Some Geologists Argue Earth Has Fewer Than Seven Continents

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.

World - The New York Times - October 30

Charter’s broadband saga may have bottomed. Has its stock done the same?

Charter shed 110,000 internet customers in the quarter, but a MoffettNathanson analyst thinks the rate of decline has bottomed out.

Business - MarketWatch - November 1

USC's JuJu Watkins reaches 1,000 points in 2 fewer games than Caitlin Clark

Southern California’s JuJu Watkins reached 1,000 career points in the second fewest amount of games in NCAA Division I history during the second half against Santa Clara

Sports - ABC News - November 15

Trump has pledged to wage war on planet Earth – and it will take a progressive revolution to stop him | George Monbiot

Voters have never been swayed by ‘rational debate’. Only a genuine change in the way we do politics can prevent the march of the right. We were losing slowly. Now we are losing quickly. Democracy, ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Mideast conflict has some Democrats in Michigan turning away from Harris

The Israel-Hamas war is a major vulnerability for Vice President Kamala Harris, with some uncommitted Democratic voters considering leaving the presidential box on their ballots blank.

NCAA Money Has Helped Some, but a College Degree Is More Valuable

For most NCAA athletes, the ability to make money in college isn’t the real prize.

Business - Inc. - November 8

Amazon’s Colorsoft Launch Has Left Some Customers Without a Kindle at All

Faulty devices have thrown a wrench in the company’s trade-in program for its color ebook reader.

Tech - Wired - November 14

NY Democrat: Trump 'has no greater friend than the far left'

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) launched a postelection critique of progressive Democrats, claiming they helped Donald Trump win a second White House term. Torres, who overwhelmingly won his ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

McDonald's E. coli outbreak has sickened more than 100 people

Illnesses linked to slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers expand to 14 states, federal officials say.

Michigan's Wink Martindale fires thinly veiled shot at Giants: 'Better than being some places that are 2-7'

Martindale left the Giants after a tumultuous 2023 season

Sports - CBS Sports - November 7

Meet Mark Dulgerian, the NFL scout scouring four continents for international talent

The NFL's international games, such as the Panthers and Giants facing off in Munich, have helped to build American football's popularity globally.

Sports - ESPN - November 10

Fewer employees say they are thriving: Gallup

Fewer employees say they're thriving, according to Gallup's most recent Life Evaluation Index. Fifty percent of employees say they are thriving, while 45 percent say they are struggling. An ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

These Bears coaching gaffes set the stage for an all-time Hail Mary

While the focus is on the final play, a number of debatable decisions by the Bears coach led to the Washington Commanders' miraculous win over Chicago.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 28

Stacey Abrams Has Some Ideas on How to Stop Elon Musk and the Far Right in Georgia

In the week leading up to the election, former state representative and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams talks democracy, conspiracies, and Kamala Harris’ chance at winning Georgia.

Tech - Wired - October 31

Jill Stein argues 'Democrats betrayed their base'

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein argued that Democrats “betrayed their base” and that the leaders of the party need to step aside to “allow a proper opposition” to fill in. "The ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Chris Murphy argues Democrats need to embrace populism

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is arguing that Democrats need to embrace populism to reconnect with the working-class electorate following the 2024 election, which was a “cataclysmic event” for his ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

FEMA has provided more than $190M in aid for North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided more than $190 million in aid to North Carolina, as the battleground state continues to recover from devastation left by Hurricane ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

After loss to Vanderbilt, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze has worse record than fired predecessor Bryan Harsin

The Tigers are 9-13 under Freeze's watch and face a fourth straight losing season

Sports - CBS Sports - November 2

Saints' Derek Carr has now lost to more teams than any other QB in NFL history

Sunday's Saints loss to the Panthers was the first of Carr's career to Carolina. He's now a loss to the Raiders away from losing to every NFL team.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

The NBA has a 'missing stars' problem with injuries piling up faster than normal

The hope is that the sudden rise in injuries is just an early-season blip, but there’s reason to believe the dark cloud hovering over the league is here to stay.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 11

House at 20: perfectly mad 2000s television that has aged better than you’d think

Hugh Laurie’s medical drama was once the most watched show in the world. Why is it now having a second life among Zoomers?. Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When the first episode ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

Falcons-Broncos Has More Than a Win at Stake. Family Bragging Rights Are on the Line.

Atlanta’s Kaden Elliss beat his brother Christian in 2022. He’d like to beat another brother, too: Jonah, a rookie pass rusher for Denver.

Sports - The New York Times - November 16

This NFL team scored more times on Cowboys' home field than Dallas has in five winless games at AT&T Stadium

It's been a bad year for Dallas, especially on its home field

Sports - CBS Sports - 4 days ago

Post Malone Probably Loves Hunt: Showdown More Than You, Has 400 Hours Of Playtime

As we enter end-of-the-year award season, superstar Post Malone has revealed his current favorite game--Hunt: Showdown. The musician geeked out about the FPS with the game's creative director, ...

Tech - GameSpot - 2 days ago

Trump’s new AG pick Pam Bondi has a ‘greater chance’ of getting confirmed than Matt Gaetz

President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his pick to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general. NBC News Correspondents Aaron Gilchrist, ...

Politics - NBC News - Yesterday

Why fewer teens get help with the costs of college

The number of teenage students getting the £40-a-week help with costs has halved since 2010.

'It's the reality' - will it take fewer points to win Premier League?

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola predicts fewer points will be required to win the Premier League this season - but do the stats back that up?

Trump’s victory means fewer Fed rate cuts

“Trump is a president who likes to spend, he was a real-estate developer who loves to borrow. I don’t think he’s shaken either of those ideals,” notes one analyst.

Business - MarketWatch - November 6

Fewer Blockbusters Mean Revenue Loss for AMC Entertainment

AMC reported a dip in revenue and lower attendance as fewer big Hollywood movies arrive in theaters.

Business - Inc. - November 7

There Is a Reason Trump Wants Fewer Adults in the Room

The point of placing loyalists in positions of influence isn’t to make the government work; it is to bend the government to Trump’s will.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 16

NASA Astronaut Released From Hospital After ‘Medical Issue’

Three NASA astronauts and a fourth from the Russian space agency returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Friday morning in a SpaceX capsule.

Science - The New York Times - October 26

Watch Chinese space crew return to Earth

Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-18 mission landed in north China after six months aboard the Tiangong space station.

Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb ...

Tech - ABC News - November 14

Three trades Cowboys could do to try to save 2024 season; Jerry Jones says team 'has some things in the mix'

Deals Dallas (3-5) could make before the trade deadline

Sports - CBS Sports - November 3

‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

Prof Kelly Chibale says the world is failing to take advantage of African genetic diversity, and everyone could be losing out. Africa has the greatest variety in human genes anywhere on the planet ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

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