Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring effective immediately

Sports - ABC News - October 17

Tony Bennett, Virginia Men’s Basketball Coach, Abruptly Retires at 55

Bennett led the Cavaliers to a national championship in 2019.

Sports - The New York Times - October 17

Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring effective immediately

Sports - ABC News - October 17

Trump blasts federal judicial decision on Virginia election rolls

Former President Trump on Friday blasted a federal judge’s ruling that Virginia must restore more than 1,500 people to the state’s voter rolls, falsely claiming Vice President Harris was behind the ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Harris has 6-point edge on Trump in Virginia: Poll

Vice President Harris is outpacing former President Trump in Virginia by 6 points, according to a new survey. The poll, released Saturday from the Washington Post/Schar School, found Harris leading ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Virginia au pair pleads guilty to manslaughter in gruesome double murder

A Virginia au pair has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection to the 2023 murders of her employer's wife and another man.

FEMA resumes normal operations in North Carolina after reported armed threat against workers

FEMA has resumed normal operations in North Carolina after scaling back recovery efforts in one county due to an armed threat against its workers. One man was arrested in connection with the ...

U.S. and Qatar Say Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Will Resume, but Offer Few Details

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said U.S. and Qatari negotiators would soon restart long-stalled negotiations, but that it remained unclear if Hamas was willing to engage.

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills 17 as Blinken says cease-fire talks will resume

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip has killed at least 17 people

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Iran’s supreme leader signals measured response to Israel’s attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tries to balance domestic expectations with risk of escalating regional conflict

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

‘There are certain things that we don’t allow to be sold’: why vote buying in the US is illegal

Richard Hasen, a professor specializing in election law, on groceries, Elon Musk’s petition and Cards Against Humanity. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered a $47 payment to people who refer ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the ground. Middle East crisis – live updates The US has demanded proof on the ground ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Stern U.S. letter prompts Israel to allow first aid into northern Gaza this month. Will it last?

Israeli officials were scrutinizing a letter from the U.S. government threatening to review military aid to the country if it continued to block aid from Gaza.

Maeve Boothby O’Neill died because of a discredited view of ME. How was this allowed to happen? | George Monbiot

Chronic fatigue syndrome is as physiological as a broken leg. For the sake of those who have it, we must learn all we can from this tragic case. How could this happen in the 21st century? This ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

With Davante Adams and Malachi Corley, NFL allows deviation from in-season number change

The NFL doesn't allow players to change their jersey numbers during the season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 17

LOOK: Jets coach's clumsiness with challenge flag allows Aaron Rodgers to throw first-half TD vs. Steelers

Jeff Ulbrich almost took a touchdown off the board

Sports - CBS Sports - October 21

Vince McMahon and WWE accused of allowing sexual exploitation of young boys in new lawsuit

Vince McMahon and WWE have been accused of knowing about and failing to stop the sexual exploitation of young boys by a ringside announcer in a lawsuit filed on behalf of five alleged victims ...

Our perverse respect for immense wealth allows Musk and Zuckerberg to run riot | John Naughton

The megalomaniacs who control X and Facebook are only able to pollute the public sphere and undermine democracy because of our deference to money. There are two kinds of aphrodisiac. The first is ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Bipartisan House members push Biden to allow Poland to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine

The bipartisan leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission are calling on President Biden to greenlight NATO member-ally Poland to extend its air defense to Ukraine’s skies, helping shoot down Russian ...

Politics - The Hill - 21 hours ago

In Wisconsin, Trump courts 'garbage' outrage while Harris courts students

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held events in Wisconsin on Wednesday, with Trump in Green Bay and Harris in Madison.

Politics - NBC News - 3 hours ago

The Uplift: From the court to the swimming pool

NBA player Jared Butler fulfills his lifelong goal of learning how to swim – and hopes to inspire others to chase their dreams. A patient who thought for decades about the nurse who cared for her ...

Lady Donaldson to appear in court in December

The 58-year-old previously pleaded not guilty to three charges related to aiding and abetting.

Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court

He was jailed for republishing and distributing untrue claims about a Syrian refugee.

In defense of the non-voter

The non-voter has plenty of good reasons not to vote, many of which are pro-democratic, and we ought to consider his inactivity as the political act that it is.

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

West Virginia's Neal Brown offers plea for fan support: 'What I would say is -- did they have a good time?'

West Virginia is off to a 3-3 start to the 2024 season with two losses coming to chief rivals

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

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