We’d Rather Perish

‘We’d rather perish’: protests roil South Korean women’s university over plan to admit male students

Dongduk women’s university in Seoul was set up to help women in a deeply patriarchal society, but a demographic crisis is putting that under pressure. Spray paint and protest banners cover the ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Remembering Jean Rather, wife of former CBS News anchor Dan Rather

Jean Rather passed away in Austin, Texas, at 89 after a battle with cancer. The wife of legendary anchor Dan Rather, she was remembered as a source of strength for her family.

Trump’s tariffs threats are all sizzle and no steak — at least, we’d better hope so

Trump faces the choice of looking like a failure for promising tariffs he can’t deliver or enacting tariffs that financially wreck his voter base. How familiar it all feels.

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Jean Rather, wife of longtime former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, dies at 89

Jean Rather, the wife of former longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather, died Tuesday at the age of 89 following a battle with cancer.

Yanks ace Gerrit Cole gives up right to opt out, stays with New York rather than become free agent

Gerrit Cole gave up his opt-out right and will remain with the New York Yankees under a contract that runs through 2028 rather than become a free agent

Sports - ABC News - November 4

As Jerry Jones insists on buying rather than selling, what reality awaits spiraling Cowboys?

Perhaps Dallas will prove a better home for WR Jonathan Mingo. Or perhaps the NFL will be correct in borderline laughing at the Cowboys for sending their fourth-round pick for a WR who has ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 6

Donald Trump Jr to join venture capital firm rather than father’s administration

President-elect’s eldest son says he will join ‘anti-ESG’ firm 1789 Capital, which focuses on conservative investments. US politics – live updates Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

Texas medical school liquefied bodies, rather than cremating them, after using them for training

The University of North Texas Health Science Center used alkaline hydrolysis, rather than cremation, to dispose of bodies after dissecting them for research and training.

Fear rather than respect: the secret behind Alan Jones’ decades-long grip on power

Chris Masters, the author of bestselling biography Jonestown, says the broadcaster’s ‘evangelical following’ and bully pulpit allowed him to manipulate power and have ‘princes and premiers bowing ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

Henry Cuellar: Democrats should focus on border security, cost of living rather than 'talk of joy’

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Democrats failed to connect with voters due to unrelatable talking points during a Tuesday appearance on "NewsNation Now" with Connell McShane. He also highlighted ...

Politics - The Hill - November 20

Batting Around: Would you rather sign Blake Snell or Max Fried in MLB free agency?

We're picking between the two best left-handed pitchers on the market

Sports - CBS Sports - November 21

I’d much rather share a ladies’ room with Sarah McBride than with Nancy Mace | Margaret Sullivan

Mace’s campaign to humiliate Congress’s first openly transgender member is mean-spirited and desperate. Since the conversation, if you can call it that, about trans people always seems to come down ...

World - The Guardian - November 22

Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care . • Gordon Brown: We need better end-of-life care, not assisted ...

World - The Guardian - November 22

Boise State withdraws from MWC volleyball tournament rather than face San Jose State

BSU pulls out of conference tournament on Wednesday SJSU will face either Colorado State or SDSU in final Spartans have received six forfeit victories this season Boise State, who twice ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Glassdoor CEO: I refuse to work late or on weekends in front of my kids—I'd rather go back to my office

Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong tries not to answer work emails or text messages around his kids. That's a smart practice, researchers say.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

San Jose State transgender controversy: Boise State withdraws from Mountain West volleyball tourney rather than play Spartans

The Broncos had already forfeited two matches against the Spartans based on moral grounds. Now Boise State has done so a third time with a lot more at stake.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

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