6 charts revealing need-to-know stats about NFL preseason odds
Ahead of the 2022 NFL season, OddsSeeker charted data trends from the league’s past, analyzing historical preseason odds via Pro Football Reference.
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Top 15 college football rivalries
Most colleges have a football rival, but few can boast of rivalries against evenly matched opponents that last for generations. Best Universities found 15 that do.
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How Ivy League endowments have grown over the past two decades
Using data from the U.S. Department of Education, EDsmart examined how much the Ivy League endowments have grown over 20 years.
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How 4 common milk alternatives compare in nutrition
Curated evaluated the nutritional benefits and drawbacks of popular nondairy milks compared to regular cow’s milk.
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Monkeypox vaccine in the US: What public health experts know so far—and what they don’t
Stacker compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the currently available monkeypox vaccine from governments, scientific sources, and health experts.
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Toyota invests in EV battery production in Japan, US
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is investing 730 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in Japan and the U.S. to boost production of batteries for electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker says production is set to start between 2024 and 2026. It’s investing 400 billion yen, or $3 billion, in Japan and 325
Continue ReadingSingapore swimming hero Joseph Schooling admits using cannabis while competing in Vietnam
By Andrew McNicol and Heather Chen, CNN Singapore’s first and only Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling has apologized for consuming cannabis while training and competing in Vietnam. Schooling, a swimmer, confessed on Tuesday to having used the drug in May during a period when he was competing in the Southeast Asian Games, at which he
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Jackson, Mississippi, mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week, as residents endure lines for bottles
By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As Mississippi’s capital faces a third day without reliable water service Wednesday — pushing some residents to stand in long lines for bottled water and keeping schools and businesses closed — the mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week. The problem came
Continue ReadingANÁLISIS | Por qué Gorbachov es recordado como un gigante en Occidente y un paria en casa
olivertapia (CNN) — La tragedia de Mijaíl Gorbachov es que sobrevivió al deshielo de la Guerra Fría entre Moscú y EE.UU., después de hacer más que nadie para diseñarlo. El último líder de la Unión Soviética murió el martes a la edad de 91 años, con Washington y el Kremlin en lados opuestos de la
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Newsom’s mental health care plan for homeless advances
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial proposal to steer homeless people with severe mental disorders into treatment cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday and is on its way to becoming law despite objections from civil liberties advocates who fear it will be used to force unhoused residents into care they don’t want.
Continue Reading Russia temporarily stops gas flow through Nord Stream 1
BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe as it had announced in advance. The Russian state-controlled energy giant said earlier this month that it would the cut the flow of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for what it says is
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Russia temporarily stops gas flow through Nord Stream 1
BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe as it had announced in advance. The Russian state-controlled energy giant said earlier this month that it would the cut the flow of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for what it says is
Continue Reading Black pastor arrested while watering neighbor’s flowers, video shows
CNN By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A Black pastor in Alabama says he was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers — and his attorney has called the incident “irrational, irresponsible, and illegal.” In police body camera footage from May and released last week, an officer is seen approaching the man, Michael Jennings, who tells the officer
Continue Reading Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old age
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer In an unfinished part of his basement, 95-year-old Richard Soller zips around a makeshift track encircling boxes full of medals he’s won for track and field and long-distance running. Without a hint of breathlessness, he says: “I can put in miles down here.” Steps away is an expensive leather
Continue Reading For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press CHARSADDA, Pakistan (AP) — Rubina Bibi was cooking food for her family in her mudbrick home in her village in northwest Pakistan when the nearby mosque blared a warning from its loudspeaker. Flood waters were coming, it announced, everyone should move to safer ground. She and her family didn’t take
Continue ReadingAugust 31, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Continue ReadingAugust 31, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Tara Subramaniam, Lianne Kolirin, Adrienne Vogt and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingTimes Square will be designated a ‘gun-free zone’ beginning Thursday as New York gun law goes into effect
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN New York City lawmakers are still determining which parts of the famed Times Square tourist area will be considered a “gun-free zone” as a new state law limiting where firearms can be legally carried in public is set to go into effect Thursday. The law was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul
Continue Reading Solomon Islands asks navies not to send ships pending review
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Solomon Islands has asked countries to not send naval vessels to the South Pacific nation until approval processes are overhauled. The government made the request after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry and the British navy patrol boat HMS Spey canceled planned port calls
Continue ReadingJustice Department says classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were likely ‘concealed and removed’ to block investigation
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Sara Murray, CNN US government documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to “obstruct” the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a blockbuster
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