This weekend’s best college football games
1) No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State The Big Ten is setting up for a very interesting season. There are four clearly superior teams, and they all will...
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Gwinnett slugs way past Tides
Lawrenceville, Ga. In a game in which every run was scored on a homer, Gwinnett slugged its way past Norfolk 3-1 Tuesday night. Mel Rojas Jr. and Rio Ruiz went...
Homicides are up again this year in more than two dozen major U.S. cities
The number of homicides increased in the first months of 2016 in more than two dozen major U.S. cities, going up in places that also saw rising violence last year,...
Veterans pledge to seek help rather than commit suicide
WASHINGTON A couple of years after he left the Marine Corps, Lyndon Villone kept trying to reach a close friend who had served with him in Iraq. When he didn't...
Navy officer accused of passing secrets to China faces espionage and prostitution charges
A Taiwan-born Navy officer who became a naturalized U.S. citizen faces charges of espionage and prostitution in a highly secretive case in which he is accused of providing classified information...
Researchers struggle to find cause for surge in early mortality
White women have been dying prematurely at higher rates since the turn of this century, passing away in their 30s, 40s and 50s in a slow-motion crisis driven by decaying...
Faulty rifle sights all too common in Special Operations
U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets but instead have a defect, acknowledged by the manufacturer, that potentially endangers...
Marc Leishman’s bummer of a week
Going into the final round at the memorial, he was in the top 20 -- which was good for two reasons. First, he still could win. Second, he was in...
Pro roundup
Two sort-of-local pros are on sort-of rolls.* Marc Leishman has made himself some money in his last couple events -- T-3 at the Byron Nelson and last week's T-21 at...
One of my favorite local tournaments
Richard Hanna won the Virginia Beach Amateur for the second straight time Sunday, finishing at 4-under for 36 holes at Kempsville Greens. * It got a little bumpy there at...