Where could pro sports expand next? 12 cities that are ripe for new teams
OLBG compiled a list of 12 potential expansion cities for major sports leagues in North America using Census Bureau population data.
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Month: January 2023
Year of the quarterback carousel: A look back at the NFL’s record number of starting quarterbacks in 2022
Stacker analyzed Pro-Football-Reference.com data to determine how an NFL-record 69 different quarterbacks started games during the 2022 regular season.
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Leave these 6 phrases behind to sound more confident over email
Ready to communicate with more confidence? Pyn compiled a list of six commonly used email techniques business professionals should drop for good.
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6 natural cleaning products you can make at home
The Rounds compiled a list of do-it-yourself cleaning products that can easily be made with everyday products from your pantry.
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These are alternatives to teacher licensing requirements across 16 states
TeacherCertification.com collected data on alternatives to teacher licensing tests and the states that allow those alternatives.
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20 metros where home construction is slowing the most
Nashville MLS looked at the Census Bureau’s Building Permits Survey to rank the top 20 metropolitan areas where construction is slowing the most.
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How tribal gaming has changed over time and impacts tribes today
OLBG drew on internet research and National Indian Gaming Commission data to trace the history of tribal gaming.
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Project management strategies everyone can use to boost productivity
ClickUp looks at how project managers use certain techniques to boost productivity and how people can apply them to their daily lives.
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How to set productivity goals for 2023
ClickUp compiled a list of strategies to help you set productivity goals to keep you going in 2023.
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Where are Americans happiest?
SmartAsset compiled a list of the 10 happiest places in America by looking at metrics such as personal finance, well-being and quality of life.
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Death toll from Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 88
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan rose to 88 on Tuesday. The attack, on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility, was one of the deadliest targeting Pakistani security forces in recent years. More than 300 worshippers were praying in the
Continue Reading 10 years after EU’s ‘never again’ tragedy, little’s changed
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A decade ago this year, the head of the European Union’s executive branch stood, visibly shaken, before rows of coffins holding the corpses of migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Some of them, small and bone-white, contained the bodies of infants and children. “That image
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Illinois prosecutors drop pending criminal cases against R. Kelly, who remains imprisoned on federal convictions
By Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been convicted of federal charges set to keep him in prison for decades. The Illinois charges — aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse counts involving four accusers — are being dropped
Continue Reading Global report highlights link between corruption, violence
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption with 95 % of countries having made little to no progress since 2017, a closely watched study by an anti-graft organization found Tuesday. Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perception of public sector corruption
Continue Reading Pope’s Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church’s future
By NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis began a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering “colonialist mentality” that still considers Africa ripe
Continue Reading UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after takeover
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is voicing support for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people. He also warns that the military’s planned elections amid a crackdown on civilians and political leaders “risk exacerbating instability.” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said
Continue ReadingChinese province drops restrictions on unmarried people having children in bid to halt plummeting birth rate
By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a broader attempt by the government to boost the country’s plummeting birth rate. The policy shift came after China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, marking a historic moment
Continue ReadingDeath toll from blast in Pakistan mosque rises to at least 100 as country faces ‘national security crisis’
By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The death toll from a suicide bomb that ripped through a mosque in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, rose to at least 100 on Tuesday, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years as it faces what one analyst described as “a national security crisis.”
Continue ReadingNearly 1,000 flights already canceled Tuesday as winter storm rolls through the US
By Robert Shackelford, CNN Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled across the United States Tuesday, according to FlightAware, as extreme winter weather affects parts of the country. Nearly 300 flights have been canceled departing Dallas-Fort Worth International and almost 70 flights have been canceled departing Dallas Love Field. Other notable cancellations are almost 80 flights departing
Continue ReadingNearly 1,000 flights already canceled Tuesday as winter storm rolls through the US
CNN, WLEX, KTVT By Robert Shackelford, CNN Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled across the United States Tuesday, according to FlightAware, as extreme winter weather affects parts of the country. Nearly 300 flights have been canceled departing Dallas-Fort Worth International and almost 70 flights have been canceled departing Dallas Love Field. Other notable cancellations are almost
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