Chris Graythen/Getty Images After a handful of games were affected by missed face mask penalties this season in the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters that the NFL will “talk about” adding replay assistant use to get the calls right. “We want to use technology to supplement and support officials in getting it right,” Goodell […]
The NFL installed the Rooney Rule in 2003 with the best of intentions behind it. Within the last few years, the league has tweaked it multiple times to strengthen the instrument known across sports for giving a fair and equitable shake to minority candidates in top positions. It gives me no pleasure in saying this, […]
What makes a food healthy? For the first time in 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its claim on what food products can use the word “healthy” on their labels. And both the foods being taken off the list and the new foods now approved to use that claim might surprise […]
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using force to obtain Greenland or take control of the Panama Canal, as he vowed to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”. In a freewheeling press conference less than two weeks before he takes office, the US president-elect threatened to use his country’s economic […]
Breaking habits or forming new ones is hard — and starting on January 1 doesn’t change that. To give yourself the best chance at success, pursue one, manageable to-do at a time, says Michael J. López, a consultant, career coach and author of the upcoming book “Change: Six science-backed strategies to transform your brain, body, […]
Siin experience Syria has a thriving electronic music scene and many now wonder what comes next In the midst of the scramble for a new Syria, the country’s musicians are warily eyeing the Islamist rebel leadership and hoping to build on hard-won achievements made during the almost 14-year civil war. The conflict gave energy and […]
The game between the Chargers and Broncos got a little confusing toward the end of the first half on Thursday night when Los Angeles decided to take advantage of an obscure NFL rule known as the fair-catch kick. With eight seconds left to play in the first half, the Broncos were facing a fourth-and-12 from […]
Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker made the first fair catch free kick since 1976 after he nailed a 57-yarder to end the first half against the Denver Broncos on Thursday evening. To set the scene, the Denver Broncos’ Riley Dixon unleashed a 46-yard punt with eight seconds left that landed in […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday signed off on two major California clean air rules designed to reduce pollution from cars and trucks, including a ban on selling new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035. Under the Clean Air Act, California has the ability to adopt more stringent vehicle emission requirements than the federal government. […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a red-state constitutional challenge to California’s special authority to fight air pollution. Over a dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas, the justices turned away an appeal from Ohio and 16 other conservative stateswhich asked the court to rule “the Golden State is not a golden child.” While Monday’s brief […]
