We’re halfway through the 2020–21 college basketball regular season, and conference play is well underway across the country. As teams jockey for position both in their own league standings and for NCAA tournament seeding, Sports Illustrated is checking in on the seven major conferences in men’s college hoops (American, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big…Continue Reading
With millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, one man in West Virginia knew exactly what to do when he received his stimulus checks—give them to a food bank.In March, Congress passed the CARES Act that authorized checks of up to $1,200…Continue Reading
The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,000 residents and employees of long-term care facilities in the US alone, accounting for nearly 40% of all US deaths linked to the disease.Echoing that urgency, secretary of health and human services Alex…Continue Reading
Campbell Robertson, New York Times Service January 7, 2021 | 10:03 AM A newly elected state lawmaker from West Virginia was among the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, filming as he stood among the crowd outside a door, rushed with them inside and then wandered through the halls along…Continue Reading
Kathy Batten/Associated PressThe West Virginia men’s basketball team will be without one of its starters for the rest of the year with forward Oscar Tshiebwe stepping away from the program for personal reasons, per Jeff Borzello of ESPN.Mountaineers head coach Bob Huggins said Friday there was no chance he returns this season, and it didn’t…Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Death penalty opponents are cautiously optimistic they have enough bipartisan support from lawmakers to get a bill passed next year ending executions in Virginia, a state that has put more people to death in its long history than any other. Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell is again sponsoring a measure that would…Continue Reading
Entering Tuesday, West Virginia had never won a game at Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse.The Mountaineers are still waiting. Despite 24 points from guard Sean McNeil, No. 7 West Virginia could not get past the No. 3 Jayhawks, falling 79-65.West Virginia (7-2) opened up chasing the red-hot Jayhawks, who relied heavily on second chance points in the…Continue Reading
The Associated Press3h ago / 4:29 AM UTCWASHINGTON — Officials in the District of Columbia are accustomed to being short-changed in different ways.There’s the long-standing issue of its quest for statehood and proper representation in Congress. And when the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package was passed by Congress in March, Washington, D.C., was classified as…Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has reported the biggest increase in COVID-19 cases in one day during the pandemic. The state reported 3,793 cases of the coronavirus on Saturday. The state’s health department says some of the cases were due to a backlog of data entering the system. The previous record for new cases in…Continue Reading
Biden’s Foolish Immigration Priorities Joe Biden shouldn’t want to begin his administration with a renewed migrant crisis at the border, but that’s what his priorities risk creating. After many false starts — including the zero-tolerance policy that drove family separations — the Trump administration got a handle on the border thanks to its … Read…Continue Reading
Through 3 QuartersThe Virginia Tech Hokies are giving their home crowd exactly what it was hoping to see. After three quarters neither squad has the matchup in the bag, but Virginia Tech leads 24-19 over the Miami (FL) Hurricanes. The Hokies have enjoyed the tag-team combination of QB Hendon Hooker and RB Jalen Holston. The…Continue Reading
