Lost Pounds Lingering

What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero

The Old Leatherman, a sort of real-life Northeastern Sasquatch, gave me an excuse to step outside my own life.

The New York Times - Mar. 9

For a Family That Lost 5 Loved Ones, ‘Covid Will Never Be Over’

Elizabeth Fusco’s relatives had their usual family dinner in New Jersey in early 2020. Soon, her mother, three siblings and aunt were all dead.

The New York Times - Mar. 10

How Beyond Meat and the plant-based meat industry lost their allure

Beyond Meat's 2019 IPO aligned with broader excitement around plant-based meats. Yet declining sales, layoffs, and shuttered factories dominate headlines today.

CNBC - Mar. 10

Colombia's new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups

Yahoo News - 6d

An N.B.A. Veteran Lost a Friend. How He Responded Is Saving Lives.

When Ryan Gomes isn’t on the Trail Blazers’ sideline, he’s donating medical devices.

The New York Times - 4d

Hendrick: “Salah has never lost to Newcastle” ahead of League Cup final

Liverpool v Newcastle: A League Cup Final with History on the LineCup Clashes Through the DecadesLiverpool and Newcastle United have a long history, but their encounters in cup competitions have ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Ark: Survival Ascended's First Expansion Lost Colony Is Coming This Year

Ark fans have been waiting for more information regarding Ark 2 since its debut trailer at The Game Awards 2020. Studio Wildcard may be getting closer to revealing more information, as the team ...

GameSpot - 10h

Oliver Miller, former Arkansas star and NBA player, dead at 54

Oliver Miller was known as the "The Big O" for his 6-foot-9, 280-pound frame that ballooned to well over 300 pounds during his NBA career.

CBS News - 5d

Ruling: Shields' Michigan suspension 'dissolved'

Claressa Shields, 29, ESPN's top pound-for-pound women's boxer who was suspended by the Michigan commission Feb. 20 following a positive test for marijuana, has been told the discipline has been ...

ESPN - 14h

Taxpayers will suffer if Thames Water collapses, warns regulator

Ofwat says placing Thames under government control could end up costing taxpayers billions of pounds.

BBC News - 4d

Does cutting benefits actually work?

The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.

BBC News - 3d

Divers assessing crack found in the hull of new £149m ferry

The multi-million pound ferry, which only began operating in January, was taken out of service on Friday.

BBC News - 2d

Football club to get revamp to aid promotion bid

Trowbridge Town FC has raised thousands of pounds to bring its pitch up to standard.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Sterling climbs above $1.30 for first time since November

Pound has rebounded this year amid stubbornly high UK inflation and a broad dollar retreat

Financial Times - 4h

Injuries to freshman star Cooper Flagg, Maliq Brown hit at inopportune time for No. 1 Duke

Top-ranked Duke now faces serious injury questions that threaten to linger well beyond however long the Blue Devils play this week in Charlotte.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Dodgers star Mookie Betts won't play in 2 regular season games vs. Cubs in Tokyo because of illness

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness that’s lingered for the past week

ABC News - 1d

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts out for MLS season openers

All-Star shortstop will miss the MLB's season-opening Tokyo Series because of a lingering illness, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced.

Yahoo Sports - 22h

Gold hits record high over $3,000 amid rising geopolitical tensions; Pound at $1.30 against weakening US dollar – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as gold hits $3,027 per ounce. Gold is continuing to hit new heights this morning – it’s now trading at $3,027 per ounce. . “In the ...

The Guardian - 1h

Woman Imprisoned and Starved Stepson for 20 Years, Police Say

Emergency workers responding to a fire in Waterbury, Conn., found the man, 32, who weighed only 68 pounds and had been held captive in a tiny room.

The New York Times - 5d

St. Clair wrestling's Cristian Haslem reflects on individual state title, 41-0 season

Haslem won the Division 2 individual wrestling state championship at 120 pounds earlier this month. He also finished the season 41-0.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

How USAID lost its way — and how to fix America's humanitarian aid system

Congress faces a choice: Preserve an outdated, opaque system riddled with inefficiency, or forge a leaner, results-driven model that actually serves those in need.

The Hill - Mar. 9

Trump Media stock has lost half its value since Inauguration Day

Trump Media sold off amid an across-the-board stock plunge as the volatility that dragged down all three major indexes last week worsened.

CNBC - Mar. 10

Ukrainian soldier who lost both legs in Russian drone strike says "freedom is expensive"

U.S. and Ukrainian officials are holding talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the war in Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, heading the U.S. delegation, suggested Ukraine will have to agree to let ...

CBS News - Mar. 10

Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?

Tiger Woods is out of the Masters and probably for the rest of the year after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon

ABC News - 5d

Batting Around: After the Yankees lost Gerrit Cole for the year, who is the best team in the American League?

Can the Bombers overcome the injury or is this an opening for the Rangers, Orioles or others?

CBS Sports - 5d

Michael Bisping: It would be a 'massive market opportunity lost' if Islam Makhachev doesn't fight Ilia Topuria

Michael Bisping thinks Ilia Topuria will get his wish to fight UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Although Makhachev doesn't like the idea of fighting another featherweight, Bisping thinks ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Did critical shot vs Ole Miss restore Auburn basketball's faith in Chaney Johnson? The Tigers never lost it

Leading up to Ole Miss on Friday, it had been six games since Auburn basketball's Chaney Johnson last splashed a 3-pointer.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

They lost their federal jobs and now can’t get jobless benefits: ‘You’re left watching your bank account slowly bleed’

Fired federal workers are having trouble getting unemployment benefits — and some experts fear that could spell trouble for the broader economy.

MarketWatch - 3d

Manchester City and life after Gareth Taylor: A dismissal, a week of change and a cup final lost

The entire Manchester City team and staff stood to one side and watched as Chelsea lifted the League Cup trophy, showered by gold streamers. As soon as the celebrations started, City players headed ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

The kindness of strangers: I thought I’d lost my flute for ever, then a chance to play Greensleeves returned it to me

I had no ID to show the station guards. Desperate and scrambling, I said: ‘What if I play you a tune?’. Read more in the kindness of strangers series I was 21, living in Sydney, working as a ...

The Guardian - 2d

Paul George injury update: 76ers shut down another star at end of lost season in Philly

Paul George played in 41 games during his first season as a Sixer

CBS Sports - 15h

‘Drake lost a rap battle’: Universal files motion to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit

Drake’s attorneys accuse Universal of being ‘a greedy company’ that is ‘finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation’.. Universal Music Group have moved to dismiss ...

The Guardian - 11h

Heartbreak at Slippery Rock: Cathedral Prep, McDowell end basketball seasons in overtime

Cathedral Prep and McDowell lost boys basketball playoff games in overtime, while the Prep girls lost to a powerhouse.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Adolescence review – the closest thing to TV perfection in decades

Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s drama about a teen accused of murder is astounding. Its dazzling performances, and the devastating questions it asks, will linger with you. In the late 80s, there ...

The Guardian - 5d

Dodgers star Mookie Betts won't play in 2 regular season games vs. Cubs in Tokyo because of illness

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness that's lingered for the past week. Manager Dave Roberts said ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Webb telescope's images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," NASA says

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

CBS News - 20h