Sports
6/15 World Cup update
Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The coach of Iran’s World Cup team says it was ordered to […]
Year: 2026
Sports
6/15 Sports Brief
Sorsby won’t play for Texas Tech after unprecedented legal fight over his eligibility for gambling Transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play for Texas Tech this fall. He is instead planning to enter the NFL […]
Oddities
Oh say can you see? No, because the power’s out
Someone’s grand old flag caused a grand old headache for residents of Stamford, Connecticut. According to The New York Times, a 3,000-square-foot American flag flew into a transmission line during a storm, causing thousands of residents to […]
Science / Health
Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in a month-old outbreak as the virus spreads quickly in a remote region whose shifting population challenges efforts to find […]
Oddities
Sad but tooth: 7-foot replica shark stolen from Florida home
This thief evidently did not need a bigger boat. According to WINK, Nate Winkler of Port Charlotte, Florida, was robbed of his beloved Sandra, a 7-foot fiberglass replica of a sandbar shark that he’d caught and released […]