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Historic season for Navy's Blake Horvath has him in elite company
Horvath has helped lead Navy to a 6-0 start for the first time since 1979. Up next: Notre Dame.Sports - ESPN - 5 days ago -
Why Georgia’s EU future is on the ballot in historic parliament vote
Also in this newsletter: Russian migrant-smuggling ring bustedWorld - Financial Times - October 25 -
Historic House-NCAA settlement leaving hundreds of Olympic sport athletes in peril
While the NCAA and power conferences agreed to expand upon scholarships as part of the settlement, they also imposed roster limits for sports, many of which did not previously exist.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago -
New-look Warriors' defensive intensity is fueling historic start
The Warriors' red-hot start to the 2024-25 NBA season is being fueled by Golden State's defensive intensity, Dalton Johnson writes.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago -
Irresistible Mitchell Santner spins New Zealand to historic victory in India
New Zealand win Test series in India for the first time Santner takes 13 wickets in career-defining performance India collapsed to a humiliating series defeat at home, their first for 12 years, ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Sharks set NHL record with historic losing streak to begin season
The Sharks set an NHL record with a historically bad losing streak after San Jose's 7-3 loss to the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago -
Indiana’s historic start, Ohio State’s narrow escape and more takeaways
As we approach November, it's getting increasingly difficult to shrug off all we've seen as dumb luck, soft schedules and total flukes.Sports - ESPN - 4 days ago -
Ukraine war briefing: Bomb shatters historic landmark in Kharkiv
Prized Derzhprom building in Kharkiv damaged in attacks injuring 19; North Korean foreign minister heads to Russia as Nato chief says Kim Jong-un’s troops are in Kursk. What we know on day 979. ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Kharkiv residents describe ‘pure horror’ after Russian attack on historic building
Strikes on Derzhprom building described as cultural vandalism against symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Residents in Kharkiv have described a Russian attack on Monday night on the city’s historic ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Japanese Americans reclaim power with historic baseball game at Manzanar prison camp
The baseball games were held at Manzanar, one of 10 Japanese American concentration camps erected by the U.S. government during World War II.Top stories - NBC News - 2 days ago -
10-year-old catches historic World Series grand slam
Fifth-grader Zachary was seated in right field for Game 1 of the World Series, in perfect position to retrieve the 10th inning grand slam ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman that ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
The Spin | The magic of Mitch Santner and New Zealand’s historic series win in India
Bowler’s superb display to end India’s 12-year home dominance followed Kiwis’ glorious sporting weekend . Mitchell Santner bowls in his contact lenses but bats in his glasses. It feels like part of ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Diamonds rebound to avoid historic Silver Ferns clean sweep
Australia beat New Zealand 63-50 in game four of Constellation Cup World champs lose series 3-1 even as Sophie Garbin stars in Melbourne The Diamonds have roared back to clinch a consolation win ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Israel strikes historic Lebanese city of Baalbek after ordering evacuation
Tens of thousands flee as the Israeli military says it struck fuel depots belonging to Hezbollah.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Freeman earns World Series MVP after historic run
Freddie Freeman set the course in the Dodgers' run to the championship with a historic grand slam -- and kept right on swatting his way to World Series MVP.Sports - ESPN - 14 hours ago -
Plaschke: The Greatest! Historic Dodgers overpower Yankees for 8th World Series title
Welcome to the Dodgers' golden era, with the franchise's big spending paying off in its greatest World Series championship run, Bill Plaschke writes.Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday -
Police declare 'critical incident' over school's historic abuse
Operation Chalk is examining claims of physical and sexual abuse at Kerelaw School between the 1970s and 2000s.Top stories - BBC News - 23 hours ago -
"Win With Black Women" founder on group's role in historic election
Jotaka Eaddy founded"Win With Black Women," a virtual network that started meeting by Zoom every Sunday during the pandemic to support and advance the policy agenda of Black women.Top stories - CBS News - 12 hours ago -
Ohio's historically expensive Senate race hinges on Trump ticket-splitters
VERMILION, Ohio — Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is fighting for his political life, locked in what polls show as a dead heat between him and Republican businessman Bernie Moreno.Politics - NBC News - 12 hours ago -
Billy Crystal and Spike Lee take their places at the Hall of Fame as basketball superfans
Honored for his devotion to a basketball team that doesn’t have a Hall of Fame history, Billy Crystal couldn’t help but note the ironySports - ABC News - October 13 -
Billy Crystal and Spike Lee take their places at the Hall of Fame as basketball superfans
Honored for his devotion to a basketball team that doesn’t have a Hall of Fame history, Billy Crystal couldn’t help but note the ironyEntertainment - ABC News - October 13 -
Destiny Rising RPG Announced, Takes Place In An Alternate Timeline In The Destiny Universe
NetEase and Bungie have announced an all-new Destiny mobile game called Destiny Rising. The sci-fi RPG is set in an "alternate timeline" in the Destiny universe, featuring what NetEase described as ...Tech - GameSpot - October 14 -
After hurricanes, officials confront damaged polling places, displaced voters
Following the damage done by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, election officials are scrambling to relocate polling locations and restore normalcy to the voting process.Top stories - ABC News - October 16 -
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Harris pleads with GOP to join her: 'There is a place for you in this campaign'
Vice President Harris on Wednesday pleaded with Republicans to join her team, telling them at a rally in Pennsylvania that there’s a place for them in her quest to defeat GOP nominee and former ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
Reba McEntire finds a new on-screen family in NBC's 'Happy's Place'
Reba McEntire finds herself behind the bar in her latest return to network TV, making a series that’s a nicely calibrated cocktail of drama and comedyEntertainment - ABC News - October 18 -
FIFA confirms Messi, Miami in '25 Club World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed Saturday that Inter Miami will take part in the 2025 Club World Cup as the final Major League Soccer competitor.Sports - ESPN - October 19 -
US polling places struggle to find workers after surge in threats
Four in 10 election administrators have added further security measures such as bulletproof glass and panic buttonsBusiness - Financial Times - October 20 -
Senate and House races in battleground Arizona are taking place in their own universe
PHOENIX — Mesa Mayor John Giles, a Republican who supports Kamala Harris for president, is vexed by the disconnect between Arizona’s presidential race and what’s happening down the ballot.Top stories - NBC News - October 19 -
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NFL Week 7: A bad time to be a first-place team
Of the eight division leaders entering the weekend, four — the Atlanta Falcons, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings — left it as losers.Top stories - NBC News - October 21 -
Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section
Outcry in Montgomery county as Linda Coombs’ book on European colonization of Native American land reclassified. Anti-censorship advocates have joined book publisher Penguin Random House in ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Advanced US anti-missile system now 'in place' in Israel
The advanced U.S. air defense system the Pentagon rushed to Israel is now “in place,” according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, along with ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Another billionaire investor positions for a Trump win. He’s placing ‘inflation trades.’
Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones said Tuesday he’s moved his portfolio in the direction of a victory by Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 presidential election, but warned of a potential reckoning over ...Business - MarketWatch - October 23 -
These Places Have Democracy Watchdogs Bracing for Potential Election Discord
Some counties have a history of refusing to certify election results. Others have tried to disqualify voters or prevent them from casting absentee ballots.Top stories - The New York Times - October 23 -
Rangers Place Chad Ruhwedel On Waivers With Emergence Of Victor Mancini
The Rangers have made the difficult decision to place Chad Ruhwedel on waivers.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 24
