Success! Well nearly. The US government looks like it won’t run out of money after all, China’s homegrown passenger jet is taking off and India begins a new era for lawmakers. Here are our winners for the week ahead. The big deadline. US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke by phone on Saturday evening to help […]
The long wait is over for the University of Maine’s baseball team. The team clinched its first America East Tournament championship since 2011 in a 6-1 win over defending champions, the Binghamton Bearcats. For the second straight game, the Black Bears received a terrific performance from their starting pitcher, freshman righthander Gianni Gambardella, who threw […]
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___
New census data shows that Motor City may not be the Blackest city in America anymore. There has been a population decline in Detroit, Detroit Free Press reports, and while the city’s Mayor, Mike Duggan, is unhappy with the new report, he may have to live with that reality. Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau […]
The news of the death came ahead of Memorial Day. May 27, 2023, 9:28 AM ET • 4 min read An American soldier was killed in a non-combat rollover accident in Kuwait, U.S. officials said late Friday. Spc. Jayson Reed Haven, 20, of Aiken, South Carolina, died from a rollover accident that occurred in a […]
Story Links JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – App State senior Jada Branch punched her ticket to the 2023 NCAA Championships in the women’s triple jump on the final day of the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Fla. Juniors Chris Wainscott,
Virgin Galactic has completed the Unity 25 mission to space, with Mission Specialists Jamila Gilbert, Christopher Huie, and Luke Mays becoming the newest Virgin Galactic Astronauts. Virgin Galactic The spaceflight marked Unity’s 25th mission, taking off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 09:15 AM. The altitude at release was 44,500 ft, the apogee was […]
Football 5/24/2023 12:00:00 PM Story Links Thanksgiving weekend will be full of action at Detroit’s Ford Field, with Spartan Football joining the Detroit Lions and MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) for four straight days […]
While Team USA will have to dust off the sting from its 4-3 overtime semifinal loss to Germany, it’s been a historic tournament for the United States, which won all seven games of the preliminary round for the first time in the country’s history and won its first eight games in the worlds all total. […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Picked to finish 12th in the Sun Belt pre-season poll, the Mountaineers defied expectations all season long, and were among the final four teams playing in the Sun Belt Conference when they fell in an elimination game to No. 16 Southern Miss, 11-1, on Saturday at Riverwalk Stadium. The Mountaineers opened […]