WASHINGTON — Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden’s re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions underscoring the difficulty of finding someone who can run the operations while the decision-making power remains in the White House. The campaign manager and other top staff are likely … Read more
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence against a child that readers might find disturbing. Attorneys delivered closing arguments in the trial of Ramondo Jones Friday at the Dennis Maes Judicial Building. Jones, 38, is standing trial for first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 18, 2020, death of 15-month-old Aiden Seeley, a … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already attracting significant hype in the 2024 presidential race, even though he has not yet jumped in. But there are also skeptics who see similarities with another young conservative governor who eight years ago ran with lofty expectations only to drop out months before the first primary. That doomed candidate, … Read more
The scouting combine is massively important for most draft prospects. It’s where they’re able to meet with NFL teams, get their official medicals done, and go on the field at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium to participate in drills that (to a greater or lesser degree) give evaluators that much more of a sense of what … Read more
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters The Trumpoids are blaming President Joe Biden for the train derailment in Ohio even though Former President Trump scuttled a safety measure that would have minimized, even prevented the disaster. And Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is blaming Trump even though he has had two years to do something … Read more
NHL teams will move almost any asset to improve their Stanley Cup chances. For teams looking to load up, sacrificing a top prospect may feel necessary, and is often the cost of doing business and contending. Sometimes those prospects never pan out; other times, there’s a mutual benefit for teams, like the historic swap that … Read more
Top US health officials warned Tuesday that a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 has arrived, but stressed that the country has the tools — like vaccines and antiviral treatments — to prevent people from getting seriously ill. “We know how to manage it,” Dr. Ashish Jha, coordinator of … Read more
Boston College enters its meeting with Florida State on Saturday with just three regular season games remaining after it. That means the jockeying for ACC tournament seedings is winning down. A very difficult rematch against No. 7 Virginia awaits on Wednesday night and a very bad Georgia Tech team comes to Conte Forum on the … Read more
Five weeks after Tyre Nichols died at St. Francis Hospital, members of the clergy and NAACP are asking for the Department of Justice to open a pattern-or-practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department. The investigation would take a deeper look at the entire department, searching to see if regular stops, searches or arrests violate the … Read more
The Minnesota Vikings have the ability to go in a lot of different directions 2023 NFL Draft. Cornerback and wide receiver are the top two needs on the board but that could change as we enter free agency. The least likely move that the Vikings could make this offseason is moving on from quarterback Kirk … Read more