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Veronica Burton was waived from the Dallas Wings in May. Just four months later, she was the x-factor in eliminating Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — For the entire second quarter of Wednesday’s deciding matchup between the Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever, Veronica Burton never subbed out.
The 5 ‘9 Sun guard matched up with Caitlin Clark full court, while also exploding for 8 points in the period. Burton didn’t...
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Steam just removed its forced arbitration policy, opening the door for lawsuits against its parent company, Valve. In an update on Thursday, Steam says its subscriber agreement “now provides that any disputes are to go forward in court instead of arbitration.”
Many companies include a forced arbitration clause in their user agreement, waiving a person’s right to a trial in court. Arbitration involves settling a dispute outside a legal system before an impartial...
Trains are cool but aren’t always cheaper to ride. | Image: Amtrak
Amtrak fares and trip suggestions are getting integrated into Google Search as part of Google’s efforts to offer greener ways of travel over flights. Now, when you search for airline fares on Google or Google Flights between destinations with Amtrak terminals, you’ll also get suggestions for train rides that you can click through to Amtrak’s site for purchase.
Google has been working on offering sustainable...
CNN chairman Mark Thompson announced plans to introduce a digital subscription business in July. | Image: CNN
CNN will put some of its digital content behind a subscription paywall starting next month, The New York Times reports. The experiment will test similar subscription models to those used by publications like The New Yorker, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal, with CNN reportedly hoping to bring in additional revenue amid a decline in cable TV viewership.
A “metered”...
Hurricane Helene spawned tempestuous seas.
A collaboration between the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Saildrone, the company that builds innovative sailing drones, sent a robust robot into Hurricane Helene, the major hurricane that made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday night. Before hitting land with catastrophic storm surge and extreme 140 winds, a drone captured footage in the storm's eyewall, home to some of its strongest winds.
The...
Judge Dale E. Ho, who will oversee the case, has a sterling educational pedigree and a history of pointed remarks as a civil rights lawyer.
The avian flu outbreak is colliding with the fall migration of wild birds that can spread the disease.
U.S. farmers are increasing pressure on the Biden administration to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years.
Fighting Election Day disinfo with can’t miss info.
Billions of dollars will be spent this year persuading Americans who to vote for, but one billboard campaign is just telling them when to vote.
VoteAmerica, a voter mobilization group, is spending $7 million to put up approximately 800 billboards across 10 states with information about early voting and Election Day. The billboards are simple. They predict that “there will be record high voter turnout this year,” and list the date for...
Mark Israel said the government’s claims that Google holds a monopoly over advertising technology are focused on a narrow market.
Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces, an expert hired by Google testified Thursday.
Mark Israel, an economist who prepared an expert report on Google’s behalf, said the government’s claims that Google holds...
The social media company confirmed it had placed a temporary ban on the account, but wouldn’t say when it would be lifted.
Journalist Ken Klippenstein was deemed by X to have crossed a line when he shared a link to a dossier about Ohio Sen. JD Vance. That has resulted in a ban from the social media platform, and prompted questions over company owner Elon Musk’s supposed neutrality over when and how he intervenes over questionable content.
The diet and weight-loss brand, which has struggled to adapt in the Ozempic era, is losing its latest chief executive after only two and a half years.
WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani is leaving the company after two and a half years. During that time, the company has radically altered its business model to stay competitive in the Ozempic era.
X fulfilled judicial orders to pay fines and block certain accounts on the platform.
In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked.
Musk’s social media site X has complied with Alexandre de Moraes’s orders and requested its service be reestablished in the country, two sources said Thursday.
X complied with orders to block certain accounts from the platform, name an official legal representative in Brazil, and pay...
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Jurickson Profar was one of the worst players in the majors in 2023 but has rebounded in 2024 to lead San Diego back to the postseason.
San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar had an abysmal 2023 season. And that might be a generous description.
Profar signed a one-year, $7.75 million contact with the Colorado Rockies on March 21 - just nine days before Opening Day on March 30. However, he didn’t even join the team until their fourth game...
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Here’s three upsets we’re predicting for Week 4 of the NFL season.
Last week we decided here at SB Nation to roll out some weekly “upset specials.”
Well, we at least got one right.
Jared Mueller — perhaps with a bit of a “reverse jinx” — picked the New York Giants over the Cleveland Browns, a pick that turned out to be the one we got right in Week 3.
Can we do better in Week 4?
Time will tell, but here are our three upset picks for Week...
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Diving into what it takes to host an F1 race, the 2024 season, and what the Miami Grand Prix has planned for 2025
Imagine, if you will, hosting a multi-day event that attracted hundreds of thousands of sports fans from across the world, and included attendees from Ed Sheeran to, yes, a former President of the United States of America who is seeking that office yet again.
You have just described the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, and you have just...
It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.
You can finally change the color and size of app icons, rearrange them anywhere on the screen, and more.
From a potential Monday doubleheader with wild-card implications to tight stat battles, here's your guide to the last few days of baseball before October.
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Weatherspoon’s dismissal comes two days after Los Angeles Sparks coach Curt Miller was similarly fired.
The Chicago Sky fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Thursday night, marking the second dismissal of a seemingly well-respected head coach in the WNBA this week. Los Angeles Spark head coach Curt Miller —one of the most veteran coaches in the league — was similarly let go on Tuesday after...
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Alabama vs. Georgia is the biggest game of college football’s regular season. Here’s what you need to know.
Week 5 of the 2024 College Football Season has a number of Top-25 matchups on the slate. Things get rolling early in the day when No. 20 Oklahoma State takes on No. 23 Kansas State, and other games include No. 15 Louisville visiting No. 13 Notre Dame, and No. 19 Illinois visiting No. 9 Penn State.
But the biggest of them all is Saturday night,...