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Month: August 2021

Asian American athletes speak out amid rising hate: ‘We are tired of being invisible’

Asian American athletes speak out amid rising hate: ‘We are tired of being invisible’

valiantsin suprunovich/iStock (NEW YORK) — Since early reports of COVID-19’s suspected origins in Wuhan, China, the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the United States has faced skyrocketing incidents of hate, including a string of racist incidents against athletes. “People are racially profiling Asians. Although they blame China for the […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 08/29/21

Scoreboard roundup — 08/29/21

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 13, Chicago Cubs 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 2, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 12, Baltimore 8 Cleveland 7, Boston 5 Texas 13, Houston 2 Seattle 4, Kansas City […]

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Ida live updates: Louisiana governor expects death toll to go up ‘considerably’

Ida live updates: Louisiana governor expects death toll to go up ‘considerably’

Zenobillis/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ida is barreling through Louisiana after making landfall in the state as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. It was one of the strongest hurricanes on record — by both wind speed and pressure — to roar ashore in Louisiana. Ida, now a tropical […]

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Hurricane Ida live updates: Downgraded to tropical storm, system moves farther inland

Hurricane Ida live updates: Downgraded to tropical storm, system moves farther inland

Zenobillis/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ida is barreling through Louisiana after making landfall in the state as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. It was one of the strongest hurricanes on record — by both wind speed and pressure — to roar ashore in Louisiana. The storm is hitting […]

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Whitecaps beat RSL 4-1 in game with 2 interim coaches

Whitecaps beat RSL 4-1 in game with 2 interim coaches

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ryan Gauld had a goal and two assists and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Real Salt Lake 4-1 on Sunday night to give Vanni Sartini a victory over fellow interim coach Pablo Mastroeni in their debuts. Sartini, Vancouver’s director of methodology, took over as coach Friday […]

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How school board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for debating mask mandates

How school board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for debating mask mandates

Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images (New York) — School board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for parents and local officials who disagree over mask and vaccine mandates as children return to brick-and-mortar learning. At least nine states — Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah — have laws […]

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Starkel passes MWC defending champ San Jose State to win over SUU

Starkel passes MWC defending champ San Jose State to win over SUU

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Starkel threw for four touchdowns and 394 yards and defending Mountain West Conference champion San Jose State kicked off the season with a 45-14 win over Southern Utah. Starkel, who finished 17-of-28 passing to nine receivers with one interception, also had a rushing touchdown […]

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Hurricane Ida live updates: Storm gains strength with 150 mph winds

Hurricane Ida live updates: Storm gains strength with 150 mph winds

Zenobillis/iStock (NEW ORLEANS) — Ida, which became a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon, is forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday. The latest forecast track has Ida coming ashore in southeast Louisiana on Sunday late afternoon/early evening. Ida will […]

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Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ida strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Saturday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. The storm is forecast to intensify and become a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday. Currently, Ida is moving northwest at 16 […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 8/27

Scoreboard roundup — 8/27

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: INTERLEAGUE Minnesota           2  Milwaukee      0 Chicago White Sox  17  Chicago Cubs  13 San Diego           5  L.A. Angels    0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay      6  Baltimore   3 Detroit        2  Toronto     1 Boston         4  Cleveland   3 Houston        5  Texas       4 N.Y. […]

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