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It’s OK to Call It Soccer
George Best’s résumé, in the late 1960s, was pretty much flawless. He was a dazzling, edge-of-the-seat winger, certainly one of the finest players on the…
Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers
Why It Matters: The Affordable Care Act is expanding its reach. Despite a recent warning from former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner in the…
Football conspiracy theories: Are we in a ‘golden age’ of fan paranoia?
One of the most eye-catching bios on X, or Twitter as we all know it, belonged to a sports writer with one of the UK’s…
New Jersey Deli Scheme Leads to Securities Fraud Guilty Plea
A man involved in a brazen plot to manipulate the stock price of a New Jersey deli’s parent company pleaded guilty to securities fraud on…
Choice Hotel Franchise Owners Push Back on Merger With Wyndham
When Patrick Pacious, the chief executive of a large portfolio of hotel brands, promoted a blockbuster attempt to acquire a competitor in October, he said…
Israel-Hamas War: U.N. Security Council Pushes Vote on Gaza Off for Second Day
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib was at home in San Francisco when the panicked calls started. An Israeli airstrike on Thursday had hit his family’s home in…
New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
Three years ago, Jesús Tilano went to a hospital in a thickly forested valley in Colombia with large open lesions on his nose, right arm…
Sean Payton’s flare-up at Russell Wilson puts coach-QB relationship back in spotlight
(Editor’s note: This is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Dec. 18, 2023.) Sean Payton blasting quarterback Russell Wilson on the sideline, then suggesting he was…
NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space
On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to view a cat video, wondering if it would be…
It Took 10 Years to Grow This Christmas Tree. The Price? $105
Every day since the trees were planted has been a roll of the dice. Unlike commodities like corn and soybeans, which Mr. Wyckoff grows on…
