NFL owners approve overtime rule change but only for playoffs
by_nicholas/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — After considering proposals to change overtime rules, NFL team owners on Tuesday agreed to make changes but only when it comes to the postseason.
The modified proposal that was approved by owners will requ…
Decline of testing, sequencing could hinder search for future COVID-19 variants, experts warn
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, disease surveillance efforts that rely on testing and variant sequencing have been critical tools in the global efforts to fight the virus.
Without these tools, exper…
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin’s advisers ‘are too afraid to tell him the truth’
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. offi…
Actresses put spotlight on who is most affected by multiple sclerosis: Young women
Marti Hines, far left, poses with Selma Blair, center, and a friend in this undated photo. (Courtesy Marti Hines)(NEW YORK) — When Marti Hines woke up one morning four years ago while on vacation and was unable to move the left side of her body, she s…
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ alum Jesse Williams wants $40K child support payments reduced
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicGrey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams is seeking a reduction on his $40,000 a month child support payment.
The 40-year-old actor, who shares joint custody of eight-year-old daughter Sadie and six-year-old son Maceo with ex-w…
Scoreboard roundup — 3/29/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Chicago 107, Washington 94
Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 116
Dallas 128, LA Lakers 110
Brooklyn 130, Detroit 123
LA Clippers 121, Utah 115
NATIONAL HO…
Cannabis retailers plead for state help after rash of violent robberies
US bracing for influx of migrants at southern border if Title 42 revoked: DHS
Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is bracing for as many as 18,000 migrants per day at the southern border if Title 42 is revoked, according to senior DHS officials who briefed reporters on Tues…
NFL says each team must hire minority offensive coach amid push for diversity
Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The National Football League announced a new rule on Monday that requires all 32 teams to hire an offensive coach who is “a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority” for the 2022 …
Democrats, families push Senate to approve legislation to help soldiers sickened by burn pits
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Politicians and family members are calling on Congress to step up and do more to help soldiers who were affected by potentially deadly diseases caused by toxic burn pits.
The Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs …