Spirit Stick 2024 – Week 7
Four schools go head-to-head in this fierce match to determine who has the most SPIRIT. The winning school will be featured ...
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air
More than 90,000 residents in a county east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday and businesses were told to stay closed a day after a chemical plant fire ...
Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the ...
Russia targets 11 Ukrainian regions as it steps up its drone attacks
Russia fired missiles and drones at 11 regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, in a 33rd consecutive night of aerial attacks behind the front line and set a ...
A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?
U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike. A lengthy shutdown could raise ...
AT&T exits showbiz, sells remaining stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion
AT&T is selling its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners for $7.6 billion, ending the communication giant’s remaining ties to the entertainment industry.
Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant is closing. It ends 142 years of coal power in the UK
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar ...
NHL coaching carousel takes Berube to Toronto, Keefe to New Jersey and Ruff back to Buffalo
So many changes have happened behind the bench around the NHL in recent years that only four of the league’s 32 teams have the same coach they did coming out of the pandemic. “I don’t know ...
Hezbollah’s deputy leader vows to fight on after Nasrallah’s death
Hezbollah’s deputy leader vowed to continue fighting Israel and said the militant group was prepared for a long war after much of its top command was wiped out, including its ...
Japan’s likely next leader says he will call an election for Oct. 27 once he takes office
Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, said Monday he plans to call a parliamentary election to be held on Oct. 27 after he is elected as prime minister on ...
Wildfire in southern Greece leaves 2 people dead
Two people died overnight in a large wildfire burning through forestland in Greece, near a seaside resort in the country’s ...
Kishida’s legacy: Scandals and compromise at home, global respect for security and diplomacy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who is expected to formally take office later in the day. He ...