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UNO And The NFL Join Forces For New Collectible Card Game You Can Play Very Soon
The 2024 NFL season kicks off September 5, but you can start the season early in UNO. Yes, the card game. Mattel just revealed the UNO Elite, which offers a new, collectible card game twist on UNO that lets you build a fantasy team of your favorite NFL superstars. You can preorder the UNO Elite
After Botched Rollout, FAFSA Is Delayed for a Second Year
The Education Department announced on Wednesday that availability of the federal student aid application form would be delayed for a second year in a row, after months of last-ditch troubleshooting and contingency planning failed to fully fix significant problems with last year’s revised application. Instead, the form, known as the Free Application for Federal Student
Billy Bean Dies at 60; Led Baseball on Diversity After Coming Out as Gay
Billy Bean, an all-hustle outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres who retired in 1999 because he thought baseball was not ready for an openly gay player, but who went on to become the first diversity chief for Major League Baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 60. Major League Baseball
Feud Flares Between U.S. and Global Antidoping Agency
Since the World Anti-Doping Agency first came under scrutiny this spring for its handling of positive tests for banned substances by nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers, the United States has been the agency’s chief critic. Congress has threatened to cut funding for the agency, which is known as WADA. The Justice Department and F.B.I. have
Tom Korologos, Sherpa of Republican Nominees, Dies at 91
Tom Korologos, an influential Republican lobbyist and adviser whose specialty was shepherding presidential nominees through their Senate confirmation hearings, died on July 26 at his home in Washington. He was 91. His son, Philip, confirmed the death. Mr. Korologos (pronounced core-a-LOW-gus) was a strategist, hand-holder and stage manager for about 300 nominees to the United
Move Over, Robots: Sea Lions With Cameras Can Map the Ocean Floor
Around much of the planet, an aquatic mystery leaves scientists in the dark. “For most of the ocean, we don’t know what the bottom looks like,” said Nathan Angelakis, a Ph.D. student at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) and the University of Adelaide. So for a recent research effort, Mr. Angelakis
The Tim Walz Guide to Winning Prairie Progressives
Sandee Kosmo was in her car today, inching along a backed-up county road on the way to Vice President Kamala Harris’s rally in Eau Claire, Wis., grinning about the prospect of seeing Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota. “He’s so Midwest,” she gushed, after I asked to interview her as she crawled along. She praised his
Trump in 2020 praised Tim Walz’s handling of George Floyd protests
CNN — Republicans are attacking Tim Walz’s response to unrest in Minneapolis in 2020, but at the time, then-President Donald Trump said he “fully” agreed with how the Minnesota governor handled rioting in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, undercutting a key line of GOP attack this week after Walz was named Vice President Kamala
Biden says he doesn’t have confidence in a peaceful transition of power if Trump loses
CNN — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he doesn’t have confidence there’ll be a peaceful transition of power if former President Donald Trump loses in November, pointing to comments from the Republican nominee suggesting the only way he’d lose is if the election is stolen from him. “If Trump wins, no, I’m not confident
Map Shows Full List of States Sending Out Thousands in Tax Rebates
While millions of Americans benefited from stimulus checks from the federal government during the pandemic, that didn't mark the end of rebates going out to residents. Many states have approved rebates since then to go to residents that fit certain criteria, with some using leftover stimulus money to fund the extra financial boost. While many