December 4, 2023
Dozens of new bicycles are headed to Houston-area military families thanks to an annual holiday giveaway. Staff and their families at Houston’s ‘Reynolds and Reynolds software company gathered for their 13th annual ‘Bike-Build Saturday’. They assembled a hundred bicycles that will go to children of Houston-area service members in need because of a deployment or
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Several US states are moving to ban cell phones, claiming the devices have greatly contributed to cyberbullying, poor mental health and a lack of learning. Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and California have prohibited use during school hours or are working on such restrictions. One Minnesota school has completely banned smartphones from 8am
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Former teen prodigy Ryan Ruffels wants to get on the LIV Golf bandwagon and is one of nine Australians who will fight for a permanent spot via the inaugural qualification event at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club next week. Jed Morgan, the 2021 Australian PGA winner who lost his LIV spot on Cam Smith’s Ripper
READ MOREAva Marie Ziegler performed a near-flawless free skate Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and lead a U.S. 1-2 finish on the podium. Fifth after the short program, Ziegler landed all of her jumps cleanly to score a personal-best 138.46 points in the free skate for her first title in the Grand Prix series with
READ MOREYuma Kagiyama of Japan upstaged two-time world champion and compatriot Shoma Uno on Friday to finish first in the men’s short program at the NHK Trophy. Skating to “Believer,” Kagiyama opened with a quad salchow and followed with a quad toe-loop, triple toe-loop combination and a triple axel for a season’s best score of 105.51
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THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Competitiveness Bureau conducted a Philippine-Japan startup event that showcased startups capable of providing solutions to the most pressing social issues in the country. The event took place at the Makati Diamond Residences in Makati City and was attended by about 140 participants coming from local government units, government
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Alibaba‘s online shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall cancelled their annual December 12 shopping festival and will instead host another shopping spree called ‘year-end good price’ in December, according to notices on the platforms’ websites on Friday. The dates of the new festival were not included in the notice, which was posted in a help section
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The Evanston Health and Human Services Department is investigating a norovirus outbreak linked to a $1-burrito event for Northwestern University students. The “$1 Burrito event” for Northwestern University students took place last Saturday between 1 and 8 p.m. with Big Wig Tacos. The city’s health department began receiving complaints on Monday from students who reported
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The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 became the most attended ICC event in history, with 1.25 million people passing through the turnstiles to watch the greatest Cricket World Cup ever, concluding in Australia claiming a historic sixth title. It should be mentioned that the record turnout is also due to the size of Indian
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Tomokazu Harimoto, Hina Hayata and Miu Hirano are among eight players to represent Japan at the inaugural table tennis Mixed Team World Cup in China next month. The Japan Table Tennis Association said Monday the team’s four men are world No. 9 Harimoto, Shunsuke Togami, Ryoichi Yoshiyama and Kakeru Sone, and the four women are
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