The first 5G Super Bowl will offer a glimpse into the future of sports tech
The fans pouring into Miami for Sunday’s Super Bowl have even more to look forward to this year than the action on the field. For the first…
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Virginia’s long path to ratifying the ERA
Virginia’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment this week represents not only a potential milestone for the ERA’s century-long…
Continue Reading With the impeachment trial, Biden’s political arc returns to the Senate
There’s a certain story Joe Biden likes to tell. The year was 1963. Biden, then a student at the University of Delaware, had come to Washington…
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Author Mary Higgins Clark, bestselling ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dies at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling “Queen of Suspense” who wrote dozens of suspense novels sold worldwide, has died. Clark’s…
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St. Pete’s looks for home win vs Siena
Siena (10-9, 6-4) vs. St. Peter’s (9-10, 6-4) Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, New Jersey; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Peter’s…
Continue Reading Harvard, Princeton meet in conference play
Harvard (13-5, 2-1) vs. Princeton (8-8, 3-0) L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, New Jersey; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Princeton plays…
Continue Reading Yale looks to extend streak vs Cornell
Cornell (4-12, 1-2) vs. Yale (15-4, 3-0) John J. Lee Amphitheater, New Haven, Connecticut; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Yale looks for its 14th…
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2 charged in theft of rare jewelry from Formula 1 heiress
LONDON (AP) — British police have charged two people in the December theft of millions of pounds’ (dollars’) worth of jewelry from the…
Continue Reading 60 years ago, black students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. Google Doodle commemorates the protest that changed history
Sixty years ago, four African American college students quietly sat down at a whites-only Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North…
Continue Reading A man used his coffee to free three kittens whose tails were frozen to the ground
Three kittens were in serious peril until Kendall Diwisch’s quick-thinking — and a cup of coffee — saved their lives. Diwisch was…
Continue Reading An animal sanctuary is seeking volunteers to cuddle with their pigs
A South Carolina animal sanctuary is asking for volunteers to cuddle their rescue pigs. In December 2018, Cotton Branch Farm Animal Sanctuary rescued…
Continue Reading February 1 isn’t just the start of Black History Month. It’s National Freedom day, created by a former slave commemorating abolition
The first day of February is commonly seen as the beginning of Black History Month, but the day’s significance actually goes much deeper. It…
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“No hay duda”: el coronavirus puede contagiarse aún sin síntomas, dice el principal médico de infecciones en EE.UU.
(CNN) – El principal médico de Estados Unidos para enfermedades infecciosas, Anthony Fauci, informó que un nuevo estudio publicado en la noche de…
Continue Reading Detienen a exjefa de gabinete y apoderada de Evo Morales
(CNN Español) — La exjefa de gabinete y apoderada del expresidente Evo Morales, Patricia Hermosa, fue detenida este viernes en Bolivia por la…
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A rookie’s guide to Super Bowl LIV
Are you ready? The world’s biggest show is clattering into Miami this weekend, as the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers battle to…
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