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LOCAL ROUNDUP: Hughes scores five in Ledford soccer win
GREENSBORO — Ledford defeated Western Guilford 5-2 in nonconference girls soccer Monday at Western. Carmen Hughes scored all five goals for the Panthers (2-6). Maddie McCormack and Maggie Eccard ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 18 -
LOCAL COLLEGES: UWEC men's tennis team falls in Florida opener
ORLANDO, Fla. — The UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team lost to Vassar College 6-1 on Monday in the first dual of its spring break trip. The Blugolds won one match each in singles and doubles, but that ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Athletics, Giants and Phillies games will be available locally through direct-to-consumer option
Fans of the Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies will be able to stream their games on a direct-to-consumer basis this season through MLB.tv. The agreement was reached by ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Athletics, Giants and Phillies games will be available locally through direct-to-consumer option
Fans of the Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies will be able to stream their games on a direct-to-consumer basis this season through MLBABC News - Mar. 19 -
Local Roundup: Meadville softball falls to Sharon 10-0
SHARON — Meadville lost to Sharon 10-0 in a non-region softball contest at Sharon High School on Wednesday. The Bulldogs were out-hit 12-2 in the six inning mercy-rule loss. Kendal Mealy and Teagan ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Former Bantam, Maniac Chatfield headlines local connections to March Madness
Mar. 21—When the third-seeded Iowa State men's basketball team tips off against No. 14 seed Lipscomb at 10:30 a.m. Pacific today on TNT, Clarkston boys basketball coach Justin Jones knows exactly ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
H.S. BASKETBALL: Two local boys teams name new head coaches
New lead man at Pine Grove Pine Grove is officially moving its boys basketball team into a new phase with the naming of John Rizzo as the next head coach. He replaces Jordan Lehman who went 7-15 ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Boot room donation drive launched to promote recycling and support local children
The initiative is designed to encourage fans to donate unwanted or pre-loved football boots, which will be rehomed by the Ashington Boot Room to ensure they are given a second life with young ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Mumbai comedy club ransacked after performer’s joke about local politician
Shiv Sena party supporters tore apart the Habitat comedy club after Kunal Kamra’s satirical song about a top minister. A mob violently ransacked a Mumbai comedy club and its building has been ...The Guardian - 4d -
21 local girls' basketball players earn All-Ohio distinction
Ava Maibach, Breanna McCabe and Joplin Yoder lead area with First-Team All-Ohio selections.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Oak Grove softball outlasts rival North Davidson
MIDWAY – Oak Grove defeated rival North Davidson 3-1 in Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference softball Friday at Oak Grove. Chloe Smith had a pair of hits and all three RBIs to lead the Grizzlies (5-5 ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Good luck, states and localities — Trump is abandoning disaster relief
We need a 21st-century crisis management system built not on slogans or hope, but on readiness, coordination and command.The Hill - 3d -
ONS local jobs data gives ‘volatile’ results, research finds
Assessment will add to questions about the work of embattled UK statistics agencyFinancial Times - 3d -
LOCAL COLLEGES: UWEC's Lathrop earns national, WIAC honors in softball
UW-Eau Claire junior Paige Lathrop was named the Division III Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week on Tuesday. Lathrop becomes the first Blugold to earn national player of the week honors ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
'Scunthorpe is steelmaking': Locals fear for future as blast furnaces face closure
Up to 2,700 jobs at Scunthorpe's steelworks could go following a British Steel consultation.BBC News - 1d -
Indy 500 brings racing history to local fourth-graders
Indy 500 princess Kylie Heagy stood in front of a group of Lewis Cass fourth-graders, asking them history questions about the world’s greatest spectacle in racing. “Do you know who won the first ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Reform UK launches 'most ambitious' local election campaign
Reform is hoping for major gains at it contests nearly all the1,600 council seats up for re-election on 1 May.BBC News - 9h -
Wednesday's college roundup: Assumption softball sweeps, extends winning streak to 6
A recap of local college action from March 26Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on cinemas. Now it just needs people to turn up
Local box office has struggled since movie ban was lifted in 2018Financial Times - Mar. 9 -
'Huawei lobbyists' held in Belgium raids over EU corruption
The prosecutor's office said it raided 21 addresses in Belgium, according to local media.BBC News - Mar. 13 -
The mums taking on a council over landfill site fires
Locals say constant fires at Arnold's Field, Rainham, are harming their health.BBC News - Mar. 18 -
Why Hong Kong has become the art world’s enigma
Local gallerists, advisers and collectors urge a more nuanced look at a city in transitionFinancial Times - Mar. 22 -
USC baseball falls 12-9 to UC Irvine
The Trojans dropped a midweek nonconference game versus a local school.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Five people injured in stabbing in Amsterdam, police say
Police say the suspect was arrested after being overpowered with the help of a local resident.BBC News - 1d -
Tariffs could deal a blow to Chinatowns that have no choice but to import cultural goods, locals say
In Chinatowns across the country, people worry about the potential damage to business, loss of cultural traditions and the already high rates of poverty in these immigrant communities.NBC News - Mar. 9 -
One person in hospital but all crew accounted for after North Sea ships collide, says local MP – live
Graham Stuart says other 36 mariners across both crews are ‘safe and accounted for’. Full story: UK coastguard scrambled after ship collision Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has expressed ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
'You cannot erase history': Locals react to demolishing of Black Lives Matter plaza in Washington DC
"You can dig up concrete but you cannot erase history," said one resident of the capital.BBC News - Mar. 11 -
State and local tax deduction could change amid Trump's tax cuts debate. Here's what to know.
As lawmakers debate President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, a key deduction could become a sticking point in 2025 tax negotiations, policy experts say.NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Miami Beach mayor targets local cinema for screening Oscar winner 'No Other Land'
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has threatened to remove a nonprofit art house cinema from city-owned property after it decided to screen the Academy Award-winning documentary 'No Other Land', ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Almonds, whiskey, auto parts: EU's retaliatory tariffs set up these U.S. states and local products as the biggest losers
From California almonds to Tennessee whiskey and Michigan auto parts, some states and sectors will be hit hardest by U.S.-EU 'tit for tat' tariffs war.CNBC - Mar. 14 -
Trump suggests federal government take over DC if local leaders 'can't do the job'
President Trump on Friday suggested that the federal government could take over Washington, D.C., if the national capital’s administration “can’t do the job" as he pursues making the district "the ...The Hill - Mar. 14 -
WATCH: Golden retriever can't pass local bodega without saying 'Hi' to his girlfriend
Duke's owner, Zarah Kelleher, told "Good Morning America" the bodega gave Duke a sense of home when they moved to the area.ABC News - Mar. 14 -
“Done deal” – Chelsea secure €22m transfer with no variables according to local source backed by Romano
Fabrizio Romano is today reporting that Chelsea are very close to signing Dario Essugo from Sporting CP.In a Tweet just now he said that the midfielder “already said yes” to Chelsea’s offer, and...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
The Tournament Trail: Notes, anecdotes from local high school, college athletes in the postseason
Mar. 16—Delaney Fleming was on a national championship-winning Division I women's hockey team last year as a college freshman. After entering the transfer portal last summer and finding a new ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 16 -
Carabao Cup final player ratings: Salah goes missing while local hero Burn is perfect
Newcastle United ended their 70-year wait for a domestic trophy by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 16 -
How Dan Burn, Newcastle’s local boy and ungainly colossus, ended 70 years of pain
Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United: Dan Burn and Alexander Isak secure glory at Wembley to end the Magpies’ droughtYahoo Sports - Mar. 17 -
‘I trust my eyes, not the forecast’: Alexandria is sinking. Why don’t local fishers believe it?
The ancient Mediterranean city is at risk as sea levels rise. But most people in the vulnerable fishing village of El Max believe it will always weather the storms of time. . . On a sunny January ...The Guardian - Mar. 20 -
Greenland might open a vast uranium deposit to mining. Locals say it could alter their way of life
As Trump threatens to acquire the Danish island territory, residents of a small town are worried about an Australian mining company’s plans. Isolated among icebergs, fjords and mountains in remote ...The Guardian - Mar. 20
