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College basketball rankings: UConn drops in updated Coaches Poll after second loss in last three games
The two-time reigning NCAA champions were upset at home by CreightonCBS Sports - Jan. 20 -
The kindness of strangers: dazed, confused and far from home, a train worker offered me a place to stay
I was a sobbing country kid, stranded without luggage at a big-city train station, when a voice inquired: ‘Can I help you?’. Read more in the kindness of strangers series I grew up in Wagga ...The Guardian - Jan. 20 -
Axelrod: Trump coming back as 'kind of a conqueror'
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Sunday that President-elect Trump is coming back to the White House as “kind of a conqueror.” “There's no way you could’ve imagined this set of ...The Hill - Jan. 20 -
Ravens coach John Harbaugh defends Mark Andrews after drop vs. Bills: 'We wouldn't be here without Mark'
Andrews couldn't come up clutch when it mattered most for BaltimoreCBS Sports - Jan. 20 -
Dick Vitale pushes back return to broadcasting due to 'new health challenges' after home accident
The longtime ESPN broadcaster has battled four types of cancer in the past four years.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 18 -
Dick Vitale's return to broadcasting delayed after battle with cancer due to 'accident' at his home
Vitale was expected back for next week's Duke-Wake Forest game, but his return will have to waitCBS Sports - Jan. 18 -
Dozens injured in chairlift accident at Spanish ski resort
At least 30 people have been injured, including nine in "very serious" condition, according to emergency services and local media.CBS News - Jan. 18 -
Erdoğan turns a page in Turkey
More orthodox economic measures go hand in hand with a Kurdish initiative and a recalibrated foreign policyFinancial Times - Jan. 18 -
After the ceasefire, Gazans face a different kind of war. But we’re still clinging to hope | Al-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad
Thousands of Palestinians are homeless, their houses reduced to rubble. It could take decades to rebuild their lives. Al-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad is a writer and researcher from Gaza working in ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Timothée Chalamet’s red-carpet ride adds to Lime bikes’ fashion credentials
Actor’s premiere entry shows how the electric rental bikes have shifted gear from everyday commuter transport. Wobbling along on a scuffed-up, muddy Lime bike is a journey that is increasingly ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.The New York Times - Jan. 17 -
I won’t let critics get to me, says Reeves after speculation about her future
Chancellor says she has the ideas needed to turn things around after week of speculation about whether she can remain in post. Rachel Reeves has said she is not going to let her critics get her ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
UK backs local inquiries into child sexual abuse gangs after Musk stoked controversy
The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon MuskABC News - Jan. 16 -
'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger
An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger who tried to rob him at a laundry in Northern EnglandABC News - Jan. 15 -
Families dropped by insurance struggle after losing homes in California fires
More than 100,000 homeowners in the Los Angeles area were dropped by their insurance companies before the recent wildfires broke out. Elizabeth Cook shares the story of families now struggling to ...CBS News - Jan. 14 -
The kindness of strangers: it was the jacket of my dreams – then he offered it to me at a price I could afford
The Australian dollar-to-euro exchange rate meant I’d be forking out over a week’s wages. Then the Paris shop owner said simply: ‘That jacket was meant for you’. Read more in the kindness of ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
Penguins place Malkin on IR; Bunting in car accident
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed center Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve on Sunday with an upper-body injury.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 13 -
Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers
For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says. Experts fear the decision by Meta to drop professional factcheckers from Facebook will ...The Guardian - Jan. 12 -
Is Turkey a threat to Israel?
The new Syrian regime’s future orientation certainly is a cause for Israeli concern.The Hill - Jan. 10 -
A culture that's ready for a different kind of close-up
Manuel Betancourt's new book, 'Hello Stranger,' explores what makes us human and the ways in which we avoid 'making contact.'Los Angeles Times - Jan. 10 -
Arab States Race Turkey for Influence in New Syria
Saudi Arabia and others are overlooking the new leadership’s jihadist past, hoping to gain an advantage on rivals in the strategically positioned country.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 10 -
Fantasy Baseball: Everything you missed after football started, from unlikely risers to prospect call-ups
The 2024 season didn't end in August, you knowCBS Sports - Jan. 9 -
The forces driving Turkey’s resurgence as a superpower
Peter Frankopan on a book that argues that Sunni Islam has reversed the declining influence of religion on Turkish societyFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
The kindness of strangers: we thought we’d been poisoned at Tolstoy’s house. Then a local explained what we had really drunk
We took thirsty chugs from the tall glasses. Surely this ‘water’ belonged in a biohazard chamber, not our mouths. Read more in the kindness of strangers series In July 2019 I travelled to ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
A moment that changed me: I went to Kew Gardens – and found a place of safety after homelessness and drug addiction
I’d had a very tough few years after my father died, living on the streets and sleeping with one eye open. But as I looked at a tulip tree that day, my love of gardening came flooding back. I spent ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
‘Living the dream’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub, strangers became friends
When the majority of the 33 people trapped by the weather were able to escape, not everyone wanted to leave. • ‘It makes you feel like a kid again’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub . • Snowed ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Everything Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said as once-promising season circles drain after loss to Wisconsin
Rutgers is off to a rough start in Big Ten play while relying heavily on two projected lottery picks, Ace Bailey and Dylan HarperCBS Sports - Jan. 7 -
The kindness of strangers: I needed a place to take my burnout and my dog, then a woman I’d never met sent me an invitation
A woman related to my memoir so much, she offered to lend me her holiday shack. When we met in person, we couldn’t stop talking. Find the rest of our series of stories on the kindness of ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
The Challenge for Made-in-America Bikes? Made-in-China Parts
Two and a half years after Guardian Bikes opened a factory in Indiana, it is trying to find components manufactured in the U.S.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 6 -
A year after Boeing's door plug accident, the aircraft giant faces a steep road to recovery
A year after a door plug blew out of a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9, the manufacturer is outlining the progress it has made.CNBC - Jan. 5 -
Bucs' Whitehead in accident, won't play Sunday
Buccaneers starting safety Jordan Whitehead was involved in an automobile accident on his way to the team facility Saturday and will not play in Sunday's game against the Saints, the team announced.ESPN - Jan. 4 -
Tributes to 'much loved and popular' boy after quad bike crash
Tiarnán Trainor was injured in the incident just outside Killeavy, near Newry, and died in hospital.BBC News - Jan. 4 -
Tesla shares slide after it reports first drop in annual deliveries
Tesla's fourth-quarter deliveries report follows a huge late-year rally in the stock that lifted its gain for 2024 to 63%.CNBC - Jan. 3 -
Boeing Shares Drop After South Korea Plane Crash
A widely used Boeing aircraft, the 737-800, was involved in Sunday’s crash-landing of a Jeju Air flight that killed 179 people.The New York Times - Jan. 3 -
New Orleans, a source of pride for locals, is no stranger to resilience
New Orleans has long held an important role in American culture. CBS News contributor and New Orleans native Jamie Wax discusses how the city has thrived in recent years and is a point of pride for ...CBS News - Jan. 2 -
Turo, the Car-Share App Used in Two Attacks, Is No Stranger to Safety Concerns
After rented vehicles rammed into a crowd in New Orleans and exploded in Las Vegas, some users say a reckoning of the firm’s practices is overdue.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 2 -
Sarrazin leaves intensive care after horror crash
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin leaves intensive care after successful surgery to drain a bleed on his brain following a fall in training.BBC News - Jan. 2 -
The Erdoğan whisperer behind Turkey’s economic pivot
Vice-president Cevdet Yılmaz has played a crucial backstage role managing the turn to financial orthodoxyFinancial Times - Jan. 2 -
'We kind of needed that': 32 days after losing to Michigan, an Ohio State run through CFP now looks inevitable
The Buckeyes' $20 million roster has blown through Tennessee and now OregonCBS Sports - Jan. 2 -
Display collapses on kids, families after balloon drop mishap in Peabody
Several children were hurt when a display collapsed during a New Year's Eve event for kids in Massachusetts.CBS News - Dec. 31