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Kentucky hoops lands top-30 senior guard Lewis

Top-30 senior Acaden Lewis announced his commitment to Kentucky on Saturday, giving Mark Pope his second impact guard in the 2025 class.

Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago

Soft landing vs no landing

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World - Financial Times - October 21

Kansas, Bama, UConn top preseason hoops poll

Kansas received 30 of 60 first-place votes and is the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason college basketball poll, ahead of Alabama and UConn.

Sports - ESPN - October 14

S. Carolina, UConn start atop women's hoops poll

South Carolina received 27 of 30 first-place votes and is ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 preseason women's college basketball poll ahead of UConn, USC, Texas and UCLA.

Sports - ESPN - October 15

'We felt like he was on his way': Amir Abdur-Rahim's death is an immeasurable loss for college basketball

It was Abdur-Rahim’s hope that he could “teach life through basketball” and help the players he coached avoid that pitfall.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25

Coastal Carolina will refund season tickets if men's and women's hoops win 35

If the Chanticleers' men's and women's programs combine for 35 wins, fans who purchase season tickets by Nov. 3 will have those tickets paid for in full.

Sports - ESPN - October 25

In the Kentucky Mountains, a Bitcoin Mining Dream Turned Into a Nightmare

When bitcoin was on a hot streak, owners of small industrial facilities in Kentucky struck up crypto mining partnerships with Chinese companies. Then things fell apart.

Tech - Wired - October 21

2024-25 CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year: Alabama's Mark Sears beats out the bigs as hoops' top player

With a litany of weapons and proven stat track record, we're going with the guy who guided Alabama to its first Final Four to win NPOY

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

Watkins, Bueckers headline preseason AP All-America team in women's hoops; 3 sophomores for 1st time

USC star JuJu Watkins and UConn’s Paige Bueckers headline The Associated Press preseason All-America team that for the first time includes three sophomores in a clear sign of the young talent in a ...

Sports - ABC News - October 22

Roster chaos born of NIL money and the transfer portal have turned college hoops upside-down

The way college basketball teams have been constructed for generations is over

Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago

Passengers injured after land train tips over

Ten people are thought to have been injured after a land train with passengers on board tipped over.

The Hippopotamus Is Social in Water, Solitary on Land

World - Yahoo News - 12 hours ago

Kentucky woman indicted in murder of mom, who was dismembered and put in a pot

A Kentucky woman who was arrested after police found her mother’s dismembered body in her yard was indicted on a murder charge Monday.

Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting

Case of Anthony Thomas ‘TJ’ Hoover II is under investigation by state and federal government officials. A man who had gone into cardiac arrest and been declared brain dead woke up as surgeons in ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Kentucky lawmaker dies weeks after plunging into an empty swimming pool on a mower

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner has died weeks after being injured when the lawn mower he was riding plunged into an empty swimming pool at his home

Kentucky lawmaker dies after lawnmower plunges into swimming pool

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner (R) died Tuesday from injuries he suffered after being thrown into an empty swimming pool while riding his lawnmower just over a month ago. Turner, 76, formerly ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Kentucky politician dies after lawn mower, swimming pool accident

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner died after suffering an injury when he plunged into an empty swimming pool while aboard a lawn mower. He was 76.

Kentucky election officials push back on viral 'vote-switching' video

Officials in Kentucky are pushing back on unfounded allegations of voter fraud after a social media video showed an apparent technical glitch on a ballot-marking machine.

Kentucky officials rebuff viral voter machine error video

Kentucky lawmakers are working to reassure voters that election machines are free of error after a Thursday viral video from a Laurel County resident recorded a device that allegedly did not allow ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Ex-Kentucky officer convicted of using excessive force against Breonna Taylor

Brett Hankison is first Louisiana police officer at scene of raid that killed Taylor to be convicted. A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

US banks ride ‘soft landing’ high

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo beat forecasts as consumers prove more resilient than feared

World - Financial Times - October 14

SpaceX catches rocket booster in dramatic landing

In one of the most dramatic, high-risk space flights to date, SpaceX launched a gargantuan rocket and used giant mechanical arms to pluck the descending booster out of the sky. Mark Strassmann has ...

‘Land politics’ are at the root of our costliest natural disasters

Patterns of home-building in climate frontiers and the resources provided to communities following natural disasters are deeply rooted in the political power of land.

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Bills land star WR Cooper in trade with Browns

The Bills acquired wide receiver Amari Cooper in a trade with the Browns on Tuesday.

Sports - ESPN - October 16

Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing

The company achieved a major milestone during the fifth test flight of the vehicle, which could carry people to the moon and Mars, landing the rocket’s booster stage at a Texas launch site.

Science - The New York Times - October 17

King and Queen greeted by light show on Australia tour

The visit to Australia is the biggest international trip by the King since his cancer diagnosis.

China's Xi lands in Kazan for the BRICS summit

World - Yahoo News - October 22

Michigan lands top international recruit Goodman

Top international basketball prospect Oscar Goodman has committed to the Michigan Wolverines, he told ESPN on Wednesday.

Sports - ESPN - October 23

10 Largest Cities in Canada by Population and by Land Area

World - Yahoo News - October 25

The Land Of Novo I Sunday on 60 Minutes

Denmark—home to some of the world's wealthiest and healthiest people—is now home to Europe's largest company, Novo Nordisk. The company's weight loss wonder drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have slimmed ...

Plane fails to land amid fierce typhoon in Taiwan

A plane at Taoyuan Airport was forced to abort its initial landing amid strong winds.

Man with cerebral palsy who gave up hope of finding work lands modelling job

Elliot Caswell, who has cerebral palsy, booked a modelling job after a BBC documentary explored his difficulties finding work.

Man missing at sea lands boat in Ireland

Chris Ellery's boat broke down in the Irish Sea, but he was able to make it to County Wicklow.

America, land of the free — but only if we’re careful

We have reason to worry when nearly half the nation's voters tell pollsters they'll vote for Trump.

Politics - The Hill - 11 hours ago

SEC predicted order of finish 2024-25: Texas, Arkansas overrated; Kentucky underrated in preseason poll

A detailed look at the SEC's most overrated and underrated teams and players heading into the season

Sports - CBS Sports - October 14

Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston prediction, odds, spread: 2024 college football Week 8 Wednesday model picks

SportsLine's model simulated Wednesday's Sam Houston Bearkats vs. WKU Hilltoppers matchup 10,000 times

Sports - CBS Sports - October 16

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