Best of the Week in Section 2 athletics from Dec. 7-13

Standout performances in basketball, bowling, wrestling and hockey highlight this week's best in Section 2 athletics.

Slidin’ Dirty reopens today in Hedley building in Troy

TROY — The restaurant Slidin’ Dirty reopens Monday at 433 River St., taking over the first floor of Hedley Park Place, which ...

Cometa interestelar mantiene su distancia durante su mayor acercamiento a la Tierra

CABO CAÑAVERAL, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Un cometa errante de otra estrella pasa cerca de la Tierra esta semana en un último avistamiento antes de regresar al espacio interestelar.

UAE-backed Yemeni separatists march to another southern province, raising fears of renewed conflict

An Emirati-backed secessionist group in Yemen is expanding its control in the south. The Southern Transitional Council has ...

Spain fines Airbnb $75 million for unlicensed tourist rentals

Spain's government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros or $75 million for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals. The consumer ...
Opinion

Pandas, pingpong and ancient canals: President Xi’s hosting style says a lot about Chinese diplomacy

On Dec. 5, Macron tapped into this legacy when he visited the venue of the 2025 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup and participated in an impromptu match. Partnering with French players Félix Lebrun and ...

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

Medicines enabled by NIH funding have been crucial for increasing life expectancy and health – dramatically decreasing deaths due to heart disease and stroke, improving cancer outcomes, controlling ...
Opinion

The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

Individualized learning has its place. But decades of educational research is also clear that learning is a social endeavor at its core. Classrooms that privilege personalized AI chatbots overlook ...

Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers

Although Newton himself was a recluse, a circle of zealous Newtonian men of science, described by historians as devoted disciples and even evangelists for Newton’s natural philo ...
Opinion

Getting peace right: Why justice needs to be baked into ceasefire agreements – including Ukraine’s

Past agreements and proposals aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine failed because in the rush to stop the fighting, they ignored questions of justice. The literature on transitional justice, by ...
Opinion

Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

There’s no question that Trump and Biden have acted within their authority in issuing pardons for federal offenses. Presidents can extend a pardon, or complete legal forgiveness of a crime, or a ...

Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives?

If you bought a Christmas tree in Denver this year, you may have noticed a pretty steep price tag. It turns out that all festive products are getting more expensive, and that includes Christmas trees, ...