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  • Trump's abortion gambit is going off the rails

    Donald Trump sought to put an end to questions about his position on abortion this week with a video backing the right of states to decide the matter. But his newly adopted states' rights stance has only fueled more questions. President Joe Biden immediately responded to Trump’s video,  asserting that his rival would sign a national abortion ban if one landed on his desk. On Wednesday, asked by reporters whether he would sign such a ban, Trump said, “No,” according to CNN. Trump's new...

  • Guest Editorial: Drug education is still important

    We should be helping young people understand the risks so they can make good choices and responsible decisions with drugs and alcohol.

  • Agony for Arsenal and Liverpool. Why did it go wrong and is there still hope?

    We ask whether the teams’ Premier League defeats had been coming, where the problems lie and what the managers must reflect onArsenal: Mikel Arteta’s decision to disrupt the formula that has served them so well since the turn of the year backfired spectacularly against an Aston Villa side who came to the Emirates Stadium with a clear gameplan. Kai Havertz looked threatening during the first half as he consistently broke through the lines from his midfield position but Gabriel Jesus was unable to...

  • Editorial: Senate bill doesn’t ban all ‘forever chemicals,’ but it is more progress

    At some point it will be necessary to pass a sweeping ban on "forever chemicals." Because PFAS are insidious. They are not overtly killing or injuring people, but they quietly are lowering the quality and length of our lives. And if we sit by and let them further saturate our world, it’s only going to get worse.

  • Wells Fargo transfer partners: How to use Go Far Rewards points

    Editor’s note: At the time of publication, the Wells Fargo Rewards® website states it is “temporarily unavailable.” The new Wells Fargo Autograph Journey℠ Visa® Card is now available online with a 60,000 bonus point welcome offer after spending $4,000 in the first three months. This card is the mid-tier version of the Wells Fargo Autograph℠ …

  • Iowa men’s basketball’s season not a failure, but still far from top

    When I found out I would be covering Iowa men’s basketball this year, I knew I received the short end of the stick. While the squad’s female counterparts were Final Four favorites and both wrestling teams are nationally ranked, head coach Fran McCaffery’s squad was set for a down year. The trio of Connor McCaffery,

  • Why the financial sector reforms introduced over three decades ago are still a work in progress

    An excerpt from ‘Slip, Stitch and Stumble: The Untold Story of India’s Financial Sector Reforms,’ by Rajrishi Singhal.

  • Messi and Neymar help explain it, but Barcelona and PSG tensions go deeper still

    Tonight’s quarter-final first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and matches two institutions whose relationship has badly deteriorated over the past decade. The biggest point of friction between the clubs currently centres around Barca’s continuing support for, and ’s opposition to, a European Super League. The Catalans are desperately looking for new sources of income while PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who also leads the European Club Association, is dead against it. Advertisement But...

  • Celtics stats guru Dick Lipe still going strong in 45th year

    Dick Lipe has been working as the statistician on Boston Celtics TV broadcasts for a long, long time. In his first year on the job, in fact, the then 20-something Lipe had to compile stats on the Celtics ‘new rookie sensation a guy named Larry Bird. Almost 45 years later, Bird is long retired,

  • 'Set things straight': Chilling poll shows how far Republicans are willing to go

    Regular readers know that I have a profound disdain for political, horse race polling. It’s inaccurate, dangerous and is released with so many caveats these days, it’s a wonder anybody would look at them and take them seriously. That lecture aside, I came across a poll this weekend, and despite myself had a look.It buckled my knees.Even if this poll is only in the general vicinity of being correct, it is one of the most shocking things I have ever come across. READ: How Trump could win even if...

  • Manchin still not closing door on endorsing Biden, but says he’s gone ‘too far left’

    West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) indicated Friday he was not fully closing the door on voting for President Biden this year, but said he has gone “too far left.” “I want Joe Biden to be the Joe Biden I've known forever, okay?” Manchin said in an interview with MSNBC’s Katy Tur. “Always working a