JMU makes it official; Sun Belt Conference is next stop
By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer James Madison has decided to pursue a move to the Sun Belt Conference despite being told by the Colonial Athletic…
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Voting distrust likely to continue despite smooth election
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and…
Continue Reading$100,000 in 10 years: NC organization raises awareness, funds for homeless youths
By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local organization…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Rittenhouse attorneys spar over victim depictions
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys spent the first week of Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial sparring over who…
Continue Reading Within minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and…
Continue ReadingHighest-rated yoga experiences across the country
Sunday Citizen compiled a list of the best yoga experiences across the country based on ratings and reviews data from Tripadvisor.…
Continue ReadingStates where roads are in the worst condition
Uplift Legal Funding identified the states with the lowest percentage of acceptable roads based on 2019 data from the Bureau of Transportation…
Continue Reading10 tips for a (mostly) plastic-free life
Almond Cow compiled a list of 10 tips for going plastic-free, from reworking your hygiene routine to being a better…
Continue Reading10 gorgeous homes built with alternative materials
UpNest compiled a collection of 10 images showcasing gorgeous homes built with alternative materials, such as straw bales, glass, and shipping…
Continue ReadingHow agent-assisted home sales compare with for-sale-by-owner home sales
UpNest compared data from the National Association of Realtors’ 2020 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers to see how sales compare between homes that…
Continue ReadingHistory of the NFL from the year you were born
Stacker counts down the history of the National Football League from 1920 to…
Continue ReadingWhat winter was like the year you were born
Stacker put together a list featuring information and statistics for each year of the past century using data from NOAA’s Climate at a Glance Series…
Continue Reading50 images of the universe from the Hubble Space Telescope
Stacker collected 50 Hubble images, taken between 1990 and 2020, that express both the beauty of the universe and important scientific…
Continue ReadingBiggest Native American tribes in the U.S. today
Stacker used 2019 estimates from the Census, the most comprehensive recent population report on the United States’ Native American population, to…
Continue Reading Easing of COVID travel restrictions lets loved ones reunite
By TRAVIS LOLLER Travel restrictions that have separated couples and relatives living in different countries are about to end. New rules go into…
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Easing of COVID travel restrictions lets loved ones reunite
By TRAVIS LOLLER Travel restrictions that have separated couples and relatives living in different countries are about to end. New rules go into…
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UFC 268: Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 — how to watch two world title rematch fights
By Jack Bantock, CNN Revenge will be in the air at Madison Square Garden on Sunday as a tantalizing UFC 268 card tees up two world title rematches.…
Continue Reading Falcons place WR Ridley on reserve/non-football injury list
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Wide receiver Calvin Ridley will miss at least three games for the Atlanta Falcons after being placed on the…
Continue Reading Former coal company execs to go on trial for skirting rules
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of former coal company officials are going on trial in Kentucky next week. Federal…
Continue Reading California law school, named for a man who funded the killing of Native Americans, moves to change its name
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A San Francisco law school named for a man who orchestrated a massacre of Native Americans is moving to change its name. The…
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‘You’s’ Joe Goldberg seems to have found his next obsession in Cardi B
By Chloe Melas, CNN Things just got creepy, okurrr! Cardi B took to Twitter to share a letter and a hat from Penn Badgley’s character Joe…
Continue Reading Top amateur Nakajima wins Asia-Pacific Amateur in playoff
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Keita Nakajima has lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in golf. He won the Asia-Pacific Amateur on the…
Continue Reading Profit plummets at Buffett’s company on investment gains
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount…
Continue Reading What is Astroworld? Who is Travis Scott? And other things to know about the incident
By Hannah Ryan, CNN At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd surged forward while rapper Travis Scott was on stage at…
Continue Reading In SC, Rep. Rice hopes impeachment vote doesn’t eclipse 2022
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice says that he hopes his vote this year to impeach President Donald Trump…
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‘He’s eating, he’s smiling’: Pete Buttigieg’s newborn son is home after hospital stay
By Donald Judd and Devan Cole, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Saturday his newly adopted son is doing well “after a…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Rodgers and how the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols work
By The Associated Press Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss Sunday’s game at Kansas City after being placed in the NFL’s…
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What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered its third month this week, much of the focus…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How warming affects Arctic sea ice, polar bears
By SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and KATI PERRY Associated Press As world leaders meet in Glasgow, Scotland, to try to ramp up efforts to curb…
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The Elf was a lot harder to get on your Shelf this year
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business The Elf on the Shelf — a popular elf doll that parents place around their home in the runup to Christmas to…
Continue ReadingDrake pitches WNBA team in Toronto
By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Toronto rap…
Continue ReadingWorld’s richest 1 per cent will emit too much to limit global warming to 1.5 C: study
By Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The carbon…
Continue Reading Pompeii dig yields rare window on daily life of enslaved
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Archeologists in Pompeii have discovered a room that officials say offers “a very rare insight…
Continue ReadingEthiopia’s military calls on former members to rejoin army as rebels advance on capital
By David McKenzie, CNN Ethiopia’s military is calling on veterans to rejoin the army as two aligned rebel groups threaten the capital, marking…
Continue Reading Game on: 9-foot video game joystick on record as largest
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A 9-foot-tall video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022. Dartmouth…
Continue ReadingYoung mother and elderly priest among Tigrayans arrested in Addis Ababa, witnesses say
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Witnesses say Tigrayans are being arrested in Addis Ababa in a wave of alleged…
Continue Reading Austria to bar unvaccinated from restaurants as cases rise
VIENNA (AP) — Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven’t had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels, hairdressers…
Continue Reading Why the first responding officer at the Ahmaud Arbery shooting didn’t provide first aid
By Travis Caldwell, CNN The first police officer to respond to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia, testified in court Monday he…
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School mask mandates are starting to disappear. Is it too soon?
By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many…
Continue Reading Answering kids’ (and parents’) questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for ages 5 to 11
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN It was a big day for Sesame Street’s 5-year-old Rosita, who recently got her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.…
Continue Reading DOJ officials unfazed by calls to expedite Bannon contempt decision
By Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN To many in Washington, the criminal contempt case against Steve Bannon appears cut and dried: The podcaster and…
Continue ReadingCamels escape from circus and venture out to explore Madrid
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Spanish police had an unusual encounter on Friday night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered…
Continue Reading It’s time to rewind your clocks. Here’s how to make it an easier transition
By Megan Marples, CNN Enjoy your extra hour of sleep this weekend, but don’t forget to turn back your clocks when you rise and shine Sunday…
Continue Reading Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tens of thousands of climate activists are…
Continue Reading New infections hit record as Russia’s COVID-19 wave persists
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s COVID-19 cases  have hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections that has…
Continue Reading Afghan rights activist, 3 other women slain; 2 suspects held
By TAMEEM AKHGHAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban security official says two suspects have been arrested in connection with…
Continue Reading Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes
By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives…
Continue Reading Kenenisa Bekele ready to ‘make more history’ as the New York City Marathon returns
By George Ramsay, CNN The New York City Marathon returns on Sunday following a two-year hiatus, and at the front of the field, legendary distance…
Continue Reading Knife attack on German train severely injures 3 people
BERLIN (AP) — The Bavarian Red Cross says a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely wounded. Bavarian state police…
Continue Reading Within minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and…
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