]
Charlize Theron, whose “The Old Guard” was recently released by Netflix, leads the Comic-Con lineup on Friday. (Aimee Spinks / Netflix) Comic-Con International may not be drawing the usual 130,000+ fans to San Diego this year, but fans are lining up online to attend panels in the at-home conference that […]
Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump announced Thursday he was scrapping the Republican nominating convention in Florida as the number of coronavirus cases in the United States topped four million. Trump said he was cancelling next month’s event in Jacksonville because it was not the right time to do a […]
WASHINGTON — Younger children pose a smaller risk of catching and transmitting the coronavirus, a top pediatrician told Congress on Thursday, providing a scientific argument for why elementary schools could potentially open in parts of the country next month. “School systems may consider prioritizing the return of younger children and […]
As the final MBA admission decisions get made, from applicants who pulled off the waitlist in the last minutes before fall classes to the final granting or rejection of deferral requests, everyone can agree it’s been a remarkably uncertain and stressful time. After test centers closed, it took weeks for […]
The U.S. government has placed an initial order for 100 million doses of a vaccine candidate being developed by Pfizer and a German firm, BioNTech, for $1.95 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. The U.S. can acquire up to 500 million additional doses, the statement said. Meanwhile, federal unemployment benefits are taking a hit […]