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Avila's 20 lead Saint Louis past Saint Joseph's 102-79
ST. LOUIS (AP) Robbie Avila's 20 points helped Saint Louis defeat Saint Joseph's 102-79 in an Atlantic 10 Conference opener on Wednesday.
Cox scores 29, Colgate knocks off Lafayette 85-77
EASTON, Pa. (AP) Jalen Cox scored 29 points, Sam Wright scored 20 points and added nine rebounds, and Colgate beat Lafayette 85-77 on Wednesday.
Olsen's 26 help South Alabama beat Louisiana-Lafayette 63-58
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Adam Olsen had 26 points in South Alabama's 63-58 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday.
Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'
Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.
Seattle U wins 69-55 against Washington State
SEATTLE (AP) Brayden Maldonado's 15 points helped Seattle U defeat Washington State 69-55 on Tuesday.
Loyola Marymount beats Pacific 80-71
LOS ANGELES (AP) Myron Amey Jr. scored 20 points as Loyola Marymount beat Pacific 80-71 on Tuesday.
Santa Clara defeats Portland 92-85
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Elijah Mahi scored 22 points as Santa Clara beat Portland 92-85 on Tuesday.
Caldwell scores 17, Arkansas State downs Arkansas Tech 107-63
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) TJ Caldwell's 17 points helped Arkansas State defeat Arkansas Tech 107-63 on Tuesday.
Boyd, Winter lead Wisconsin past Milwaukee 80-60
MADISON, Wisc. (AP) Nick Boyd scored 16 points and Nolan Winter scored 14 points and Wisconsin beat Milwaukee 80-60 on Tuesday night.
Temple secures 76-73 win over Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jordan Mason scored 18 points as Temple beat Charlotte 76-73 on Tuesday.
Miami (OH) defeats Bowling Green 93-83
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) Peter Suder had 17 points in Miami (OH)'s 93-83 victory against Bowling Green on Tuesday.
Alabama A&M defeats Fisk 90-58
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Koron Davis scored 14 points as Alabama A&M beat Fisk 90-58 on Tuesday.
Knicks, Spurs ring out 2025 with NBA Cup final rematch
The New York Knicks can build on a three-game winning streak and produce a repeat result of the NBA Cup final when they visit the suddenly struggling San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday in a clash between two of the league's best teams.
Meyer's 14 lead Wyoming past Air Force 68-56
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Nasir Meyer had 14 points in Wyoming's 68-56 victory over Air Force on Tuesday.
Syracuse, Clemson carry 3-game winning streaks into league opener
The end of the calendar year marks the start of conference play for Syracuse and visiting Clemson, which square off Wednesday in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
US Commits $480m in Health Funding to Ivory Coast, the Latest to Sign 'America First' Health Deals
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The United States and Ivory Coast signed a health deal Tuesday requiring the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African nation’s health sector as part of “America First” global health funding pacts that mirror the Trump administration’s foreign policy. The signing in ...
No. 21 Virginia opens ACC action at rival Virginia Tech
Will old acquaintances be forgot? Not when longtime adversaries Virginia Tech and No. 21 Virginia clash on New Year's Eve in Blacksburg, Va.
IRS Increases 2026 Business Mileage Rate by 2.5 Cents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The standard mileage rate for the business use of a car, truck, van or other vehicle will increase by 2.5 cents in 2026. The IRS announced Monday that beginning Jan. 1, the standard mileage rate for a qualifying vehicle will be 72.5 cents per mile, up 2.5 cents from 2025. The rate ...
Atak, Brown lead Oklahoma past Mississippi Valley State
Kuol Atak scored a career-high 24 points and Xzayvier Brown added 22 to lead Oklahoma to a 93-69 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Monday in their final tuneup before SEC play.
In a Tumultuous Year, US Health Policy Has Been Dramatically Reshaped Under RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the whirlwind first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, some of the most polarizing changes have taken place within the Department of Health and Human Services, where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has openly rebuffed the medical establishment as he converts the ideas of his
Clippers hope to stay hot with scuffling Kings in town
The resurgent Los Angeles Clippers take a shot at a fifth consecutive lopsided win when they host the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
Utah Valley earns 73-66 victory against Cal Baptist
OREM, Utah (AP) Jackson Holcombe's 25 points helped Utah Valley defeat Cal Baptist 73-66 on Monday to extend its win streak to six games.
Jacksonville State wins 78-67 against Western Kentucky
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) AC Bryant scored 23 points as Jacksonville State beat Western Kentucky 78-67 on Monday.
Now proving pesky for contenders, Jazz prepare to host Celtics
Utah is quickly becoming a problem NBA playoff contenders can't solve.
Improving under new coach, Miami opens ACC slate vs. Pitt
Jai Lucas will have a second debut in his inaugural season as the Miami Hurricanes' head coach.
South Carolina hopes to find shooting stroke vs. Albany
South Carolina knows its postseason hopes will ultimately come down to how the team performs in Southeastern Conference play, which begins Saturday with a home showdown against No. 11 Vanderbilt.
7 of the Biggest Moments in Public Health in 2025
The year 2025 was one of the most tumultuous ever for the healthcare industry. From the start of the second Trump administration on Jan. 20, change ensued immediately. From reconsiderations of vaccine mandates to overhauls in the makeup of a critical advisory panel to alterations of policy, public ...
Mid-Ohio Valley Entertainment Commission making progress ahead of the new year
MARIETTA, Ohio - The Mid-Ohio Valley Entertainment Commission continues to advance with its goals of bringing Hollywood to Southeast Ohio.
Suns, Wizards look to reach new heights
The Phoenix Suns and host Washington Wizards, two teams riding high, will meet in the third contest of the Suns' four-game road trip on Monday.
Masic's 15 help San Francisco defeat Seattle U 67-59
SEATTLE (AP) Vukasin Masic scored 12 of his 15 points after halftime in San Francisco's 67-59 victory over Seattle on Sunday in a West Coast Conference opener.
Austin Peay secures 110-59 win against Fisk
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Rashaud Marshall had 24 points in Austin Peay's 110-59 win against Fisk on Sunday.
Suns' Mark Williams: Suspended for one game
Suns' Mark Williams: Suspended for one game
Louisiana-Lafayette defeats Norfolk State 63-54
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Dorian Finister had 15 points in Louisiana-Lafayette's 63-54 victory against Norfolk State on Sunday.
Utah travels to Washington to face old Pac-12 foe
Utah featured three 20-point scorers in its most recent contest and hopes to keep the offensive output at a high level when it takes on Washington in Seattle in a battle of former Pac-12 rivals on Monday night.
New Mexico State beats University of the Southwest 104-33
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Jemel Jones' 19 points helped New Mexico State defeat NAIA-member Southwest of New Mexico 104-33 on Sunday.
Tucker's 15 help Longwood down Averett 92-49
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) Elijah Tucker had 15 points in Longwood's 92-49 win over Averett on Sunday.
Persistent Knicks look to continue Pelicans' woes
The finishing kick for the undermanned New York Knicks on Saturday night showed why they're considered NBA title contenders.
Columbia wins 90-82 over North Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Kenny Noland had 27 points in Columbia's 90-82 victory over North Florida on Sunday.
Mississippi State tunes up for SEC season vs. Alabama State
Mississippi State could be sorting out its early-season problems at the right time when it hosts Alabama State on Monday in Starkville, Miss.
With restored confidence, Heat out to solve woes vs. Nuggets
In the space of 24 hours, the Miami Heat have rediscovered their old mojo.
Hurricanes keep getting better, look to dispatch Rangers
The Carolina Hurricanes got well in a big way. Now it's a matter if they can build on that.
Vikings' Blake Cashman: Season-high 17 tackles vs. Detroit
Vikings' Blake Cashman: Season-high 17 tackles vs. Detroit
Penn State faces NC Central, intends to snap losing streakl
Penn State faces NC Central, intends to snap losing streakl
No. 8 Houston focused solely on Middle Tennessee
No. 8 Houston focused solely on Middle Tennessee
Bulls' Coby White: Hits for four treys against Bucks
Bulls' Coby White: Hits for four treys against Bucks
Five New Year's Resolutions to Help You Breathe Easier
By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterSUNDAY, Dec. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Making resolutions for the new year? Keep in mind that small ones can make a big difference if you have allergies or asthma. "Simple lifestyle adjustments and preventative care can make a meaningful difference for ...
No. 9 Michigan State wary of 3-point launching Cornell
No. 9 Michigan State wary of 3-point launching Cornell
Blackhawks may remain short-handed vs. slumping Pens
A season-high six-game losing streak may be in the rearview, but the Chicago Blackhawks still have the trouble of skating without injured forwards Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar for a bit longer.
Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Three points in last two games
Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Three points in last two games
Massive Rainbow Six Siege breach gives players billions of credits
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players, manipulate in-game moderation feeds, and grant massive amounts of in-game currency and cosmetic items to accounts worldwide.
Blackhawks' Arvid Soderblom: Makes 28 saves in SO win
Blackhawks' Arvid Soderblom: Makes 28 saves in SO win
Hawks' Onyeka Okongwu: Monster double-double in loss
Hawks' Onyeka Okongwu: Monster double-double in loss
Surprising Celtics look to add to Blazers' road woes
Not having Jayson Tatum was supposed to make things extremely difficult for the Boston Celtics.
Yale looms as imposing threat to No. 14 Alabama
No. 14 Alabama looks to shake off a seven-day layoff Monday when it takes on a dangerous Yale team in the final nonconference tuneup for both squads in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Seeing Sound For Under $200
There are five general senses: touch for feels, taste for food, smell for avoiding trash, hearing for sounds, and, of course, eyesight for visualizing the very waves making up that sound. [Plasmatr…
Old Dominion ready for test against Maryland
Old Dominion coach Mike Jones returns to his stomping grounds when his team faces Maryland on Sunday night in College Park, Md.
Resurgent Clippers aim to extend win streak against Pistons
After a rare bump in the road, the Detroit Pistons will be out to regain their stride against the suddenly resurgent Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday at Inglewood, Calif.
Thunder look to bounce back against Joel Embiid, Sixers
In the middle of their toughest stretch of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder aren't about to panic.
No. 20 Illinois faces battle-tested Southern
Physically rested from a week-long Christmas break, No. 20 Illinois nonetheless returns to the floor against Southern on Monday in Champaign, Ill., with little reprieve from coach Brad Underwood's favorite talking point.
Growing Wizards go for back-to-back wins vs. Grizzlies
The Washington Wizards own the NBA's second-worst record at 6-23, but there have been some encouraging signs the past few weeks.
Raptors look to regain consistency vs. Warriors
The Toronto Raptors need to use their five-game homestand that opens Sunday afternoon against the Golden State Warriors to regain the consistency they have been missing.
Colorado in search of response vs. Northern Colorado
Colorado has been off for eight days and is set to play its last game before the Big 12 Conference schedule begins when Northern Colorado pays a visit to Boulder, Colo., on Sunday.
Badgers lose top returning tight end to the transfer portal
The Badgers will be down one of their upperclassmen tight ends.
Bears jerseys, hats and gear spark shopper frenzy at Chicago sports retailers
"Christmas came early for our company this year," Clark Street Sports co-owner Jason Caref said.
Pelle Larsson, Heat attempt to extend Pacers' losing streak
Pelle Larsson is emerging as a key contributor for the Miami Heat, who face the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
Hawks stumble into matchup with surging Knicks
The New York Knicks, riding the momentum of a comeback win on Christmas Day, open a three-game road trip with a stop in Atlanta to play the struggling Hawks on Saturday.
Clippers' Bogdan Bogdanovic: Won't return Friday
Clippers' Bogdan Bogdanovic: Won't return Friday
Raptors' Scottie Barnes: Returns Friday
Raptors' Scottie Barnes: Returns Friday
Steelers-Browns Preview
CLEVELAND (AP) Aaron Rodgers doesn't plan on changing his sleep schedule Saturday night, even though his Pittsburgh Steelers could wrap up a division title without playing.
Jaguars-Colts Preview
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen noticed the potential in his team during training camp.
Meta AI bans are impacting SoCal business owners
Meta has ramped up security efforts this year
Texans-Chargers Preview
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) The Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers are practically mirror images this season, teams with elite defenses and erratic offenses still trying to stay alive in their respective AFC divisional races.
Seahawks-Panthers Preview
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers both need a win and some help when it comes to the playoff picture.
Stars rested and ready to face slumping Blackhawks
The Dallas Stars and visiting Chicago Blackhawks are pointed in opposite directions as they return from the holiday break on Saturday night.
Rockets return home off morale-boosting win to face Cavaliers
In dire need of a performance more in line with their early-season successes and an effort that could mask the stench of three overtime losses during their just-wrapped six-game road trip, the Houston Rockets produced a result on Thursday that made their recent struggles appear aberrant.
Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards: Ejected in final seconds
Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards: Ejected in final seconds
Warriors' De'Anthony Melton: Tallies 16 points off bench
Warriors' De'Anthony Melton: Tallies 16 points off bench
Lakers' Marcus Smart: Heads to locker room
Lakers' Marcus Smart: Heads to locker room
Suns' Grayson Allen: Remains out for Friday
Suns' Grayson Allen: Remains out for Friday
Hornets' Mason Plumlee: Still out for Friday
Hornets' Mason Plumlee: Still out for Friday
Pacers vow to 'keep fighting' ahead of rematch with Celtics
The Indiana Pacers will try to find their scoring touch and end a six-game losing streak when they meet the Boston Celtics on Friday night in Indianapolis.
Hornets carry modest momentum into clash with Magic
Hot-shooting rookie Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets look to continue a surge when they visit the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’
We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scents
Knicks' Miles McBride: Listed as out for Thursday
Knicks' Miles McBride: Listed as out for Thursday
Stars will be out in force when Lakers, Rockets meet
Stars will be out in force when Lakers, Rockets meet
Cowboys-Commanders Preview
This is not exactly what the NFL and Netflix had in mind when they thought they would be getting big-name quarterbacks Jayden Daniels vs. Dak Prescott and a high-stakes matchup of NFC East rivals Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys in the Christmas Day spotlight.
Golden Knights' Braeden Bowman: Registers two assists in win
Golden Knights' Braeden Bowman: Registers two assists in win
Mavericks' Anthony Davis: Drops 31 in win
Mavericks' Anthony Davis: Drops 31 in win
A Daring Scene on Broadway This Season Has Audiences Talking, in More Ways Than One
NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a single word has been ...
Junglepussy is ready to conquer the world
It’s hard not to be inspired by Junglepussy — just ask “One Battle After Another” director Paul Thomas Anderson. In our “Annual Self-Assessment,” the rapper reflects on the year and looks ahead to 2026: “You see how I rock the boat?”
Battlefield 6 players suspect AI cosmetics have been snuck into the game, despite EA saying that wouldn't happen
Battlefield 6 players have found what they believe to be an generative AI sticker in the game, causing outrage.
A Quarter Of American Families Face Financially Overwhelming Medical Expenses
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 in 4 Americans are struggling with financial toxicity, with big medical bills dragging down both their money and their health, a new study says. Nearly 27% of U.S. residents faced high medical expenses or ...
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug
Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.
Thunder's Luguentz Dort: Well-rounded performance in victory
Thunder's Luguentz Dort: Well-rounded performance in victory
Wright State earns 70-64 win against Eastern Michigan
FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) Michael Cooper's 18 points helped Wright State defeat Eastern Michigan 70-64 on Monday night.
High Point wins 93-47 against Bryant
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) Braden Hausen had 18 points in High Point's 93-47 victory over Bryant on Monday night.
Sabol scores 31, Buffalo defeats Penn State-Behrend 92-63
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Ryan Sabol's 31 points led Buffalo over Penn State-Behrend 92-63 on Monday.
UC Santa Barbara defeats Portland 79-61
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) Aidan Mahaney had 15 points in UC Santa Barbara's 79-61 win against Portland on Monday.
Montana State defeats Northwest 93-54
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) Jeremiah Davis' 12 points and 11 rebounds helped Montana State defeat Northwest 93-54 on Monday.