Memphis, Tulane, South Florida and UTSA announced Monday they remain committed to the American Athletic Conference after receiving overtures from the Pac-12. The four schools and the AAC released a statement that made no mention of the Pac-12, but several people with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press that the rebuilding conference had … Read more
EPA A Lebanese civil defence member comforts a woman who arrived in Beirut after fleeing the south Thousands of Lebanese have been fleeing the south of the country after Israel launched hundreds of air strikes beginning as day broke. Across southern Lebanon families scrambled together belongings and headed north in cars and trucks and on … Read more
Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel joins CNBC’s ‘The Exchange’ to discuss food inflation, the labor market, and more. Source link
Packera aurea Bloom Combos I Hate Packera aurea (a/k/a golden groundsel or golden ragwort) in my garden; azaleas at the National Arboretum Ever been excited about a new plant until you saw what was blooming nearby at the same time and the color combo almost made you retch? Sounds extreme, but that was my reaction … Read more
Is your skin so dry that it looks like a dried riverbed at high noon? Welcome to winter. Although these cold temperatures bring relief from many allergies, the risk of heat stroke, and clammy skin, they also reduce the amount of moisture in the air. For many, this causes a season of misery as dry … Read more
Boeing upped its wage proposal to thousands of striking workers on Monday, offering a 30% general wage increase over four years in what it called its “best and final” offer as the strike drags on. The planemaker is also offering to reinstate a performance bonus, improve retirement and double a ratification bonus to $6,000, if the … Read more
Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It’s usually a one-way route, but sometimes acid escapes the stomach and travels back up. That can damage the cells lining the esophagus, prompting them to grow back with genetic mistakes. About 22,370 times a year in the … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. The vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic — will be available this year, Gavi said, without giving any specific dates. Gavi said … Read more
Caitlin Clark scored 11 points Sunday during her WNBA postseason debut. That’s well below the Indiana Fever star’s season average of 19.2 points a game. She made only 24% of her shots and 15% from three-point range, also well below her season averages of 42% and 34%. At one point during the third quarter of … Read more
Human rights in Russia have “severely deteriorated” since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, culminating in a “systematic crackdown” on civil society, a UN report has found. The investigation details police brutality, widespread repression of independent media and persistent attempts to silence Kremlin critics using punitive new laws. Mariana Katzarova, the UN’s special rapporteur on human … Read more