Search

Book Review: In 'The Slow Road North,' a New York writer finds solace in a Northern Irish town 08/20/2024 01:01pm • Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal? In ���The Slow Road North,��� writer Rosie Schaap chronicles her circuitous route from spending most of her life as a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to finding herself settling down far away in a small town in Northern I Ohio lawsuit seeks rewrite of redistricting ballot language dubbed 'biased, inaccurate, deceptive' 08/20/2024 12:54pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that ���may be the most biased, inaccurate, deceptive, and unconstitutional" the state has ever seen, argues a lawsuit filed late Monday. Citizens Virginia's unemployment rate remains lower than Maryland's 08/20/2024 10:17am • Employment rates were higher in 13 states in July, but jobless rates remained unchanged in Maryland and Virginia ��� though both are higher than they were a year ago. Maryland's July unemployment rate matched June, at 2.8%. A year ago, Maryland's unemployment rate was just 1.9%, according to the Weed on the boardwalk? Ocean City lifts ban on cannabis dispensaries 08/20/2024 10:17am • Ever since the recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Maryland, in July of 2023, Ocean City has had a moratorium on cannabis-related businesses within city limits. That changed on Monday. City leaders in Ocean City, and some other Maryland jurisdictions, wanted to understand all aspects o Loudoun Co. school nurses will be able to remotely check diabetic students' blood glucose levels this year 08/20/2024 07:29am • Nurses at some Loudoun County, Virginia, public schools will be able to monitor diabetic students' blood glucose levels remotely this school year. It's part of an update to a policy in the Northern Virginia school district that was approved at a school board meeting last week. It will allow stude Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists rally in Nepal's capital during the annual Pride parade 08/20/2024 07:02am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rallied in Nepal���s capital Tuesday during the annual Pride parade, the first since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation following a Supreme Court order in Nov 2023. The annua China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts 08/20/2024 06:47am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped sharply in the first half of this year, according to an analysis released Tuesday, after a flurry of permits in the previous two years raised concern about the government's commitment to limiting climate change. A review of Powell may use Jackson Hole speech to hint at how fast and how far the Fed could cut rates 08/20/2024 06:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve officials have said they're increasingly confident that they've nearly tamed inflation. Now, it's the health of the job market that's starting to draw their concern. With inflation cooling toward its 2% target, the pace of hiring slowing and the unemployment rate DeBoer era set to begin at Alabama amid typically high expectations for defending SEC champs 08/20/2024 06:10am • Much has changed at Alabama since Jalen Milroe ran smack into a wall of Michigan defenders in the Rose Bowl. Just not the expectations. Nick Saban won't be stalking the sidelines anymore. That job belongs to Kalen DeBoer, who led Washington to a national runner-up finish last year. Milroe is back at Coach Clark Lea and Vanderbilt trying to play catchup in bigger, tougher SEC 08/20/2024 06:10am • Clark Lea realized he had to make some serious changes to give his Vanderbilt Commodores a chance to compete in a bigger and even tougher Southeastern Conference. The coach going into his fourth season put his alma mater through a makeover. He admitted the program had fallen behind when it came to No. 16 Oklahoma looking forward to first season in Southeastern Conference 08/20/2024 06:10am • So much has changed for Oklahoma this season. The Sooners finally are joining the Southeastern Conference after years of dominating the Big 12. They have a new defensive coordinator in Zac Alley and new co-offensive coordinators in Seth Littrell and Joe Jon Finley. And they finally are making the fu Kentucky, Stoops hope defensive depth, faster offense keeps Wildcats competitive in expanded SEC 08/20/2024 06:10am • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ��� Kentucky has work ahead if it hopes to climb out of the middle of an expanded Southeastern Conference strengthened by the addition of two college football powerhouses. Coach Mark Stoops hopes a deep defensive corps and quicker offensive pace under another new coordinator keep After an 11-win breakthrough last season, Missouri sets its sights on the college football playoff 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III made it perfectly clear just how high expectations are in Columbia this season for the 11th-ranked Tigers. ���What I���m trying to do this year that I haven't done,��� he said, ���is win the big national championship.��� What a change f South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is different than most others: He likes his Gamecocks 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina coach Shane Beamer likes his team, even if few others do. The Gamecocks' fourth-year coach had been on a rising trajectory with a pair of winning seasons to start his tenure and lots of signs of a breakthrough year led by returning quarterback Spencer Rattler Why have 1 in 3 working seniors 'unretired?' 08/20/2024 05:45am • As inflation has risen in recent years, many seniors living on a fixed income have found themselves in a difficult financial situation, leading them to "unretire" and reenter the workforce. The increasing cost of living ��� driven by higher prices for basic essentials such as food, housing and he