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First-year football coaches face additional challenges with COVID-19 delay
Hueneme coach Jon Mack finally gets to work with players after being restricted since March because of COVID-19 regulations.
TikTok agrees to partner with Oracle, not Microsoft, in U.S.
U.S. tech company Oracle said Monday it's agreed to a partnership with Chinese video-sharing app TikTok one day before it would have been banned in the United States under threat...
Food mechanics recipe to serve up healthy food that lasts
Researchers are investigating the science of food drying to design faster, cheaper and better ways to store food.
OPEC expects slower recovery for global oil demand
The decline in global oil demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be deeper and last longer than previously thought, OPEC said in a new outlook Monday.
Covid and commercial research decline
Inevitably, the rapid spread of an emergent and potentially lethal virus around the world has led to huge disruption of normal life. With talk of a new-normal in the wake...
How Canada could benefit from a carbon budget
Canadians have understandably been preoccupied by the COVID-19 emergency. Yet the climate emergency that prompted hundreds of thousands to march in the streets in September 2019 has not subsided.
Cities like Lagos need building designs that don't just copy global styles
Covered in glass, the former IMB Plaza building in Lagos stood as an example of the influence of international design styles on the Nigerian commercial capital's architecture.
In photos: Moments from the NFL for the week of Sept. 13, 2020
The National Football League is back in season. Here's a look at moments from games the week of September 13, 2020.
Opinion: Coronavirus showed the way cities fund public transport is broken
COVID-19 has triggered a crisis for public transport, as lockdowns caused its use to plummet by 70-90% worldwide. Even as lockdowns ease, busses and trains can only carry 15% of...
Why are so many schools closed when California cleared them to reopen?
San Diego County has gotten the green light to reopen schools, and Orange County officials believe they'll soon be allowed to follow. But the picture on a school district level...
Cubs' Alec Mills throws no-hitter vs. Brewers
Alec Mills used 114 pitches and a deceptive curveball to complete the second no-hitter of the 2020 season and lead the Chicago Cubs to a dominant victory over the Milwaukee...
5 former British PMs oppose Boris Johnson's Brexit bill
David Cameron on Monday became the fifth former British prime minister to voice concern for a proposal to override Britain's withdrawal deal with the European Union.
'Hurricane scepticism' divided along political lines
Florida residents who voted for Trump were between 10% and 11% less likely than Clinton voters to evacuate prior to Hurricane Irma, a category 5 storm that made landfall in...
Some but not all US metro areas could grow all needed food locally, estimates study
Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all the food they need locally, according to a new study estimating the degree to which the American food supply could...
Food mechanics recipe to serve up healthy food that lasts
QUT researchers are working to design faster, cheaper, and better ways to store food.
Taylor Swift gifts Katy Perry a blanket for newborn Daisy
Taylor Swift has sent Katy Perry a hand-embroidered blanket for Perry's newborn daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.
House returns with 1 month to strike new COVID-19 stimulus deal with Senate
The House returns to session in Washington, D.C., Monday and will have a small window of opportunity to pass a new COVID-19 stimulus bill before it leaves Capitol Hill again...
Chargers beat Bengals, spoil Joe Burrow's debut
No. 1 overall draft pick Joe Burrow's NFL debut ended in heartbreak as the Los Angeles Chargers held on for a dramatic win over the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown...
How to buy a quality laptop for school without breaking the bank
Hand-me-down laptops can be perfect for school. (Annie Spratt/Unsplash/)Class is back in session, though many schools have chosen to stick with distance learning over in-person instruction. This introduces a number of challenges—like supplying...
U.S. feud with TikTok emblematic of rise of techno-nationalism, expert says
U.S. President Donald Trump's feud with the popular TikTok video-sharing social-networking app likely has less to do with overall concerns for national security and more to do with the rise...
Yoshihide Suga elected as LDP president, expected to replace Shinzo Abe as Japanese prime minister
Yoshihide Suga captured the Liberal Democratic Party presidency in Japan Monday, almost assuring that he will officially replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister in a vote later this week.
Netflix acquires 'Malcolm & Marie' with Zendaya, John David Washington
Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to romantic drama "Malcolm & Marie," starring Zendaya and John David Washington.
Woodward's Trump revelations raise questions about Canada's response to COVID-19
The revelations in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about what U.S. President Donald Trump knew about the threat posed by COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic have prompted new questions...
Steven Soderbergh wants you to watch 'Wireless' on your phone
Producer Steven Soderbergh encourages viewers to watch Quibi's series "Wireless," starring Tye Sheridan, on their phone screens.
Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sunday that aims to lower drug prices in the United States by instructing Medicare to not pay more for certain medicines than...
Washington scores 27 unanswered points to stun Eagles
The Washington Football Team rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset the Philadelphia Eagles 27-17 on Sunday at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.
Dominic Thiem rallies from two sets down to win first major title at U.S. Open
After dropping the first two sets to Alexander Zverev on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Dominic Thiem constructed a historic comeback to win his first major championship at the 2020...
TikTok picks Oracle over Microsoft in Trump-forced sales bid
The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as its preferred suitor to buy the popular video-sharing app, according to a source familiar with the deal.