Nov 4, 2023; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer (9) celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Isaiah Williams (1) during the first half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Huntington Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports In last year’s opener, Illinois needed an improbable fourth-down conversion and a last-second…
Aug 23, 2024; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves outfielder Michael Harris II (23) runs through first base for an RBI to win the game against the Washington Nationals during the tenth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Godfree-USA TODAY Sports In an up-and-down season for the Atlanta Braves, one constant has been closer Raisel…
Jul 22, 2024; Charlotte, NC, USA; ACC commissioner Jim Phillips speaks to the media during ACC Kickoff at Hilton Charlotte Uptown. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports The awkwardness of the legal battle between the Atlantic Coast Conference and member schools Clemson and Florida State continues to simmer with the 2024 season just more than…
Jul 10, 2024; Charlotte, NC, USA; Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez (19) brings the ball up field against the Columbia during the first half at the Copa Armerica Semifinal match at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports A scuffle on the field spilled into the stands after a Copa America semifinal match…
By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to her fourth baby in 2020, she was well-versed in caring for a child with cystic fibrosis. She was also experienced in fighting for a diagnosis of the disease, which runs in families and can severely damage the lungs and digestive system. Nineteen years earlier, her first son,…
The Biden administration, under acute pressure from House lawmakers, moved on Wednesday to ban funding for a prominent virus-hunting nonprofit group whose work with Chinese scientists had put it at the heart of theories that Covid leaked from a lab. The decision, announced in a letter from the Department of Health and Human Services, came…
Caroline Mullet, a ninth grader at Issaquah High School near Seattle, went to her first homecoming dance last fall, a James Bond-themed bash with blackjack tables attended by hundreds of girls dressed up in party frocks. A few weeks later, she and other female students learned that a male classmate was circulating fake nude images…
Kent Campbell, an instrumental figure in the global battle against malaria — most notably in Africa, where he led an innovative program providing bed nets to protect rural villagers from the mosquitoes carrying the disease — died on Feb. 20 in Oro Valley, Ariz., a suburb of Tucson. He was 80. His death, in a…
Facing a possible ban in the United States, TikTok has scrambled to deploy perhaps its most powerful weapon: its creators. The hugely popular video service began recruiting dozens of creators at the end of last week, asking them to travel to Washington to fight a bill being debated in Congress. Under the proposal, TikTok’s Chinese…
When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she wasn’t talking about Kim Mulkey. Class and decorum have never been her thing. On Sunday, No. 1 South Carolina remained undefeated and won its eighth SEC tournament title after defeating LSU, 79-72. It was a rematch of their January showdown in Baton Rouge,…
