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South Carolina apologizes to LSU for song choice after win

Jan 26, 2025, 07:17 PM ET The University of South Carolina’s athletics department issued an apology to LSU and women’s basketball player Flau’Jae Johnson on Sunday in response to the Gamecocks’ DJ playing a song by Johnson’s late father at the end of Friday’s game between the teams at Colonial Life Arena. The athletics department […]

Business & Finance

The EU’s impossible choice on trade and tariffs

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU, a political project conceived to remove trade barriers, has been raising tariff walls at its fastest rate in 15 years. But just as fast as the defences are built against cheap Chinese imports, […]

Lifestyle & Culture

Who Will Win the 2024 GQ Style Championships? The Choice Is Yours

Next up, we’ve got a fascinating set of quarterfinal matchups. Voters must choose between fellow Bottega Veneta celebrity ambassadors Elordi and A$AP, forcing a rift in the luxury-PR space-time continuum. In a matchup of the fashionable Brits, Daniel Craig will face off against Jonny Bailey, while Colman Domingo goes tête-à-tête with LewHam. And in the […]

Science

25 enchanting images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice awards

A lounging seal, a bloodied-but-undeterred honey badger, and a cheetah cub given a second chance at life: the finalists for the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice awards absolutely captivate. After selecting 100 Wildlife Photographer of the Year finalists from 60,000 entries, the judges picked out an additional 25 images to compete in […]

Politics

Trump names California GOP’s Harmeet Dhillon for civil rights post

Harmeet Dhillon — one of California’s most prominent Republican Party operatives, a cultural crusader against “woke” politics and a fervent champion of President-elect Donald Trump — was named Monday by Trump to a top civil rights post in the U.S. Department of Justice. If confirmed, Dhillon would be the second woman to lead the Department […]

Entertainment

Critics Choice TV Nominations List

The Critics Choice Association has announced its TV nominees for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. Shogun leads with six nominations, including best drama series, followed by Abbott Elementary, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Diplomat, The Penguin and What We Do In the Shadowswhich all each garnered four nominations. Netflix scored 23 nominations in total, while HBO/Max received 21. FX […]