Podcast: A slow time in the world of sports?
If you think it’s a slow time in the world of sports, don’t tell that to Xander Schauffele, the Summer Olympics, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame or the Atlanta…
After bruising primary, GOP congressman has less cash than his Democratic foe
U.S. Rep. William Timmons, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve coronavirus pandemic response on…
How a region responded to Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ with their own book
Sunrise over the Appalachian Mountains. (Getty Images.) As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the…
IOC officially awards Utah the 2034 Olympics — but not without final-hour drama
Olympic supporter Jack O’Leary, center, and his friends celebrate at Washington Square in the early hours of July 24, 2024 after it was announced that Salt Lake City would host…
The Download: 20-20 hindsight on Boston 2024
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20-20 hindsight on Boston 2024
THE RIVER SEINE is at the center of the Paris Olympics, and to showcase its new cleanliness, the city’s mayor recently plunged into the waterway. To Massachusetts political geeks of…
Efforts to release prisoners from long sentences draw new interest
Alabama Reflector file photo Lawmakers across the country have considered legislation this year that would allow courts or parole boards to reevaluate a person’s long prison sentence and decide whether…
‘Excessive heat warning’ issued, NorthWestern Energy monitoring for possible power shutoff Thursday
Power lines lead into the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant on March 28, 2016 outside Delta, Utah. The IPP generates more then 13 million megawatt hours of coal-fired energy each year…
Efforts to release prisoners from long sentences draw new interest
A barbed-wire fence surrounds a section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. Pennsylvania state legislators have considered at least six “second look” bills this session, but…
Letting the ‘Secure Border Act’ go to voters would neuter an AZ Constitutional rule, critics argue
A team of Soldiers with 610th Engineer Support Company attach a string of concertina wire to the border fence at San Luis, Ariz., in March 2019. The Department of Defense…