7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (683+ words) Officiating has been a hot topic around the league for the last few seasons, with physical play being a major point of contention. The league put together a task force in the offseason to help clean up some of the…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (517+ words) The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to government data released on Friday in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. The Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Ituri province, came…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (634+ words) Corey Ruiz, who is identified as Black or Latino in Wisconsin court records, was shot and killed by a Madison police officer on Wednesday after a brief scuffle at an intersection in the city’s most liberal neighborhood just yards away…...

13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (622+ words) Team owner Robert Kraft said Saturday the star cornerback has been offered the highest contract in Patriots history. “We love Christian Gonzalez. We love him as a player, as a person. That’s why we’ve made an offer to him that…...

17+ hour, 3+ min ago   (679+ words) Gabby Thomas, one of the deepest thinkers in track, chose to view herself as “healing” instead of “injured” last year. That, in short, is how the Olympic gold medalist — slowed, then eventually stopped by an aching Achilles tendon — made it…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (708+ words) (The Hill) — President Trump took aim at the press, Democrats and some of his celebrity critics in a speech that received a lukewarm reception at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) dinner on Friday evening. Trump took the stage just…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (198+ words) Roads near the 1,084-kilometer-long (673-mile-long) border are covered for long distances by anti-drone netting. The surrounding landscape is dominated by rows of razor wire and concrete anti-tank barriers known as “dragon’s teeth.” Belarus obliged, according to Ukraine, and rhetoric between…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (205+ words) WVNS Sunday keeps the risk for an isolated shower or two in the afternoon, but overall, it’s another quiet day in what promises to be a quiet weekend overall in southern West Virginia weather-wise. We are certainly about due for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (342+ words) The subject of trade rumors as he approaches free agency, the two-time defending AL Cy Young winner pitched out of a seventh-inning jam before walking off the mound to a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd of 40,638. Skubal returned for…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (454+ words) President Trump on Friday pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to immediately take up a House-passed budget resolution to advance critical funding for the Iran war despite Thune’s statement on Thursday saying the measure doesn’t have the votes to…...